Cards, cards..

and more cards! This is the most recent set of cards that I have made. These are American Crafts newest release! I love AC! :) But who doesn't? I mean really.





If you haven't already gotten your hands on American Crafts newest product, you better quick!

I have a lot to catch you all up on! So stay tuned! :)

-L

It sure is starting to feel.....

....like fall around here. Well more up north that is. It takes me 3 hours to drive home to be with my family, right? Not only is it 3 hours, but it's 3 hours by myself. So I have a lot of time to think by myself. The closer I got, the cooler the air was. What a great opportunity to drive with my window down. As I am driving down the canyon I spotted the lake and could tell a difference in it. It was telling me that it is fall. Yes, that's right, FALL. As many of you may know, fall is right around the corner and I can definitely feel it here in the valley. So I thought I would hurry and get a snap shot of this beautiful lake that I like to call home. I sure do miss this lake. I miss being able to see the different colors of the lake. I am definitely thinking about going on the waverunners one last time tomorrow. Since I did notice they were still in the water! Yipee!

Okay, enough with this fall stuff. I have a great announcement to make! I am proud to say I am an aunt for the second time! Yes, I know some of you have already heard this already, but have you seen pictures? I say not. I know many people say newborns are not that cute, but they are still so sweet and precious. Meet the newest member of our family! Halee! (I think that is how my sister ended up spelling it, but don't quote me) She is no more than a day old in these pictures. I cannot get enough of my sweet little niece. If you cannot tell, Mckenna ADORES her sister. When I first walked into the house, Mckenna comes running around the corner and says to me "Eese! I got my new baby sister!" She is so thrilled! Now it's not only Mckenna. :)

My new apartment

These are not the best quality of pictures, but they will have to do! Just be glad I am already getting around to blogging this post. :) I never make time to blog anymore, but I really want to blog and make this a happenin' blog. Maybe someday it will happen. This is my apartment before:


These would be the decorations in the process of their make-over. (sorry the picture of Shaylin is blurry) I loved it of her that I had to put it up.



And these pictures would have to be the AFTERS. (inspiration taken from this post.)





This was my first attempt of doing this whole "frame arrangement." Was a successful? Did I do an OK job? Tell me what you think!

-L

Happy Friday!

Hello fellow bloggers! Today is Friday, which means it's a weekend. Not only on top of that, but it's a 3 day weekend! Yay for Labor days! I am happy to say that my apartment and life is coming together slowly but surely. This weekend is going to be great! Meet new people, socialize, hopefully finish up the last bits of my apartment and on to bigger and better things in life!

Here is me at work being all happy that it's Friday!

Courtney trying to be as cool as Alisha with the bangs. :)

And Alisha showing off her so-called bangs.
Good thing I work with some of the best people ever! Work seems to be filled with "inspiration" such as Courtney and Alisha everyday. Happy weekend everyone!

-L

...now the fun really begins!

I heart these moments...

like this one when McKenna and I can be silly together.



I absolutely love her to death. Never thought I could love someone as much as I love her. I adore her at this age and never want her to grow up.

-L

Please forgive me!

It's not that I don't want to blog, it's just that I haven't had enough time to stop and make time. BUT do I ever have so much to blog about. I will update you soon enough. Give me at least one more week. I am going to take a moment and share with you something that has inspired me to decorate my new apartment. What do you think?


This image was cool enough to be on Blueprint's front cover recently.


I was thinking about painting my frames in the red family; counting in Mulberry too! It will go something like that! I will definitely keep you updated and possibly show you before and after pictures.

-L

P.S. Stay tuned for a make-over I did for some of my guy friend's apartment!

So much

Happening lately. Too busy to blog as you can see. I will catch up with you soon, but this is what I have been up to lately:
-packing
-moving
-living at my sister's for a week
-working
-getting ready for school to start next week.
-living unorganized

Catch up real soon I promise. It's just hard to blog when all is in chaos. Love you all.

-L

A New Love

I think I found a new love for binding books! Remember when I posted how I wanted to learn how to do book binding around a month ago? Well I got my wish! My good friend/co-worker Paige happens to know how to book bind. Cool huh?! She decided to make a class out of it and make me super happy. This was a great learning experience. I just realized I didn't take a picture of the final project. So to look at it, check out Paige's blog.

The amazing Paige! Thanks for making this happen!





A very fun Saturday activity for sure. I am so IN to all this craft stuff and learning how to make cool things.

-L

Screen Printing

Last Friday my co-workers and I went to Ben's house to screen print t-shirts. We do a creative activity maybe once a month to change things up a bit. What a fun thing to do for sure! This was a fun one. They usually do this once a year around this time. This was my first time ever doing something like this. We were lucky enough to design our own t-shirt. This was such a hard decision to make -the design. I drew my design and here is the process:







Sorry I have been a slacker lately. I just realized I like to go in spurts.

-L

Free Printables?

Yes! That is right! Get them here for free! It's about that time again to get organized and back into a routine. That's what I need to do again before school starts back up. It's going to be here before you know it! Less than a month away. I have always been one of those girls who makes a list. Yes, my mom taught me well. If I don't know what needs to get done next, I can always look at my list. I hope I have helped you in some way to keep on task. :)

-L