Some Crafty Stuff :D

I haven't been blogging much, but I have been busy creating fun things for my house (and other peoples :) My friend Katy and I made book wreaths, which are SO stunning in person

I rolled my pages and inked the edges, Katy loosely accordion folded hers like ruffles and lightly inked the whole thing. They turned out different but both really cute.


I have had this bench FOR-EV-ER and gave it a facelift for my front porch

My Friend Rachelle made me this custom frame for my new family picture. LOVE it! Can't wait to get it hung up and my piano painted. Yep, thats right!

Burlap runner I made for my moms Thanksgiving Table....

Burlap wreath: made 3 of these (in slightly different versions ) for my sisters and mom. Hope I get to mine soon! :D
Along with all of this I have repainted my whole downstairs in what I have termed a "buttery tan" and got rid of all the red and khaki walls, which has just changed the whole look of my house. I love it. I have so much fun with makeovers!!

September to Remember

Today was my birthday! It was seriously the best birthday I have had in a really long time. I feel better in general than I have in a long time, I guess that has something to do with it, huh? Mark gave me lots of hugs all day and the kids mostly cleaned up the house. Most of my sweet family came all the way from Thatcher and Globe to celebrate with me and my neice who is turning 9 on Monday. We went to Coopers football game and then came back to the house. We ordered Greek food and I made this cake:

I was showered with presents from everyone and it was SO fun! Cute things for my house and a gift card to Home Depot from Mark so I can paint downstairs. Makeup, jewlery, cute Halloween decorations, AHH just so fun! Then we chilled and did what we love to do the rest of the day...eat, play Settlers, make holiday plans and chit chat. PERFECT. The guys watched college football and the Dbacks game and we all played with the babies. Yep. Pretty much perfect.

I have some great craft and sewing plans in the works, SO exciting. Right now, though I am exhausted and I still have to go pick up Cade and his friends from the dance. And we need more pitas for the rest of the delicious hummus for Sunday football snacking!! :D

Adventure Time!!

If you know about the "kids" show Adventure Time on TV, my apologies. I pretty sure I remember my parents thinking my fave shows as a kid were super annoying too, so I endure it.

If you are my friend on FB you already know about my new adventure, I am adding Eyelash Extensions to my Salon services. I am so excited, eyelashes are super fun! I have had mine for over a year, and I have been doing them for about a year. They are the biggest timesaver. I love them, although yes, they are a bit of a splurge. They really do make a difference. You wake up in the morning looking like this:




Whoah that is a big picture! Sorry Em! LOL but this is my sister with no mascara after I did a fill on her. Awesome, huh?


On the agenda for today:

Finish dusting and folding laundry
Mop
Make cookies for the kids
Work out with Mark after work
Make to do list for the rest of the week

This thing I made.....

My mom signed me up for a sewing class at Scrapbooks etc. a couple months ago, moms sure know when we need a recharge day to just go and create and have fun :D And if you have not been to see the fabric at Scrapbooks Etc. lately, you MUST GO. If you don't sew, after 5 minutes there..... you WILL. I tried to go there one time to just find purple fabric for an apron for my SIL, and I almost had a mental breakdown trying to pick it out. There was just gorgeousness overload! And its definetly on the pricey side (9 bucks a yard) so you want to get it right. If you're in their system you get 40% one item per month so that helps. Anyway, this is the pincushion I made in the class. I loved how mine turned out, but most of the other fabrics people picked to use were equally cute, although totally different. Anyway, I'm totally in love with this pincushion /attached notions bag, its so handy to put stuff in while I'm sewing, and easy to take with me when I want to sew somewhere else. I can put my bobbins, thread, shears, and anything else I might need instead of having to lug around my sewing box.





It looks kind of small in these pictures but it is actually really big. The puncushion is like 6 or 7 inches across and it is really heavy. I loved making it and I love using it.


I also tried out some Picky Palate brownie stuffed chocolate chip cookies. They were really good, but whoah, sugar overload. They are HUGE and SWEET. Good luck eating a whole one!! But fun to try out.