The Newest Tradition~ Girls Crafty Day

We have a new "tradition" in my house~

Girls Craft Day..

Once a month the girls of my family

(that live close enough~

sorry Kira :( but in May

we'll have a super duper one

for you!)

anyway we get together and get 

crafty!

We've held a few now and made

fabric banners with painted lettering.

Fun and easy!

to see more go to Lisa's site~

Stubbornly Crafty

We've made paper flowers~

Clem Bertaux taught us how to make

these cute flowers!

Clem is awesome~ she's Grams VT partner

and thinks she's a teenager. She's got more

energy than any kid I know! She's in the 

red shirt.

Sarai taught us how to make cake and

cookie pops. Sorry I don't have a picture 

of the finished product~ they were too 

good to last long :) 

We also made candy corn flowers~

Mag's and Mal had as much fun

making them as eating them :)

We used all the crafts that day and

made Valentines with them.

Don't judge my house!

We were crafting. Get your priorities straight 

people.

Our last project were aprons.

Ashley came up with an

original pattern for us

to use. She's pretty darned amazing.

Sarai made one for herself and one for each

girl. So cute and extra useful since her

fabric is vinyl so therefore wipe offable :)

She got her fabric at IKEA, I never would

have thought of shopping there!

Sophie's adorable.

And her apron is too!

Here's Lisa.

Cutie patootie.

Here's the finished products.

So much fun!

(wish I were as photogenic as these

girls are :( oh well, I have sweet spirit.)

The fabric I used was Eddie's Grandmas.

I got a stash of her fabric and love the vintage

look. On the selvage edge was the year

(that's why the close up picture)

It says 1961. I really love that about it!

Don't know if I'll wear it a lot or just display it,

either way they were quick and fun to make!

Can't wait for next month. Not sure

what we're making, but I don't even care;

just so fun to be together.

Guess I better show that Sierra

is usually with us too. She's one

of my girls too *heart heart*

A Few of My Favorites~ Today

Just a short post about a few 

of my favorite things of today.

(sorry to those that I've already 

talked your ear off about them.)

I really, really, really (ok one more)

REALLY liked this book :)

Peter and Max~ a Fable

by Bill Willingham

This is a safe read. Very few

"safer" swear words. 

Is there a safe swear word?

This book is so my style. Fantasy

wrapped up in fairytale and nursery rhyme

characters. If you're into 

"Once Upon A Time"

or action/romance/thriller

this is for you. 

LOVE IT

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline

 I am right in the middle of this

book, but I am totally loving it.

Any one who lived through the 80's

or has a computer/gamer in their home

will enjoy it! 

Sorry to say it has harsher swearing going 

on in it~ the author must think

high schooler boys swear when

they converse with each other.

Just be warned about that. 

This story takes place in 2044

and involves mystery/romance/action

and all the 80's trivia you can handle.

love it so far. (heard this is in the

process of being made a movie.

hope they don't mess it up)

Hello, my name is Wendy.

I am a Pinterest addict.

Well not really.

 But I do love the darn place!

Every recipe I've tried ~so far~

has turned out to be delish!

And I love to see how many people repin

the things that I think are cool :)

so far I've had 73 repins on

this fried pickles recipe :)

Hahaha~ hope they are good!

I really just enjoy pinning

stuff that makes me happy or

looks interesting or delicious or

makes my life simpler.

I used to rip pages out of magazines

and store them in files. 

This is so much easier and neater!

love it too :)

 My iPad

even if it's only an iPad,

and not the iPad 2 I thought it was

(remember I have a pawn shop access)

I love it.

It goes everywhere with me.

It has saved my sanity so

many times as I've spent countless

hours in doctors offices with mom or Eddie.

And the way it's changed my scripture study

is amazing! Each of the sisters in my

RS presidency have something like them now~

you should see us sitting in front

of RS with our little tablets out~

reading the George A. Smith lesson

and finding the scripture asked for faster

than everyone else :)

And did I mention it has all

my iTunes songs on it too?

heaven.

Well that's enough for the now on

my favorites.

I could have mentioned my kids or their

spouses or my grandkids. or Eddie.

Hopefully they know~ they are

my forever favorites. xoxoxoxo