about last night

it's been so long since i have posted! so much has changed in a year and i'm so thankful for my life. i have this wonderful group of girlfriends that came together this year in the most organic of ways and i love every one of them to pieces! i've always wanted a big group of friends that could hang out together and have fun and effortless friendship and they are that to me! so thankful for them. we had christmas together last night and it was a BLAST. love love love.

oh and btw...brooke is a phenomenal photographer. she took those last 4 of us. check her out here

[change]

it happens with the seasons…and it is lovely.

[photo via the iPhone of yours truly]

Merry [Tacky Sweater] Christmas!

It's ugly sweater day at the office! I've decided mine isn't ugly or tacky enough. I'm going bigger next year. But Merry Christmas all the same (:

...and a picture of my Christmas Husky!

8 days until Christmas!

Halloween Costume

It's December now and I'm posting about Halloween. I do realize I am quite behind, but I loved my costume this year and couldn't help but sharing a few pictures (even if they are late).

If you've seen Lady Gaga's "Born this Way" video then you understand this costume. If not, that is what it's from. It was a fun, cheap costume...I only had to buy the wig, bow tie and makeup. And yes...I did the makeup myself. I was very please with it (: Skeleton photoshoot...that's one for the books.

[Recap]

There is so much that has happened since my last post. Call me inconsistent...i'm fine with that. Some photos for catching up...

Spring Break March 2012 -  

Snowboarding trip to Snowmass, Colorado with my sister [Katherine Anne] and her boyfriend [Badr]. We even got to hang out with our Uncle [James], Aunt [Sara] and Cousin [Sally]!

Race for the Cure NWA 2012 - 

I ran in a tutu and was interviewed by KNWA after finishing the race

 

 Warrior Dash 2012-

SO FUN and exhausting! We made it though. I definitely needed Boone's encouragement. Again...I ran in a tutu (:

I will post these for now but do another catching up post soon. I have entirely too many pictures to post now!

Gifted Garter

I wanted to share a little bit of my crafting on my blog. I found an adorable garter on Etsy several months ago. My Friend Nicole thought that we could create one instead of paying someone else to do it. She is very good at organizing and pulling lots of things together, for showers, weddings, etc. She really should open a party/wedding planning business (: Her husband's cousin Lauren is getting married this summer, June 2nd. So we decided back in August to attempt to make this garter as a gift for her and then if it didn't work out we had plenty of time to find another one. So we decided on incorporating "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Something Blue" into this hand-crafted garter [it was an idea we got from Etsy as well].

Something Old - Pieces of material and lace from her aunt's veil and wedding dress and the seed pearls on the blue flower

Something New - The garter and the white linen flower and cream flower

Something Borrowed - The large pearl from a work friend's earring in the center of the cream flower

Something Blue - The blue flower...obviously (:

She was very excited and loved it a lot. And Nicole was right...it turned out very well and can be a sentimental keepsake long after the wedding! [We also made a toss garter that matched the main garter]

Oh what fun a crafting business would be!

Family Crest [Painting]

My most recent painting...

Brandon's sister had the idea for this painting for his 21st birthday. His Grandpa made a table and painted the flowers and family crest on it. I love this one (:

[the nonexistent day]

this day is strange to me because it only happens once every 4 years??? i don't feel like i should be expected to function at all on LEAP DAY. I did anyways.

Below is a series of 4 plaques i painted for a friend that will be hung from ribbon on the wall of a nursery. I will try to get better images.