Last month I had a feeling that I would be getting a job soon and thought I better plan a trip to see my sister in Georgia. My intuition was right and I did get a job! But that is for another post, this one is about all the cool stuff I did on my trip.
First I will mention that for this trip I did not drive, I took the train! It was a little more than half the cost of driving and took about the same amount of time. This was my first train ride and I really enjoyed it. I would have enjoyed it better if my iPod was working though.
One of the main things my sister and I wanted to do while I was visiting was craft. Hooray for crafting! The first day I was there we went thrifting and gathered supplies for our crafting adventure. The first thing we did, although not really a craft, but still a DIY, was dye our hair. Normally not a big deal, but I did multi-colored ombre tips! Here are the before and after.
The next day we took a break from crafting and drove up to Charleston to visit our Aunt and cousins. We checked out The Roost, where our cousin works, had breakfast at The Early Bird Diner, and took my nephew for a golf cart ride around the Isle of Palms, which he loved! It’s so great to have family in Charleston and Savannah!
Once back at my sister’s, we commenced with the crafting. That night we made bleach pen shirts and 
painted our nails using the water marbling technique. The bleach pen shirts turned out pretty good for a first try. We did learn that it’s better to use a bleach pen that is not newly opened because it’s not as thick and the bleach spreads out. While our shirts were washing, we worked on our nails. If you haven’t heard of water marbling, it’s a technique where you put drops of nail polish into a cup of water to make a marble design, then dip your finger in and the polish adheres to the nails. Easy right?! Not really. We watched a couple videos and learned that some 
people prefer to use tape around their nails while others use lotion to avoid getting too much polish stuck on their finger. We decide we would each try one method and see which one was better. The verdict: we both had a ton of polish to remove from around our nails. I was told after that we should have used Vaseline, so I think I will try that next time. Although it did not turn out as nice as all the pictures I’ve seen online, I still liked the technique and will definitely try again.
My last day we went to the Savannah Mall and later made a couple necklaces, although I don’t have pictures of them. I had so much fun with sister, even though we only did about half of the crafting we wanted to do. I guess it’s just more to do on my next visit!
