I like this....

a lot. I think it best describes what people would say to me. It could not get any closer. It seems to be quite true. Wouldn't you have to say? Well that is... if you have been around me enough you would know that. :) Oh and one more thing, please be patient with me, because I cannot help but be that way.

Love,
-L

Happy BIRTHDAY!

to my sister Jackie! Here are some of the reasons why I adore her they way I do:
-Always positive
-Good listener
-She makes you laugh
-Such a cute/stylin' mom!
-Hard worker
-Very creative
-Always there when I need her
-Very thoughtful person.
-and most importantly, one of my very best friends.

I hope you have a very happy birthday! I wish I could be there to celebrate it with you. I love you!

-L

Memorial Weekend....

was quite eventful I would have to say. Let me first tell you that I cannot find my camera battery charger. Yes, my camera battery charger which means I cannot upload my pictures onto my computer since my iMac does not have a slot for the memory card. BUT grateful for friends who tagged me in their photos on facebook from the be BBQ shabang last night so I can put them on here.

Let me first start off telling you how my weekend went. I left my place at 6:30 a.m. My good friend, Jenni got married on Saturday. I was able to see them come out of the temple. She looked so gorgeous! She made my cry. I then went to her luncheon that was at Hamiltons. YUMMY! It was so good. If you haven't been there before, make sure you stop there when you're in Logan next. Best restaurant for steak and seafood. I went home and spent some time with my sister's family. I then went to Jenni and Josten's reception. What a day that was!

Sunday was a chill day. We only had 1 hr 40 min of church b/c of the holiday. Which means there were 3 other sacraments. That's what you get for being from a recreational area. We had all day Sunday to be together as a family. How nice it was to do NOTHING.

Monday I met with the city to do some designing work for them. I would have to say it came out pretty successful. I'm excited to be able to help them out. We got together as a family again to celebrate Jackie's birthday for a BBQ. Then I was off to get back to have another BBQ with a bunch of my close friends. It was a lot of fun to to get with everyone and play kick ball, slackline, and some volleyball. I especially love being with my girls. You guys are so great!

That was my Memorial weekend.....

-L

(pictures from Jenni's wedding and random ones throughout the weekend will be posted as soon as I find/buy/borrow a charger for my battery)

Drawing a blank...

...of what to blog about for the past week now. I promise I haven't forgotten about my blog this week. It's just that I haven't had anything interesting to tell you. I did realize that I do have something to share with you after reading Nichole's blog today! I'm going to share with you some of the samples I made for QVC that was broadcast last week. Not all of these were made for QVC. Just the pen samples. This Thinking Of You card was done to show off American Crafts new Zing! I used the florescent Zing! on this card.

This is probably one of my favorite cards that I have made lately. The flowers and the cloud that's poking out as well as the thank you are all embossed with the opaque Zing! I had way too much fun making this card.
This card was made to show off a bunch of different ribbons.
This card was made for QVC using pens.
Same with this one... all from pens except for the paper planes are from the miniMarks Teen Line.
QVC pen sample also.
And this one too.
This baby card was made to show the use of the metallic Zing! Very awesome outcome with the metallic as well! You can't go wrong with American Crafts Zing!
Another QVC pen sample.


This one as well. This baby girl is my co-workers daughter. Isn't she the cutest thing ever!? I can't get over how precious she is.


Another pen sample.. one of myself.



Pen sample. This was conference weekend. We had a bunch of fun coloring eggs even though sea foam green was the same as turquoise. So as you can see, we did not have many colors to choose from.


I re-did the a colorful mess instead of using it as a pen sample, i'm showing it off using Zing! I found the coolest thing ever! A Colorful Mess was written with a black embossing pen where I then poured clear embossing powder on it. Isn't that pretty awesome?! It's hard to show you the clear embossing through a photo. I embossed all the aqua with the background paper as well as the paper flowers. Tons of fun.

I like having a challenge to use a certain project. I was wondering what in the world I was going to do for the pen samples. I was thinking of all the possibilities. The Zing! as well. And then all the inspiration kept coming. I just love my job! I hope you enjoy them! Does this make up for not posting this past week? I hope so.

-L

I'm going to make today a good day...

Even though it started off crappy. Let me tell you how it all started. I was too tired last night to pack for a weekend trip home so I thought I would put it off til this morning where I would be waking up quite early. All my pants were still wet since I don't like to dry them in the dryer. Which means I had to look extra hard this morning for something to wear. I ended up packing wet clothes -they're actually laying out in my car soaking in the heat of the car. Since I live further away from work now, I have quite a few lights that I have to go through to get there. At LEAST 8! Every single one of the lights I hit red. UGH if that doesn't make me all mad, then I don't know what does. I know it's not that my morning is not that big of a deal, but starting it off with stupid little things like this annoy me.
So here I am, going to try and make the best out of today and forget what happened this morning. At least it's sunny out and warm, right?!


Here is a little sneak peak of something I found from someone's blog that will look similar to what one of my walls will look like. I'm trying to find something cool where I can hang little things like this and invites, coupons, or what not so they are not just in a pile of stuff and I'll forget about it. Good idea?
I hope you all have a great weekend ahead of you! Don't forget to wish your Mom a happy Mother's Day!

-L

SUMMER!!!

Yay! Summer is on it's way! School's out, living at a new place, and it's warming up! Fresh new start! How much better can it be? There's so much that I want to do this summer. I hope I can do it all. A fresh new start means also that I have my own room and that I can decorate however I want to! I have so many ideas on how I want to do it. The vision in my head looks pretty dang cool, but hopefully I can create it the way I see it in my head. As soon as I get all settled in my room and everything put away, I will make sure I take good pictures of the new room with the things on the walls as well. I don't really have anything cool to blog yet. I might if I would take some stinkin' pictures!!! I'll make sure to take more pictures just for all you blog readers!!

This picture is one of the things I am going to master by the end of the summer -Slacklining! Great times. Who would have ever thought it would be fun to set up a road between two trees and walk on it. Well all I can say is that it's pretty dang hard to do. Great way to gain balance! See you soon!

-L

I thought that this was a pretty awesome quote! It totally fits me and the things my family come up with. Not only do I think it fits my family, but... okay fine! I'll say it! The ART world! When I first started my major in the Arts, I thought people were quite weird when we did critiques. What is all this business talking about how this piece of art makes you FEEL? WEIRD totally weird to me at first. I guess I didn't know what I was expecting when I started these art classes.

But whoda thunk it!? I'm one of them now and i'm starting to think that way when I look at art. I also like the typography in this piece of work. I can't remember who did this poster, but check out the different fonts and how well they fit together! Okay i'll just stop while I'm ahead. This artist who designed this quote by Dr. Suess was in an interview. The person who was interviewing him asked him this question:
What advice would you give to anyone starting out in a similar field?

Cynicism and sarcasm should be left at the door, you have to be prepared to do the little jobs, the free jobs and the jobs that you don't really want to do. Enthusiasm is infectious and when mixed with good manners plus an original style you can't go wrong, as the last client will remember you and pass you on to the next, before you know it you will have a bulky folio and bright future.

I thought that was some pretty good advice! I know I will think of that quite often if I want to be successful in my field.

Now I feel really bad that I do not have this artist's name. As soon as I find it, I will all let you know so you can see some of his other work!
-L

My 1st publication.

I was published in the May issue of the Cards magazine! Can I just tell you how excited I was to see my card in their magazine? Excited! :) Alisha, who is one of the editors of Cards Magazine was able to publish me. Thanks Alisha! That's my most exciting news right now.
Get ready for more frequent postings starting next week! I hope you're all excited like me!

-L

I know it's late.....

...but it's better than never, right? Easter is not over BUT if you aren't a fast sewer -get projects done fast like me, then this will be too late for Easter. CHECK THIS OUT! This Fabric Easter basket I found while blog surfing. How cool are these!? Now that I come to think about it, my sisters and I had these same kind of baskets when we were growing up. I wish I had a picture of them to show you, but I don't have mine with me.

I'm not to familiar with different fabric companies, but I have really come to like Moda A LOT, and I do mean a lot. When I went home the other weekend to spend time with my family that I don't get to see that often, my mom, sister and I went shopping for fabric because my mom is going to make me a quilt. Of all the colors and patterns I really liked Moda. It's called Hello Betty -retro by Moda. Love it! Here are some examples that I found that can kind of give you an idea of what the Hello Betty line looks like.



This is the pattern that I picked out. I like it because it's something that I haven't seen much of. What do you think? I want to make time this summer to do stuff like this. Who's in with me!?
Check out Moda Fabrics blog. It's hard not to keep looking. Maybe i'll learn some patience if I start this new interest up. :)

Hello April!

And I say bring on the sunshine. Even April showers is fine if that means no snow. Rain is better than snow, right? It's been awhile since I have blogged.

This is what I'm looking forward to in the month of April:
1. St. George this weekend with the whole family! Which consists of bike rides, pool, reading, and of course warmth and sunshine!
2. I'm doing a combined shower for two of my friends from high school.
3. AND I'm doing another shower for another friend who lives next door to me the next day.
3. Only 3 more full weeks of school and I'm done for the semester!
4. I move into a new apartment complex with new roommates at the end of the month. Which means I will have to make new friends! -exciting but nerve racking.