i'm back, older and wiser.

Alright! here we go, my birthday was a HOOT, i got my hair cut (as soon as i put some makeup on and throw some hairspray in it i'll post a pictures) a new shirt and cardigan, a wonderful birthday dinner with my love which included apple pie...yum...and a SEWING MACHINE!! whoop whoop! i'm so excited, and yes mom, we will have many sewing adventures together! It's not a new machine by anymeans. in fact, somtimes it reminds me of this:

However, its completely metal, without any digital or plastic parts so it is a machine that will last forever! hopefully. maybe i'll even get fanatic enough with it to imprint its image forever on my bod:

Yeah. maybe not. I do hope one day to place it in an amazing place like this:

And make wonderful jewels like this:
But until i can actually spend time on it (we just started corn chopping. yuck. that means lane needs me at the farmhouse, and my new machine is at our apartment.) i'll just focus on 20 min projects like these:

So cute eh? i LOVE them. and i even have the tutorial i learned to make them with http://treyandlucy.blogspot.com/2009/03/easy-hair-clips.html she has all kinds of good stuff you'll want to check out.

BIRTHDAY WEEK!!

Ok, one day i'll stop with the pictures. that is until i stop stumbling upon them. Actually i just thought i'd let you all know what i looked like under my clothes...

ya right. i wish!

Today Lane and our peruvian milker had to visit the courthouse for a couple hours. Edward got pulled over and didn't have insurance...it was a 600.00 ticket. ouch! Then i thought i'd take some nice pictures of us since Lane had actually worn a new shirt for the first time in two weeks for the occasion....that is until he couldn't keep his eyes from crossing....why do we want kids??? Don't i already have one??...

and then i joined in the fun. Lane actually had to instruct me on how to do a crazy smile. he's a great teacher.

Ahhh...us. and Lane's mouth full of cookies. I cherish our wedding pictures where he would smile on command....

Also, craft day will be cancelled for me this weekend because its my BIRTHDAY!!! WHOO WHOO!! and that means it's kindy's birthday too! happy EARLY BIRTHDAY KENNEDY!!! i love being a twin. This is my favorite picture of us when we were little:

We are just out of the tub, wearing karson and chance's hand-me-down onsie's and i'm squeezing the life out of her...

Also a favorite. oh my glorious nostrils! I hope you like the halarious e-card i sent you already ken. Its a good one. other then that i probably won't be here till next week so see you then! i'll have some wicked cute crafts that will be done by then and i'll let ya'll know what Lane got me for my birthday!

Bootie tutorial

Lately, i've been flashing the infamous "peace" and also happened to find these pictures to relate. I just hope i don't look quite like number two...

although, he does represent all that is hippie...

and she is just cute...

http://fleeglesblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/sartjees-fleeglized-bootie.html

here is the bootie pattern, and i'm shamefully admitting that i'm acutally not finished my pair yet. I used size11 needles when you are supposed to use size 2 or 3. Please don't be like me and use what they tell you. Otherwise you end up with baby booties that i can wear...

Life.

Yeah. I thought it was funny too.

Hot or not? i vote not. probably fun to do, not so fun to watch. I only hope i look like these guys if i ever get pregnant!!!

A Cincinnati radio show hosts a popular annual event that offers women in their third trimester the chance to win $1,000 to help pay for baby expenses. All the moms-to-be have to do is strut around in bikinis, proudly sporting their baby bumps. that is a good amount of money...

creepy guy in the front taking picutres on his cell phone...

This weekend me and kennedy went to our cousins wedding in Salt lake and it was so pretty! i loved the flower girl dresses, so unique eh?

me and kindy. I love her blazer! so cute!

But since today is Craft day i'm sitting alone, eating my favorite candy, and knitting some booties just like these:

cute eh? i'm going to post the pattern but i warn you, they are addicting and quite hard...

Ok, hardcore anyone? this a real tatoo....

I found these fridges today, they are LEGO working fridges. weird. but i want one...

C-day Thursday!!

Yup, here it is again, this time i dropped in on Katherina and her super cute store so i could sit at her sewing machine. She teaches anything from begginer to advanced sewing classes and has TONS of machines in the back. Which I took advantage of today. Since I don't have one. Which by the way my birthday is on the 27th...lane???...can i possibly hint any harder???...

I made these two ALL BY MYSELF!!! i was so proud...sniff....and they are going to skye, a wicked awesome sister who profits from my sewing "adventures" until i get kids of my own. or actually make something for myself. Which i'm actually thinking of making one of these for me next time...

A authentic vintage button. yup true story, i lurve it!

anything vintage is always a good idea.

once again, i lurve this button. totally necessary.
My AMAZING teacher and good friend, here she is helping me for the bizillionth time to get my project together...

A necklace lady came by the store selling these for the hospital! only 5 bucks, and so so cute. so i took advantage...
Kennedy, my faithful twin sister / slave...

and me, same day, different shirt...curse them oreo shakes...

and Darcy!! love this girl! she is fifteen and the wickedest seamstress! SO talented, just like her mama katherina! they made the quilt below...



That ruffle. seriously. so so so cute!!

Routine breaker!

So Lane and I had an interesting morning today, we got up,

went to the barn...

Began feeding first the little calves...(3 are on bottle, 50 are in indiviual pens that need milk dumped into)...

Fed the larger ones (35) in troughs, still with milk...

And then! i almost stepped on THIS!!!::::

I made Lane sit and watch it while i ran to the house and grabbed my camera, check out this calf speckin her out, don't get too close calvy....

We know its a she because Edward, our milker, found a baby snake dead in the barn last week. Lane warned me we might find a mama slithering around somewhere...We actually even decided to let her live, because as a blow snake they aren't agressive at all and as much as she might scare me, mice scare me more!

This newborn calf is a side note, but also one of the weirdest things we have ever seen...can you notice something wrong with it??

The poor thing was born without a tail! as a result her poo sticks to her bum, sorry about graphic content. She has been appropriately named.......Stubby.

Gotta love Censational Girl, a new blog i found today and she is wicked cool, just an attorney and a major crafter. she's cool, and so are her ideas, like her new love for wallpaper. If you read her wallpaper staircase post, she shares that her wallpaper panels? are STAPLED on. genius. No glue. Check it out:

http://www.centsationalgirl.com/2009/07/staircase-reveal-part-two.html

Who knew wallpaper has been transformed into pure loveliness...
Doors, lurve the idea...keep that one in mind...

this last wallpaper?? oh, just Target. Yeah, not some fancy designer, just Target. i LOVE IT!! Although they only let you buy a roll so i have to pick out exactly what i want it for, otherwise Lane would be kinda upset that a 75 dollar roll of wallpaper was just laying around...I'm thinking about starting small...like the inside of a closet??