Me, Myself, and I.: January 2011

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Happenings..

Please have a moment of silence for the Chi................. you will be missed-Chelsea's hair.

Im thinking if keeping it.. Harper can pretend do her hair with mama.

And today...

This old thing...

Turned into this NEW thing!

I added hooks, and hung it in my closet.

I think it looks so cute! Plus, I found jewelery I forgot I had!

The shelf used to hold candle holders.. which were only collecting dust...

But now occupy our tv.. so cute and romantical for V-day.. they are lit as we speak(blog).

Never too many pictures.

Feels like Ive been slacking on posting lately.. so here are some pictures from the other morning! She loves getting her picture taken!

She was mad.. and then realized I was taking pictures. haha

Dont you love her strand of long hair? haha

She now knows "vroom vroom" from pushing her around, and trys to copy you when you say it.

Silly..

Re-take. haha

She seriously will just sit and stare right at the camera.. so cute! I just love her.

Harpers 9mo/10month check up is in a week or so, so ill update her stats then! Also she stood on her own today!! Only for a few seconds, but both of us got to witness it, which was great for us. Proud parent moment! :)

Also... Harper has 2 little teeth! Boy are they sharp!

See em? Ya.. shes growing up wayyy to fast. boo.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Fakies.

So a couple weeks ago I went shopping in a cute, but hardly comfortable pair of heels. I wouldn't have lasted long in them, and I looked ridiculous struggling in them while pushing Harper in the mall stroller, made to look like a car... classy? So I decided, why not buy a new pair of shoes, so I can get onto my other shopping duties. Great idea right? Of course I made a stop at Payless shoes.. trying to pay-less for a quick comfy pair of flats. Well I found these cute shoes by Airwalk, called "Airwalk hope" Which is quite similar to "Toms". Ive loved the look of toms forever, but never got myself a pair.. but I fell in love with my lookalikes.. I bought the ones in red.

I think I need them in every color!

I left the store, happy with my $19.99 purchase, toms run around $45-55.00.. so essentially I saved some moula! Plus they look quite similar..

I will most likely splurge and get the glitter toms unless airwalk decides to make them, and sell them at payless. Not only are the cheaper version just as cute, they also are for a good cause! When you buy a pair airwalk will give a pair to a child in need! (I was not informed of this when I bought mine, which would have most likely resulted in me buying more than one pair). Which is exactly what toms do too.. with there "one for one" motto, when you buy a pair toms gives a pair to a child in need. Although Airwalk might be swooping in on toms idea.. I don't think anyone will have a problem with what it results in.. I sure don't! My feet are pleased.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Crafty love.

Valentines day is oh so lovely.

Whats more lovely is my V-day wreath.

Made by yours truly.

I got the idea from here. such a cute blog, and hers looks fabulous.

Me on the other hand, is a want right now, have to have right now kind of gal, so I improvised and made mine a little differently.. but it worked out!

Here is how I did mine, and how it turned out.

1. Find a cheap foam wreath, or one like this..about 3 dollars at Walmart.

Of course, it would be pretty hard to glue perfectly around this so instead of covering it with ribbon like the above blog, I used pink colored duck tape! It kept all the twigs in, and made for a smoother wreath to work with.

2. Cover wreath.

How awesome(and ghetto) is my colored duck tape?!

3. Pick out some cute cup cake liners.. yes cup cake liners. I chose these.

4. Fold and fan, and or scrunch to your liking!

5. Heat up the glue gun, and start placing! Because I used 2 different liners, I did sections, alternating around the wreath.

I used almost 4 packages(2 of each pattern)

6. Continue around wreath, until desired look.

and tada!

I of course forgot the most important thing, a hook to hang it on the front door, or else I would have the last step of adding ribbon to the back, which of course I bought pink! But I do think it looks mighty cute on my shelf.

So easy and fun, I might have to make one for every Holiday. :)

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Another mans junk...

Is my treasure!!!

Its exactly what Ive been looking for, an antique wooden high chair! Ive seen so many on ksl.com but we never purchased one, you would think that we would have had a highchair by now, Harper is almost 10 months! Yep, were slacker, let our child get messy, eat in her bouncy toy kind of parents. oops.
For only 35 bucks, I think its a deal! It was the cheapest one on ksl when I looked, I like the style, and because I have a awesome handy wood-workin' dad.. this is my next project!! So poor Harper will be high chair-less for a few more days.
I now cant decide if I should leave it, and polish it up, or paint and distress it so it looks old, but adding some color... my next dilemma is figuring out how to make padding for it. Ive seen it done, but the last time I sewed anything more than a button or seam, was most likely in my high school days. Looks like I have to make a trip to Grandmas house for that one..

Here is a restoration that I like, you can find here.

Even tho mine needs some work, I think it will turn out quite cute. You know what ill be doing this weekend! I'm such a rebel.

Monday, January 10, 2011

V-day gift ideas.

http://shopping.aol.com/articles/2011/01/07/valentines-day-gifts-for-sporty-guys/

In case you needed ideas for the sporty man in your life, courtesy of aol shopping blog, and oh ya.... ME!! Another short article purchased and published. ;)