Feelin' a little like Dora...

Yeah, you know, Dora the explorer!  Every  Dora episode guest stars "the map."  The map tells Dora how to get where she  needs to go and in the end when she reaches her destination they sing a little diddy. It goes like , this :

"...we, did it, we did it, we did it-hooray!"

(yeah, sorry...that'll be in your head for a while).

 Anywho...I DID IT! 

I took this:



poplar board



and using this:

handy dandy SKIL scroll saw

and many, MANY of these:

regular tooth blades

I made these:

and these:

and these:

for this:

Ok, yeah, so I used a little paint, a few buttons and gadget or two more but I've done that all before.  THIS  was my first time doing my own cutting. Which was so very exciting to me!  

Sure, it was incredibly frustrating, nerve wracking and oh, the torture of a snapping blade (and the virtual heart attack it brings with it as it snaps-LOUDLY) were a bit much at times BUT...in the end I am so happy with the decor.  Yay! 

So, now, after  years of watching the show, I finally know how Dora feels...

I did it!  I did it!  I did it, hooray!