I, unfortunately, am not the woman I am talking about! However, I have had the time lately to jump around the blogsphere, which I really hadn't done in a while and I must say.... I am pleasantly suprised to have found some wonderful blogs! The one in particular that I have literally spent hours on, going back and looking through her archives is Jessica, she blogs over at Happy Together and boyyyyyy is she one amazing gal!
She does everything! Crafting, crocheting, sewing, painting, everything, literally.... She's like the MacGyver of crafting! I am jealous, I am green with envy that she can turn a paperclip into a swiss army knife, a piece of fabric into a car, and she can leap tall buildings in a single bound. Okay, well... maybe not, but seriously if you've never been to her blog you should be arrested. Go there... now.. and enjoy and take in all the craftiness and then go home and do something with it. Report back here with what you've created. I'm going to be doing some stuff this weekend and I really can't wait! I will be here to show you next week...
Imagine that!! I'll actually finally be posting something crafty! It's been like a year right??? Oh how I missed it and thanks to Jessica for kicking me out of my funk and getting the creative juices flowing!
15 July 2010
09 July 2010
July July... oh how you are about to pass me by...
Hey that rhymed... :)
Okay so I'm working on my list.. yeah you remember, the list... in case you forgot here it is:
1) Complete all processing of photos
a. family shoot
b. sorority pics
c. vacation
d. wedding
e. swimming pics
f. lake pics - 4th of July - I know they're coming
2) Plan our next cruise
3) Start Christmas shopping - I know it's early but I plan to be done by Thanksgiving with EVERYONE!
4) Finish decorating the girls rooms
a. picture frames - need to sand and paint and add photos, hang
b. refurbish some free light fixtures we got
c. complete some wall art for all 3 rooms
5) Clean out all the girls old clothes and hopefully have a yard sale
6) Get shelves in my craft/business closet done and organized
7) I think the list ends here but I'm not sure because my brain has stopped....
Sooooo let's see... have I got ANYTHING done??? that would be a negative... a... big... fat... NEGATIVE.
Wait! After going through the list again it seems as though I have one thing I can mark off! That would be 1d... Wow... But to sound a little better I'm working on 1a and 1b right now, well in between writing this post and transferring all my photos to a NEW external hard drive. Apparently the one I had went crazy because I failed to turn it off when I was done. So it ended up overheating and killing it. The diagnostics went all whacked and I was stressing out, but I was happy that I was able to retrieve all my 14,000 pictures that were on it. Otherwise someone may have died... yes... died...
Anywho... Looks like I better keep working on my list cause it looks like it's gonna be a slooooow success!
Okay so I'm working on my list.. yeah you remember, the list... in case you forgot here it is:
1) Complete all processing of photos
a. family shoot
b. sorority pics
c. vacation
d. wedding
e. swimming pics
f. lake pics - 4th of July - I know they're coming
2) Plan our next cruise
3) Start Christmas shopping - I know it's early but I plan to be done by Thanksgiving with EVERYONE!
4) Finish decorating the girls rooms
a. picture frames - need to sand and paint and add photos, hang
b. refurbish some free light fixtures we got
c. complete some wall art for all 3 rooms
5) Clean out all the girls old clothes and hopefully have a yard sale
6) Get shelves in my craft/business closet done and organized
7) I think the list ends here but I'm not sure because my brain has stopped....
Sooooo let's see... have I got ANYTHING done??? that would be a negative... a... big... fat... NEGATIVE.
Wait! After going through the list again it seems as though I have one thing I can mark off! That would be 1d... Wow... But to sound a little better I'm working on 1a and 1b right now, well in between writing this post and transferring all my photos to a NEW external hard drive. Apparently the one I had went crazy because I failed to turn it off when I was done. So it ended up overheating and killing it. The diagnostics went all whacked and I was stressing out, but I was happy that I was able to retrieve all my 14,000 pictures that were on it. Otherwise someone may have died... yes... died...
Anywho... Looks like I better keep working on my list cause it looks like it's gonna be a slooooow success!
01 July 2010
I missed June by ONE stinkin' day!
Darn! I was at least trying to update this baby every month but as I sat at my computer and look to the right at my calendar I noticed that June had passed me by. It didn't even leave a note, a sticky, message, nothing... so sad....
Anywho... I'm here in JULY! I have soooo much planned I'm not even sure I can remember to list it all down. My to do in July is as follows..stay with me now... the list may be more than you or I can handle...
1) Complete all processing of photos
a. family shoot
b. sorority pics
c. vacation
d. wedding
e. swimming pics
f. lake pics - 4th of July - I know they're coming
2) Plan our next cruise
3) Start Christmas shopping - I know it's early but I plan to be done by Thanksgiving with EVERYONE!
4) Finish decorating the girls rooms
a. picture frames - need to sand and paint and add photos, hang
b. refurbish some free light fixtures we got
c. complete some wall art for all 3 rooms
5) Clean out all the girls old clothes and hopefully have a yard sale
6) Get shelves in my craft/business closet done and organized
7) I think the list ends here but I'm not sure because my brain has stopped....
On top of all that I hope to get myself moving in the gym and losing about 30 pounds before my big 3-0 Birthday in October!
So Happy July everyone and I hope to update this more and more throughout the month, I hope to have some updates on the list and post some completed projects... wish me luck!
Anywho... I'm here in JULY! I have soooo much planned I'm not even sure I can remember to list it all down. My to do in July is as follows..stay with me now... the list may be more than you or I can handle...
1) Complete all processing of photos
a. family shoot
b. sorority pics
c. vacation
d. wedding
e. swimming pics
f. lake pics - 4th of July - I know they're coming
2) Plan our next cruise
3) Start Christmas shopping - I know it's early but I plan to be done by Thanksgiving with EVERYONE!
4) Finish decorating the girls rooms
a. picture frames - need to sand and paint and add photos, hang
b. refurbish some free light fixtures we got
c. complete some wall art for all 3 rooms
5) Clean out all the girls old clothes and hopefully have a yard sale
6) Get shelves in my craft/business closet done and organized
7) I think the list ends here but I'm not sure because my brain has stopped....
On top of all that I hope to get myself moving in the gym and losing about 30 pounds before my big 3-0 Birthday in October!
So Happy July everyone and I hope to update this more and more throughout the month, I hope to have some updates on the list and post some completed projects... wish me luck!
25 May 2010
Monthly updates...
Well it seems as though I'm down to a monthly update... sad, I know but really, I just can't get back in my groove of this blogging thing. I loved to Blog, I like adding the pics and giving you updates, and now... nada..
So my monthly update is that I'm so busy it's a miracle I have time to eat, breath and sleep... It's been a crazy MAY! Started off with my husband's birthday, mother's day, brother's birthday, then it led into pictures, family pictures, baby pictures, and planning a major wedding for the end of the month.... Then started the hospital visits of both my sister and my grandmother in law. They both ended up hospitalized, thankfully it was local here but it was a rough few weeks and they are both in the clear now. Thank goodness!
So this week is still more prepping for this weekends wedding. What's more is that I'm IN the wedding! Usually I plan, I take pictures and leave quietly through the back door... Not so much this weekend. I'm planning, coordinating, doing flowers, favors, I did invitations, save the dates, RSVPs, wedding programs, etc. and I'm in it. So are all the girls, so it's going to be a crazy Thursday, Friday Saturday, bachelorette party/dinner, rehearsal, rehearsal dinner, flowers, flowers, flowers and then getting me and the girls ready for Saturday! Wish me luck! Lord knows I need it! :)
Other than that I am STILLLL working on my website, I seem to have NO time to finish up all the photo updates and verbage, and pricing. Hopefully after I finish this wedding, go and come from vacation I can work on it until it's complete! I HOPE!
So until next month.. :) well wishes!
So my monthly update is that I'm so busy it's a miracle I have time to eat, breath and sleep... It's been a crazy MAY! Started off with my husband's birthday, mother's day, brother's birthday, then it led into pictures, family pictures, baby pictures, and planning a major wedding for the end of the month.... Then started the hospital visits of both my sister and my grandmother in law. They both ended up hospitalized, thankfully it was local here but it was a rough few weeks and they are both in the clear now. Thank goodness!
So this week is still more prepping for this weekends wedding. What's more is that I'm IN the wedding! Usually I plan, I take pictures and leave quietly through the back door... Not so much this weekend. I'm planning, coordinating, doing flowers, favors, I did invitations, save the dates, RSVPs, wedding programs, etc. and I'm in it. So are all the girls, so it's going to be a crazy Thursday, Friday Saturday, bachelorette party/dinner, rehearsal, rehearsal dinner, flowers, flowers, flowers and then getting me and the girls ready for Saturday! Wish me luck! Lord knows I need it! :)
Other than that I am STILLLL working on my website, I seem to have NO time to finish up all the photo updates and verbage, and pricing. Hopefully after I finish this wedding, go and come from vacation I can work on it until it's complete! I HOPE!
So until next month.. :) well wishes!
01 April 2010
I will get better.... eventually.... maybe..
I really want to get back into this and I really want to blog daily like I used to, well at least Monday through Friday.
It's hard though and Life sometimes gets in the way and well the rest is history. I will try to be better. When I first started this blog I think I had all of 4 visitors and 3 of them were family. However, somewhere in between, where I don't know, I ended up with over 12,000 hits! I don't know what happened or how or maybe it was a bug in my system. Either way it's amazing to see a number so high on this baby! So thanks... I will be back, soon, and I will be crafty, and I will prove to be a multi-tasker and do a million things at one time.. I promise..
I'm back on trying to lose weight again, I've talked about it from time to time and I really need to buckle down and do it. I was in the Army for goodness sakes, it's not like I don't know how to lose the weight! But when I do, I promise myself not to get back to where I am today.. it's a shame.. and awful shame...
Til we meet again... soon, I promise.. :)
It's hard though and Life sometimes gets in the way and well the rest is history. I will try to be better. When I first started this blog I think I had all of 4 visitors and 3 of them were family. However, somewhere in between, where I don't know, I ended up with over 12,000 hits! I don't know what happened or how or maybe it was a bug in my system. Either way it's amazing to see a number so high on this baby! So thanks... I will be back, soon, and I will be crafty, and I will prove to be a multi-tasker and do a million things at one time.. I promise..
I'm back on trying to lose weight again, I've talked about it from time to time and I really need to buckle down and do it. I was in the Army for goodness sakes, it's not like I don't know how to lose the weight! But when I do, I promise myself not to get back to where I am today.. it's a shame.. and awful shame...
Til we meet again... soon, I promise.. :)
17 March 2010
By the looks of things... I suck at blogging...
I remember when I used to blog daily, and I used to put something crafty in here alllll the time. So where have I been? Well I'll tell you, working full time, 3 girls actively in school, violin lessons and dance lessons as well as getting my wedding and photography business up and running and trying to stay sane amid all that is what I've been doing.
I may or may not lose my mind by the time summer is here! :)
I do have to tell you though that I have regularly been shopping at Hobby Lobby still and found some excellent buys! I got some dress patterns, for $1.99 (McCalls) the other day, I plan to make some summer dresses for the girls, they will love them. They were excited just to see the patterns! haha... I love those gals! Anywho I will be doing crafty things in the future, I just have to find time to upload pics and update this darn blog of mine! I will...promise.. I will...
As for other things, I'm still working on my weight, and I have a double reason to do it now, I have a wedding to be in May and I'm going on a majorly, fantastic, beachy cruise in June so I need to put everything I have into the next 10-12 weeks and lose this butt! Since I'm recovering from knee surgery still I will start off slow but I have to quickly kick into high gear! Wish me luck, and on this St. Patty's day maybe the little green folks will throw a massive amount of luck my way! :) One can hope, and pray! :)
I may or may not lose my mind by the time summer is here! :)
I do have to tell you though that I have regularly been shopping at Hobby Lobby still and found some excellent buys! I got some dress patterns, for $1.99 (McCalls) the other day, I plan to make some summer dresses for the girls, they will love them. They were excited just to see the patterns! haha... I love those gals! Anywho I will be doing crafty things in the future, I just have to find time to upload pics and update this darn blog of mine! I will...promise.. I will...
As for other things, I'm still working on my weight, and I have a double reason to do it now, I have a wedding to be in May and I'm going on a majorly, fantastic, beachy cruise in June so I need to put everything I have into the next 10-12 weeks and lose this butt! Since I'm recovering from knee surgery still I will start off slow but I have to quickly kick into high gear! Wish me luck, and on this St. Patty's day maybe the little green folks will throw a massive amount of luck my way! :) One can hope, and pray! :)
08 February 2010
Really absent
Sorry for being so absent here but life has taken over and I have been overwhelmed! I will get this up again, I just don't know when... As for now, I have been crafty, crafty in my photography and wedding business that is. I did manage to get a few blankets done for a set of twins, so here they are!
I found the fleece on sale for half off so these blankets were a bargain. I got them both done in a day so it wasn't bad. 
I cut ribbon to match the backing and sewed it through the blankets and then tied them in a knot.
I sewed the monograms first with the sewing machine and then again by hand. They weren't dark enough with the machine because the thread really sunk in the fabric tight. I printed large letters on the computer and then sewed through the paper. Once it was done I tore off the paper and ta-da, awesome monogram letter!
The parents loved the blankets and I hope the boys will love to snuggle with them! :)
I cut ribbon to match the backing and sewed it through the blankets and then tied them in a knot.
I sewed the monograms first with the sewing machine and then again by hand. They weren't dark enough with the machine because the thread really sunk in the fabric tight. I printed large letters on the computer and then sewed through the paper. Once it was done I tore off the paper and ta-da, awesome monogram letter!
The parents loved the blankets and I hope the boys will love to snuggle with them! :)
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