Of all the Harebrained Ideas!!!

I recently found a website where these really nice ladies were making foam board guitars. Of course I thought, "How Cute". Then I thought that I could probably make something like it for a fraction of the cost. (That is the thing with a Hybrid Addiction--It Cost you money and not the other way around).

Anyway, I have a nephew who is in the 7th grade. By most accounts I am not a very good auntie. We have always lived far away and haven't really ever bonded. So I was determined to make him something cool for Christmas. My sister tells me they have been updating from the little boy rooms that her sons had. We are an enlisted Air Force family with 4 kids, living on my husbands income so we aren't really known for giving expensive gifts.

Costco recently began printing a 20x30 poster in the store for $9. How cool is that? I had some black foam board that I bought a while back (on sale). So I got my digital goodies from River Rose Start a Band, made my layout in PSE, and sent the sucker to print. Drove across town (gas ain't cheap) and picked it up.

Then I used a spray adhesive (yucky nasty stuff-and since the wind was blowing I did it in my house-and I won't even explain those ramifications).

Then I got my husbands blade cutter and put a gouge in our floor (did I mention we live in base housing?). So my horrified, but wonderful husband drops what he is doing to help me out and finish the job before I can do more damage. The cutting of the Guitar went ok, but we quickly learned that all the cuts that I had on the drum set were not going to happen. So I had to redo my layout and fill in all the parts I had planned to cut to black. Then I had to go to back to costco and spend more money and gas.

But I couldn't abandon my goal, even though at this point I knew I should. Basically my husband had to finish what I started, which happens a lot--God, love him. But here it is........You know I didn't save a dime, wasted most of my weekend, found out I should have just supported the nice internet ladies making the foam guitars, kept my hubby from studying. Now I am just waiting to hear from my sister that my nephews hates guitars. So do you think I learned a lesson? Umm, NO WAY!!! As I said before I am compelled to make things my own way, and I am just fortunate enough to have a husband who understands that the mess I make, makes me happy!!