Crafty pics...

So I finally got around to taking pictures of some crafty things I've been up to...enjoy!

I happened upon this FABULOUS already vinyl covered fabric at a quilt shop this weekend, it spoke to me...I had to have it and when I saw it I knew what needed to be done with it. I love it so much, when Mom and I drove home I asked her if she would lay the fabric out on her lap so I could glance at it while I was driving, it's a happy feeling. The actual recovering of the chairs took all of 15 minutes and then I just kept looking at them. So beautiful, so perfect, so me. Infact, when I had washed my face and brushed my teeth down stairs, I had to tip toe back upstairs and take a peek at the little beauties before I went to sleep. Now that is what I call a satisfying craft project!

BEFORE CHAIR...not my style...

After chair, exactly my flow...

My cute mom, testing em out...and a cute new pair of chairs!

This little darling is Penelope. I got the idea from a shop in Etsy, but the yo-yo feathers were my idea. She is SO cute, she turned out much cuter than even I imagined! :) Love when that happens. She will have a prominent place in my classroom, which by the way is coming along, if ever so slowly! :)


I scored this FABULOUS IKEA lampshade that has my name written all over it at a yard sale for 10 bucks, the lady had just taken it out of the plastic that day, LOVE IT!!!

This is my new craft space, it is ever so handy, and large and lovely. I have all my fabrics and crafties in just the right places, (I got the white shelves for free, they are brand new ikea shelves, I love my life!...long story)

Mom was here for a few days, much to my delight! we talked and went to visit grandies and talked and went to get ice cream and talked and went to a movie and talked and painted our nails and talked and ate yummy food and talked and talked and talked. It was SO good to have my mom all to my self for a lot of her visit, it was a much needed momma therapy! Thanks mom, I love your face!

The green and teal containers were from the dollar store, the handled totes I had already and I labeled them with my cricut and brown vinyl lettering.

This mobile was so fun to make! I got the idea from Jessica's blog, I think she made hers out of paper, these ones are double sided, one side is felt, the other is a fun scrap print. I glued the top circles onto an embroidery hoop. So fast and fun!

That's all for now, i have more to post BUT the rest of my cute stuff is at school!

Almost an entire month...

Okay, so I have been checking blogs ALL month, but have had little motivation to update on my own. The weird thing is, I have tons to blog about...I'm just too busy to do it all at once, and it seems daunting when I have a LOT to catch up on, you know?

-Well John's birthday was last month, it rocked. I took him on a date to a YUMMY chinese restaurant in bountiful and to see a musical called "James Blonde" it was a spoof, very ridiculous, but entertaining :)

-I went to my family reunion in Idaho, with my family, John couldn't come :( but we had a great time camping and swimming and eating and playing!

-I've been crafting my guts out!!! All I ever want to do is craft CUTE things, and shop for bargains to make cute things out of!!! I don't have any pics right now because I just haven't got around to taking any, but TRUST me, I will post pics soon and you will be amazed!

-I've been doing homework...a LOT of it. I'm stuck right now because I am writing a literature review, but in order to write it, I have to read TONS of academic journal articles, which are basically written in a foreign language, its just a lot to process at a time, so I am not moving as fast as I should.

-I went to GIRLS CAMP!!! My favorite thing ever! I love being in Young Womens! I loved the testimony meeting, the songs both fun and spiritual, the hikes, the crafts, but mostly just getting to know the cute girls and rockin leaders in my ward! (It was stake camp, but we camped in wards).

-TOO MUCH DETAIL ALERT!!!
I have been literally melting for a month. I had some irregular cell action on my cervix, my pap came back irregular, so I had to have my cervix frozen. My doc literally stuck a freezing wand up in me that was hooked to a freezy-thingy, and froze my cervix for 3 minutes, waited a minute and froze it for another 2. Apparently tons of people have this done all the time. He said it wouldn't hurt, that I didn't need anyone to come with me (I asked John to come anyway) and that I would be just fine, just a little bit of cramping...WHAT.EVER! It hurt so bad, and my doc office is 45 minutes away, I was so glad John was there to drive me home, I felt like someone had stapled my ovaries to the ground, it hurt so bad, I had to stop along the way home to puke and poo...it was bad. So since I was frozen, I now melt. You would think, how much could it melt, it's not like there's a lot of surface area in there to freeze, how much could it be? Well, a lot more than you think that's what. I've gone through more pads than I have ever seen in my life. It feels like when you're on the first or second day of your period, adn you have a heavy flow, and your tampon is full and you can feel that you need to change it...NOW and you can feel warm ooze coming out...yeah, like that for 2 weeks, and now it's lighter, but now the dead skin is making its exit. I ahve no idea about childbirth, and what happens after, but maybe this was a good prep. A new sensation to say the LEAST! :)

-Had a stellar barbeque for the 4th of july at Nate and Amy's. Did some fireworks, ate some good food and played with the kids.

-What else, some friends have had babies, Sarah, welcome Ivy Mae, and Emily, welcome Carly Renee! YAY for babies!

-And my best friend in the world Amy was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma cancer. A treatable cancer that was caugth early enough for good treatment and recovery, but still draining, exhausting, scary chemo and all that comes with healing your body and ridding it from the cancer. Amy is so amazing though, her sense of humor keeps everyone's spirits up and she is a fighter! I'm working on some crafts for her, if any of you crafty ladies would like to help, let me know. Amy, I know you'll read this, I love you so much! Can't wait to see you in August!

-Weel, that's mostly it, I just feel overwhelmed with life right now, it will all be fine when my papers are written! Whew, so that's the update and I am such a loser for taking so long to write. Love you all!