tie dye all day.

Category: DIY | April 14th, 2010

hello all!! wanted to share a little make over i did today. sooo i got this dress for uber cheap awhile back but never wore it because the top part didn’t fit me very well…lame.
before
sooo naturally i tried fixing it. i had a thought of putting some elastic banding around the top edges to make them more “supported”. hard to explain i guess. haha. anyways….i pretty much butchered it. don’t want to talk about it. lol. i loved the colors and tie dye so i couldn’t just quit…so i just cut the top part off!
after
chopped off the top.
took some jersey and made a waist band.
sewed one side to the waist band.
then folded the band and sewed the other side with a top stitch.
(forgot to take step by step pics) :(
after
now that i look at it…i probably should have ironed it….but oh well. it adds character. :)
after
got some crazy lighting but looks fun!
after
ready to go!

i heart wednesdays! spent the afternoon tie dying shirts with my girlfriends. good times. :) now off to youth. everyone have a blessed evening! don’t forget to check out my giveaway!!!

peace and love
xox

bowtie necklace

Category: DIY | April 10th, 2010

bowtie
what a beautiful saturday!!! why am i not outside right now? oh yes, because i made a new necklace and wanted to share!!! one of my fav necklaces broke awhile back and never came around to fix it…until i saw this super super cute tutorial by One Pearl Button featured on Adventures in Dressmaking! aren’t blog swaps amazing. maybe i can do that someday!
bowtie
i used some thick corduroy fabric i had and it turned out lovely! this tutorial is super easy to follow. everyone should check both Alli and Suzannah out! great blogs.
necklace
i can even wear it down the middle. gotta love versatility.
bowtie
i heart my new necklace!
brunch
i heart saturdays too! awhile back i never had saturdays off. i don’t take them for granted. PLUS husband cooked us brunch today! (i do all the cooking…so this was a treat!) breakfast tacos with homemade salsa and fresh avocado. yummm. great start to the day! hope everyone enjoys their weekend!!!

peace and love
xox

giveaway friday!!!

Category: giveaways | April 9th, 2010

painting
yay for friday!!! good day to announce a giveaway!! i haven’t had much time lately to craft up something, but i did today AND i knew i wanted someone lovely to have it!!
peace and love
it’s an 11 x 14 inch canvas with acrylic paint. i guess you can say i was inspired by spring and my lovely plants that have been blooming!
painting
can’t get enough of peace and love. :)
kitchen
leave a lovely comment for me by sunday, april 18th! (that is a very special day for me as well! stay tuned to find out!!) and i’ll randomly pick a winner on monday, april 19th! until then it’s keeping my kitchen company. :)  **ps…if you are a follower then leave an extra comment for more chances to win!!

peace and love
xox

happy thursday

Category: everyday | April 8th, 2010

yay thursday! it’s going to be a good day. hope everyone is having a great week. it’s almost done! just wanted to share some randoms today.
yum
my nieces helped me make these goodies yesterday for some friends. i had to stop myself from eating so many. they were good!!
sweet molly
molly panda reading with husband.
tired molly
reading wore her out.
pretty
new addition to the apt. beautiful!
dead?
annnnd…this plant. i thought i killed it. i almost gave up…but i didn’t! a month of watering dead leaves later….
alive
yay!!! there’s about 6 that are about to bloom!! super excited!

UPDATE!!!!
flowers
flowers
eeeeeek!!! they bloomed! i took the first pictures this morning and then i just came home to these!!! wonderful! this plant means a lot! :)

i am working on a little painting project….hmmm might be a giveaway?!? you’ll have to see! (if it turns out nice then i will…haha)

lovely easter weekend.

Category: everyday | April 6th, 2010

easter egg hunt
it is starting to get warmer!! and i love it….for now. :) we had a wonderful Easter. some lovely ladies helped me hide over 600 eggs before church service. grateful for them.
hiding
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so many eggs/candy were donated to the church it was awesome!….plastic, confetti, and even some hard boiled. ha. kid’s church went well….around these times i get a little nervous teaching the kids the resurrection of Jesus because it is soooo important that i don’t want to leave anything out! lol but i think they got it. :)
start
i’m pretty sure they would have ran me over if i didn’t let them start the hunt…they almost ran over lisa…ha. i have amazing pics of the kids (but i feel weird putting them up here without their parents’ permission) sooo just imagine how cute they are! :)
guys
look at those handsome men…
men and baskets
look at those handsome men and their baskets. :)
charissa and i
again
not sure what’s going on…but i love her dimples!!
working it
husband told us to “work it”…this is what we got. hahaha. i adore my friends.
husband
2 huge events this weekend plus everything else…wore me out. but in a good way. ha. now on to school stuff…(over half way through with this term!!) and more cooking (bought new vegetarian books!!)…and more crafts. i need to craft something. what shall i do next???

peace and love
xox