I'm an AUNTIE!!

Yep, I'm an auntie! And WOW, my little baby sister is a MOMMY! Tell me, how is this possible?! Life sure does fly by rather quickly. I've waiting all day to hear the news when I knew my sister and her hubby went to the hospital this morning. I wish so badly I could be there with everyone to take part in all this joy and happiness! I bet my mom spent alot of the evening crying! Wish I could be there to cry with them too! 

Here's the photo I was texted of my new baby niece ... 

Now I'm just waiting for my sister to eat something and get on skype so I can see them :)

My Replacement For Picnik.com

So has everyone heard the sad news that Picnik will be shutting down in April? I know, .. I cried too! It's something about joining Google + ... I don't really know all the details, but lots of people are unhappy with the news too. Anyhow, I like to do little touch up edits and resizing to my photos before posting them on my blog or facebook, and I was wondering what I was going to use once Picnik is gone. So I did some searching.. 

And found this site www.befunky.com

It's actually O.K! They have your basic edits like resizing and exposure and such, they have cool effects, stickers (not as great as picnik's though), frames, and you can add text to your photos too. 

Here are a few things I did to my photo using this site..

(I don't remember which effects they are, I just played around alot with them all)

Fun! :) 

So I think this will be the site I use for now to do my basic photo edits. 

They work fine enough for me!

Just thought I'd share my finds!

My Nuttiness Confirmed!

 If there has ever been any question as to whether I'm "nuts", I think we finally have the answer! Because something came in the mail for me yesterday confirming it!. . and I just had to share!

I DIED laughing when I found this in my mail box! I laughed out loud all the way up the stairs to our apartment! {FYI my last name is METS.} .. But I'm sure any of my closest and dearest friends would all agree that the name on the envelope is quite fitting :)

Trailer Shop Boutique?

Once upon a time I was browsing through a cute blog and bumped into this picture and fell in love...

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It is THE. MOST. ADORABLE. trailer I have EVER seen!!! 

I want it!

... and my husband think it's UGLY!

I thought it would be SOOO cute and fun to have a trailer just like, color and all, take out the stove, bathroom and other parts and carry all my shop stuff in it, displayed all pretty (that is, when I make more stuff consistently and my shop grows!) and have the trailer as a little shop boutique! 

... and my husband thinks I'm CRAZY!

I said I'm looking for one of these darling babies when we have our own house someday to do just all of this! 

... and my husband said he'd be EMBARRASSED! 

Anyway, that's my new dream :)

{... I haven't even gotten as far as reaching the goal of selling at a craft market yet! HAHA!}

.. And my husband will love me anyways. ..

Infinity Scarves In Shop!

Yay! This week I've added some of my brand new shop items-- infinity scarves!!

Super excited, cause I just LOVE these scarves! 

I often forget to take them off when I come back inside, they are just that comfy!

These are so fun to make too, and I want to make them in all kinds of colors! I'm seriously about to get dangerously addicted to buying every pretty colored yarn I fall in love with! I told Hubs he's gonna have to build me shelves on the wall in my craft area to hold all my yarn! :) 

Anyway, come check out my scarves in the shop! 

I'll have to suffice as my own model for now.. which I think wearing them for photos seems to be more appealing than hanging on a hanger.. what do you think?

Valentine Favorites on Pinterest

I've been finding some fun Valentine's Day stuff on Pinterest this week, and thought I'd share a few of my favorites with you! 

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Not much into the whole crafting bit, but still want something cute on your shelf or mantel? Wrap a paper doily and heart cut out around a jar and tie with some decorative twine or string- simple! I thought about doing this and putting little candles inside! 

How cute is this dress with a heart shaped cut out?! 

Wear anything underneath to show up a pretty colored or designed heart!

Perfect attire for the big special day!

 Or how about a love letter t-shirt? 

Grab a bleach pen and t-shirt and write down a sweet little note on the shirt! 

{Be sure to check out this tutorial to see some further important instructions}

If there's one thing I know my husband loves, it's BACON! I think these strips of bacon folded into hearts would really speak volumes to him for breakfast on Valentine's Day! :)

I think strands of lights hanging or dangling over something is just so cozy and romantic. 

Hang strands of white Christmas lights and pop on some white paper doily hearts for a cozy, romantic valentine feeling! {I really want to do this RIGHT NOW, but I don't have white christmas lights on the white cords.. just the ugly stand-out green cords..}

Make a set of these paper heart bookmarks and gift them to a friend, maybe along with some stationary or set of cards. Super cute and looks pretty easy too!

Okay now, I just fell in love with these two gorgeous wreaths!

They are my favorite Valentine finds so far! I want to make both of them!

If I had burlap material I would have made this one already!

I just loooooove Valentine stuff! :) 

Hope you enjoyed those fun finds.
{See the rest of my pinned Valentine ideas here}

What are some of YOUR favorite Valentine ideas you've bumped into recently?
Do share with us! Leave a link in the comments! :)

Until next time.. 

happy pinning! 

Felt Heart Bookmarks

Awe, I just LOOOOVE all things Valentine's Day.. I always have, even if I wasn't dating or "in loooove." It's just such a fun and sweet time. So I've been looking at Pinterest for Valentine stuff and I came across these Aaaadorable stitched felt heart bookmarks! 

{those cutie cards can also be found at that link where you can print your own!}

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. . . And I decided to make some too! Cause they're just so stinkin' cute! 

And I had a brand new box of jumbo paper clips already!

So I cut out a bunch of felt hearts. Two felt hearts for each bookmark.

Made running stitches around each felt heart that would be used as the top heart on the bookmark {not every single heart}

Then plugged in my glue gun! 

A dab of hot glue on top of the bottom heart for the paper clip to stick, then some more dabs of glue on the same heart, then on goes the top heart. Pressing ever so lightly so the glue doesn't squish out and so you don't get the paper clip lines showing through. 

Aren't they super super cute! :) 

They'd make sweet little Valentine gifts along with a card or even a book! 

Awe, so cute huh?! I just love felt crafts.

Until next time... 

happy valentine creativities!

Master Bedroom: Nightstands Makeover

Since our master bedroom is coming along now the way I want I thought I would get started on blogging about it. Here's the project on our night stands I've been meaning to post. About a year and a half ago we bought these two used matching shelf-ish looking things that I thought would make cute nightstands.

I planned on painting them match whatever I wanted our room colors to be {which are black, white, mustard yellow, and gray}. I finally got around to giving them a paint job during this past summer.. Took them to my Hub's parents' backyard and busted out the spray paint. First I used a white spray primer which was a pain in the buns.. goodness. But the shelves were that smooth particle board stuff.. {not sure the exact name for it}, so the primer made the paint stick.

The color I used was Krylon's Bauhaus Gold

Then after seeing this post I was inspired to add some decorative wooden trim to the flat boring edges of my nightstands to give them a prettier textured look and more personality. I went to the hardware store and had them cut all my pieces to size there. This trim was actually expensive! Apparently I saw the wrong price tag on the shelf and thought it was $7 for each looong thing of trim, but it was NOT that cheap.. that's all I'll say. I felt pretty defeated after purchasing those. Oh well, took them home and spray painted them {yes, I painted the night stands before gluing on the trim.. I'm a nerd I know, but that's just how I roll cause I'm impatient to wait till I have everything at once!}

I used wood glue to fix on the trim. Not sure how long that will last.. I may have to fix them again another day when they pop off! Then I cleaned up all the little crevices with a tooth pick.. Such an annoying and time consuming little task! haha!

I kept the trim tight and flat on the nightstands with heavy books.

and here they are finished!

I think they yellow is a bit brighter than I want. 

I was thinking about doing some glazing on them.. like this. Just so the trim would show up more.. cause that's really the only place glazing would work I guess.. where there's detail in the wood. 

And the headboard {that's taken me forever and ever!} is actually coming along! I finished the last little paint touches on it last week and Hubs and I made our stands for it. We had already bought all the wood supplies to create the stand months ago! And I have my new white fluffy duvet I'm waiting to replace our blankets with! I'm still not completely sure if the BRIGHT yellow nightstands are the look I'm wanting with all how the room is going to turn out. I might be wanting a more softer gray and yellow look... I don't want it too bold and bright. Who knows. We will see and change up things where and when necessary.

Cut Myself Bangs..

 Yep, tried the bangs thing again.. Not sure why I get in those moods and actually chop them. I usually regret it later... hopefully I can learn to work with them and not get fed up and just bobby pin them back all the time! 

Here's a photo before any hair destruction...

And here's the new... 

It'll just take some getting used to.. :)