Just a few more hours...

Until the hubby and I leave for Anaheim... :) And just look at this weather! I am so excited. (sorry dad, no rain or tsunamis)...

My post tonight won't be too much, I am actually thinking if going to sleep soon because we are leaving at 4:30 for the airport. Tomorrow might be a little better, but I'm feeling another early night from the long travel day. I'll decide how I feel then.

Anyways, I hope everyone has a wonderful Tuesday evening and I will post more tomorrow!

Lovelovelove.

 

Horrible Blogger

That is how I feel right now. It is almost the end of June and I have only posted twice.... TWICE!!! Good gracious. Well, since it is now summer vacation for me I will do better. I PROMISE! Someone hold me to it.

I'm going to start with a little update on the Hubby and I. We are both still alive, just preparing for BIG things to come this summer. On Wednesday morning we leave for LA/Anaheim. He will be attending Vidcon and I will be attending the poolside. I will make sure to blog while I am there :) His 22nd birthday is on Thursday! Which is pretty exciting, but I have no clue what we will be doing since we already celebrated with Coldstone and presents. Then we get back from Cali and it's already the Fourth of July. Gracious. Then it's almost my 23rd birthday.... After that it is finally time for Richard's shoulder surgery. I am so stinking excited for that. He will finally be getting better and being able to move his arm. I'll make sure to record him after surgery when he is still drugged up to for everyone's entertainment.

I think that is kind of it right now... Well it is at least all the important stuff. I am going to do much much much better at blogging, and I know I have said that before, but this time I will.

Right now we are watching True Blood. I love this show. I got hooked on it earlier this month and watched all four seasons so that I could be prepared for this season. I hate getting addicted to shows because when the new season starts I am so impatient I hate waiting a week to watch the next episode. I am sure that is a problem everyone has.

My other favorite summer show is So You Think You Can Dance? It is my all time favorite. Vegas week just ended and next week we find out the top 20 and I think I already have my winner picked. Well my girl winner that is. Alexa. That girl is AMAZING! Just watch her video below. You won't regret it. Plus, she is a gorgeous girl. Hopefully soon I will have my top boys pick :)

 

I am thinking of starting a new Pinterest section. Every week I will highlight a recipie/home tip that I find on Pinterest and do it and review it. I always find stuff on there and think, "I love it, but that can't be possible". So now I am going to put some of those things to the test. Hopefully you guys enjoy it. Plus, if you find anything you'd like me to test out, you can forward it to me or whatever and I can try it :)

 

 

Crack Corn

So while perusing my kitchen the other night I really wanted a new sweet treat. And popcorn. And well I love chocolate on popcorn but I still wanted something new. This led me to searching the Internet and I found A LOT of delicious looking popcorn recipes but one kept popping up. Literally. Anyways, many of them called this poppy chow, but I a sticking with crack corn. This stuff is crazy good and so addicting. Eating just a little bit is hard, so now that you have been warned here is the recipe....

Ingredients

1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup butter
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
9 cups Popcorn- I used a bag of butter flavor
Powdered Sugar

Mix the peanut butter, butter, chocolate chips, and vanilla in a pot. Stir constantly until melted and mixed together.

While doing that pop your bag of popcorn according to directions. Dump that into a big bowl.

Top that with your peanut butter mix and stir it all together so the popcorn gets coated completely by the mix.

Pour all of that onto a baking sheet and top with as much powdered sugar as you like.

Place in the fridge until the peanut butter mix sets, or just leave it out.

Store it in an airtight container... But let's be honest, there won't be much left :)

*FYI, this is not a recipe that I came up with on my own... It just so happens to be the recipe for Muddy Buddies or Puppy Chow, just with popcorn instead. :)Either way, it is equally delicious and I feel that everyone should know about it.





Anyways, only three tests left until this term is over and 19 days until we leave for LA/Anaheim! It is getting so close and I am getting more and more excited for sun!

Check back later this weekend for a new tutorial and lots of other fun stuff :)

 

Slacking... And reupholstering an office chair.

I know my last post said I would do better about posting more, and well I really did plan too...... But again I have become really busy. Next week is finals and this week was just insane. I have some videos that are ready to go, I just need the hubby to edit them.

I am so excited for this term to be over! I am worn out and need summer vacation... I need some sunshine. For any one who loves in Oregon, this weather has been insane! Luckily only like 20 more days and Richard and I will be in Anaheim for a few days.

So one of our roommates moved out and a new one moved in, but in that whole process I got a new craft room :) yeah I pretty much love it. I've been spending a lot of time getting it together and I have to say it is becoming quite nice and cozy. I just need a massive beanbag chair and I'll be set. But anyways, I found an office chair on Craigslist for free... Definitely not the best shape... I gave that one to the man cave and took one of theirs :) and reupholstered it. It was way easier than I thought it would be. Below is my process.

Materials- fabric of your choosing (I used two pillow cases and pieced it together), staple gun and staples, and an ugly old office chair. Plus anything you'll want for embellishment.

Step one- unscrew every screw you can find on your chair. This will separate the seat from the back and the arms. Make sure to save all the screws!

Step two- I started on the seat and pieced together the fabric pieces to completely cover it. You want enough fabric to cover it all and go about an inch or two onto the bottom. Once you have the fabric placed where you want it begin stapling on the bottom. I started on one area and worked around the chair, then I made the corners all nice and tight. This will take a lot of pulling and adjusting, but you want it to look as nice as possible.

Step three- move to the back rest now. You can either sew or use just the staple gun, I went the staple gun only because it was easier. You'll want to have a piece the at least covers the side your back goes on completely so there are no staples for you to lean up against.

Step four- Your chair should now look like the image above. The last little bit of the of the back of the chair will get covered with pieces. I tried to make this look as nice as possible,since people will actually be seeing it. Then I used some hot pink elastic to cover up one row of the staples and plus I can use it to hold stuff down there. After you are all done with this rescues everything back together.

And voila, you now have a fancy new chair. I loved this project and it was a quick way to help make my room look better.

 

 

It has been too long...

Hey everyone. I cannot believe that my last post was Mother's Day. I guess things have gotten a little busy around here. Lots of cleaning and school and not much crafting. :( good news is that this term is almost over.

In one month Richard and I will be in sunny California for Vidcon... Well he's going to Vidcon and I'm going for Disneyland. But either way, I'm so ready for the sunshine.

You can't see it really well in the picture, but this was a storm we had Friday night. It hailed and poured... There was thunder and lightening too. Absolutely insane, especially since we are almost in June now. Oregon has some crazy weather.

We are getting really close to Richards surgery. Hopefully it will get done by the end of the summer. The closer it gets the more excited I get. I cannot wait for him to have it... I'm ready for my hubby to have two arms again :)


Let's see... What else is new... Oh, Richard got a new internship. He is working with VOKLE doing their social media internship. I am so proud of him and this is his first step toward his dream. It's an exciting time!

I have officially registered for my last term of undergraduate classes. I am so excited about it. So much has happened in my life on my way to this point, but it is here. I cannot believe how close it is getting. The next term will be completely surreal. How I cannot wait!

Anyways, that is just a quick update of things that have been going on. I am going to try and get at least two new tutorials up this week with videos... And, I'll give you guys the first view of my new craft room that will be getting set up this week! I am so looking forward to a little place of my own.

Make sure to check back this week for all the new updates!

 

 

Pinterest Interest

Pinterest constantly takes over my life. Here are my latest Pinterest loves.

Let me warn you before you make these.... They are HIGHLY addictive. Peanut butter chocolate chip shortbread cookies. We loved them, honestly it was more like obsessed. These are melt in your mouth deliciousness.

If anyone knows me, this little quote may be the most true thing ever.

I just love everything about this onsie. It's fairly cheap, $13, but could easily be reproduced. Maybe this will be a tutorial soon.. I think baby Avery needs one :)

I love these little sock monkeys. Seriously, they are so cute. Every baby born in my family from here on out will be getting a sock monkey. Totally fun and cute. I'll be doing my tutorial on this soon with a video.

For some reason, I love this whole room. Every single thing about it is amazing. I need to find some time to do interior decorating.

 

 

These little shells are delicious. It's like hamburger helper on crack. Taco seasoned ground beef, taco sauce, salsa, shells, and cheese... Lots of cheese. Let's just say these are keepers.

 

 

 

 

So there you have it, my addiction to Pinterest :)

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Crazy Weekend

I don't think those two words can even begin to describe this weekend. I am so exhausted.

Friday morning I went to pick up my grandma for a doctors appointment because she had been sick, sinus infection and then bronchitis. She was really tired and couldn't get herself up and moving so we missed her appointment. Seeing that she was that sick I took her into the emergency room. They quickly diagnosed her with pneumonia. Friday night was very scary and it was really hard to stay positive. However, she quickly turned around and has been getting better since. So all weekend I have been running back and forth between the hospital and my house.

Richard and I went to see The Five Year Engagement this weekend. It was funny, but got really boring at parts. Comedies are not supposed to be two hours long. I would recommend seeing it, but don't expect to be constantly laughing.

Saturday night we had dinner over at my brother Eric's house. I love spending time with my nephews. :)

I have almost finished the first two books of the Vampire Diaries. I really, REALLY like them. It's a must read for vampire lovers.

I think that next up will be watching the series, but I don't know if I want to read all the books first though. Any suggestions from those who have seen the series?

 

So here's my new clever idea. Using nail polish to paint bobby pins. My hair is about shoulder length and most of it falls out of the buns or ponytails that I put it in, so I use a lot of bobby pins. I think the colored ones are fun.

 

 

 

Another unconventional use for nail polish: key identifiers. I've added another house key to mine this weekend and so I don't get mine confused with the other one I used some nail polish to tell them apart. Layer of color, layer glitter, layer of top coat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think that is all for my clever uses of nail polish for right now. Tomorrow is back to school and thinking of a new craft for this week :) let me know if anyone has any ideas.

 

Spring Branches Tutorial plus Extras :)

Hey guys. The weather has been AWESOME the last few days here. I have loved it. Here's a new tutorial for you guys. It was really simple and cheap.

The quick run through is this : grab some branches from your backyard, scrapbook paper, florist wire, scissors, and glue. Cut out some leaf shapes and glue them back to back with wire in between. Wrap the wire around the branches and voila... Decorative spring branches :)

For the more detailed explanation see my video below. Plus, it is always nice to see things done for you in video form.

 

Now, for the extras. I found a clear iPhone case on Amazon for super cheap and ordered it. Then, I took some scrapbook paper and other stuff and made some cute backings... Now I have a completely customizable case for my phone. Genius, I know. :) Everyone should do it; really easy and worth it. Just be careful with the thickness of what you want for your design.

Anyways, thank you to all my awesome readers and YouTube viewers. I really do appreciate you all.

 

Crafts for Kids

Saturday my big sister Megan, her husband Sam, and their kids Lexie (2) and Avery (6months) are coming to visit. Megan and I had some crafting to do so to keep Lex entertained I made a few things.

First off was this cute little guy. I made him from leftover plastic Easter eggs. It was raly simple. Basically, I threaded some yarn through the eggs. I made sure that the bottom of each egg was resting inside the top half of the egg. At the end, I put the whole egg on there and glued it shut. Put some googly eyes on there and a felt tongue and you have a snake. Another idea is to throw some beads or something in the end before you glue it closed so that it makes a rattle snake.



Then, I made some play-doh. Follow my recipie below and you will never buy store bought play-doh ever again. Seriously, this stuff is the best.

In a pot pour all your ingredients:

1 cup flour

1cup water

1/4 cup salt

1 tbs oil

2 tsp cream of tartar

Food coloring- I love the neon colors, or even kool-aid powder will work

Place the pot over medium heat and stir, stir, stir.

The mix will go from watery to play-doh pretty quickly and once it looks like the picture to the right it's done. You should be able to scoop it all out at once.



















Now comes my favorite part. Divide the batch into two parts.

Add a few drops of food coloring to each half and knead it in.

Once you're done with that you have the best play-doh ever. I repeated this process so I had four colors, but you could just double the recipie in the first place and then divide it into four parts.

So Lexie didn't last long, but her sleeping is still really cute. And Coco decided to cuddle up with her.

Now, this is the actual project Megan and I did. She had a lot of baby food containers that needed to be turned into storage containers.

First start by removing any labels and cleaning them up.

Next, take the lids and paint them with chalkboard paint. We tried to do a yellow around the rim and just the chalkboard on top, but it did not look good so we painted it all the black.

To make the jars look cuter I hot glued a little lace ribbon around the jar. This also helped to cover up the glue from the label that didn't come off and also any printing that was on the jar. Personally, I think they turned out really cute, but I may be biased :)

Check back later this week for my next tutorial and I'll be doing a video soon!

Avery's Bucket List

Hey everyone, I ran across this story today about a little girl who is 5 months old and was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). It is the number one genetic killer of infants and children under two. The problem is, people are not automatically tested for it and many doctors do not offer it. Most times you must request for this to be added to all the other genetic testing. 1 in 40 people are carriers of SMA.

That's Avery. Isn't she absolutely adorable?

Please follow her blog, or at least read it and share it with everyone you know. The word needs to be spread about SMA so that one day there will be a world that no baby will die from it. Right now there is no testing being done but something needs to change about that. I for one hope I never have to watch my baby suffer like this.

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