Easter Cookies and Everyday Crafts

So on Easter Sunday, Ben and I decided to make sugar cookies with my new cookie cutters (we each bought one thing for ourselves to put in our "Easter Basket" (except we skipped the basket part and just used/ate what we bought--Ben got Lindor Truffles).

Ben Rolling out the Dough

 We baked TONS of cookies and I'm pretty sure we ate ALL of them without any help. They were delicious (but gross because we ate all of them instead of taking them to our friends like we planned). haha.

Anyway, the following weekend we made THIS for both Utah and California. I painted them to match the ottoman, but I'm not a fan of the green one anymore... oh well. I'm sure I can re-paint it later on. Here's the process:

 I put tacks on the back of the wood so that I could paint the edges and the wood wouldn't stick to the paper. The tacks slid around on the table which was annoying, but it worked out quite well.

Here are the boards painted and just waiting to dry. 

Once I got the shape of Utah cut out and ready to go, I taped it down with painters tape and started hammering. It took quite a while. Afterwards, Ben helped me string the string around the nails while we watched CASTLE. The next day while watching tons of episodes of BONES, I did the California one. I like it a TON better than the Utah one, mainly because it has more curves and it's smaller (on the board).

Here are the final products! Cute, huh?