Too long...

Wow... it has been too long since I've last blogged. I've been so busy with taking care of our boys, moving the salon, crafting and not to mention my pregnancy. We found out why I was SO sick this pregnancy too... it's because it's a GIRL!!! We were overjoyed when we found out! I have been so overwhelmed with the thought of having a little girl that I can't stop my mind from thinking of all the fun headbands, tutu's and pink things I get to make her. With all that being said, here are are few pictures of what we have been up to these past couple of months.

Rainy day fun for the boys.... Nothing like going out in the rain with our boots and umbrellas to find some puddles to splash around in.

My little guy just loves to play with the umbrella, not so much use it to keep the rain off his head.

Toy Story family for the harvest festival at our church... I last minute made mine and Kyle's Mr. and Mrs. Potato head costumes.

20 weeks... beloved baby girl Reese growing

Day after Thanksgiving tradition... up to the mountains and cut down our Christmas tree

My little family... the little guy wasn't really enjoying his time, but my older had a BLAST!

I am hoping to be better about blogging all my crafting that I've been up to lately. I have made the cutest tutu for my girlfriends babe and a birdcage headband to go with it... photos of them to come!

Merry Christmas!

A little gift for a couple of love birds

So, I have been majorly slacking on blogging these past few weeks. My main reason is being so sick (morning sickness this round is the worst!) and the second reason is because I could not post what I made my sister until after I gave it to her.

I'm in love with anything monogrammed... I love my last name, love my boys names, I just love anything personal! I decided to make my little sister a set of monogrammed pyrex baking dishes, for those times you send someone a meal and want your dish back, or bring a dish to a potluck (I always end up bringing home some other person's dish that's in bad shape.) I was pretty impressed with how wonderful they turned out! Take a look...

Etching cream on the dish

Little bird on a branch

New last name... Griffith  :)

I also made a moss covered G to display on their mantle or a shelf.

Pink, ruffles and red roses... BABY LOVE

Another girlfriend of mine had a baby... this time it was a girl! It's so easy for my "creative juices" to flow when it comes to girls (I'm a girlie girl). I, of course, procrastinated until the day she had her lovie to make her a little something, knowing I had all the supplies I needed I didn't see the rush on making something. Well, I heard she had the babe and went to work. Took me a total of 15 minutes to put this little outfit and headband together and I LOVED the way it turned out. Here are a couple pictures of the little onesie and headband I made for Miss Madelyn Michelle.

I made a couple roses, a tiny one for her headband and a little larger one for her shirt. 

The headband and ruffle on the tooshie are made from the same stretchy fabric. 

Crafting MADNESS!!!

We have had a very hectic few weeks... but I still have had a little time getting some of my crafting done. I made a paper flower wreath, started making some decor for my little sister's wedding shower, a little gift for my sis (I'll post pics of that after I have given it to her) and embellished a couple shirts for my boys (I haven't taken pictures of them yet either, but I'll get around to it soon) and I made my baby sis a flower hair piece for her ice skating competition outfit. Needless to say, I was a busy, busy girl and I am just now getting the chance to post these up! 

This is the hair piece for Em's skating competition. It matched perfectly and completed her outfit. She was and is such a beauty!

While making this "flower ball" I was interrupted quite a few times, once with a bloody lip on my 15 month old, then to make dinner, give baths and bedtime.

Everything sitting out waiting for me to come back and finish my project!

The completed product! I loved the way it turned out and I will be making quite a few more for the shower. Once the shower is over I may just keep them out as some summer decor.

The start of my wreath.

This is the finished product of my paper flower wreath. I ran out of glue half way through my it and then once I finished it I realized that I should go out and buy a couple more sheets of paper and fill in the holes, maybe one day I'll get around to that.

Thank you for taking a look at all my little accomplishments! I've been enjoying this sun and playing outside with my 2 little boogers, with little crafting on the side!

love + 2 little boys + Sand

My husband and I celebrated 5 years of marriage on June 16th, he was able to take a week off work and we were able to sneak some alone time along with family time! It was much needed. Our lives are busy with 2 little boys who are always on the go, from 6:30 in the morning until 8 sometimes 9 at night! We decided to take the boys to the beach on our anniversary... that was a trip that I will never forget, and thankfully with all the photos I took I won't be able to! The boys had so much fun together, it's wonderful seeing them become friends the older they get. Here's a little photo college I put together from our wonderful day at the beach!

Baby Blue Love

I have found a new love of making my girlfriends, who are expecting, little embellished shirts, headbands, sweaters, really anything. It's something that, even though not perfect, I am proud to give. My love language is first, gifts.... I love to get, but more important I LOVE to GIVE. A friend is actually in labor right now and I thought it was safe now to put up what I made her.... she's having a boy, which I have 2 and I am feeling ready for a girl, but after making this I would love to have another boy (not that I'm pregnant now, but if I do get pregnant soon I'd be ok with 3 boys).

Fresh new look

I am so very lucky to be able receive a Glycolic peel about once a month without it costing me much... but then again, I do have a license to do so. :) For those of you who aren't so lucky to give yourself a peel once a month, and can't get to me (**hint hint**) I can give you a little at home remedy for an exfoliating mask. Now I must say you need to be careful in the sun when giving yourself any type of peel/mask. You don't want to make your problems worse by getting a peel done and then stepping out into the sun with new, fresh skin and creating new age spots.

Here's an at home remedy that I've used a couple times myself and absolutely love!

5-6 tbsp of fruit juice (lemon, lime, grapefruit-real fruit not artificial)
1/2 avocado or banana
1-2 tbsp wheat flour

Mash avocado/banana until smooth add fruit juice add wheat flour until you have a paste consistency. Apply to face, avoiding your eyes, and let it sit for 10-15 minutes. Rinse with lukewarm water.  (You may not need all the wheat flour.) Your skin should feel plump, fresh and smooth!!

Hope you enjoy doing this!!

Growing Family Tree

I'm making my parents a little something, a family tree. It's still a growing tree as me and my sister are still having babies and my other sisters have yet to get married and have babies, but this is the family tree as of today. Who knows what is in store for the future, but one great thing about this little family tree is that it can continue to grow and get bigger. I must say, it already looks like a full tree.... but much, much, much more will fit! :)

Sport themed storage

Like I've said before I love anything that looks organized. That being said we needed to update our "toy room" storage. What we had before (wish I had pictures) was all our books and toys in a small black bookshelf and the rest of our toys in bins in the boys room. We have a ton of toys and only a few of them were being played with because most were in bins and too hard to get to. I went to Ikea, my absolute most favorite store to be in, I fell in love with this Bookcase and I just had to get it! Then as I circled around the store I found some canvas baskets that fit in it perfectly and they were only like $4... how can you pass that up!? We laid the bookcase on it's side, top row for random toys/books and bottom has the baskets in it. Each basket has a "theme" of toys in them so it's easy for us to organize our toys and figure out where everything goes or is when we're looking.
All that to say what I was really wanting to talk about, which was the canvas baskets. They only had pink and black ones. I decided to get the black ones, duh I have no girls, and I decided to make them sport themed (the boys room is sport themed as well). Got some stuff at JoAnns and started making balls for each one. It was so easy and fun to do. Loved the way they turned out and so do my boys!

A Family Decree

Happy Mothers Day to all the mommas out there! We celebrated at our church GHCC this morning and I was blessed by being able to sit in the sanctuary the entire service with no children!! That usually never happens... my lil' guy is pretty attached to me. :-) I absolutely loved hearing how a mother's role is to guide her child to what is right, as George Washington said "All I am I owe to my mother." The decree Pastor Marcy read at the end hit me hard. I want to be the type of mother that declares prosperity, life, and purity over my children. I decided to come home and type out the decree, added some silhouettes of my family to it and I will be printing it out and hanging this by my front door. I am going to make it a goal to read this daily out loud to teach my boys what it is I am declaring over our household! Here's a look at what I will be printing out this week.

Framed and finished!

This weekend was full of parties, tulip town, shopping and a little crafting! I actually finished my refrigerator organizer. These pictures don't do it any justice, I have terrible lighting where it's located, not to mention the fact it's on a black fridge. :) It was really simple to make. I bought an unfinished frame at Michaels, painted it white (it looks a little antiquey-if that's even a word??) attached some wire and glued on some magnets.

TOMS... in need of some dressing up.

  I just bought some TOMS recently and absolutely love them. How can you not!? I did, however, think that they needed a little lift or fanciness, if you will. So I decided to make some little flowers to dress them up. I only put them on one shoe, and still contemplating if I should make a couple more for the other side, or if it would be too much!?! What do you think??

If you put it in a frame, it looks organized

I am a sucker for a clean and organized look and anything that you can buy to make it look that way! I bought one of those Pottery Barn daily system that I absolutely love! I've been wanting to make something to organize the chaos on my refrigerator, so this weekend (if I have time) I will be making a framed organizer for my fridge. My thoughts are that if I frame all my coupons, pictures, cards, art work from Jacob and other stuff it appears organized and clean.
Here's hoping there's time in my weekend to buy all my supplies and make it happen! I'll post pics once I'm finished!

Dayton Turns 1

On April 9th my second born turned 1... how fast time has gone by! I had so much fun planning his party. I had searched and searched for the perfect theme for his party... I decided on a puppy party, this kid loves dogs. There was nothing in the stores that I like for the theme, so I got down to creating... I made a shirt with a paw print theme, cupcake toppers, doggie bags and treats, table runners, dog bone shaped cookies, and a personalized birthday banner (I had a help cutting and finding the perfect font for the banner from my friend Anna-ADN designs). It was a huge success!! Here are some photos of my little boy's PERFECT party!

The back of the tee-shirt I made

Front of the shirt... my lil' guy is so cute!

Some delicious food...

Cupcake toppers

His cupcake.

Dog bone sugar cookies

The dessert table

The doggie bag station, let's just say the kids left with a TON of sugar!

Birthday banner and birthday chair (gift from Mimi and Papa)

I hand cut out the fire hydrant.