Festival Craft Ideas!!

Hi!

For those of you that are regular readers, this is one blog post you may want to skip.

As you hopefully know, I have the opportunity of serving this year on the Festival of Trees executive board which benefits Primary Children's Medical Center. I have some WONDERFUL friends and family members who have decided to help me on this endeavor and make some awesome crafts to donate. So, this post is just some of the ideas I've seen that could help them out...

Glass tile pendants/magnets

http://lazydaisyglass.blogspot.com/2009/02/tutorial-glass-tile-pendant.html

T-shirt Pom Poms

http://www.craftaholicsanonymous.net/2011/01/t-shirt-pom-poms-tutorial.html

Ruffled Bags

http://www.craftaholicsanonymous.net/2011/02/big-announcement-introducing-ruffled.html

Leather Hair Accessories

http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2010/08/faux-leather-ahem-vinyl-hair.html


Satin Flower Headbands

http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2010/08/blog-post.html

Many of these items can be adjusted to more Christmas-y colors/themes which might help them sell better. You can also take the basic item and turn it into other things so start that crafty mind a-turning!!

And, if you have any other ideas that might help us out please feel free to post links below in the comments!

Thanks!!

Marsh Lake - June 2011

So, not as soon as I'd hoped, but here's the first video I mentioned in the last post! Enjoy!

Where I been?

So, yeah, life’s been…busy.  I’m sure you know how it goes so I won’t drag on about it.

My new roomies moved in.  They’re…well,…ok. 

Just kidding!  I LOVE THEM!!  My sister and bro-in-law have decided to come mooch off me for about a year while they save up to buy a sweet mansion.  But in all reality they’re not actually mooching.  Anyone who gives me money every month, mows the lawn regularly and keeps the fridge full of food is welcome to come “mooch” off of me!

And one of the biggest miracles of all is that we all still love each other!  There was a few awkward moments when my sister made me donate half of my wardrobe to DI but we worked through it. 

(And by “worked through it” I mean “I dragged her to Kohl’s with me for a little bit of a shopping spree!”)

But my new roomies have been living with me for almost 4 weeks now and it doesn’t seem nearly that long.  I guess that’s a good sign, right?  Of course, we’ve hardly been home.  We were gone camping for 2 weekends, one of which also involved boating (yay!), and then to a family reunion another weekend.  I’m actually excited that I get to stay home this weekend and get stuff done around the house.

So, coming soon to a blog near you (in fact, the blog is so near you’re actually reading it right now) I have camping pictures, boating pictures, 4th of July pictures, house fixing-upping pictures, and maybe a few other random things thrown in.

And they’ll be soon, I promise, so stay tuned!  And, for now, here’s a sneak peek!

It’s so good to be back blogging again!

Spring Fever!

Hi!

Sorry!

I've been a bad, bad blogger.

And I know it!

But as a way to make it up to you I present 2 videos. One is the aforementioned Lake Powell video from March. The other is a slideshow of the side trip we took to Goblin Valley on the way back from Lake Powell.

So, here they are:

Snowshoeing

Usually this time of year I'm itching for warm weather. And I have an extra excuse this year as to why I should be doing so, but I'll talk about that later. I've had such a wonderful winter, though, that I'm almost sad to see it go. I asked Santa for a pair of snowshoes this last Christmas so now, after years of renting, I finally have my own. My first adventure out on them was with my good friends, Teresa and Mandy. We took little roll-up sleds with us so that we could do some sledding, too. I highly recommend sledding/snowshoeing adventures, we had such a blast!

And the reason I can't wait for summer...:

The family and I took it down to Lake Powell a month ago for some fishing. It was awesome! The lake was deserted, it was 70 degrees, and we had a blast. I'm putting a video together that I'll post soon!

Life is tough

Why does going back to work after a three-day weekend always feel like a punishment? Am I being punished for playing too much?

As I sat down at my desk and was putting my keys in my purse I found the to-do list I’d made last Thursday. And although I could tell it was my handwriting it honestly took me 3.5 seconds to realize why I would’ve put item number one on the list.

I mean, I plan to figuratively do that at some point pretty much every weekend, but I’d never need to put it on the list to make sure it was accomplished. And then it hit me: I literally wanted to put feet on my couch. Couch feet, that is.

My couch has been sitting directly on the floor since I got it and I decided I wanted to raise it up a bit, you know, make it taller. So, that’s what I meant.

You may also note that a trip to IKEA was on the list which means there’ll be some remodeling posts in the semi-near future.

Exciting stuff is happening, now I just need some more three-day weekends to get it all done.

Well, a girl can dream. And on Mondays, that’s all I’ve got to keep me going sometimes!