Have I mentioned I love them? I also bunched four together and gave them to a friend to say thanks for something pretty great that she did. They make a great alternative to a thank you card.
Love these flowers
Did anyone see Loni's 3d flowers on the silhouette site or on her blog last week (and in her etsy shop )? They are pretty much fabulous. I told her I was going to make them and put them in every room in my house. I have a whole pile of them on my desk at home right now, but have yet to display them like I want. I do, however, have some on my desk at work.
Have I mentioned I love them? I also bunched four together and gave them to a friend to say thanks for something pretty great that she did. They make a great alternative to a thank you card.
Have I mentioned I love them? I also bunched four together and gave them to a friend to say thanks for something pretty great that she did. They make a great alternative to a thank you card.
Tropical Fish
I really need to get more creative with my titles.
So... no surprise here... these are my tropical fish.
And bubbles. See how well they go together?
So... no surprise here... these are my tropical fish.
And bubbles. See how well they go together?
Falcon, Raptor, Tomcat
I've been doing a lot of animals and birds for the silhouette lately (and I did fish, too, which I'll try to post tonight) but I branched out a little bit this week... took a little different approach...
Here we have a falcon, a raptor and a tomcat.
Here we have a falcon, a raptor and a tomcat.
Bookmarks
Here's my lastest group of designs for the Silhouette. I started doing the Young Women values, but added a few others that I thought would appeal to a broader audience (some like Knowledge and Integrity have been tweaked so they cut better since I cut these out). What do you think about me making the rest of the YW values? Let me know! Any other suggestions?
Playing Catch-Up
I have a lot to post today... from Halloween to projects I've been doing for work and with friends. So lets begin, shall we?
This week, I am going to be featured on the Silhouette blog - they will be highlighting me and my designs, and will show some things I've been working on and a few things others have created with my designs. Here are a few now...
I'm in a gratious mood lately, can you tell? :)
They also started a free download of the week, and asked me to create one - so here's the free download for this week:
... and another design I submitted this week...
We just finished with the Halloween rush, and we did some pumpkin carvings for the site, too...
A witch's hat...
A fall leaf embellishment...
(It's a tradition at my parent's house to have meatloaf in a pumpkin the sunday closest to Halloween. My mom usually draws a smiley face on the pumpkin, but carved this into it instead.) Notice Loni's spider and web design on the pumpkin on the right. She also mentions the meatloaf in a pumpkin on her blog.
We also had a monster salad for dinner with the meatloaf. Notice we had weeds and grass and goblin fingers and mummy wraps... you get the idea...
And played Halloween Bingo where we used pictures instead of numbers...
And a cute kid in costume. This is my nephew. His big brother helped with the face paint. I think his dad wore the same costume when he was that age!
Here are a few other project I've done in the past month or so. Some friends from the ward came over and learned to preserve apples. Some sisters in the ward had apples they weren't going to use, so we took the opportunity to learn how to make applesauce and apple pie filling. I think there were 7 of us in all, and we did 137 bottles of apples (give or take a few). It was a lot of fun, but I thought we'd never see the end to all those apples. Our floor is still sticky in spots, but it was great to be able to get together and learn from one another. None of us knew exactly what we were doing, but with all of our knowledge put together, I'm pretty sure we made some great botchulism-free apples. :)
The last project I'll mention is these really cool paper lanterns I found on a blog I follow. I usually catalogue idea after idea (or recipe after recipe) but never get around to doing any of them. But during General Conference, Chris and I made some of these and have received a lot of compliments on them. I had a few friends over this weekend and we made some for them, too. We used scrapbook paper and used fall colors for one friend and Christmas colors for the other. I think they will turn out great! We used the larger c9 christmas bulb strands. They turned out really cute! We will probably do some halloween ones next year...
Phew! That's it. And about time! Are you seriously still here reading? Hard core! ;)
This week, I am going to be featured on the Silhouette blog - they will be highlighting me and my designs, and will show some things I've been working on and a few things others have created with my designs. Here are a few now...
I'm in a gratious mood lately, can you tell? :)
They also started a free download of the week, and asked me to create one - so here's the free download for this week:
... and another design I submitted this week...
We just finished with the Halloween rush, and we did some pumpkin carvings for the site, too...
A witch's hat...
A fall leaf embellishment...
(It's a tradition at my parent's house to have meatloaf in a pumpkin the sunday closest to Halloween. My mom usually draws a smiley face on the pumpkin, but carved this into it instead.) Notice Loni's spider and web design on the pumpkin on the right. She also mentions the meatloaf in a pumpkin on her blog.
We also had a monster salad for dinner with the meatloaf. Notice we had weeds and grass and goblin fingers and mummy wraps... you get the idea...
And played Halloween Bingo where we used pictures instead of numbers...
And a cute kid in costume. This is my nephew. His big brother helped with the face paint. I think his dad wore the same costume when he was that age!
Here are a few other project I've done in the past month or so. Some friends from the ward came over and learned to preserve apples. Some sisters in the ward had apples they weren't going to use, so we took the opportunity to learn how to make applesauce and apple pie filling. I think there were 7 of us in all, and we did 137 bottles of apples (give or take a few). It was a lot of fun, but I thought we'd never see the end to all those apples. Our floor is still sticky in spots, but it was great to be able to get together and learn from one another. None of us knew exactly what we were doing, but with all of our knowledge put together, I'm pretty sure we made some great botchulism-free apples. :)
The last project I'll mention is these really cool paper lanterns I found on a blog I follow. I usually catalogue idea after idea (or recipe after recipe) but never get around to doing any of them. But during General Conference, Chris and I made some of these and have received a lot of compliments on them. I had a few friends over this weekend and we made some for them, too. We used scrapbook paper and used fall colors for one friend and Christmas colors for the other. I think they will turn out great! We used the larger c9 christmas bulb strands. They turned out really cute! We will probably do some halloween ones next year...
Phew! That's it. And about time! Are you seriously still here reading? Hard core! ;)
Food Co-op
After the race this morning, I stopped by the rec center to pick up my food co-op order for the month. Here's what I got this month... for just $16. ($14 for the harvest share and $2 for the rye bread). Find more info here.
This month: 5 bananas, 5 peaches, 6 plums, 6 ears of corn, 1 small watermelon, 1 bag of spinach, 3 cucumbers, 16 oz. pinto beans, 1 loaf whole wheat bread, 1 package mushrooms, 1 head of broccoli.
Chris told me I was crazy for signing up for it this month because we can't keep up with the food from our garden. But a girl can only eat so many zucchini and tomatoes before she just can't take it anymore! Here's what we have from our garden this week (minus the stuff we've eaten). I'm thinking of starting a "harvest swap" with other gardeners in the area. Will anyone trade fruit for my squash? Anything for squash?
This month: 5 bananas, 5 peaches, 6 plums, 6 ears of corn, 1 small watermelon, 1 bag of spinach, 3 cucumbers, 16 oz. pinto beans, 1 loaf whole wheat bread, 1 package mushrooms, 1 head of broccoli.
Chris told me I was crazy for signing up for it this month because we can't keep up with the food from our garden. But a girl can only eat so many zucchini and tomatoes before she just can't take it anymore! Here's what we have from our garden this week (minus the stuff we've eaten). I'm thinking of starting a "harvest swap" with other gardeners in the area. Will anyone trade fruit for my squash? Anything for squash?
5k tomorrow!
Hey - the Magna 5k is tomorrow. It's nothing official - just a chance to get out and have fun. Here's the info. Come if you can! There will be breakfast served afterward (everything is free!)
UPDATE: I just got home from running the 5k this morning. I finished in 25:58 and was first in my age group - 2nd woman overall. Granted, there were only about 30 of us, but still........
My strategy: Chase the men in front of me and run from the men behind me. I guess it worked well enough. I loved the run! A great way to "start" my training for the 10k in October, right?
We are thinking of doing a halloween run - where you can dress up and run to each booth/trunk to get your candy (plan those costumes well... dressing up like Usain Bolt is a good idea). Halloween run: good idea or bad idea?
Last year we did a family run on Thanksgiving and called it "The Parry Gobble Wobble"... and it ended up just the way the name of it would suggest. But it was a ton of fun.
UPDATE: I just got home from running the 5k this morning. I finished in 25:58 and was first in my age group - 2nd woman overall. Granted, there were only about 30 of us, but still........
My strategy: Chase the men in front of me and run from the men behind me. I guess it worked well enough. I loved the run! A great way to "start" my training for the 10k in October, right?
We are thinking of doing a halloween run - where you can dress up and run to each booth/trunk to get your candy (plan those costumes well... dressing up like Usain Bolt is a good idea). Halloween run: good idea or bad idea?
Last year we did a family run on Thanksgiving and called it "The Parry Gobble Wobble"... and it ended up just the way the name of it would suggest. But it was a ton of fun.
Chubby Halloween
So, I've been doing some freelance work for Quickutz, a scrapbooking company and their Silhouette digital cutting machine (and so has Loni and Joel). I came up with a fun idea and figured it was time to start posting my designs!
I'm not sure how much everyone else likes it, but it's been a lot of fun to do. I've been designing chubby animals - some of which are in my header at the top of my blog.
Here are a few things I came up with a while ago, and finally got around to doing this week. Since halloween is coming, the timing was perfect.
So, what do you think? Any other halloween fiends that you think would look great chubby?
Please don't copy/download/etc. any of my designs without my permission.
Thanks!
I'm not sure how much everyone else likes it, but it's been a lot of fun to do. I've been designing chubby animals - some of which are in my header at the top of my blog.
Here are a few things I came up with a while ago, and finally got around to doing this week. Since halloween is coming, the timing was perfect.
So, what do you think? Any other halloween fiends that you think would look great chubby?
Please don't copy/download/etc. any of my designs without my permission.
Thanks!
Human Race 10k
I have a new goal: 10k on 10.24.09
I am going to run the Nike+ Human Race in October. I was determined to do a big race this year, but things haven't worked out like I hoped they would (that's some determination, huh?). So I have 9 weeks to get ready for this race. The good thing: I can run it wherever I want, whenever I want as long as it's that day. Go to the website and check it out!
Oh... and I changed my blog again. See? I told you the previous change wouldn't last long.
I am going to run the Nike+ Human Race in October. I was determined to do a big race this year, but things haven't worked out like I hoped they would (that's some determination, huh?). So I have 9 weeks to get ready for this race. The good thing: I can run it wherever I want, whenever I want as long as it's that day. Go to the website and check it out!
Oh... and I changed my blog again. See? I told you the previous change wouldn't last long.
Flock of Cranes
I was on my way to lunch yesterday with some friends and noticed a whole flock of cranes nearby...
New Look
Hey so look... I changed my blog. And I named it something new because I was bored of the old one. But don't get used to this one — who knows if I'll like it in a week. But yes... if you're looking for me, you're in the right place. See? Sheesh, Chris... smile! ;)
garden
So it's been a while since I've posted anything. I guess that's because I haven't been doing much worth documenting.
So here's a few photos of my garden/patio area. some were taken a while ago, and some this morning... I think you'll know which is which. Enjoy!
So here's a few photos of my garden/patio area. some were taken a while ago, and some this morning... I think you'll know which is which. Enjoy!
I'm so domestic!
Hey, Mom, remember when I told you I was taking a spinning class at the gym and you laughed because you "never thought of me as the domestic type," thinking I was spinning wool instead of riding a bike?
Well, guess what. I baked bread. For the first time ever. And it was focaccia bread. And it was good.
How's that for domestic?
In other news, Chris laughed at me when I said I wanted a sewing machine and to learn to sew. That is kind of funny, right, mom?
Well, guess what. I baked bread. For the first time ever. And it was focaccia bread. And it was good.
How's that for domestic?
In other news, Chris laughed at me when I said I wanted a sewing machine and to learn to sew. That is kind of funny, right, mom?
Landscaping!
Chris and I got our lawn in last weekend!
Thank you, thank you, thank you to all who helped!
Thank you, thank you, thank you to all who helped!
