Tuesday, February 22, 2011

What makes you happy?

Well, since I was able to fix my sewing machine myself... Tee Hee!! I needed to get back to business... And what business is that you ask?

Ruffles, lots and lots of ruffles.. And I do not mean the chips... :O) See this beautiful pile of ruffles? There are 80 ruffles there... Yes, I am happy now.. I am finally on the home stretch with this project.. It sure has taken me longer than I had hoped.. But I am sure it will be worth it in the end... Stay tuned to find out what I am making..

Until next time my lovelies... Have a great one!! :O)

Yeah for me!!

I did it, I did it, yeah, yeah, yeah... No eating here tonight, hey, not eating here tonight, your on a diet...

Okay, I know lame... But it is one of my favorite movies of all time... Got to have me some "shark bait who ha ha"... :O)

No really, yeah for me because I FIXED MY SEWING MACHINE!!!!!! :O)

Like I said... Yeah for me!! I did it all by myself!!!

Now, off I go to get my sewing grooves on!! Later! :O)

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Room redo on a VERY tight budget!!!

Since moving back to Utah from Michigan and into our old house I have been trying to update it on a very tight budget... VERY TIGHT mind you....Last October (during General Conference, yes I watched every session) started my painting craze... I started with the master bedroom makeover and to date have spent around $150. Not bad.. That even included new bedding.. :O)

Next up was my daughters room... I painted it this periwinkle while I was preggers with her. It matched her bedding and was exactly what I wanted then.. Well not any more... Sorry picture taken after I started to prime the walls.. I had the primer in my stash!! Yeah! So cost was $0...
It's a little bright and in your face...

So I decided to check out my paint stash and see what I had.. I did not want to spend any money on it.. I know lame... But I did find my 5 gallon bucket of Glidden Sand White paint. Love this paint. It looks different with the way the light hits it.. Sometimes it is grey and others it is a light tan. I used it for the bathrooms and the downstairs bedroom and my craft room and the hallway down stairs.. LOVE IT!! Now that was also like 3-4 years ago.. So to say the least there was not much left in the bucket... It had just enough to do her room.. :O)


This is my start at organizing her closet.. More on that later..



Doesn't that look so much calmer? I love the contrast against the new hardwood floors. Just need to put up the base boards.... STILL.... Hopefully that will be soon...




The transition is so much smoother now.. :O) To date I have only spent about $12 on her room make over.. I even found new curtains at a steal of a deal. Need to put those up now...






I have not decided if I will leave her bed in this nook. But for now it stays.. Don't you just love the denim quilt? My mom made it for her 5Th birthday... She is so wonderful... Thanks mom!! :O)

I still have some things to do in this room. It is just taking me longer than planned..

Now, way back when (last fall to be precise) I mentioned I had found the most exciting treasure at the DI... I know exactly what I want to do with it.. Just need to work up the courage to get it done... But here is a little look at the so called treasure...


Aren't you just in love with it? I knew I had to have it... I was standing in line to pay and saw it in a cart at the checkout and just kept eye -balling it. So when I got up close enough I mention how cute it was and the cashier said the customer changed her mind and it was going back on the shelf unless I wanted it... DING DING DING!!! No price tag so I asked how much and the cashier said $3. YES!!! It was mine!!! Do you blame me?


Do you have any guess as to what I am planning on doing with it? Let me know what your guess is....
As always have a great day!! :O)



Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Do you always get what you ask for?

Okay, so I promised I would show you all what the Hubs got me for Valentines Day.... The typical dozen roses... I love white roses... :O) And TWO Nickelback CDs.. Yeah!! There is a third one but I can wait on that... I guess he figured I really liked Nickelback since I am always playing them on the laptop in my craft room while sewing... :O) That and I told him I wanted them... LOL What a good hubby!!

These next pictures are from last night... I had put everyone to bed and thought they all had fallen asleep.... But I was WRONG!!! When I walked up stairs to go to bed this is what I found...
Yes, that is the 3 year old.. Still up... And eating... He got himself a cup of water and a bowl of left over spaghetti... Then proceeded to eat...

Do you think he gave himself enough spaghetti?


He was so happy with himself... Love that little man!! Check out the stamps on his face... He and his sister got them from the dentist yesterday as their prize for a good check up and them they proceeded to stamp their faces.... Luckily they do wash off very easily...
Have a great day!! Until next time.... :O)



Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Valentines update!

I thought I would surprise my family when they all got home from school/work for Valentines Day yesterday. So this is what they saw when they came home... The table set with love....
I even made these bad boys and they were AWESOME!!!

See, doesn't it look nice all set up for Valentines Day? Did you happen to notice anything different about this spot? No, well I will share more on that in another post...


Everyone got a heart on their plate and I even made everyone tell what they loved about well everyone!! It was so fun to hear the different things... My 5 yr old daughter was the funniest.. She sure can come up with some doozies... Is that even a word? Oh well!! :O)



I just wanted to wish you all a Happy (Day Late) Valentines Day!! Tomorrow I will show you what I got from the hubs!! I was soooo happy!!




Thursday, February 10, 2011

Bed News, Bad News, Bad News....

Argh!!!

My sewing machine broke last night while I was making ruffles!!!!!!!!


I need my sewing machine!! I still have curtains to make!!! Argh!!!

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Did you go to the Sundance Film Festival?

*Warning this post had LOTS of pictures..

Neither did I.... But I sure did want to go... But not with the kids so we had other plans for the family... We took the kids to Midway (which is not far from Park City where the festival is) for the weekend and boy was it fun!! Here are some pics of the view from the condo we stayed in.


I just love the mountains...
The little kids had so much fun playing in the condo. We had little tents for them to sleep in. I did take pics of it but some how they did not get downloaded to the computer. Oops...



We played Monopoly A LOT!!! The boys had so much fun that we played until 11:30 almost every night.

Our only outing was to go... Tubing at Soldier Hollow... And boy was it fun... Especially from someone who does not like heights or going too fast (hate feeling out of control)...
Cameron and Jordan played in the snow while the rest of us got ready...







We must take a long time to get ready... Or at least I must... LOL



Here we are being pulled up the hill.... Hang on tight...





First down is Colby....





Next up, is Nate...




There he goes...







Still getting the little ones ready... Gloves fell off so reattaching was a priority.




We went down several times then Jordan started to cry that she was cold. So we sat and waited until Daddy came down.. So then we went down a couple more times.





Here is Colby and Cameron waiting to find out what we are doing next...






Nate, well he was just being a stud!!



And then there is MY stud!!





Family pics were a must...




It was such a fun time.. Note to self... Must do this again soon...


Boy they look really tired.. :O)
We wanted to take the kids to the Ice castle but never made it so I took some pics on Sunday before we left.













That castle was so cool. Hope to go back and see it sometime. I did snap some pics of it at night just for the effect.




Is that not just cool!!!






Anyway, thanks for coming along on our family weekend.. I suggest that everyone do this now and then.. Family time is the greatest time spent!!
Have a great week!! :O)