Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Lemon zucchini bread

a little while ago i saw a post on instagram for lemon zucchini bread. i basically refuse to make zucchini bread unless i have fresh from the garden zucchini. i got some from a family i work with on friday so naturally i had to make the bread. it's delish. find the recipe here.

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Parade of Homes...things I want to make

i hit the salt lake parade of homes this past week with celsey and shawn. it's nothing new, but it made me want to be a stay at home and craft my life away. i kind of loved the DIY blogger house. here are a few craft projects that i probably need to make right now.

canvas with cardboard letters. this might even find it's way to baby kyler's wall

i've been saying i'm over burlap, but i keep seeing things i like. cork board covered in burlap with ribbon.

these little farbic birdies nearly killed me

little=cute...always

i'm dying to make something out of pallets. these chairs looked horribly uncomfortable but instead they are ergonomically perfect

more pallets...i want

apparently i just need to decorate a nursery. most of my favorite decor of the whole parade of homes came from nurseries.with summer coming to an end (major sad face) maybe i will have a little more time to craft.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

outdoor wreath



i love having a wreath on the door, but basically everything i put on my door gets ruined. even though the little porch is covered it's bad news. i have been meaning to make a wreath that can stand the weather for a while and it never happens. i finally did it this past weekend. the super talented brynn has a wreath kind of like this and mentioned painting it. i ran with the idea and love it.

i had a slight blogger fail and didn't take pictures along the way, but I did use my new fancy pants camera instead of my crappy cell phone. hopefully they at least cancel each other out.

i bought the wreath at hobby lobby. i bought what i thought was gold even though it was called satin spray paint at joann. i sprayed at least 2 coats on the wreath before realizing i still had gold spray paint leftover from last year. i did another couple of coats of paint. i sprayed mod podge adhesive and sprinkled gold glitter. i used some green ribbon i already had and voila...a wreath for the door that might actually survive the weather.

Sunday, August 12, 2012

little maxi skirt

while i was down in vegas i made karlee an itty maxi skirt. i followed the same tutorial as the maxis i've made for myself EXEPT i forgot to make it wider at the bottom. she was walking around all funny so i ended up cutting it off to make a short skirt. she's pretty picky about clothes these days so who knows if she will even wear it. i might have to try again and make it a little easier to walk in. there's nothing cuter than little things.





Friday, August 3, 2012

mending

My sister had a baby on Sunday so I've been down in Vegas playing with the little tykes. I brought my sewing machine down here. First project...sewing ripped pants. Mending makes me feel old, but I'm glad I can actually do it.