Wet Polish Wednesday (Night)

Feeling dotty...

Notice that awesome throw in the background? It belonged to my grandparents. It makes me feel like I'm old and like Christmas all at the same time.

Flannel! Santa! Lights! Oh dear stop me before I start singing carols.

Canvas project

It rained today! And not just rained- like freakishly went from cloudy to pouring to hailing to dry. All within about 20 minutes!

Kendall and I did what we always do when it rains out. or when it's nice out. or all the time.

sit on the porch!

I took pictures. I need to take more pictures. Kendall is so happy in this one.

Lots of rain! :) Love it!

I decided to use my rainy evening to work on a project that I've been thinking about for a while. I got my inspiration from here and everything I used was already around the house except for the pictures.

Ta-da!

I had this canvas lying around for about a year and a half... I know! Something needed to be done.

Since I haven't any recent pictures that I enjoy of myself, I chose some from our wedding day. May 30th 2008! 3 years already.

This broach belonged to my grandma. Those are real dried flowers inside. It even has matching earrings! The lace on all of these belonged to my grandma as well.

I finally sucked it up and made my first set of fabric rosettes. I cheated and used hot glue instead of fabric glue but I don't care!

It needed a word. So why not love? All you need is love.

It was really fun and I'm excited to hang it up. I just ordered a new canvas for my front room and I'm hopefully going to be creating a gallery wall! I'm super excited and I think this will be part of it once I get things together.

peaceout

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The Shabby Creek Cottage

Big Red

My Grandmother passed away this past Friday morning. It was a long time coming and she was very sick so it was a relief to know that she is no longer suffering or in pain.

I am so grateful that I was able to visit with her for the entire day on Tuesday. She even sat up, held the baby, and joked with me about being a mother. My last memories of her were of her smiling face and the love she had for me and Harrison.

Things I loved about her:

How she always made us tons of bacon and eggs when we would go to visit her in Prescott

How she always needed chocolate or some kind of candy bar

How every time we talked, she would surprise me with some crazy story about her teenage years

Her red hair (white in the past few years but red for a long time)

Her love of jewelery

Her clip-on earrings

How she always spoiled her dogs

How she would always take me to see a "show" at the movies

and many more...

Here we are at my Graduation from ASU:

This was her house back in Prescott. I miss that beautiful house:

Us at my wedding:

Her holding Harrison:

She was surrounded by family, just how she wanted to be. I'll miss you, Big Red!