gpa's bday

so my grandpa's 80th birthday is next weekend and my parents are going out to missouri for it. unfortunately since i am quite with child at the moment i cannot go.

anyhoo, i decided to make him something. i thought about a card but i like this better. i saw the idea on pinterest but of course i didn't pin it. shocking i know.

i asked my mom for some important dates in his/their life and this is what i made! hope he enjoys it!

oh, i did it on a canvas, no cabinet door here!;)

the dates are first date, my grandma's bday, his bday [in green], their wedding date, and then when they got sealed.

i think it's a cool/creative idea for dates.

busy lil B.

i had a rough start this morning. couldn't get goin, so i took a little siesta and then all this happened when i woke up.

greg is in for a treat when he gets home.

so, i do enjoy cookbooks but i don't have anything to stand em up on and i like lil cards [better] too sometimes. this is a framed piece of tin. i kept the glass over it, the magnets i have are super strong but regular magnets don't exactly work on the glass.

and it stands up, cuz, duh, it's a frame. woot.

an 8x10 frame to be more specific.

an example of its capabilities.

this one is 5x7, same deal.

except, i think i accidentally threw away the back so it doesn't stand up anymore. so here it is with a stand thing.

my size of recipe cards kinda cover up the words but it still works.

on pinterest i've been seeing lots of fall decor and i really wanna decorate. but ummmm it's still august. so i'm just getting prepared kinda.

roughed up. autumn in gold and the rest in espresso.

i just added a clear coat on it but it's still outside so no pix of that sorry.

the words are roughly 12x3.5, to give you an idea of size.

now this, i used the excess or the outline i guess of ^^^ and put it on some tin. and spray painted it with espresso. first primer, then brown. i got the idea from a blog the house of smiths and she did a tute here.

roughed it up lightly with some sandpaper.

and some green ribbon.

this use to be the sign "you make life sweet" i did awhile ago in gray and coralish whatever. i wasn't a fan so i sanded it all off and did this.

i was kinda likin the way the sand paper was makin lil scratches so i kept it goin. i started out using my sander but it gets out of control fast so i just used my hand and sanded it that way.

once again, used espresso and then some yellow.

and that was my day! phew!

time to clean my junk up.

anniversary.

so yesterday was our 3rd wedding anniversary! woot woot. Greg started school on monday so we headed to tucson on saturday to celebrate. we went to dinner at pinnacle peak steak house and then went to the gaslight theater for our live entertainment. it's a dinner theater where they put on funny plays. the one we saw [fyi we didn't know what we were seeing til we got there] was called gnatman returns. get it? batman returns... as always, they didn't disappoint. they also require crowd involvement. so you cheer for the good guy and boo for the bad guy. it's kind of fun. also, greg let them know that it was our anniversary so we got a free sundae! yumm. i'm always down for a sweet treat.

anyhoo, here we be before the show. this is the only pic we took the whole time we were in tucson...what's wrong with us?! or me...since it was in my purse.

presh. oh yeah, i cut my bangs the other day.

here is the card i made for greg yesterday:)

my 3 roses for 3 years. so purdy.

i think i could smell em today while i was crafting

and it was quite nice.

another angle of the roses and then the card he got me. i thought it was cute. inside it says

"i needed ya. i got ya. i'm keeping ya. love ya."

i kinda wanna frame it.

[please excuse the caulk gun. i was mid project.]

i should've taken a pic of the table i had set last night for dinner. i made chicken alfredo, salad, and garlic bread [thank you fry's], then for a fancy bev had apple juice and ginger ale. i put little tea candles in little jars and had light dim. oOoOoOo.:P

that's all.

audrey

hey kids. guess what? i made another friggin BOARD. this is an audrey quote that i'm gonna put next to my shrine of her:P not really, just a couple pix. but yeah. there she be. it's kind of long and there's a lot goin on but oh well.

bebe shower! [lots of pix]

i had bebe shower #1 last weekend. twas a success. small success. not sure where the heck everyone was but for those who came, it was fun and thank you. [steph i know you were out of town, it's coo]

here are some pix of the goods.

of course we had tons of food. perhaps too much but that's how we do.

the "theme" was zebra. i found the plates first, then the invitations and there ya go.

my mom, sister, and friend [taryn] made all the cupcakes and decorated them. they shoved a little baby into 3 of them and whoever got the baby got a little prize:)

they split up the food too.

here is a diaper cake that taryn made...with the help of stephanie.

i think it looks fab.

and no, the top does not double as a hairpiece.

here is happy happy tikks.

don't be mad taryn. it's not my fault.

emily & kim.

everyone there heard the story i'm SURE but here it goes again.

kim and i were friends in missouri. she just moved to tucson with her husband a month ago and she came up for the shower! we haven't seen each other in almost 9 years--crazy! it was pretty sweet tho.

tiff spitz & heather!

silly tiff, heather, & i.

old trailer trash roomies:)

waiting patiently to open presents.

heather's fabulous cake.

she snuck lil goodies in/on hers.

a cute n soft lil beanie, bear, a star w/ a hook [to hang junk], pacifier & clip, and a bib!

cuuuute lil hooded owl blanket.

a musical guitar toy.

itty bitty lil zebra shoes!

stylish onesies.

a blanket made by my gma.

confused face.

jason came to pick up emily and decided to join in on the festivities.

we're awesome.

me & tikks, lookin all black thanks to san diego. psssh.

me & my sister, brittany.

she's bending over somewhat awkwardly, she's really not shorter than me.

me & taryn...crackin up bout something.

me, rikenna, taryn, and tristain.

lots of stripes goin on.

mi madre, me, & brittany.

awwww

that's all.