When I'm wearing THESE bad boys?!

Yayayay! So like I said in the last post, I bought a bunch of fabric to make skirts out of, and so far, these are all the "pattern" technique/style. I have one more fabric that I'm going to be trying out a different pattern for, and I'm excited! But, in the mean time, I have created 2 more skirts! (Yeah I keep crankin' em out, they really are so easy!! And I'm going to plug the tutorial again : Grosgrain 20 Minute skirt, and I can't remember who I found this tutorial thru or I'd plug them too! :P) Anyways, I made the red polka-dot one yesterday (to wear to work today, I cheated and wore the pink butterfly one again on Monday, to work) and then I just finished with the black one (to wear to work tomorrow!)!! I was so excited for the black one! I had in my head, how it would be, and how cute it was going to be, and it turned out!! I am so excited and happy!! The red one is cute too, I like how it has just an inch of white peeping out from under the skirt!! And the black one is the shortest of them all, and by short I mean falling about mid-knee cap, the other 2 are below my knee, which is perfect!! But I absolutely ADORE the "pattern" and how the skirts turned out! I kinda changed the red one a little from the butterfly skirt, I took off more fabric, so it didn't bunch as much. I love them all, and I am so excited to find it was that easy to add to my Sunday wardrobe!! Yay for cute and easy things!! I also have a great idea with how to use the scarps from the skirt. But we'll have to see how they turn out, I'm way excited to try this new idea. :) So you see, I am so very excited about all my crafting ventures! And I'll try my best to share them. :) Don't forget to check out that tutorial, this skirt really is simple and easy! I'm going to see how many of them Mark will let me make ;) I've also included a picture of all the fabrics together.



*Oh! And these skirts are way stretchy!! The waistband is elastic, so I'm thinking they would be wearable well into a pregnancy, if they're cute enough ;) Just a cute little idea for those of you expecting ;)

Love to all, bry and mark

Ta Da!! (It's a skirt!)

And now for the finished product of my Sunday! In the last post, I said I was planning on making some skirts, and I bought the fabric yesterday and had plans to make them today, well, I made ONE today, it really didn't take that long, but I kept measuring and trimming and cutting and trying it on and everything, so it took longer than it said in the Tutorial from Grosgrain. But it turned out *WAY* freaking cute, and I wore it to church today! :) So I am very excited about making the other skirts :) and hope they turn out just as cute, if not cuter!! I've already got ideas popping in my head on how to change it up a little and make it better (meaning, what is more comfy, more/less pleats, more/less elastic, more/less fabric) So yay! I love this new skirt! Well, I feel like I accomplished something, now, on the beating Mario!! :)

Love always, bry and mark

There's a giveaway and a tutorial here : Grosgrain: 20 Minute Simple Skirt Tutorial AND GIVEAWAY!!!!

Company Picnic Y'all!!

So, the company picnic was Western themed, so Mark wore his cowboy hat, belt buckle and his plaid shirt, he looked rugged. I wore my denim vest and a bandana in my hair. Well, I was pretty excited when they announced the start of the door prizes (last year we got a $50 gift card to Home Depot!) So when we got to the last 2 prizes and they still hadn't called my name, I started to get nervous!! But, then they pulled out my name! And I won a voucher for a FREE plane ticket!! Sweet deal! (Yeah it's only 1, and Mark and I usually travel together, so, we'll end up buying 1 ticket anyways, but buying 1 is better than buying 2!) So, I was pretty stoked about that!! LOL! And we played BINGO again this year, but only 6 rounds, rather than last years 10 or 12, and I didn't get lucky at BINGO and neither did Mark, but still, a free plane ticket is a pretty good haul for the day! :) SO yayay!! (Yes, I brought the camera, but NO I didn't use it, sorry!)

I also bought some fabric to make some skirts. Once I have them made, I'll post the finished products. I'm pretty excited about making skirts, the patterns seem way easy, Grosgrain has a really cute one I'm going to try. Crafty Chic as a cute one as well! And this Sewing Skirt Patterns site had lots I wanted to try, The Wrap Skirt, and the Circle Skirt! So, yeah I'm pretty excited about this next project (I'm still in the middle of one, but it's on pause for now, at least until I get the final piece from my brother! So, yeah, we'll see how my skirt endeavor turns out. :)

Lots of love, bry and mark

Rockies Game!! (Game 1 vs the Giants)

So, we got invited to the Rockies game last night. It was a lot of fun! Mark and I have never been to a Rockies game, and it was my first pro-baseball game in the stands (we watched it on TV all the time when I was growing up. Go Cubbies!!) It was pretty fun being in the stands. I took a bunch of pictures with the camera my mom got us as a wedding gift. It's a pretty awesome camera!! The pictures are good for another reason, Row 12, Section 143! We were down in front and it was awesome, we were a little ourfield to the Visitors Dugout. It was pretty awesome!! And I have discovered, that no matter who is playing, if I go to a sporting event, I instantly become a Fan, I'm cheering and hollering and yelling! It's pretty fun, I enjoy it alot!! I'm posting some pictures, not all (I took 45!) But a few! It was tons of fun! Thank you so much for inviting us!!

And now, it's on to my company picnic, I'll try and get more pictures there, but who knows. The baseball game was like the first time I have brought my camera and actually used it!! So, we'll see!!

Oh, and we let Felix the bunny go, he kept trying to jump out of his cage and he ended up mashing is nose all bloody, so we figured, since he really really reallly wanted to be free, we'd grant him that. (Any one know how to teach a turtle to jump?)

Love always, bry and mark

Latest capture, I mean, addition

Being aware of Mark's job as pest control field technician, I assume you are aware, also, that Mark loves animals creartures of ALL kinds. (We have a snapping turtle, a painted turtle, a few baby catfish, 2 crawfish, and a few little Colorado fish (not sure really what kind).) Well, given the opportunites that Mark has to expand our menegerie of wildlife, he never fails to cease any opportunity, especially if I will approve of his catch. Well, that latest catch was so cute, I decided to keep him for a while. Mark came home Thursday night with a little tiny baby bunny (promptly named Felix) and after 2 failed escape attempts (1st he jumped out of the 1 foot high box we had him in, and the 2nd he got out of the same 1 foot high box with a crate on top of it) Felix is now living in a racoon trap in the spare room. (He has food and water and towels in there too.) But he is THE cutest little thing, aside from our Bandit, of course. He's so soft and fluffy! Bandit is sure excited that we got him a new toy that moves on it's own! We don't let them play together, don't worry, so far they have only smelled each other, but it still makes Bandit go crazy. We'll just have to see how this one turns out.

Love always, bry and mark

So close, yet still so far!

SO!! I've said before that I am still working on getting my wedding photos and album from the photographer. (It's all me, we've had trouble keeping money in the account for things, "emergencies" keep popping up!) Well!! I made the final payment this month! (Yes, I know it has been a WHOLE year!!) AND! They have received that payment! AND! My brother-in-law, Kurt, just went to go pick up my album and the negatives!! He just sent me a text telling me he has the album in his possession!! Now, all I need is the album in MY possession!! So, I've asked him to send them to me! So you see, I am so very close to getting and seeing my album (all put together!) and yet, still so far from getting and seeing my album. (I'm so impatient!!) So now, I'm reduced to waiting by the mailbox again. (I sure hope this wait ends fruitful, unlike the last time I sat waiting for package to come, but never ever did. Those dirtbags stole my $24.95!! Oh well, fingers are crossed anyways!!) Yayayayay!! I really am so very excited! My stomach has been in knots all day! I'll let everybody know as soon as I get the album here in CO!! Yay!!

Love always, bry and mark

I am weilding a PAIN-t BRUSH!!

LOL! So the title is just fun. I was weilding a paint brush, no pain involved really. We got the paint for free thru Glidden (they had their Paint Give Away about a month ago, Thanks to Kari at U Create for the info on the free stuff!) Well, we finally painted the wall in our bedroom. I went for the colors at our wedding, yeah, cuz I'm a dork, but mostly because I still really like them. (I have an idea to have the whole house themed in those colors, so I can move things around to different rooms and still have it look awesome!) So, we got the paint, and painted this afternoon after church. (I'm so impatient!) Mark helped tons, he actually painted it while I cooked food and cleaned (my sister is coming out to visit for the week!). Here are the before and after pictures. I added a little bit of my own "flair" (AKA: Dorky-ness) and put some of my lame looking free-hand stars up in the corner. But it does look really cute, and I only say my stars are lame and dorky because they are, and I don't care. If I cared, I'd quit making them and just buy them. :p So here are the pics. Ta Da!! I love the room, it looks so good! I like the stars and how they add that touch of "me" and I also think it makes it look like a teenager's room, oops. But it's fun, and that's how we are. I like the added color.

One thing I've noticed for a while actually, is that Bandit looks like Falcor, the Luck dragon from The Neverending Story. :) It's just one of those things I've noticed. :) Have a great day!

Love always, bry and mark