Projects

Here are some projects I've done over the past couple of years and just have never gotten around to posting.

Allen Sign

This is the one that started it all. What started out as a little shopping trip with my friend Keira, turned into a full day craft project. Love how it turned out and can't believe how well it matches in our new place. I made another one like this for my friend Brittani's baby but didn't get any pictures of it before I gave it to her. It makes a great wedding or baby gift and the price was pretty reasonable. We made 3 different projects out of a pice of wood that cost $3.

Halloween Sign

My obsession with Modge Podge continued with this project. Jessie and I worked on this one as a release from homework. I printed the paper from one of the kits from Summer Driggs' Kit "Fangs for the Memories." (Just a tip: Let printed paper dry for at least 24 hrs before doing modge podge to keep it from smearing)

Ornaments

I made these for my friend Marinda while she was on her mission. Jessie and I made a set for ourselves too. This one was from Summer's "Winter Wonderland" and "Giving" kits.

"LOVE" Scrapbook

I made this for Dustin for Valentines day. I think it still needs something. I want to put some smaller rings on it and maybe some ribbons. I started with a chipboard album then I scanned it into the computer to get the measurements for the design right. Again, I used one of Summer Driggs' Kits- "Fathers and Fedoras" the alphabet and ribbon came from her "Relax" kit. Not sure where I got the tag because the file name was erased when my computer crashed. Dustin gave me a hard time for making him a Valentines Day present that was for myself but I think he secretly likes it.

Graduation Clipboards

I got this idea from a user forum on twopeasinabucket.com. Since us Speech-Language Pathologists are always needing a clipboard I decided to make one for everyone that I graduated with. I like the way they turned out, even though I never wanted to see a bottle of Modge Podge again when I finished (it took 2 small bottles and 3/4 of the big bottle to finish all of them). All of them came from Summer Driggs kits (I swear she's going to start charging me for her kits when she sees how much I use them). Here's the list of the kits starting at the top from left to right: "Year to Shine, One Year Older, Happy Mother's Day, Fathers and Fedoras, Inspiration, Apples and Almonds, Relax, Gratitude, Owl Always Love Spring, Sweet Springtime, Golden Sunshine, Limeade, and Winter Wonderland"

Baby Callilyn's Sign

I made this on for my friend Ashley's baby. It was super simple to make. I just painted the blocks and then found these cute chipboard stickers. Love how it turned out!

Cards

These were my latest project. I got a little carried away but I was just a bit bored and I had a bunch of scraps from another project.

Took me long enough to post all of these! Hope you enjoy!

Life in NC and Our House (before)

I know, its been a long time since I posted anything. Life was a little crazy while we were moving, but things have slowed down now... way down. I was supposed to start working July 1st but I've had some issues getting my license as a Speech-Language Pathologist in North Carolina so I won't be able to start until August. In the meantime I've been meeting some of my coworkers and some clients that I may be getting from them. I've also been working on putting together and decorating our cute little house. I still have a little ways to go before I want to take pictures of it but here's the pictures we took when we first looked at the house. It's in the middle of now-where but we're loving the area, our ward, and the beautiful views all around us.

The Front of Our House

(yes we have a sliding door for our front door,

kind of weird but it's not too bad)

Views from our front porch

The Kitchen

The Living Room

The Office/ 2nd Bedroom

The Bathroom

Our Bedroom

While we were visiting to look for houses before we moved we went on a little hike around the Blue Ridge Parkway. Here's a couple of my favorite pictures. It was so gorgeous! Dustin was making fun of me because I would take a step, then take a picture, take another step, then take take another picture. I couldn't help it!