Cooking extravaganza

So this Sunday I felt like making some new recipies that I found on the Internet. I have to say, I was pretty impressed with how everything turned out considering that two of these recipies from random sites.
I made no bake cookies for the first time and they were reallllllyyy yummy. I ate half of them myself and gave the rest away.

I also made some homemade salsa. I got that recipie from my brother in law who got it from an old bishop he had back in phoenix. I've made it a few times and it is my favorite.

I tried out a new recipie for a corn and salsa tortilla soup. It was ok... I'll probably not make it again but Kendall and I ate a few bowls.

I found more flowers. These lillies were on sale at albertsons for $2.99 :)

I'm looking to try new recipies soooo if anyone has anything to recommend, I'm very appreciative!

My Closet

I was taking pictures of my apartment today. Today, because Kendall and I are looking/made an offer on a house and will soon be moving so I have taken the advice given to me to take pictures of our first apartment so that we can remember it forever. Today, because I spent most of my Saturday extra cleaning all of the nooks and crannies of the apartment and it's still relatively clean. Today, because I have been avoiding studying for my exam tonight at all costs.

Anyways, I took some pictures and decided to take a picture of my closet in its organized chaos. It is not only an eclectic mix of clothes from high school to now but also a mix of storage methods for my infinate amount of shoes and miscillaneous bits here and there. I have a coat rack, dresser, two shoe hanger pockets, and the rest of the normal closet space.

I know it may seem as though I have a lot lot lot of clothes....and I kindof do. However, I have this habit of falling in a out of clothing styles very quickly. The seasons also effect these different style moods but not to fear! I save the clothes that I no longer wear and let them collect in the very deepest back parts of the closet for however long it takes for me to like them again (or fit into them for that matter). Soooo, this explains why so many clothes linger around my closet and dresser area and makes me feel a lot better when I think about it.

My pictorials also reminded me of this little shabby dresser that I bought for $5 at a Goodwill of DI or something.

It was kind of weird smelling and had crunchy paper on the inside so I decided to line it with my old band music that I had from Junior High/High School and sprayed the inside out with body splash or whatever.

It's still pretty shabby because I'm pretty sure it's made out of cardboard but it gets the job done and I really like how it turned out.

So I know that my closet is such a fascinating subject but as you see, I am still avoiding studying for my exam at ALL COSTS.

Baby Blankie

So my sister Sarah is having her 5th baby girl within the next few weeks! I was at my sister in law Camille's house and saw a lion brand yarn magazine with a really cute crochet blanket in it. I decided that I was going to make it for Sarah and her new baby Margaret.

It took three big spurts of chrocheting. The first one was in the beginning of January, the second a week later, and the final one a few nights ago which went until about 3 a.m. because I came to realize that I kinda need to finish it before the baby is born! Haha Either way here is the finished project!

Another fun thing I am happy about is this pretty bouquet of roses that I found at Albertson's for 6.99 :)

Looks like they are trying to get rid of their overstocked inventory from Valentine's Day! I looove fresh flowers and I am going to try and keep them around my house from now on.

Hopefully I can keep my blogging up-- my laptop is officially broken and until it's fixed, i'll be uploading my pictures and blogging from my sister's house.

Something old, Something new...

So this weekend was my friend Alli's bridal shower. I decided to do something for her that was done to me by my best friend Kendilyn. I made her a basket of something old, new, borrowed, and blue. It was really fun and I know that when I got one given to me, I felt like it was thoughtful and even better than anything off of my registry!

So here it is!

Something Old: A picture of Alli and I from a year and a half ago.
Something New: A bottle of Strawberry Pomegranite Italian Soda and two Martini glasses!


Something Borrowed: A basket that was given to me as borrowed :)


And Something Blue: A blue notebook and mini notepad for wedding to-dos and whatnots.




And here is the final product all put together:


It was really fun putting it together for her. Her bridal shower was really fun! She's so cute with her toilet paper veil/headband.

Outlet # 2

Ok so, I lied. Crocheting is not my ONLY creative outlet. I also can become semi-artistic when it comes to mani-pedis, makeup, and hair. I'm making a repitoire of all of my cool nail art that I've been able to create for the month of February. I haven't had much time to paint nails so some of my other exploits from the past aren't on here yet but they will be at some point.

I painted my niece Hannah's nails for her birthday on the 13th. They say "happy b-day" on them with a heart on the pinky.

I also painted hannah's nails for valentines. Little dots and hearts.

I painted my own nails for valentine's (although they didn't last that long). French mani in pink :)

I do love the feeling of being pampered and getting my nails done professionally but unfortunately, I can't always afford it and why get them done all the time when I can do them myself for cheap? :)


oh and as for hair.... well I'm usually into the curls and whatnot but crazy hair day was last week and so I helped out with Hannah once more!

I think I've seen it on the runway anywhere. It's the new fall "struck by lightening" look. lots of volume and hairspray.

My only creative outlet.

So, i've decided to make a photo repertoire of all of my crochet projects that i've done. Since I give a lot of them away i've had to do some hunting down of my friends but they have all helped me out. As I get more pictures back, i'll probably add them onto here but this is what i've got so far!











More to come!

update...finally!

I know it's been forever since i last updated this....i've just been so busy this whole break and now school's started again so there goes all of my free time!
Christmas was great! I got kendall a stereo for the landcruiser and he lovovovoves it! we had to take the landcruiser everywhere for a while, just so we could listen to the ipod hook up and stuff.

Kendall got me a vintage yellow kitchenaid mixer!! yay! i've been making too many cookies lately because of it! haha.

we got to go to supercross again and i got a new hat so that i could be all supercrossd out.


then we got to go to utah this past weekend to see liz and cortney for keaton's baby blessing! it was so much fun. i got to go to breakfast with kendi! i miss her!


kendall and i have been bowling a lot lately so we decided to go with liz and cort and their boys while we were in utah.


and finally keaton was such a stud in his blessing outfit! i miss all of them already!


on a brighter note, even though the break is over and school is back in, i was just checking my credit hours and major requirements and it's pretty much for sure that after this semester, i will only have two left! i'm that much closer to being completely finished! it feels pretty good.