Baby Update: Week 17 {and a quick sewing project}

Thursday, April 26, 2012


Another week down- just 23 more to go! So excited for our ultrasound that is planned for May 9th, and our Gender Reveal Party {more details to come}

In other news- I sewed myself a Coral colored maxi skirt! I just followed this pattern, and it took me 30 minutes. Make one for yourself- they are perfect for summer, pregnant or not! 


Weekly Sewing Project: Quilted Striped Pillows

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Remember the Easy throw pillows I made last week? Well, I think I may have begun a dangerous addiction because today, I sewed those Quilted Striped Pillows I talked about last week.


And now all I want to do is sew more throw pillows. Except I also want to do more quilting! It is time consuming and a little tedious with a crappy bottom of the line machine, but I LOVE the way it looks when it's all finished. I'm on the hunt of an easy quilt pattern or another throw pillow to take on next.







Source: flickr.com via Rosemary on Pinterest






Source: flickr.com via Rosemary on Pinterest


Source: etsy.com via Rosemary on Pinterest




Creative Team Tuesday: Rhonna's Creativity Week!

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

I'm so excited because just when I was feeling kind of blah and uninspired, Rhonna comes along to kick start everyone's creativity with her Creativity Week!


Run over to her blog to see how she keeps her creative juices flowing and the small steps you can do every day to start having a more creative life! The first step is snatching up this little gem...




...which I'm going to start today! I'm so  excited to become inspired by her methods and get creating again!

What I did this weekend

Monday, April 23, 2012

This is my bestest friend in the whole wide world- Stacy.

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On Saturday her baby sister got married, and I was lucky enough to photograph the whole thing.

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Stacy lives in Brooklyn and I live here in Mesa, but when we're together the time and miles disappear and we're like we've always been. Perfect together.

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Foto Friday: Week 32 (Late)

Friday, April 20, 2012

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I'm a week behind on my Foto Friday, so I decided to post last week's today and I'll do this week's in between today and next Friday to hopefully get all caught up! 

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Last week's assignment was doors, so I snapped some pics of my very favorite door in our house, our kids' Tooth Fairy Door. Olivia is getting close to losing another one, so another glitter filled trip from the Tooth Fairy will be in order. 

Here are some of my favorite Tooth Fairy doors I've seen online:

Source: etsy.com via Beth on Pinterest






And I need to get busy with a new tooth fairy pillow for La, since the old one was a little wonky and a tad creepy. I love this one I found. 

Source: etsy.com via Rosemary on Pinterest

Happy Friday!

Check out the other girls of Foto Friday to see their Door photos

Weekly Sewing Project: Easy Peasy Throw Pillow Covers

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Do you ever have those awful awful things in your house that you walk by every single day and say to yourself  "I really need to fix/clean/trash/burn that thing", but instead of doing something about it, you just ignore it and it just sits there being gross day after day until finally you cannot look at it for one more second or someone is going to lose a body part?

No? Well, then I must be the only one. Because I swear, our couch throw pillows have gotton so much dirt and glitter and snot and black sharpie and yogurt and God knows what else on them they were starting to make me gag every time I sat down. So finally FINALLY I decided that something needed to be done. A quick google search later, I had found this tutorial on how to make quick & easy throw pillow covers. 



They really only took an hour and a half and I have no idea how much fabric I used because I had a spare piece of black linen in my stash (which I'm sure was supposed to turn into a dress years ago) so this project was *sort of* free. You can mix & match the front and 2 back panels too, so it's easy to get rid of some of your fabric pieces that you've been hoarding for years.



My pillows were 21" x 21", but now I want to create a whole slew of easy couch throw pillows. Perhaps I can try this one next with my leftover black scraps and some white stripes. Perhaps next week?


Cailin's Senior Portrait Session

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

I've been plugging away at my new photography website, and it's coming together little by little in between Senior Portrait Sessions, Wedding Photo processing, web design work for some friends, and some social media marketing projects. It's a little hard to fit everyone in, but juggling is what I'm made to do- so I keep on throwing those balls in the air. Here's a taste of another one of my client's sessions.

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