My Creative Outlet

New Beginnings: A Personal Progress Pageant

2010-03-15T23:38:00.000-07:00

This years new Beginnings night has been my favorite thus far. (I'm on year 3!) I made the sashes and these girls gave talks on their value. We had Brandon sing a made up song about Personal Progress to the tune of "Here she is Miss America". Then Emily who was the third runner up to Miss Canada in 2000 come and talked to the girls about how Personal Progress is the ultimate make over and that we need to spend as much time making ourselves beautiful on the inside as we spend on the outside. It was an awesome night. Truly amazing. These girls are amazing, my counselors are awesome! It definitely gave me the boost I needed to carry on and do this longer!
The whole group!
My "old" Presidency and Advisors My new Presidency and Advisors

A little dress for Lyla

2009-11-19T11:08:00.000-08:00

My friend who knits the coolest hats and has a business called "Mutze" just had her third baby girl. I made this dress for her and found some really cute purple Robeez that matched. I tried the ribbon on the bottom and really liked how it turned out.

Halloween advent Calendar

2009-10-19T17:05:00.000-07:00

I had fun doing this project. It gave me a chance to do something creative and pull out all the scrapbook stuff I don't really use much anymore. My kids are excited about opening each box for a Halloween surprise each day of the month! Yes I realize we only have 12 days until Halloween, but better late than never right?
This was an invitation delivered to us for our across the street neighbor. Oh my the cuteness! The party was so amazing. Michelle seriously goes all out for her kid's parties. It was like Disneyland cute, all homemade. She is a professional cake decorator too so the cake was a pirate's boat with octopus tentacles wrapped around it. I've never seen any cake so amazing....ever. I'm definitely going to copy this cute invite, so thought some of you might want to as well!

Soaring to a Successful Year

2009-09-05T15:24:00.001-07:00

Every year at our Elementary, they have this balloon ceremony to start off the new school year. Each kid gets to release a balloon into the sky to represent them "Soaring to Success". It was fun to take the little boys over and enjoy it this year. Josh however started crying when he realized the fate of his beloved balloon, so I quickly reassured him only the big kids who go to the big school have to set theirs free. All preschoolers get to take theirs home. Phewww, thank goodness for that. 1200 hundred balloons!

Back to School cupcakes

2009-08-29T10:18:00.000-07:00

We have the best neighbors here in Las Vegas. We love them. Michelle from across the street is really good at cake decorating. She made these cupcakes for all the kids on our corner to celebrate back to school! The worms are made out of gum paste and the leaves out of fondant. She is truly talented. She also made celebrating the first day of summer cupcakes that had inner tubes made from frosting with kids also made of frosting floating on them!

What we did last night in Young Womens

2009-05-07T11:42:00.000-07:00

We made this cute aprons last night in Young Womens. They got to choose bright pink or this purple. It was a fun night for the girls.

Articles of Faith Motivation

2009-04-22T15:51:00.001-07:00

YW stuff

2009-03-05T21:34:00.000-08:00

Most of my creative energy lately has gone to Young Women stuff. We just had New Beginnings and it reminded me that I never posted one of our team waterfall pennants from last year so I finally am doing that. It was a whole sport themed night. We also had navy blue t-shirts made that say Waterfall Young women est. 2007. It was quite the night if I do say so myself. This year we did "Become the Girl of your Dreams....they came in jammies, white balloons for clouds, etc. It was fun too, but not the shindig we had last year. They each took home a pillow case to remind them to become the girl of their dreams each night through the young women program. I sewed ribbon on them...notice no picture because they were not my best work:) The blasted ribbon kept moving around.
Also we made these craft boards with the girls to put in their rooms. They are to remind them of the new theme this year: Be thou an EXAMPLE of the believers 1 Timothy 4:12. I love Young Womens and all the great gals I work with!!

Baby gifts

2009-02-28T11:32:00.000-08:00

I love personalizing my friends baby gifts these days with vinyl lettering. I found these buckets at Target for a good deal and they are the perfect size!! Its been fun to see the mom's faces light up as they see their baby's name on the bucket. I've also used storage bins in all sizes for the same thing. (I keep forgetting to take pictures!!)

Be Mine plate

2009-02-22T07:29:00.000-08:00

A new plate! I like how this turned out whimsical and fun just like the holiday it celebrates.

Crayon Rolls

2008-10-10T10:40:00.000-07:00

Lots of people I know have made these recently. I was only vaguely interested until I found the perfect fabric at JoAnns a few weeks ago when I was there for something else. Now I think I'm addicted. I've made four and want to do more. Kristen and Melissa helped it happen...we all got together and this week and had a lot of fun sewing together. Thanks gals!!

A Scrapbooking week

2008-09-13T21:35:00.001-07:00

Whenever Jared goes out of town, I usually use it as an excuse to get caught up on projects. It translates to late nights and having less patience for my kids because of the lack of sleep, but I was actually pretty good about going to bed this week. I've been too tired to do otherwise! Anyway, I did a bunch of scrapbooking and here are some of the pages: (By the way, Jared is fishing in Alaska and having a blast.)
I wanted to scrapbook the first day of school this year and then realized I hadn't even done last years first day of school, so I did them both at the same time!! It gave me lots of reflection time. This year was way better.....my kids had no stress or anxiety about the new school and move!
I tried the rustic edge on my pictures from Costco, I like how it turned out.
This was a fun page to do. I always like to do bright colors because I don't very often.
This page took a lot of time and energy, but you probably can't really tell
I love my silhouette from quikutz!...and Mt. Charleston I want to escape there again, its still too hot for my taste here.
That's all folks!!

Holiday plates

2008-09-01T07:49:00.000-07:00

Something new to look at finally!! I've been trying to get some projects done over the next few weeks before baby comes. I worked on slip covers for the rocking chair all weekend and these plates. I like how the plates turned out better than the slip covers....but that is a different story. Sewing is not my forte at all!! I like how the plates turned out for the most part. Finding the right fonts is tricky on my machine because if they are too skinny it doesn't work well at all.

Value boards

2008-04-10T12:53:00.000-07:00

I finally figured out how to cut vinyl letters with my silhouette craft cutter. It has opened up a whole new world to explore. I may not keep all of these ribbons (especially the blue one), but I like most of the rest of them.

St. George scrapbooking weekend

2008-03-14T22:18:00.000-07:00

I enjoyed a productive and fun scrapbooking weekend in St. George a few weekends ago. My sister in law Sara came down from Utah with a friend and I brought a friend up from LV. Good times....Pizza Factory, scrapbooking, shakes for lunch, sleeping in, and numerous conversations about kids, life, and motherhood. A much needed getaway for me. Thanks for the fun idea Sara! The fruits of my labors over the weekend are as follows, sorry for the cruddy pictures, my camera is acting up when I turn the flash off. Can you believe I actually was sick of scrapbooking when I finished the last page? I've never done that many spreads in that short amount of time. Which are your favorites?

A few more pages

2008-02-25T15:20:00.001-08:00

When can we go again Lisa, Katie, and Emily....and probably Megan too!

Cruise Pages

2008-02-22T14:05:00.000-08:00

Doing these pages makes me crave another cruise! So fun....and I liked how these two turned out. I don't get to say that very often.

New Scrapbook pages...finally

2008-02-07T12:15:00.000-08:00

I've been boycotting YW today and scrapbooking....so here are a few pages from today and last month. Nothing new or fancy and I haven't figured out how to zoom in and take pictures without getting a lot of carpet so they look even worse! Oh well.

scripture tote bag instructions

2007-12-01T16:38:00.000-08:00

1. Iron on any ribbon using heat n bond and then topstitch on to placemat, I used tan thread on top and brown in the bobbin so it didn't show the tan on the inside of the bag (ribbon is optional)
2. Put wrong sides together and sew up each side
3. Form a triangle with pointer finger on each side of the bottom of the bag. Sew a straight stitch across it
4. Sew on handles using a rectangle pattern (four rectangles two for each handle) I used belting from Hancock Faric and burned the edges of the handles to prevent fraying
Hints: Thinner placemats work better than thick, Target, Linen's and Things, Bed Bath and Beyond, and Pier 1 have good placemat selections.

Recent Scrapbook Pages

2007-10-29T15:47:00.000-07:00

I've been trying to get caught up on the scrapbooks recently, but it seems I never will. I am having fun at it though. I steal ideas from all of the people who are most likely viewing this so if nothing else, enjoy the photos!! p.s. Amy Walton, I LOVE my machine more and more every day, you're my hero for helping me get it!

Placemat Purse

2007-10-27T07:53:00.001-07:00

All my coolest friends and even their sisters have recently added creative links to their blog pages. I've decided to follow suit. My friend Susan Odone in California taught me how to make these cute purses out of placemats. Its a lot less sewing than you'd think so its very fun! From start to finish it takes about 25 minutes to make one. (less if your a 'real' seamstress) I taught them for super saturday last week. They are perfect scripture totes for church on Sunday.

Halloween bags

2007-10-27T07:24:00.000-07:00

I was at Target two nights ago and saw their Halloween bags and hated the color schemes they had to offer, but loved the idea. So, I uttered those infamous last words..... "I can make these"! Yes, I can, but everything else in my life goes to pot while I do so. True to my word, 48 hours later, with a short night under my belt, and three visits to different fabric stores,(yes three, not a typo, I'm very picky you see) my cute kiddos, went to our Ward Trunk or Treat clad with the 'perfect' candy bags. Okay so maybe not perfect, but don't look that close.