After a long "Vacation" I am finally back!

The last year and a half has been a whirlwind to say the least, in this time I have got married, adopted another puppy, lost my cat Cali and our family dog Bill :'(, had a baby and have started college classes to begin my journey to become a Vet Tech. Yes I am crazy... 

I have also made a few things on my journey, but now I am back at it to create even more!

First off, here are a few pictures of what has transpired in the last year and a half:

         

                 Wedding Pic from the Cruise                             Our new dog Ellie

     Our new baby Madison!

    Our gone but not forgotten pets

 Cali and Billy

And a few things I've created this year....and a half

So I guess I've been kind of busy....

 I am also now the proud owner of a Silhouette Cameo 3! It was a big toss up between the Cricut and the Silhouette, but in the end the Silhouette won! 

So far I have made a name for a birthday bag, a little card, and made fall leaves (vinyl) for a couple wine glasses... all I never took pictures of because I'm rusty... 

Panana? (Free Pattern!)

I just love Minions, they are so adorable! I found this pattern at Little Yarn Friends

 

Below is the minion that I made. For my eye I made a magic circle with black for 6 st, then switched to white and did 2sc in each st , and finally switched to silver/gray where I did 2sc in the first st, 1 sc in the second, repeat around and for the final round I did sc in each st. I have made a few of these now and add different aspects of the minion in like the G on the overalls.

 

 

Enjoy!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! Here are a few goodies I made today! For the bark I bought some dark melting chocolate, flower sprinkles, spring M&Ms and some cadbury mini eggs (my absolute favorite). I followed the microwave melting instructions since I do not have a double boiler. I then lined a cookie sheet with wax paper then poured and spread the chocolate to about 1/4" across then started adding the candy and let it sit 2-3 hours. You then have dark chocolate Easter bark! 

Here are the peep cupcakes I made, and a picture of the pin I recreated them from. :-)

Wood burning for beginners

I saw a few things on pinterest that I really loved as far as wood burning, burning on utensils, burning on cutting boards, burning on boxes, etc etc so I bought some wooden "kitchen tools" a wood burner, and got to work, these are my finished pieces:

These can be purchased on my etsy site! Or try it on your own! 

Bring on the Spring!

I saw this idea on pinterest and loved it! I got everything at Michaels for under $15! I chose yellow and orange because pink would clash with my house. The basket was $10, I bought three sets of "spring bushes" for $2 each and then the foam was $3, then I used my coupons (20% off counting sale items!). The basket I saw online was a little darker more of a brown tinge so I may paint mine to compliment the colors of my house (which is a work in progress). Enjoy!

  

All About Baymax

Who doesn't love Baymax? I'm embarrassed to say I have not seen the movie Big Hero 6 yet but I am already in love with this puffy fella! I found the pattern for the little amigurumi guy at Nichole's Nerdy Knots (if you crochet) and the hat I just made on a whim one snowy weekend. Both are also available on my Etsy site JP Designs. 

Happy Dog Paintings

I found this little gem on Pinterest, the link was to eBay and it had already sold
 

 

 
I painted this one below about 3-4 years ago, it was one of my very first paintings and I have yet to let it go

 

 
I then had a family friend admire it so much he wanted one of his dog
 

  

and it is now proudly displayed at his house