This Weekend-Saturday

Saturday I spent the day with my friend Debbie Clark in Coeur d' Alene at the croc center. It was a scrapbooking "boot-camp" class! 12 hours of scrapping! I only stayed for about 10 because I was getting tired and had to drive home that night, but I had a really fun time. I made over 25 cards and learned how to make a new type of paper-bag book! Here are some photos of my time :)

Debbie and I had huge round tables to spread all of our stuff out on.

One of the ladies was selling some great stamps and I bought a set for only $5! They are regularly like $18 stamps! My favorite stamp in the set was this quote below...I ended up using this stamp for many of my cards. They will be perfect "thank you" cards for baby gifts :)

Simple cards, but I really love how they turned out :) What a super fun day!

Amy



This weekend-Friday

I had a lovely weekend and I hope you did too!

Friday night was a "Love Feast" at our church (basically like a potluck, everybody brings lots of yummy food). I ate wayyy too much! I made 2 new recipes from allrecepies.com

1) Alyson's Broccali Salad   (http://allrecipes.com/recipe/alysons-broccoli-salad-2/detail.aspx) This recipe made the PERFECT salad. It was delicious!

2) Molly's Chicken (http://allrecipes.com/recipe/mollys-chicken/detail.aspx) It was ok, but I probably wouldn't make it again.

For dessert I cheated and used a boxed salted carameal cookie from Costco. They surprisingly turned out REALLY REALLY yummy. Sometimes boxed is best. I know that is how I feel about brownies!

 

It is always fun trying out new recipes :) I will post about my Saturday tomorrow. I had a fun day full of scrap-booking!

Amy

Project Life

I have been swept into the PROJECT LIFE frenzy and I am loving it! My friend Debbie Clark bought me all of the stuff to get started as an early baby gift. Talk about a GREAT way to scrapbook/keep track of all the little moments in life that so easily we forget. This book is going to be about pregnancyand Levi's  first year. I have already started some of the pages about my pregnancy journey. Enjoy!

To learn more about PROJECT LIFE go to http://www.beckyhiggins.com/blog/

Cant wait to do more!!
Amy

Well Folks, The Letters are Up!!

The letters are up!!! We decided since we are currently renting this lovely house, we better not put a million nail holes in the wall.

1) So I bought 2 long pieces of wood from Lowe's and painted them the same blue as the wall. (this was my hubby's idea! isn't he smart??) 

2) We then used small nails and hot glue to place the letters on the wood. Having these 2 wood strips made it a LOT easier to space out the letters and get them in the perfect place too.

Our little boy is going to know his A B C's at a very young age!

What a FUN project this was! Thanks again for everyone who contributed letters! You guys are awesome!

Mollie Shirman

Debbie Clark

Jill Guest

Grandma

Renae Kim

Thanks again everyone! Have a great day :)

What will Levi be like?

Okay folks, I just need to gush! I need to tell you all how in love I already am with my little
Levi Orlando Barragan and how excited I am to hold him and kiss him and hug him......I just can't wait to meet this little miniature mix of Orlando and I. I know that it will be a lot of years of hard work, but I am excited to start that journey.

I am also insanely curious of how this little bugger is going to look. Will he have darker or lighter features? Will he have my nose or Orlando's nose? Will he have a full head of hair or no hair when he is born? I just can't wait to find out!

Possibly he will look like a mix of Orlando and I, but there is also a possibility he will look completely different that either of us!

Orlando 

Me

We will just have to wait and see!!

Scrub-a-Dub-Dub!!

This was a fun one! I got these frames from a garage sale last summe for FREE (thank you Becky Casto). I knew I wouldn't use them with the fruit pictures inside of them but I was not sure what I would do with them until recently! Here is how they looked before.

Our main bathroom is pretty plain besides the shower curtian. The main wall really needed some help.

Sooo, I decided, since that since this will be the bathroom that Levi gets his baths, I should make it a little more kid friendly. Nothing can make a bathroom more cheery than some rubber duckies!!

Sorry the lighting is not so great, but I thought it turned it pretty darn cute :)

Project Baby Room: Dresser Makeover

This dresser is VERY old. It was my grandpa's, then he gave it to my dad, then it was my brothers for many years, then when I moved to the downstairs room at home, it became mine. It used to be dark blue, then about 5 years ago we painted it white. But, over the years the white started to look a bit dirty. When my mom asked if I wanted it for the baby room, I thought "oh this would be a fun project!!" Also, dressers are expensive and I figured if I would save a TON of money by just buying paint and new handles. I wish I would have taken a before picture, but I got excited to start and completely forgot.

Step 1: I washed and scrubbed that dresser so hard that I could have served dinner on it!

Step 2: I took out all of the previous handles that were on it to make it easier to paint.

Step 3: I laid out each piece on plastic in our garage.

Step 4: I used the same Benjamin Moore white paint that we used on the ceiling, window edges, and closet doors in the baby room. Can you notice how much nicer the bright white looks compared to that dirty white color from before?

Step 5: We went to Lowes and found darling new handles for the dresser. They were only 87 cents each!!

Step 6: We put on the handles...

And... ta-da!!! I wish you could see the transformation from old to new because it looks 150% better. I was thrilled with how it came out. I probably spent about $20 on the entire re-do and now I have a HUGE fantastic dresser for all my little boy's clothes, blankets, toys, etc!

Have a nice day!

Amy

Did I complete all 11 things on my list?

1. I will thoroughly clean my kitchen. DONE!
2. I will make a new crock pot recipe. Chicken Tortilla Soup (I have made this type of soup with other recipes, but never this recipe. I left out the beer..there is something about a pregnancy woman buying beer, I didn't want to get any nasty looks and feel like I had to explain myself) Anyway, it turned out really yummy!  
3. I will complete all of the laundry. This was a silly goal, laundry is really never done....
4. I will complete these tasks and complete blog postings on the following:
1. Levi's dresser makeover (project all done except final pictures) DONE!! Will show the post to you all this week sometime :) It turned out really nice!! (if i say so myself)
2. Levi's door sign (project all done except hanging it up and taking pictures) Will do tonight.
3. Levi's finished painted room (85 % done, Orlando will finish the rest hopefully this weekend) We are at 95% done now. There are just a few more tiny touch ups to do.
4. Levi's Alphabet letters all up on the wall!!!!!! (Just need Orlando's help putting them up on the wall and final pictures) Not done yet unfortunately...Maybe this week sometime...
5. Bathroom Scrub-a-Dub-Dub DIY project (Project complete, just need to hang them up on the bathroom wall and take pictures) I will have to do this in the next few days. Didn't do it this weekend.
6. Craft Room Tour DONE! Posted on Friday!
5. I will spend some time playing with my new camera and learning how to use it! Did not spend long enough...
6. I will take a long nap every day this weekend!! (this should really be #1 :) Friday: YES Saturday: YES Sunday: YES Monday: YES.....Lots of wonderful naps!
7. I will search on craigslist for a good rocking chair for my baby room. No money....maybe next month ;)
8. I will read my bible every morning. Did okay with this one, but not 100%
9. I will do something fun with my husband (maybe go on a fun date!!) We went to the gym together? Not really sure that is a date, but oh well. At least we spent some time together.
10. Do some sort of exercise at least 2 of the days. SATURDAY EVENING: Walking with dad for 1 hour up the 5 mile hill! MONDAY EVENING: Ran back and forth in the pool for a little over an hour. It was kinda hard!
11. I will spend some time to just sit on my futon, look out the window at the sunshine (hopefully there will be some) and relax and reflect on the many things I am thankful for. Sunday afternoon was lovely. Orlando and I sat on the futon with the sun shining in the window and talked about our life, how we met, what we are excited for in our future, our little Levi... It was so wonderful.

So I got some of the stuff done, not everything, but that is okay. That is why I have another weekend in just a few days.

My Happy Place!!!! Craft Room Tour.....

I am super spoiled... I have a HUGE craft area in this new house. It is so awesome because I have space to work and make a huge mess and get lots done!! I can spread everything out over both my tables and the floor to help me organize things. Enjoy!

So, what do you think??

Love, Amy