Why do I always give away the stuff I make...?

Seriously.  I love you guys, but I so want to be able to justify making something that stays with me!  Haha! You know...if I make something for me, I'm being selfish and wasting my time doing blank instead blank...  At least that's what I spend a lot of my time telling myself.
Anyway, I've been working on this happy bit for about 3 weeks and it wasn't until a few days ago that I found the perfect picture for the frame.  Promise me, Brie that YOU WON'T LOOK AT THE PICTURE!!! Cause, yes.  It's for you... ;)

The super cute gelatin mold is from one of Wild Olive's happy patterns from the Food Friends 2 pack.  So stinking cute! I can't wait until I have time to make them ALL...and maybe even keep one of them for myself...

Much Love,

j

2012...

I've done a lot of thinking about the "BIG" things that I should accomplish this next year.  I did some pretty amazing things in 2011...even if they weren't marked momentous in the lives of everyone else! Ha! What's sad is even though they all meant the world to me...I didn't get around to documenting them here.  Lame.  So...here's a simplified version of my ta-da's from this last year:

*realizing, getting prepared and ready and attending the temple
*FINALLY being "ready" to teach guitar
*moving on
*beginning and FINISHING the worlds more difficult baby quilt for my most favorite thing in the world (it was a serious dangerous, hard, forced creativity, time consuming, butt kicking project...)
*losing poundage
*decorating on a fairly regular basis...for a couple of months straight...
*understanding the Atonement
*figuring out my "Type".  Yep, I'm a ONE!!!
*being the best tanta ever! ;)
&
*playing guitar with my daddy on Christmas day during the Sacrament Meeting Christmas program...

...I just looked at my list of wants from January...  Not many of them happened.  I guess it was because I was busy doing 800 million other things... :)

Here is my current list of wants for 2012.  I'm sure it's going to change 365 times, but that's okay.  As long as I've got something awesome going on, I'm happy... ;)

*Learn how to run 
*Keep losing
*Embroider more (PS, I ADORE Wild Olive!!!)
*the BIG one
*go to the temple at least twice a month
*keep teaching (and learning) the guitar
*get over the dang stage fright already!
*read a new book each month
*get Christmas made by Thanksgiving...
*buy a new car
*change my self perceptions...
*blog more...let's aim for at least once a week... ;)
&...

Keep your fingers crossed for me...

Much Love,

j

Happy Christmas...

Much Love,

j

***Thank you, cute Des for the most amazing pic.  I swiped it... ;)

jdb...

My.  Dad.  Is.  Awesome...

Much Love,

j

Perfect...

{image via pinterest. / thereadables.tumblr.com}

I first found this from Marta, who just happens to have a crazy classy blog that I adore, and thought that it was absolutely PERFECT for today...seeing how, it's less than 12 hours until Go Time...  ;)

Much Love,

j

The 5 White Frames...August...

Remember how I told you that I had all sorts of goodies all printed up and ready to be swapped out for the July pics? Yeah...most of them were a tad too small.  Dang.  But...that posed an interesting challenge! I got to dig around and play in found pics, old books, and pulled out magazine articles.  I LOVE they way they turned out!  I love the mix of colors.  They're all so happy and summery. 

See?! The colors are fun together!

(Yes, that's my hat.  No, I don't wear it.  In public...)

I absolutely LOVED how you can see my chandeliers in this one!

I thought it went really well with the Marie Antoinette gang. 

The goat was from a really old pilfered copy of Three Billy Goats from Liberty. :)

I love goats...

Marie Antoinette and her Birthday Cake.

(I want my B-day cake to look just like it.  Just sayin'...)

You can see it a bit better in the other pics, but the small one says,

"Enjoy the Ride"

I love it...and swiped it from Shabby Blogs...I love Shabby Blogs...

Much Love,

j

I've been tagged...

4 months ago...(Sorry Kels!) I've been not...paying attention... (LARGE things have been on my mind lately! ;)) Sounds like terrible fun, though!

{i've been tagged}

     

4 shows I watch:

1) Bones (I CANNOT for the life of me understand WHY more people don't watch this show. I. LOVE. IT.)

 

2) Jonathan Creek 

3) How I Met Your Mother
4) Nova

4 things I'm passionate about:

1) My Art (Even though it's sort of...far and few between, lately.)

2) Music

 

3) My Job (I LOVE my job!)
4) My Faith (Ditto! Darling Kels! It's just one of those core, unwavering beliefs...)

4 phrases I say a lot:

1) DUDE! (Yeah.  I'm all but 30 and still say, "DUDE!" about 20 billion times a day.)

 

2) Yes, Love?

3) Gah! (this is more used in texting, but it's still used a lot!

4) Seriously!? (Both as a question AND as a statement!)

4 things I have learned from the past:

1) Trust in my Heavenly Father and I can do anything.

2)  Mr. Rogers knew his stuff.

 

3)  Elementary school is the best!

4)  Life doesn't happen according to "my plan".  (And that's okay-see #1)

 

4 things I did yesterday:

1)  Ate Del Taco while watching Bones (season 3)

2)  Made The 5 White Frames for August

3)  Listened to JET

 

4) Watched it rain...and rain...and rain...and rain...

 

4 places I would love to visit:

1) Pennsylvania and DC for some American History.

2) Japan

3) England
4) The Jellyfish lake in Phuket.

4 things I'm looking forward to:

1) 8:30 am, August 10th, 2011  :)

2) The newest Dansie arriving.

3) The abundance of zucchini that late August always brings.

4) Weird, I know...but going back to work! I miss the routine...and my great Liberty friends!

4 things I love about spring:

1) Tulips

2) WARM SUN, but being able to still get away with cardigans.

3)  The end of school...

4)  The happiness that Easter brings! (okay...the giddiness the Easter/April Martha Stewart brings me...)

 

TAG! YOU'RE IT!! Now, it's you're turn, ANNNDEEE!!!, Miss Larson, Des! (I know how busy you are Des, but I'd LOVE to see your answers!)

 

Much Love,

 

j