the yellow door boutique debut!

My little shop is opening up!

(well. as much of a shop that it can be right now.)

my shop consists of headbands. bow pins. and necklaces.  

i've always dreamed about owning my own boutique. i'd fill it with my jewelry, accesorries, bags and clothing. which will all be incorporated as soon as i can get them done. i want to make something that is all mine. and people will find interesting. something that will make people feel pretty while wearing it. 

  

its little. just getting started out. but i'm still proud of everything that i've made so far! i hope that this is the beginning to my dream. and that i can continue to do what i love! :)

lights. camera. action

ok. so. i found this cute picture of this camera case that i wanted to do. and. i tried to do it myself. and... it turned out ok. not great. but just ok. because.. i'm still elementary on how to stitch. and its falling apart. and. i just finished it 10 minutes ago. 

so... here it is.

ok. so here is the front. and. i am kinda pleased with it. i like the set up. but. i dont like the colors that i picked. and i dont like that i suck at stitching. and i dont like that its coming unraveled from the top. 

i had an idea to make it look like our camera that we got. but.. i put the flash in the wrong place. i should have put it on top in the center. but. of all the things that i'm unhappy with. i am happy with the flash that i made. i had these glitter buttons. i used a couple in my wedding bouquet as well. they are so cute. but... when i make another one. i am going to use sequins instead! and i think that is brilliant. also. another idea that i had. is that they have glitter felt. and it is sparkly as well. 

so. our lens sticks out for our camera. and. it makes the yellow part and everything about it. akward. next time. i'm going to have it open from the top. because. then. the openings and. everything would be less weird. 

but. this is the back. i just took some thread and then you wrap it around the button. and. i really like that idea. but. for our camera its just not going to work for next time. i also am going to be making my own tags that will say the yellow door boutique or. tydb. i'm not sure. but. that way i can hide where i sewed the thread.

i'm really excited that i made it. it was a good first try. i know how to make it better. i'm thinking about maybe making more for the family reunion auction. but. i have alot of other things that i want to make. like. headbands. and bracelets. and necklaces. and then possibly take orders for more that dont get any. but. i dont think that any i make will be that popular. but. we'll see. 

college bound

a little tour of vicki's dorm room.

my little sister went to college today. and. i am so proud of her! and. i am so excited for her. and i am so scared for her! she's gonna be out all on her own. and. i hope that she will do good. i dont want anything to happen to her. 

she's gonna be a busy bee? when she's there too. she has to take 17 credits i think and has to maintain a 3.75 gpa. she is going to be doing nothing but school! she's on this accelerated program to get her bachelors in 3 years. she's going to school to be an orthodontist and an oral surgeon.  

i love my sister so much! she is going to love this experience of being out of the house and getting her own freedom to do things. i liked my freedom too. except i missed my family alot. and she'll understand why i miss them so much now that she is going to be away from them. (even if it is only a couple hours away which i am jealous of!) but. she is really strong willed and i know that she is going to succeed. and i am so happy for her! she is going to do great!

kyle also starts school next monday. and. i'm excited that he's going back to school. but also a little sad because we arent going to have much time together anymore. but. i'm glad that he is going to school that way in a few years he will be making the moneys. i wish i was going to school also. but. i am going to try and do something else with that time. but. if i was going to school i would be doing a spanish class. an art class. and a sewing class. 

booyah!!

happy birthday to my little marky. i love you booyah!!

today was booyah's birthday and he had a pirate themed birthday party. and he looked so cute! i cant believe that he turned five and is starting kindergarten on monday!!! it is so crazy! he is growing up too fast. and he just needs to cool it.

me and kyle got him a little woody figure. i dont think that it does anything but stand there. but. he seemed pretty excited when he opened it up. and that was great!

i love my miley family so much! i love hanging out with them and being around their family. it feels like i'm at home when i'm with them. it breaks my heart everytime too when they ask me to stay the night or not go. because. i have too. and they dont like it. but. i do like that i know how much they love me and want me around. and i think that i'm going to try and plan something so that they come over and stay the night with me and kyle. i think that they would like that. i love jill and miley too. they really do love me. and it really makes it easier to be away from my mom and dad when i'm around them.

(p.s i took these with my crappy phone camera. so. they suck. alot.)

the birthday boy!

he looks a little bit like the joker in this one! but he's still stinkin cute! 

nanny 911

i've been hooked on that show for a while now. and. it is kinda annoying sometimes. like. they are bad. then they are good. and its like that. over. and over again! and sometimes. it'll be more entertaining to see them fail... sometimes i think that. but. i dont really want them to fail. but. i kinda want to see it.

i also. have just went back to my nanny job today. watching jack. and. we had alot of fun today! it was kinda really awkward too. but. kinda like i never left as well. i dont know. we had a good time. but. it was still akward. because we hadnt seen each other in a while. but then. it was like i've never stopped picking him up this summer. but he got a new puppy junior. a black lab named after their dog buddy that passed from cancer a couple months ago. but. he is really cute. and went to the bathroom on the carpet. and. jack had bri pick it up. i just hope that when its just me and him that that doesnt happen and he wants me to pick it up. 

today was good. and. i really enjoyed myself. and kyle and i made super delicious biscuits and gravy. and. i'm glad that i've gone back to work. and that i get to spend time with my little friend jack. i feel a little more happier that now i have another responsibility. :)

family time.

we've had some family time lately. and i love it so much! 

hailey just got baptized and she looked like an angel. i love baptism's! she looked like a tiny angel and perfect. one of the most important things that she could could ever do for her life. it is just a good reminder of my baptism and that time of my life. but. it was just a great day. and very uplifting. and very emotional. my family might be loud. and opinionated. but they are very very very spiritual as well! and everyone was a bauling mess. but it was a beautiful day. but. i got to spend some time with my family.

so. my grandma is crazy! like. extremely. and she was just so much fun. i always have a blast when she is around. and yesterday was no exception. i love my family. they are just so great. we laugh. and joke. and tease. and we just have a great time. i'm so excited now for the family reunion. we were trying to figure out who we were going to go as. and. i settled on me and kyle going as a bride and a groom. and. i think that it is a really really good idea. my only problem is that the roaches planned it. and i dont know if any of them would be going as that. because. i'm sure that it could have been one of the first ones chosen. and it could be a little wierd. because i dont know. i dont know. but. to me its a really good idea. and i think that we are still going to do that idea. for vickis costume. i think that i'm going to put together a cigarette girl/ coctail waitress outfit. it was pretty good i think. and not a sleezy as a showgirl. so. :) i like that. and i dont think that many people would be that. 

i also have been hanging out with jimmy and kaila alot lately. and i snagged these cute pictures of this little guy.

me and jonah. :)

i think that he looks like jimmy in this picture. 

he is just so happy! and he is way too small to be walking around! but completely adorable!

Call me Mrs. Irresponsible

So. I always lose things. and it makes me very mad at myself! and. sometimes. its not even little things. but big important things! and these important things that i lose i need! and i can never find them. and i can never figure out when i lose them. and. it makes me so sad! :( so. that is how i feel today.

also. kyle sold his car. and got a scooter. :) we didn't get as much money that we want for it. but it was enough to buy the scooter. we are hoping to save on gas money. and kyle will be driving that to work and school. we put it up on craigslist today. and like. it was gone. so fast. it still hasnt sunk in yet that we dont have his car anymore. i'm a little sad that we didnt have any extra to put away. but. its ok i guess. 

his scooter is pretty cool. to me its still scary. because people will still not see him all that great. and if he was to get in an accident there wont be much to help save him. and that worries me. but. its nice and blue. and pretty big. if i was going to school. i'd want one too tho.

bringing home the bacon...

kyle works too much... haha. 

ok. no. not too much. just has a messed up schedule that makes me miss him so much. if it was normal. it wouldnt seem too bad. but. i hate when he has to go into work at 12 and come home at 9. :/ it is just way to weird for me to be comfortable with. 

i would love for him to come home earlier. me make him dinner. (well... maybe not good dinner). dessert. movie. perfect day! haha. i can only wish.

i like that kyle has monday and wednesday off. and normal.ish kinda days on thursday and saturday. for coming home. i just want a better schedule. but. i guess i really shouldnt complain because. its only gonna get worse now that kyle is going to be going to school. :/ man.

oh. and i made this super delicious dessert. we had dinner for peggie's birthday and since i cant cook. i can kinda bake. and i did dessert. yum.. i brought the sherbet cake. and made strawberry shortcake as well. dont they look super delicious!?

this is how it looks without the whip cream. but. its made of little bits of angel food cake. this pudding/ cool whip/ nutella and strawberries. :) yummy!

The anniversary that doesn't really matter anymore.

We're married now. our true year anniversary shouldnt matter anymore. should it?

Well. I thought that maybe it should be recognized at least. not exactly celebrated. but. we tried to have a nice dessert. which. i'm usually very good at making. and. i had some really good ideas!! like. some of the best that i've seen so far. 

lately. i've been OBSESSED! with blogging. and looking at all kinds of craft blogs and food blogs. and i stumbled upon this one blog with this awesome cake. and. it looked amazing. and. mine... haha. like a big giant covered donut. this is how it ended up looking.

so. when we went grocery shopping. kyle was like. hey. why dont you buy the extra creamy whip cream. and i'm like. ok. that kinda sounds like a good idea. but... it turned out to be the worst decision. because. the cool whip was just wanting to melt before i could squeeze it out of the bag. and i ended up just grabbing it by the handfuls (hands were washed!) and just slopping it on the cake.

this is kinda what the cake is made up of. it is 3 layers of angel food cake. with sherbet as the filling. and topped with cool whip. it tasted so good. minus the cool whip. it was a bit heavy. so. next time i make it. i'm getting the regular. even maybe lite. but. the plan was going to have ruffles going all the way up. it started off great. the cake was chilled for an hour and then i put the cool whip on. but. by then. everything was melting. and. it got so messy! learned my lesson! 

tons of cool whip left over! good for writing my dear husband messages.

:) i love my sweetie so much! alot of important things happened this last year. i moved to an awesome place. i had an awesome boyfriend. who became my fiance. who became my amazing husband. i have my future planned. i got to go to college. it has just been a great year. and. i've had kyle with me through everything. he's always been there to help me. with planning our wedding. with the separation anxiety of being away from my family. with the suffering of the late night drives home as we were dating. he is just the best guy ever. he makes me happy. and. i get to keep him forever. :)

p.s. did you notice my hair cut? very different. very short. and. very cute!!