Do-It-Yourself Wreath...

Its beginning to look alot like Christmas!!!  I get kinda bored at work sometimes, so I decided to break out the crafts.. 

Start with one of those Styrofoam circles you get at Porters.  Wrap it with ribbon. Then you get some of that awesome Geo Mesh stuff (good for just about anything), gather it in about 12'' sections and pin it around the circle about 2 or three inches apart.. then pin on the leaves and glittery stuff and  'Joy To The World' you have a pretty fabulous christmas decoration! 

 Mark say's black isn't 'christmas' enough- but I think its pretty. 

Christmas really is the most wonderful time of the year.. I cant wait for all the festivities!!! 

p.s. I know we haven't even had thanksgiving yet... I like to think of it as a prequel to christmas.. 

To sell or Not to sell.. O my pretty things.

Ive been mentioning "bow club" that we do every Monday with my sisters and friends.. here's some of the things that I've made! *note all these pictures were taken with my phone.. crappy images. 

People keep asking me to sell them... BUT... 1. I wouldn't know what to charge and 2.  Im afraid it would loose the fun. I love them though. Aren't they pretty!!!! :) 

Miss Hillcrest 2009

My mom is in charge of my high school pageant Miss Hillcrest ( the first pageant I ever did :) ) I got to go home for it... The theme was "FABULOUS" (my favorite word) and she did a phenomenal job.. so I HAD to post some pictures.. It was a great couple of days.. I got to see everyone (almost everyone), My best friend Mckenzie and her husband were judges. ( great judges i might add), and i got to go shopping with my mom :) I loved going home.. It was all mark could do to FORCE me to come back to walla walla. These were the Tables at the Luncheon.. notice the giant pink diamonds..
This was only ONE side of the stage.. the other side had lipstick.. a giant shoe.. and a cute moped.. I dont have a picture :(

These were given to the Judges.. my mom made the bowl and the invite.. CUTE huh?

No. these weren't our outfits.. my moms stage was FABULOUS. She had these giant tutu's hanging from the celing with twinkle lights and lots of pink.. it was fabulous. I love going to things at my High School.. Especially Miss Hillcrest.. It reminds me of the good old days.. It seems like not that long ago that I was up on that stage ;)

A Few Of My Favorite Things

So, I had people ask me to post pictures of some of the projects I want to do. So here ya go!
-The Advent Calendar
-These Super Cute Carmel Apples
-These BE Blocks
- and lots lots more.. post a comment if you wanna do any of them... we can race ;)

Also.. check out the sites I have added to my sidebar under " my favorite blogs"... they are FULL of fun projects!!

Becoming CRAFTY

I dont know why Im blogging right now.. I have a talk to give in church tomorrow.. and Mark and I got called to teach the 16 year old sunday school class, so we have a lesson to prepare.. Plus its my day off, so I should be cleaning and doing laundry and being productive! BUT all I've done today is BLOG STALK. Yes I creeped on all of you whom I love so much but I did something new today, I found TONS of amazingly creative women's blogs all of whom I do not know. I found hundreds of PROJECTS that I have my little heart SET on doing. Im so excited... I keep complaining about how bored I am here in Walla Walla and how much I want to go home.. well I decided that Im going to keep myself busy by being CRAFTY. Im going to start my first project next week.. get excited.. Im sure I will blog about them all....

On a different note- I just want to say how much i LOVE Mark. I got sick this week with a kidney infection (BOO!) And I feel like crap.. He is so sweet.. he rubs my back at night till I fall asleep.. He is being very patient with me.. and he even surprises me at work with lunch with cute little notes on top of the to go boxes! I love him and think he is the greatest. We are excited about having a calling together :)

On another note- we had GAME NIGHT with our friends last night and played Family Fued the DVD game, and The Price is Right DVD Game, and Balderdash, and Battle of the Sexes, I recomend them all! (except battle of the sexes.. it takes to long) It was super fun. (Did I mention I won three out of the Four games?)

Christmas is coming... Im starting to get SO EXCITED. I already have a little tiny string of christmas lights up inside my house.. My first project is going to be to make an Advent Calendar. It is SO CUTE. Well.. The girls is.. who knows how mine will turn out. Have a fabulous weekend!