DIY: GLASS FEATHERS

i've obviously been spending a lot of time at home, and in my spare time one of the (many) projects i'm working on are these stained glass feathers

here are a few pics of the process i go through to make them

after i made a couple i decided we should display them somehow, so i wrapped some sticks in embroidery thread and tied leather to the feathers so they could hang

DIY champ over here.

THESE TWO MAKE EVERYTHING OKAY

 

and of course the elusive cheeseburger who prefers not to be photographed

the three of them make everything better

JANUARY IS A PAIN IN THE SIDE (LITERALLY)

okay, so i wasn't going to air out all my health complaints in a post, but i can't help it. january is kicking my ass

i was sick with the flu for the first two weeks, went straight into a kidney infection for a week, and then followed THAT up with a ruptured ovarian cyst.

now the doctors think i have a kidney stone or two, or 'something'. 
yeah. 'or something'. turns out they really have no idea what's going on inside me. 

really hoping i'm taking care of all the ER visits, ultra sounds, CT scans and doctors visits all this month, cause dealing with this heath crap is getting very old

PARTY GLOBE IS NOW MINE

after years of wishing i owned a globe bar but never actually buying one, it's finally mine (ours) thanks to my awesome sisters and brother. 

maybe the best wedding gift ever?

THINGS ARE GETTING 3 DIMENSIONAL

insight into my next DIY project

pic of the real deal to come shortly

FROM THE 'LOU AND HE'S PROUD

missouri pride runs deep

matt

december 2012

AH MER IH CAH

side note: this flag is about the size of a semi truck

kingdom city, missouri

WEDDING RECEPTION PART 2

the other awesome part of our missouri trip was the wedding reception my mom and stepdad threw us.

since our actual wedding was so small - and kind of hard to get to - they put together an amazing reception for us at home to celebrate with all the friends and family members who weren't able to come.

they rented out one of my favorite hometown restaurants and went to town with decorations that matched our fall theme, had photos from the wedding, and tons of food (and cake!)

yup. pretty sure we're the luckiest couple ever.

COOOOOOKIES

 

hands down one of my favorite parts of the trip home this year was decorating cookies with my mom, (pregnant) sister melissa, and niece becca sue. 

when i was little it was something we'd do together every year, but it's somehow gotten lost in the shuffle. this was becca's first go at it - and she was a decorating champ

good to bring that tradition back together.

FOTO FATIGUE

i rarely like to admit this, but sometimes i go through photo fatigue where i just don't feel like taking pictures for a while. i realize that doesn't sound shocking, but it feels shocking.

unfortunately after our epic honeymoon adventure (and taking over 2k photos in two weeks) this year's trip to missouri fell victim to my dreaded photo fatigue.

but there where presents

OH WERE THERE PRESENTS

and amazing quality time hanging out with my family, playing games, cooking together, snacking on anything we could get our hands on, and playing with my neice and nephew.

we also got stuck there for an extra day thanks to storms and flights being cancelled, but having more time with the fam is never really a bad thing

VIEW FROM UP TOP

the mid-west from above

i never seem get sick of photos taken from a plane window

BELATED MUMMY POST

between the wedding, hurricane, honeymoon, and holidays - i never got a chance to post pics from halloween. better late than never

i kinda wish halloween was twice a year.
scary makeup is just too awesome

BACK TO LIFE, BACK TO REALITY

still trying to get myself back to normal and jump back into the swing of things

i need to do the dishes. and yeah, that's a paint brush in my sink. normal occurrence in a crafty household.

F U FLU

okay. well 2013 has started off with me being out of commission for three days with the flu.

whatever. at least there's been plenty of snuggsn'