Camera Fun!

I have been having a GRAND old time with my camera the last couple of days! I found this web site that does a photo scavenger hunt every month. I found it on Friday through the Trendy Treehouse blog hop ( well, I found a blog who was doing it and THAT lead me to the actual web site ). Friday was the 26 or 27th...and instead of seeing it was a monthly thing and thinking, "Sweet, the next one will start soon!" I say, "YES! I STILL have time to do this one" Silly me! So now I only have ONE more day to get all of my pictures done. I am almost done any ways but I do still need to get a few pictures. The web site is HERE If you are like me you can go there and sign up and do it all in one day! haha Or you can wait until Wednesday when another month starts...it's up to you.

Then I found ANOTHER wed site that does photo contest and challenges. This has a challenge right now for self portraits. I have taken taken 3 and I am trying to decide on which one to use. That web site is Here. Check it out and play along!

This weekend I went yard saling! I NEVER do this. My husband is gone a lot and I don't want to drag the kids around in the heat. For SOME reason I just really wanted to an my wonderful SIL was game. I found the BEST stuff. One of which is this CUTE skirt I wore to church and made my SIL take a picture of me.

Then I had her take this one for my husband! haha

I have SO many pictures exactly like this. I love my butt and for some reason that was something my sisters and I always did. I should dig out a bunch of pictures an make a montage of my behind...not that any one other then my husband would like to see it.

Any ways I got the skirt for either 1 or 2 dollars and it is actually a suit with a jacket. I bought both but I don't like wearing suits together. The skirt is actually big on me and after wearing all during church I realized I need to take it in before I wear it again but for a dollar it was SO WORTH IT!

Now check out this darling skirt I got for my girl

She was my little cow girl at church this week. Cheetah cow girl boots, jean skirt and some pig tails. She was STYLING. This skirt is darling up close and after looking at it is gonna be SO easy to make out of pants that don't fit her any more. You better believe I am trying this and SOON! When I do, I promise to do a tutorial.

And last but certainly not least, I did a new born photo shoot today for my friend whose maternity pictures I posted a while back. Check out the cute baby

Ain't he adorable!?!?! The one of him with the flower is special. Her brother is serving a mission for our church and not only missed the wedding, but the baby being born. He gets home in a couple of months but she wanted to do something for him to include him. The flower her brother gave her for her birthday right before he left on his mission. I thought it was a great idea for her to bring it and the baby was gripping onto that thing as tight as he could.

Well, I must go for now. I should have gone to bed a while ago but I must say if you are still reading this you are awesome. I think I have my "business" name narrowed down to two! Tomorrow I HOPE to write another post and see what everyone thinks. That to everyone who left feed back the last time. Good night

Opps, I Forgot

Sometimes while the kids are taking naps I shrink pictures for future post. Then they wake up and I never get the post up and forget. This week I had an "order" for a tutu and a Minnie Shirt to match for a friend. She wanted it for her friends daughters 1st birthday. After some issues...running out of one color and then going to buy some more only to find the color didn't match and I had to re-do all the purple...I got it done and think it turn out cute! I also could only find a long sleeve shirt at Walmart and so I cut the sleeves off and then gathered up the sides and added a bow.

Sorry for all the post today. I am pretty sure I am done for the night. Can't wait to go get chips and salsa with my SIL and the kids. MMMMMMMMMM

Pretty, Pretty please!!!

Sorry for all the HELP I am asking for this week. I have a list of names that I am considering for my sewing etsy shop. Which ones do y'all like? I definitely have my favorites but here are a list of ten or so that are either completely free on etsy OR have one or two people occupying the name so I would have to change it slightly. It is SO hard to find a name completely free. In no particular order

Sew Possible
Unpredictable
Sew You Later
Katie Made It
Katie's This and That
By Katie
Sew'n Crazy
Sew Exciting
Peddle Pushers
Crafty Crazy
Blazin' Needles
Sew'n Funky

SEW what you think? I am going to be selling a big variety of things. Hair bows, purses, accessories, eye glass cases...things like this. Let me know what you think. That includes if there is one you HATE because I want to know that too. I am looking to get this ball rolling so I can start listing and trying to sell things so any advice is much appreciated! The annoying part is that picking the name is JUST the beginning. I still have to come up with some labels and all that crap! Boooooooooo Also as a bonus I will give you another name my LOVELY sister gave me that I WILL NOT be using. Stitched by the Witch. Yup...we love each other dearly in my family! haha It is a way creative and cute name, it is just not one I am willing to use. heehee

New Bag, New Friends

Today is New Friend Friday at Trendy Treehouse and I try to remember to join this party when I can because I enjoy finding new blogs. I don't know about you guys but when I find a blog I like I will sit for an hour or two and go through the ENTIRE blog! Haha Sometimes it takes me the whole day ( off and on because with two kids and no husband at home for a couple more days I CAN'T just sit here all day! ). Sometimes if it is a super old blog, it could take me a week. I love doing it though. It seems like I am the only one this blog crazy though. If anyone else does this, please leave me a comment so I don't feel like a complete loser...haha



Any ways. Here is the etsy PDF purse I just finished!





Isn't it CUTE! I love it! The etsy account is called Sew With Me 3 Click on the link and see all the cute purses she has in PDF files. The one I got is called the No 10 Pleats Bag Click on it to see the page. I LOVE this shop because she is SO smart to make a sewer friendly version of the PDF download. What that means is it was only 4 bucks instead of 8 and it is basically for people who either know how to sew well or are very knowledgeable about putting together purses. I am not super AWESOME at sewing itself BUT I have put together a zillion purses ( aka like 30 which SEEMS like a zillion! ). So instead of giving you in depth details on how to put on interfacing or how do pleats she basically gives you pictures with SIMPLE instructions on the pictures that are plenty for someone like me to follow and come up with a super cute bag. Who can beat 4 bucks! If you have never done a purse before I would highly recommend buying the other version because you WILL be confused and frustrated by the sewer friendly version. So go to her store and check it out.

Do you LOVE this one that I made? WELL, as soon as I pick a name for my etsy.com shop I will be selling it! WOO HOO I can't wait to make more of them now.

HELP

Does ANYONE know how to take a blog on one account and change it to another? Or is it even possible? I have a photography blog and our family blog on one account and then I have this one on another account. If possible, I would LOVE to switch my photography blog over to this account and have my two public blogs be together and then our family one on it's own. I hate how when I want to and a comment on someone's photography blog it comes up as our family blog. I try and keep that one a little more private. i am NOT blog savvy...I don't do computers. So any insight on this would be great!

I have a purse half done that I hope to have finished tonight so I can post pictures of it. It is REALLY cute! It is the PDF pattern I bought on etsy. It will hopefully be one of my first things in my new etsy store IF I CAN JUST THINK OF A NAME! Why is that so difficult? I think later on today I will post some names and see what everone thinks. Until then....my REALLY messy house is calling my name. So is my 18 month old and my 4 year old. :)

MMMMMMMMMMM

Sunday before I went to church I threw some food in a crock pot and was good to go for dinner. By the time I got home the house smelled SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good. Here is what I did and TRUST ME, you HAVE to try it.

Chicken Breast
Black Beans
Rotel

Throw those in the crock pot and set it to low. Make sure NOT to drain the rotel before you put it in. You want all the juice to keep the chicken moist. About an hour before I turn the crock pot off ( I cooked mine for 6 or 7 hours ) put some cheese on top. If you are a South Beacher, like myself, then I use low fat cheese. Turn the crock pot off and let the cheese melt. Next I shred the chicken up and mix everything up, throw some spoonfuls over some wheat tortillas. I also add olives and you can add onions or whatever floats your boat.

Check out how YUMMY it looks!



If you don't know what Rotel is it is FABULOUS!



One of my FAVORITE things to do is take black beans and rotel and throw them in a blender together. SO GOOD! Try that too. You can heat it up with some cheese on top and eat it with chips. Or make burritos with it. I use it to make burritos at least once a week. And here are my tortillas of choice



These bad boys are full of fiber and are so YUMMY! I LOVE THEM!

So go eat some healthy YUMMY food. It is totally worth it!!!

WINNER

This week I have an order for a tutu and cute minnie shirt. I am in the process of making the tutu and it is so ridiculously cute right?! Yeah, I ran out of one of the colors for the tutu! DOH! My kids are napping which means I have to WAIT until they are up to go get more and I am DYING to finish it!

Any ways. Today is the day for one lucky person. Well, I don't know how lucky a free purse or something would be but hey, it's free right?! The lucky person was

*Crystal* said...

I'm already a follower!

YEAH CRYSTAL! Send me an email and we can start chatting about what you think you might want me to sew you!


Thank you to all those who entered. It was funny because I was thinking giving everyone more chances to win would make the competition a little better. Instead I ended up with the exact same number of entries! I think the random number generator laughed at me when I put my numbers in. I promise to do more giveaways in a couple of months. For now I am trying to think of a new name for a business. Any body got any ideas? I know I already have an etsy site but I really would like to open another one with all my sewing stuff. I am trying to think of a name that isn't common and sewing names are SO hard to think of. Mostly because everything has been taken already. I am also having trouble because I do a little of everything so I don't want something that is specific like only to purses.

WOW! I have been writing this for over an hour and so I should go. The weather is getting crazy outside here. Super windy. I wonder if we will be having some tornado warnings because those only seem to come when my husband is gone. haha It is probably just some crazy wind. We'll see.

Again, congrats to Crystal and I can't wait to get started on something for you!