Book Page Wreath

So as I mentioned in my last post, I recently had some free time on my hands which allowed me to get some time in for crafting!! A tradition that we have at our family reunion that I just attended is to have an auction and country store to help raise a little bit of money to put toward the next reunion. So I decided to make 2 book page wreaths as my contribution. They turned out really cute so I just had to make a third one to keep for myself. For step by step instructions on how to make these lovlies, go here! :)

Here is the wreath that I kept with a personalized monogram! 

And here is one of the wreaths that I took to the reunion 

(I forgot to take a picture of the other one, sorry!)

Happy Canada Day....4 days later!

Happy 144th Birthday Canada! 

Even though it's late,

 I have a good excuse. 

I was at my family reunion, 

the "Shields Stampede 2011" and it was a blast! 

We have them every 3 years (it's my grandpa's side of the family)

 and I haven't missed one since I was a baby.

 It is so fun to see all of my family 

that I don't see often enough and 

play games, 

have fun and 

catch up. 

Well before the reunion started last week 

I had some time off school so it gave me a chance to do some crafting. 

Here is what I created in honour of Canada's birthday. :)

PINterest

I love pinterest!!! It is like the best site EVER!! For over a year now I have made a hobby out of blog creeping and there are soooo many awesome ideas out there for diy crafts, decorations and so much more. But with creeping on so many different blogs, I was never able to remember where I originally saw certain projects that I liked and wanted to try.

That is where pinterest comes in. :) This site basically allows you to create your own account (you have to request an invite first, I guess that way you feel cool when they give you the go ahead to join) and then you have boards (you can make as many as you want and label them however you want) and you attach this pin button to your bookmark bar. From there, whenever you are blog creeping you simply click on the image you like and "pin it" to whichever board you want it displayed on. That's it!!! Now all of those great ideas are organized in one location!

Oh, and you can also follow other people's boards and they can follow you. This means that every time you go onto your pinterest account, the homepage shows you recent pins from you and anyone you follow. So if you see something you like, all you have to do is repin it to one of your boards!!

And don't worry about being stuck with a picture of the project you liked but not having the how-to instructions so that you can re-create it...pinterest links that site that you pinned the image from so you always have a link right back to the original post! Easy peezy lemon squeezy!! :)

Happy pinning!!!!

Condo.....before and after!!!

Well, it is 2011...crazy! I can't believe how fast last year went by...I got engaged, planned a wedding and got married, attended 3 other weddings, finished anpther year of school (less than a year left!!!!), and we bought a condo!!

If you have been visiting my blog over the past almost 2 months then you would have noticed that it was somewhat neglected (Mom, I am referring to you here). Apparently when you have a month off school for Christmas break, it is easy to find other things to do rather than updating a blog....I did obviously!

Anyways, I finally got my butt in gear and dedicated some of my Saturday (which probably should have been spent on homework...oh well) to some much needed blog updates....either that or I was sick of my mom nagging me about how behind my blog was.

So here are some of the long awaited pictures of our new condo! We took possession of the condo 2 weeks before we actually moved in so that we could paint and put in new carpet. What a difference that made! we were so glad we decided to put the time and money into doing that because it made such a difference. So this virtual tour of our place is for those of you who have not had a chance to come see it in person....enjoy! :)

 Front entry BEFORE

 Front entry AFTER

All Hallow's Eve

hAppY haLLowEeeeeN!!!

I've never really decorated for Halloween before, I'm a Christmas gal at heart! But this year I found some cute ideas for inexpensive decorations, so here are some of the things I made/collected this year! I'm looking forward to next Halloween so I can add to my new collection!! :)

Isn't this wreath adorable?? I found the idea from the Woman's Day magazine...it was also featured on one of my fave blogs, All Things Thrifty http://www.allthingsthrifty.blogspot.com/