My Own Little Shop!

I just created an Etsy shop! Check it out here... I know...I don't have any babies yet, but hey...I really like making this stuff and it's SO popular right now. Thought I might try and fund my new hobby, sewing...and crafting! I don't have many things listed yet, but I'll be working on that in the future.

I am SO excited about my new sewing machine! This is my first ever and I can't wait to make tons of stuff!

Craft Crap

Yes, I'm still in craft mode and keep finding new projects I want to make and I'm stalking etsy and a bunch of craft blogs with free tutorials. Yesterday I found this idea to make these cards to Father's day, which is coming up all too soon....where has this year gone?! My father and my father-in-law will be receiving these and here is a link to a video on YouTube with instructions on how to make it. It's SO easy!



Sorry, my camera isn't the best. I just have my little Canon point and shoot to work with.


I'm also in the process of making these basket liners to make all my baskets look a little better. I've finished a few so far and this is is the finished product. The tutorial is here on Make it and Love it. I was surprised at how easy this was.

And the following pictures are just for kicks. We were at my parents a few Sunday's ago for dinner and Brecken, my two-year-old niece, was sitting on Papa's shoulders. Doesn't she just have the cutest little crack? Oh to be a two-year-old again and not have to care about anything or what people think.

Come and knock on my door...

Hey all! I know that Ryan and I have been in our new place for about two months now and I haven't invited all, really anyone, over. For that, I apologize. I would invite people over for dinner, but I am NOT a good cook and really my skills consist of Stauffer's frozen Skillets and TGI Friday's frozen dinners. So really, you're not missing out. So here's a little tour of our place:

The entry-way.

View from the front door.

The coat/hat hanger by the door and the vinyl letter that I love. :)

I love these little nooks (don't know what they're REALLY called) in my walls. This one is on your left as your walk in.

My laundry room. I have my OWN washer and dryer! This room is on your right after walking in.

The shelf Ryan put in my laundry room. It's SO great to have a handy man!

This little nook is on your right as you walk in. Just past the laundry room.

The main room when you walk in. Ryan bolted our tv to the wall and I love it that way. Then I don't feel like the tv is about to fall on top of me from being too close.

This is our little "hall-way" to the left. Leads to the bathroom and our second bedroom.

This is Ryan's bathroom and the guest bathroom. I told him the only rule is that he has to keep the toilet seat down! He's doing ok with it so far.

The guest/junk room. The Tigger and Pooh bear are no longer there. I took them to my mother's house for her play room for the grand kids.

See what I mean by junk room?!

Our dining room area.

The kitchen. I LOVE the black appliances and that Ryan put that microwave in for me.

Other kitchen view.

I just got this rug for my anniversary. I love it! Beats the heck outta that old red shag one Ryan liked so much.

Entry into our bedroom. There's also a nice hall closet to the right.

Our bedroom.

Other view.

I made this little display for some of our pictures in our bedroom. Yes, I know it's crooked...I still need to fix it....AND put pictures in the frames.

Our/my bathroom.

The closet that Ryan built me that's in our bathroom. I LOVE it!

One Year...We Made It!

Yesterday Ryan and I celebrated our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! It was a great day. I told Ryan before that he was in charge of planning it. :) We decided we'll take turns planning it out. I must say, he did a fantastic job! It really all started Friday when I got off work. He called and told me he broke the light in our bedroom while trying to fix the rails on our bed (they kept popping out everytime Ryan or I got on the bed) and that he needed me to run to Lowe's and see the prices to replace it. Long story short and after my patience was WAY TOO thin, I came home to a few surprises....Ryan had put in a ceiling fan in our bedroom and an above the range microwave while I was at work. I was SO excited!!!! I've wanted both since our bedroom gets a little warm at night and I have absolutely NO counter space in my kitchen and my current microwave took up half of it. Saturday, the REAL anniversary day, I woke up early and went to the gym, he was kind enough to let me go. He wouldn't tell me where we were going really at any point during the day, he'd just start driving in one direction, give me some lame story as to why we were headed in that direction, and then just pull up to the place we were going. We went to Callie's for breakfast. I had the 'pitcher's mound'....SO GOOD! Next we headed off to get massages! I've wanted one for SO long and it was Ryan's FIRST TIME! We went to the Utah College of Massage Therapy (it was two for one) and I was a little skeptical when I saw my massage therapist...he looked a little scary....but it was WONDERFUL! And it was great because Ryan had put us on the list earlier so we just walked right in! I think I'll be going there in again for sure. Next we headed down to the mall in Provo. We did some shopping and headed to a movie. We'd already seen every new movie except for 17Again, which we both had wanted to see. After the movie we did some more shopping and then headed to dinner at the Olive Garden in American Fork. We headed home after dinner to watch the Laker/Nugget game and when I walked in the door, there was this:

Gerber daisies are my FAVORITE. It was the perfect day to celebrate our first year of marriage. I am so grateful that I am married to Ryan. He is a wonderful friend and husband that makes me feel loved and appreciated every day. I wouldn't want to spend eternity with anyone else.

My new microwave...Maytag!

One happy, worn-out, couple.

My new addiciton!

Lately I've been feeling crafty. No idea why. I think mostly it's because I came upon this website UCreate. I LOVE these tutorials for things that I've seen selling for 30 to 40 dollars that I can EASILY make for less than 10 or 15 bucks! I just made this:

My sister bought this car seat cover at the Women's Expo for $35 and I thought I could freakin' make this! So I did. Of course I couldn't find the same fabric, but it still came out pretty cute. And no, I'm not baby hungry. I DO have a lot of prego friends, so I might be using them as gifts.

And then I made this just because I wanted to try.

And not to brag or anything, but mine actually is a lot cuter than this one. I added a pocket and I used four different funky colored fabrics.

I'm going to make these sometime soon:

These I've seen for sale at a kiosk in the mall...and they're SO easy. The tutorial is here.

Yes...it IS the hooter hider. :)

And today I just bought these clear tiles and brackets to make some fun and unique jewelry!

I'll let you know how they turn out.

Now all I need is my OWN sewing machine...but I do like traveling down to Spanish Fork to use my mom's...AND she helps me when I need it (and that's a LOT!)

My Mother

I have been so blessed in my life to have such a wonderful mother. She is one of my best friends and I love everything about her. She's the best example to me of what I hope I can be when I do have children. Thank you mom for all you have done and will do.

I'm also blessed to have a wonderful Mother-in-law that has raised a wonderful son and has always shown nothing but love and kindness to me. I love you, thank you.

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers, with or with-out children!