its really simple

i think we've found ourselves a future subscriber to real simple magazine. she couldn't take her eyes off it!

shark bait

i get "the itch" every once in a while to change things up. tonight i scratched that itch and i couldn't be happier. i traded in my plain, boring white walls for a fabulous "shark" gray. i blared my mcr and 3 hours later... i was done! its amazing what you can get done when you stay FOCUSED.

before.after!

(ish)

i still have a few things left to do before my "reading/tv/art room" is completed. but don't worry, i'll keep you posted. =)

quick fix

i live in a home that needs some serious updating but i like to decorate on a dime, so i decided to add a curtain instead of requesting to remove the sliding doors, patching, painting, etc.

and since its no secret that i'm a HUGE fan of urban outfitters, when i happened upon a FABULOUS shower curtain COVERED in owls, it was no surprise that my will hadn't a chance of resisting. i immediately clicked on "add to cart" and a week later i was singing soprano vibrato as i opened my package from uo.

before:

after:

...a little definitely goes a LONG way. =)

scribble your heart out

i found a really cool site that lets you DOODLE. how cool is that!

here are a few of my cave doodles:

ready. set. SMILE!

have you seen this american express commercial?

well my sister natalie and i have and we FELL IN LOVE with the idea of finding smiley faces in every day life! we started spotting them a few months ago and with the help of corey, april, brian, morgan, and chelsey, we have made a nice little collection for ourselves.

so here we have it. our collection thus far:

ready. set. SMILE!

seriously. him?

my FAVORITE brother-in-law franklin went to a themed birthday party. he chose to go as, of all people, ghey brett michaels. it unfortunately put his standing as my favorite in jeopardy. GHEY!

he needed some help with tattoos, so i offered my expertise as a sharpie-marker-artist and boy-band-eye-makeup-applier. =)

i must say though, i think he pulled the look off quite nicely. =) oh, and i'm thinking of becoming a tattoo artist...

NOT! hahahaha.

UPDATE (04/08/10):  franklin sent this photo to me the morning after the party. baaahahahahaha! its a GOOD thing the sharpies are washable!

 

ink for me arm

i'm thinking about getting a tattoo. what do you think?
too much?

thinking...

     thinking...

hmmm... (shrugging)

perhaps. =)

bake day!

a tradition was started by my sister natalie to bake and deliver goodies to people in the church community to brighten their day and to encourage them, letting them know that someone was thinking about them. the tradition has continued on and this year, i was so excited to be able to be a part of it!

my sisters, april, jen, and i spent last saturday baking all sorts of goodies to share with our (my new) friends and family. we started our morning bright and early at 9 am sharp and at 9:15, we had already had our first accident. we all laughed, relieved to have gotten thee inevitable "accident" out of the way so quickly. =) we each started on our dishes and worked feverishly to get everything baked so that we'd have the time and energy to deliver everything that night. i'm not much of a cook but i LOVE seeing people light up when they get surprised. as you guessed, my favorite part was deliverying the boxes. it made it ALL worth it. =D

bake day

it's pumpkin carving time!

wanna design your own pumpkin? check out this cool site that will let you design a carving and then see what it'd look like after you've finished!

here is one i made. =)

its real simple

for the last couple of years, my mom has bought each of us sisters a magazine subscription to better homes and garden (bhg). but now that i'm living with bethany, who also gets that same magazine, my mom has upgraded my bhg status to real simple. (arrogant smile) i'm now the ONLY girl in my family to receive such a coveted magazine subscription.

i LOVE real simple's magazine. the rich feel of the pages, the delicious articles, the fantastic pictures, the CRAFTS! i love it all!

i've been waiting oh-so-patiently for my very FIRST subscription to arrive and guess what. it came in the mail today! yay! i called my mom immediately and gushed over the whole thing. my mom was tickled to death of course and we set a date for later this week. she'll be sitting in her chair, wearing pajamas, her coffee in hand, with me on the phone as we pour over each page together.

i'm gonna love doing this with her. its one of the few things i'll be able to share with my mom where its just me and her. NO other siblings to get in my way. i'll have my mom ALL to MYself. (eat that gnomies.) =D

i still love bhg. but not as much as my real simple. =)

magnets

look what i made!

my sisters and i sat for HOURS chatting and cutting out little tiny circles from magazines. it was fantastic! =D

we took magazines, punched out holes, glued our circles to the backs of clear stones, slapped on magnet squares and voilà! we had niffty little magnets for our fridge! =)