Catching UP!

Sooo... I'm a little behind on posting!! I didn't realize it's been like 5 months!! So I finally downloaded blogger on my new phone and am going to try my best to be better about it.. Formatting may be weird until I figure this thing out!! 

P.S. I've officially had this blog for a year!! I need to start updating it more frequently so I can make one of those adorable Blog Books!

What have I made recently:
I try to stay crafty and encourage my creativeness as much as possible! I have been severely lacking and/or it has been taking me FOREVER to complete any project. 

Graduation Party Decorations    

My mom's bestie recently got her PhD and we hosted a party for her.. We LOVE the look of chalkboards, but wanted to do them on a budget.. Solution: We bought chalkboard contact paper and put it on cardboard squares.. you would have never known, the looked so cute!

Elephant Diaper Cake

 Our good friends Martin and Diana just welcomed their first baby.. Little Zac.. The baby room theme is elephants so of course I had to incorporate it into one of my diaper cakes! I think my new favorite thing is wrapping the diapers with receiving blankets.. It gives it such a FINSIHED look!! I tried to get as many things off their registry, but I couldn't resist the Eric Carle elephant on top!

4th of July Wreath 

The best holiday EVER, 4th of July, was coming up and I didn't have a wreath for it yet!! After pinning a million wreaths, I decided to make this one! Super easy, just a LOT of ribbon and a LOT of knots! I bought the ribbon off Amazon Prime and the styrofoam wreath at Hobby Lobby using a 40% off coupon. If I made one again, I would put a little less red so there was more blue on there. Either way, I still LOVE it!! I might keep it hanging for a while.. Nothing wrong with a little AMERICAN SPIRIT!!

Front Entry  

We've been fixing up/FINALLY decorating our downstairs. I found this shoe dresser on IKEA and it's the PERFECT depth for the wall! I bought the canvas forever ago, painted stripes on it and spray painted both the F and the picture frame the same color I had spray painted a mirror. I'm pretty happy with the change, but am still looking for the perfect decorations to go on top..

Going Away Present   

One of the girls I've worked with for a couple years is moving to Washington. We wanted to do something thoughtful for her, so I made this "Moving Blows" bouquet with packs of gum for the trip and a few gift cards they can use on the drive. I bought the vase and styrofoam insert at the Dollar Tree and the skewers at the grocery store. Then, I taped all the gum, gift cards, and sign onto the skewers (I know.. not very fancy!), added some ribbon.. and TA-DA!! I think it turned out pretty cute for never making one before!! 

Family Birthday Board

My friend always invites me to these "She's Crafty" parties. Basically, you pick out a craft with vinyl you like, show up, paint, and put the vinyl on.. BRILLIANT!! I kept seeing all of these birthday boards and I think they are ADORABLE. Plus, I am terrible with dates so I'll take anything that helps!! I had to make the decision of where to draw the line on who to add; it would be TOO many to put all our aunt/uncles/cousins, so I chose to start with us, put our parents, siblings, and any babies. The kit I got at the party also included a heart for our anniversary; I'm debating on adding everyone's anniversaries so I can remember them all!! I decided to do Ben's family in blue, my family in green, and any babies/nieces/nephews in white (white will be easier to make new circles if needed). I put the first name and day on the front and the year on the back. There's not very many on there yet, but I have a feeling, this board may get pretty full of white circles in the near future!!

Trips we've gone on:

Okay so as some of you know, we don't take very many trips, unless we've budgeted like crazy for it! So we haven't been on many, but we did enjoy when we did!

1. Grand Canyon,  South Rim

A girlfriend I work with and I thought it'd be fun to camp during Spring Break. Little did we know it would be in the 20s at nighttime.. BRRRRR!  We brought our 2 dogs and the dog we were watching. Our dogs have the fur to keep warm; poor Hercules,  a boxer, needed my ski jacket to keep warm! During the day was GORGEOUS though,  not hot, not cold. We had a lot of fun camping and cooking!

2. Destin, Florida 

My husband and I took a trip to Destin to visit my sister and brother-in-law.  It was so much fun finally bringing Ben there and it was the first time I had been back since we had first started dating!! I made sure to bring him to my all-time favorites, but there's still so many more fun things to do there! We had a great time hanging out and bonding with them: it was really the first time Ben and Dave spent time together besides the wedding. Can't wait until next time :)