Thursday, October 14, 2010

Some Craft Projects that have actually made it to the FINISHED Pile!

A pair of cowboy "boot"ies to go with my nephew's adorable little wrangler bum.

He wanted to play with them and eat them:


Oreo truffles for a potluck:

The diaper bag I made for my sister:

A wrist pincushion was a birthday present for my friend Thy. I glued the blue beads on the pins so they'd match the snails.


I made these dry erase boards as auction items for the Miss Rodeo Utah pageant silent auction.


And a quick baby present: a cupcake made of onesies, washcloths, and a headband with 2 interchangeable flowers

Monday, August 30, 2010

Giveaway for some GORGEOUS necklaces

So I realize I'm kind of a lame blogger...I actually do have some pictures to post but I haven't gotten to that yet.

BUT

I had to share this jewelery website and giveaway I just found. I've seen a lot of the stamped jewelery around the blog world, but this gal's is by far my favorite.
Lisa Leonard Designs
I just have to share a few of my favorites:






Every piece is absolutely gorgeous. And you can enter to win a $50 gift certificate here

(I might have to send Cody here around Christmas time)

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Graduation Weekend!

Cody graduated with a Bachelor's of Science in Construction Management this weekend and I am so proud of him. (and we are so glad that he's done with his schooling) Here's some pictures:




Isn't he a handsome graduate?!





(p.s. I edited some of these with an online editor called picnik. It's free and you don't have to download any software to your computer. You can see what a bloggin mama did with the program here.






Brittany and Angie graduated in the same college as Cody (they're in the math education dept.)


We went to lunch at Costa Vida and My 4 year old niece Lara put 3 straws in her cup. When I asked her why she said, "So it's like an Alien" . . .Ahhhh. (later she explained that it's like and alien "because it has 3 eyes like an alien"--Oh I get it now)


It was also Lara's birthday party on Sunday.


This weekend I also made this ruffle butt onesie and headband. I saw the idea here and the tutorial here awhile ago and have been wanting to try it. I also made a belt for myself with a pretty flower clip but I didn't take a picture of it.

Friday, April 2, 2010

Take That Sugar Cookies!

Every time I try to make sugar cookies, I fail in some way. I tried again at Christmas and was reminded of why I hate to make sugar cookies. The point of this story is that because of this animosity I have with sugar cookies, I was a bit skeptical of what my skills would be with another cookie treat I've been wanting to try. Granted they really aren't that much alike but I was reminded of the sugar cookies anyway.

I'm loving how the little tufts of hair/feathers turned out on these chicks!




Mine are not perfectly pretty like the pros but I think they're still pretty cute. You can see where I got the idea here

Since Wal-Mart is the only store I had, I was limited with my supplies. I'm just now realizing that I forgot to put whiskers on my rabbits. Oops! From start to finish (clean up included) 16 of these little guys took me 2 hours and 1 bag of candy melts. That's much better than my sugar cookie time. Now that I have a better idea of what to do, I'm sure I can make way more in the same time.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

2009 update!

Ok so I've been super bad about blogging about real things so I'm going to try to do a quick catch up. I don't know if we were overloaded with pictures around our wedding or what, but we haven't taken many pictures since we got married, but I'll post what we have!

The NFR! Cody and I were so excited! My cousin has tickets for every night of the NFR every year and she had two extras every night. Cody and I got to go the the last night and spend some time with my parents, lil bro, and Lee and J.R. (who we rarely get to see). It was GREAT, but of course I forgot my camera so the only picture I have is the one they take at the AT&T booth. I've tried to get rid of that red eye in every program I have (I don't have many) and couldn't do it so there we are-robot eyes and all.

Many years ago, my dad and his friends decided to start a youth coyote hunt with the purpose of getting kids out hunting and having fun with their families. It has grown so much since that first year! It is a really great time and all the kids have fun. EVERY kid gets at least one prize item just for being there and then EVERY kid gets a drawing item and the drawing items range from small items all the way up to guns....a whole lot of guns! This year Cody and I went with my dad, little brother, and cousin Bryant. My dad's good friend Chopper passed away a few years ago from complications from a brain tumor. He was one of the guys that started the hunt with my dad and our families had done a lot with each other over the years. He was like an uncle to my little brother and I. In honor of him, they started a contest at the hunt called "Spirit of the Hunt". The kids write a story using that theme and their experiences during the hunt. The story that gets picked gets a special rifle that has "The Chopper" engraved on it (It's the chopper gun). This year my little brother's story won. I started crying when they read it outloud (in fact I'm tearing up now). You'd have to read it and know Chopper to know what I'm talking about but I was just so proud of my lil bro.

Oh and that face mask that my cousin is wearing in the middle picture is super creepy in the very early morning when there's mist and it looks like a horror movie anyway. He scared the tuna salad out of me!


At the beginning of the fall semester, Cody's parents brought us boxes and boxes and boxes (seriously I think there were seven boxes) of peaches from Grandma Quilter's trees. They were perfect delicous peachy goodness but I was feeling a little overwhelmed at the thought of what we were going to do with all those! Ha well Cody put them all in one of the empty apartments under the swamp cooler with a blanket over them to keep them cool. It was quite the sight the first time he lifted up the blanket to show me all of them. We were able to give some away but most of them we dried and bottled. It was . . . a mess! But we felt pretty accomplished when we finally finished. It was our first time and we did it!


Two of my good friends got married in August, just one week apart. And OF COURSE the two weeks of their receptions were the two weeks that Cody had his 2 week army training in Wisconsin! So I was flying solo, well kind of anyway. I had friends to go to both Kellie's and Annika's wedding with. They were so much fun! (p.s. Callie, Colter and I got a little lost while running an errand in the process of getting to Kellie's reception. Oops!

In August we went to Lagoon with Cody's family and we also got a new car that weekend. I don't have a picture of it but it is a 2007 black Saturn Aura. We love it! I made us get some of those old time Lagoon photos . . . doesn't everyone have one of these with their spouses in the first few year they're married?


Last summer we went to the Due West and Lady Antebellum concert at the Dixie Sunbowl. It was SO great! We love them both but if you haven't heard Due West before you should really look them up! If I got started I really wouldn't be able to quit saying good things about them! I wanted to get a spontaneous dance picture but it just wasn't working, so please excuse the blur. Cody and I did swing dance to one of Due West's songs, and I have to say that dancing in the dirt and grass is a little difficult but very fun!


Cody and I went to Pine Lake last summer for our only camping trip of the season. My parents came out to meet us and we had a really good time. As you can tell from the size of that fish, we didn't have much luck in the fishing department . . . so I started taking pictures and playing with the color settings on my camera. Our poor tent didn't make it through the trip alive, unfortunately. That reminds me, we better get a move on getting a new one because we plan to get A LOT more camping in this summer!

Monday, March 29, 2010

New Blog to Follow and Giveaway

Lately I've been looking at crafting and DIY decor blogs. One of them is http://diaryofacraftaholic.blogspot.com and they have a very nifty giveaway of a tote going right now! Check it out!

Thursday, February 11, 2010

I can't help passing on a good deal!


There's an outdoor outlet type store in St. George that my dad gets items from for the Youth Coyote Hunt, and when he went in last week, the lady gave him these vests to give to his daughters! (So I was pretty excited of course!) She also said that if anyone else wanted one they were only 10 bucks!!! So if you want one, let me know and I'll have my dad go in and get some. They come in many different colors, but the only 3 I know for sure are black, tan, and a very light blue.

I really like the vests because they are cute and warm but they are also lightweight. All my other vests are pretty bulky so these ones are nice that way. They also have a nice, soft lining.

Monday, January 11, 2010

The Case of the Missing Khakis

A case long thought to be cold was solved this weekend . . .

So 3 years ago when I moved to Bryce Valley for the summer, 1/3 of my stuff went with me, 1/3 of it went to my sister's house, and 1/3 of it went to my parents' house in St. George. With this haphazard packing style, it's not surprising that I misplaced many items--some would be found, and some, like the khakis, I thought were gone forever. This weekend I decided to go through and clean out a lot of my stuff in my bedroom at home and what did I find but the two delinquent pairs of khakis. You may be wondering why I'm making such a big deal about these khakis, but I will be doing a lot of practicum hours in the schools this sememster and next so I will be wearing dress pants and khakis much more often than usual. They came home just in time and, needless to say, it was a very happy reunion!