A funny for your monday

I saw this picture and thought it was hilarious.  Look what they're roasting! Peeps and Wieners!

photo cred

DIY painted canvas

Due to the belated nature of this post, I don't have specific step-by-step instructions with photos to go along with them, But I do however, have a picture of the finished product:

This is seriously so easy and cheap to make.

Supplies:

• masking tape or blue painters tape 
• craft paint
• canvas (I went to Michael's and bought a set of 2 for about $8 with a coupon on my phone (their app has great coupons and I have never purchased anything there without one! 40% off all the time!))
• brushes (I used the cheap-o ones from Michael's as well...I think they're $1 for 2)
• a ruler

I started by measuring the distance across the entire width of the canvas and then deciding how many colors I wanted to use.  

The canvas was about 20 inches wide and the tape was 2 inches wide, so I did the minimal math skills required because I was going to have 4 tape strips separating my 5 colors (20-8=12) and then divided that up somehow to make a gradual size shift from the largest space to smallest space (I might have flubbed that one...I totally could have just placed the tape, but there was some mathematical computation there....somewhere...)

3 1/4 in, 3 in, 2 1/2 in, 2 in, 1 1/2 in...whatevs..it equals 12 1/4...

Then I just painted in a gradiating color pallet to give it an ombre vibe!  

Easy as pie and a nice accent to a plain wall.

what we've been up to

Unless you already follow me on instagram, you probably don't even know what's been going on in my life!
Just some little life events happened since the last time I posted...
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Going to California with my family...


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Getting engaged...



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Getting married...


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Going to Florida and Canada with my new husband...


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starting my senior year... (yeah, I'm graduating college, suckas!)



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Getting my wisdom teeth out....... I know this photo is hilarious, you have my permission to laugh.


So, Lots of fun (and not so fun...teeeeetttthhh...) things!

Also, LOTS AND LOTS of DIY projects to come!  Stay tuned for the next year, and maybe you'll see a post!

latest and greatest

As of late I've been a crafting machine.

I've also been baking a lot!

Here are some of my latest creations:

Glitter skates! I'm pretty proud of these babies. I found the most horrendous pair of skates at DI in my size for $3 and decided a little TLC would make them shine (pun intended) and it did.

Rainbow cake for St. Patty's day

Wooden spoons with painted handles (I promise I will wash them before I use them...they were being shellacked at the time)

Chalkboard tray for serving fun things (maybe bread or cheese?) (Also...I didn't really make this one, It was Grant's doing...as was the message written on it...)

Okay, so I wasn't pretending about the baking. I made a pie on "Pi Day" and it was delicious..but it was eaten too quickly to snap a photo.

There will surely be more to come!

Some of my favorite things as of late

Hello! Just to keep you informed, these are some of my favorite things right now:

polka dots!

Glasses

Clogs

And Disneyland! SOOO looking forward to our family vacation in less than 2 months!

Well, I started this post at 1 am a few days ago...now I shall finish it

I am so very tired, but I simply cannot fall asleep. So, I'm going to show you some Pictures of my outfits lately!

There will surely be more to come! (like ya'll care...)

tailored ads

Over thanksgiving break I bought men's deoderant. Now I've been seeing ads like this on my google reader.

I think I might switch back to women's deoderant.