one of my favorite things

every six months i see a sweet sight: cars full of boys of all ages, in white shirts and ties, going to the priesthood session of general conference. it makes my heart happy.

a letter to a friend

this is a super old card that we made at card night a few years back but i absolutly love it. finally decided it would do better used than sitting in one of my card totes. i may have copied the design for a birthday card for card trade tonight i love it that much.

my stampin' up demonstrator is genius. or she's as good at copying a design as i am.

a wrapping idea

since i'm pretty sure you shouldn't pin your own pictures on pinterest, i have to save this idea somehow and use it again:



used stampin' up 1 1/4" grossgrain ribbon for the flower, craft paper for wrapping, burlap to back the flower, and twine/hemp/rope stuff for the 'ribbon'

an inspired fortune, for real

i love fortunes that are more like advice because 'you will discover an unexpected treasure' doesn't make me excited that i'm actually going to discover anything.

last week I got this little inspired message:

at a time when big decisions are being made in my life what better advice could my little cookie give me than to listen to the people who know and love me best?

all grown up

my little sister turned 18 this month. makes me feel a little bit old. then i remember my parents must be feeling even older. . . caught this amazing action shot of her blowing out her candles:

she'll probably get mad at me for posting it but she can't un-tag it here!

an option

i realized last night i want to do something that i love to do. novel idea right?  maybe it's because my job is maddening right now or maybe it's because i look back at the last five years and am not sure where it's gone but maybe it's just that it's taken me five years to realize what i could possibly love doing. 

so i applied. and was accepted yesterday! and i'm not sure it's the best option for me but it's at least an option. and that is exciting. masters of interior design:

straight out of a movie

i wish it were the other way around, that things in movies remind me of things that happen in my own life but apparently my life isn't as interesting. as a cheesy lds church movie.  that's sad.

it started out as a night of visits. we decided to go to meet someone we had never met. walked up to the door and heard a huge dog start barking. someone peeked through the blinds in the front window. we knocked. the door opened two inches. maybe. we asked if she was home. he said yes. but then asked who we were. we're from her ward. . . and before i could say anything more he responds with 'she doesn't have a ward' followed by the door slamming in our faces. we silently walked back to the car. once inside we look at each other and say, 'did that just happen?'

i think i would be an awful missionary to have that happen more than one time.

it did get me thinking though and i came to the conclusion that i never want to be the reason that a person reacts as he did. whether it was towards the lds church or just society in general. and i hope i'm the kind of person that will answer my door and be friendly to whoever is there.