School is over, which means no more distractions...atleast for the summer. I have taken lots O' pictures between now and the last time I updated my gallery. I figured it was about time that I did just that. Here is a preview of some of the photos I added...
Since I was playing around with pictures I went ahead and added some new prints to my Etsy shop. Head on over and take a look! Don't forget to check out my Mom's jewelry. A new sparkly accessory would be great for summer:~)
So I'm sure everyone has heard of this site by now. What can I say, I'm a little behind the curve. But, I just love it so much that I had to say something. I came upon Pinterest.com while catching up on one of my favorite blogs, Young House Love. Sherry mentioned it in her mother's day post and I had to check it out. At this point in time access to the site is by invite only. So I entered my info and anxiously awaited mine. About a week later it showed up in my inbox and boy was I excited start exploring this fun new site.
Those of you who are behind the curve like me are probleming asking "What exactly is the fun new site that you are all excited about?"...
"Think of Pinterest as a virtual pinboard — a place where you can create collections of things you love and "follow" collections created by people with great taste.
People use Pinterest to collect and share all sorts of things -- wedding inspiration, favorite T-shirts, DJ equipment. You name it, people are pinning it." (http://pinterest.com/about/)
I am always looking for a good way to keep track of projects I want to do, inspiration I find, things I am pining for, books I want to read, and so on. I am an incredibly visual person. I have tried several ways of keeping track of things and I feel like ideas and projects always get lost in piles and whatnot. This site is laid out and that I can keep track of things with pictures in one big space.
Another awesome feature is the ability to share your "Pins" with your friends and other people using the site. Its really alot of fun. One of my bestest friends put it into perfect words...
"I am loving this Pinterest thing! It's so fun to see what you post and have you comment on mine. It's like looking through a gorgeous magazine with you every day and making comments together."
Pinterest.com is exactly what I have been looking for, too bad I didn't have the brilliant idea first:~)
Feel free to check out my Pinterest board.
This week's theme is Circles.
Ok, Ok...I know these aren't exactly circles, but they are circular and it's the best I can do for this week. Besides, this is one of my favorite pictures. When I took it I didn't realize my camera had decided to focus on the fence instead of the chickens. I guess my camera knew better because I love how it turned out.
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Back at Thanksgiving we bought a beautiful new dinner table and chairs. But like most chairs they were in need of chair pads. We found some at walmart that we liked. The only issue was that the ties were so tight on the back of the chairs and most of them broke :(
When we were visiting my husbands paretns over Christmas I noticed that my mother in law has chair pads with a non slip bottom and no ties. I thought it was the perfect idea for fixing mine.
Now that school is over I have finally found time to sit down and work on them. I had some non slip material on hand already.
I recently traveled to California to hang out with family. It was nice to be away from snow and breakup in Alaska. I got to soak up some wonderful sun and 90 degree weather which was...AWESOME! I also got to do some shopping and visit DisneyLand and Knott's Berry Farm. Needless to say it was a really fun trip.
The girls and I with Snoopy at Knott's Berry Farm.
My sister and I in Hollywood.
My sister and I at the DisneyLand Castle.
Me with Minnie Mouse! (I got a pic with Mickey too:~)
Anways....back to the point of my post. While in California I stumbled upon this shop called MaxStudio at the Citadel Outlets and I just had to share. What a FANTASTIC store! They have some of the cutest stuff. Now let me just start by saying that their full price stuff is a bit pricey; however, their sale items are extremely reasonable (much like Anthropologie). And lucky me, they have a website!!
Here is a small sampling of their fantastic dresses...
This week's theme is Blue.
I took this picture while on vacation in Florida.
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Well there might still be snow on the ground here, but the temps are going up which means spring has almost arrived in Alaska. And since I'm sorta sick of looking at snow I figured it was time to break out the spring decor. It is April, right? I love those rustic, pottery barn-esq, grape vine wreaths, especially the ones decorated with flowers for spring. They just make me happy.
I went to JoAnne's yesterday and they have some really pretty ones on display that really got me inspired. And since I had a handy new coupon and all of their flowers were on sale, I decided to make one. I ended up spending about $12, which isn't bad considering that the ready made ones they sell are about $30. It only took me about an hour to pull it together.
I decided to tie everything down with craft wire, instead of using glue, so that I can change the flowers if I ever get tired of them.
I think I really like how it turned out:~)
