Study Abroad: Hunan, China. Distance DIY.

Yes that is right.. CHINA! Ethan got accepted to Study Abroad through Hunan Normal University. We got a $1200 scholorship to SUU & $400 dollars a month from Hunan Normal. Getting paid to go to China? Fine by me! I'm currently trying to volunteer with a place called China Horizons. They actually don't have a school they partner with there.. But I've been speaking to a guy named Jacob & he is finding me a school through there. He said one has shown interest in me, but other than that we haven't heard much!  He's been an amazing help! I hope that I can get accepted by them cause that means a reimbursement of $1200 for my ticket. & saving more money through them along the way! We leave August 19th and come back January 26th! CRAZY! I cannot wait. So today I was bored & decided to play around in Paint & made some cute signs for my loved ones that will be staying in the States. I have family in Utah. (St George & Salt Lake area) & Ethan has family in Hawaii (Big island & Oahu) So I made signs for them which I'm planning on printing out & framing for them as a goodbye gift. :) 

Here they are: 

Hilo, Hawaii:

 Salt Lake, Utah: 

St George, Utah:

 Waimea, Oahu:

& surprisingly its really simple! Heres how. 

Look up the state map that you want. Save or Copy & Past into paint. 

Then with the fill in tool & eraser. Fill in all the color with white. (Except for the lines) With the eraser tool get all the pieces that the fill in tool missed (not shown in picture below) 

Then with the paint tool use the color black and the thickest size. Follow the lines of the state. To look like this: 

Then open a web browser & go into picmonkey.com. Click on edit a photo, upload the background you want. 

Then click on the overlay button. Click on upload your own. Choose the picture we did in paint. Then make it to size, click on the drop down menu & choose Darken. & Wallah! In the same overlay tab you can choose a heart to put in where the city is. And just about the overlay tab will be a Text tab so you can add your own text! Simple & very cute! :)