"Crafty" Crows... (I'm more bored than crafty)

This post was originally titled "Crafty Carrie"(please make note that no other indiviual other than Bink is allowed to use the aforementioned nickname.), but I added a few of Mathius' recent creations last minute and decided to change the title. So recently I have been ridiculously stressed with work; with it being the end of the year and all, so what do I do? Find MORE things/projects to do:) My little brothers(in-law) recently moved out and I've decided to start fixing up the guest room. Trust me there are a ton of things that still need to be done but you've got to start somewhere right? Keep in mind that I'm trying to do all of this in the cheapest way possible:)

This is one of two old shelves that my parents were throwing out so I figured I could do something with them...

Here is a closer view of the almost finished product. I promise the brown and green look MUCH better in person! I painted them a really cool green and then antiqued them and used chocolate brown as the contrast color. By the way I hate the hearts but I've got a few ideas on how I'm going to hide them:)

We framed some really cool pics. that Matt took on one of our hikes.

These are pillows that I made. I love the fabrics! They took me forever to make and I still need to start another green one. I don't have a sewing machine so I just did it by hand, I know you can tell. but it was still fun...

We bought a couple of canvases, acrylic and oil paints a couple weeks ago and matt has had a blast. The annoying thing is that he deosn't have to work very long or hard on a projects and it still ends up being pretty cool.

Matt's cool/random tree.

Matt has a drawing pad and some charcoal pencils next to our bed and one night before bed (like when we first got married)he was messing around and drew this in like 20 minutes. He would KILL me if he knew I posted this because he hates this drawing. He's always like "the dimensions are all off, and it's not even done, and I need to fix it" blah, blah, blah. He's never gone ahead and finished it so I framed it just the way it is.

A few more things I'd like to do...

This doodle stitching book I found on amazon looks so cool! I love little woodland animals. I want to make a really cute quilt.

I also REALLY want to learn how to crochet! look at all of these cute accessories I could make I especially love the booties and the little animals.


some things My hub would like to do...

Get a new acoustic, this one in particular. Isn't she a beauty.




And start doing cool wood carvings. He's always talking about making cool carvings out of the knots in wood. He's so funny the other day he was telling me that he saw a bunch of wood stumps that someome had put out on the curb for the trash to pick up and he wanted to bring it ALL home! We could not stop laughing becuase it was so funny imagining all of that wood in our tiny place lol! he's such a hippie I love it.

Other than that, this all we've pretty much been up to the past couple weeks. I'm just waiting for school to be out on July 2nd and hoping to get some new couches in the next few weeks. Matt is anxiously awaiting our vegas trip to see the legendary Eric Clapton and I'm excited to get out of town because this is a much needed vaca!


p.s. Sorry this such a long post!

ABC's of me...tag

A - Age: 23
B - Bed size: Queen
C - Chore you hate: Mopping floors
D – Dessert: Watermelon or Oatmeal Ice cream
E - Essential to start your day: a glass of water and a shower
F - Favorite flower: Gerber Daisy or Iris
G- Gold or Silver: white gold
H - Height: 5' 3" and 3/4
I - Instruments you play(ed): Piano, matt tries to teach me guitar.
J - Job you had in high school: Convergys, ugh.
K - Kid(s): none yet.
L - Lunch spots: my thai, subway
M - Mom's Name: Carmen Emilia
N - Newest item bought: Fleetwood Mac T-shirt
O - Overnight hospital stay: when I was 6 I had appendidcitis.
P - Pet Peeve: People who judge others or that are mean.
Q- Quote from a movie: (not a movie) 'Abraham Lincoln once said that "If you're a racist, I will attack you with the North," and these are the principles I carry with me in the workplace. -Michael Scott 'The Office'
R - Right or left handed: righty
S - Siblings: 4 brothers, 7 sisters(this is including half and step)
T - Time you wake up: 7:00am but only for three more weeks!
U - Underarm deodorant?: Dove
V - Very surprising fact: I can actually be really loud and silly, but only with people I feel REALLY, REALLY comfortable with. Just ask my husband:)
W - Ways you run late: getting dressed and saying I'm just going to lay down for like 5 minutes....and then 5 mins. actually turns into 20 mins!
X - X-rays you've had: Never had a plain x-ray but I did have a CT done when I had Bells Palsy a few years ago.
Y - Yummy food you make: Salmon tacos with white rice and black beans!
Z - Zoo animal: Giraffe, elephant
I tag: Mel, Chat, Tami, Lucy, Scooby, Biz...and anyone else who reads this:)

-Peace

"drownin' in the sea of love, where everyone would love to drown..."

Tuesday June 2nd was our 2 year anniversary! I can't believe it's been two years already it has gone by ridiculously fast. Tuesday night we went out to dinner to the Olive Garden because that's where we went right after we were sealed in the SLC Temple. I really wanted to go walk around temple squeare but it rained SO bad that day, maybe next year:)

Wednesday night we saw Fleetwood Mac. I honestly can not put into words how amazing this concert was. We were in the 14th row on the floor, awesome seats! Lindsay Buckingham was spectacular! Everytime I listen to "Big Love" I think there is NO way that Lindsay is the only one playing the guitar, because it is so intricate and sounds like there are two separte guitars playing two completely different riffs, but when he played it live it was even better that the recording! He was amazing. I don't even know how he went on to play the rest of the concert because his fingers had to have been in pain! Then the best part is even after playing "big love" he played like an 8 minute mind blowing solo on "Go Insane". Then Stevie. There are no words. Her voice was perfection. Both her pitch and harmonies were amazing and I've always known that Stevie Nicks has great stage presence, but in person it's a completely different experience. I seriously cannot pick my favorite song of the night because they all were incredible performances. I could go on and on. Matt and I haven't stopped talking about every little detail of their voices, guitar solos, song choices I mean it was the greates show I have ever seen. Anyway that was our anniversary and while I'm at it I want to wish a Happy anniversary to Dave & Lucy, Aaron & Christy and Leah and Jason who also will celebrate (or already have) their anniversary's this month! love you guys:)

Here are the pics:

Stevie


Stevie and Mr. Mcvie

Us before the concert, sorry it's so blurry


Stevie Nicks doing her Gypsy moves

Lindsay

Youth Celebration!

Saturday night was the Draper Temple Youth Celebration at the Conference center. My little brother Edward was in it and it was such a great event. There were over 7,000 youth from the church who preformed different dances representing Utah's Natives the Ute Indians, Pioneers, Early Immigrants and different times such as th 1920's and 1940's. It was such an awesome and spiritual performance and President Monson was there too! The only thing that kind of sucked was that when we got there they told us that adults with children under 8 weren't allowed so since we had miss lilly who is only three matt and I volunteered to sit out and go watch it across the street at the Tabernacle. It was still really cool but being in the same room as the prophet would have been just a LITTLE bit cooler:)


My little brother Edward and I at the conference center


My Dad and my cute little sis Lilly:)

Speakking of the little stinker....

My Mom needed me to sit for Lilly so we had a girls' night! We watched movies, ate popcorn, painted her nails(she insisted) and read lots of books! she loves it when I read to her:) Anyway she found my camera on our desk and she would not stop bugging me to take pics of her. She kept doing these really funny poses and I could not stop laughing because I would take a picture and then she would be totally serious and thinking about what her next little pose would be. She is such a silly little bug my mom and I have no idea where she gets it from!

I love my family:)