Pine cone wreath

I made this wreath out of pine cones that I got when we went to Sequoia National Park this past Veterens weekend. I didn't have enough though, so I went to good ol Michaels and picked up two bags of pine cones plus two bags of smaller pine cones which were perfect for the fillers. I also bought gold spray paint but it wasn't enough, that's why you see here half of the wreath has gold glitter cones and the others are plain. Im planing to finish painting it tomorrow because I just got more spray paint. My boyfriend is telling me to leave it the way it is. He says it makes it add dimension by having the different shades. I'm not sure if I should or not. If I do add the gold, I'll post another picture. But here is the semi-finished / finished wreath. I actually am really proud of this one. It took me a while to finish, I got burned by the hot glue gun a couple of times, and the pine cones cut me, but all in all it was worth it :)

Christmas Ornament Wreath

Has this become my new hobby? I think so! I just made another holiday wreath! I can't help it, I love the holidays!! Okay so this one was also super easy! I spent about $7 dollars at Target getting the ornaments balls and that's it! I already had a wire hanger. By the way, I saw Target had similar ones that cost $20 dollars. Yup that's right, I saved myself $13 dollars and plus I get the satisfaction of knowing I made it myself. :) Double win! 

Super simple Fall wreath

Easiest wreath I have ever made. Took me less than 10 min to make with my old orange ribbon I used for my halloween wreath in October. Secured it with hot glue and made a small bow from my left over burlap and wa-la! I think it's cute :) 

Burlap holiday wreath

Since I just finished my Fall semester at school last week, I finally had time to do some holiday DIY. I decided to do a holiday wreath ( I know we are still in November!) I had some burlap I had bought at Wal Mart the other day and red ribbon I got at Joanne's. So this is my first attempt at a burlap wreath using a wire wreath. It was fairly easy to wrap the burlap through the wore. I used floral wire to secure the ends. Then I just went over it with my red ribbon and I made a bow to add the extra touch. I'm not too sure how I feel about, but here it is. 

Here it is hanging on my door. I don't like the color of my door( it's a light wood color, almost looks orange :/) I feel if I had a darker wooden color door it would look much better. But this door will do for now.

Emma's 1st Disneyland Marathon 2013

Monsters Inc. Boo costume

So this is my 95% finished Boo costume from Monsters Inc. I love the way it came out but there are a few tweeks I still need to make to it. I have to give a lot of credit to my mom (she was the brains behind the sewing). Overall I'm happy I'm almost finished... Too bad Emma doesn't feel the same way. She barely likes clothes in general. She would rather run free in only her diaper than wear bulky uncomfortable clothes. If only she understood the concept of Halloween she'd be excited to wear it..(she's only 19 months ) hopefully next year. None the less we are going to try to have her wear it for our Disneyland trick or treat night and also on Halloween. As you can see from the pics, she wasn't too happy about trying it on.. We had to bribe her with milk :) I'll try to get better pics with her in it soon!!:) 

Halloween DIY Wreath

So I have a week off from school before I have to go back for Fall semester. I decided to start on my Halloween decorations since I know I won't have time to be creative while I'm in school. I took advantage of my mini vacation and attempted my first Halloween wreath. I'm not too sure how I feel about it. I'm sure practice makes perfect but deco mesh is hard to handle!! Geeze! Maybe I'm just a newbie still but hopefully my next one is better. I think it looks good from afar but to me it doesn't look right. Maybe I'm being too critical because my hunny says it looks awesome! ( he's my number one fan :) lol ) but none the less here it is. It's actually fairly easy to make and only took me about 10-15 min. I know it's barely August but I couldn't help myself, every craft store already has its Christmas decorations up!! I had to get started!

Jack of all trades, Master of ONE

So I was looking back at when I started my blog and some things have changed. I decided I needed to update! Well back in November of last year I was contemplating going back to school for my Masters. Well, currently I am about to finish my first Semester in the MBA program at University of La Verne! Actually, I just took my accounting final tonight and tomorrow I have a marketing final! I should be studying but I get distracted easily :) Shocking! hehe anyway, I love being back at school and it works for us because my hubby works during the day, and is able to take care of our daughter in the evenings when I go to school. I am taking two courses per semester, (its a big workload! Much more than the undergraduate program, so I want to pace myself.) I hope I did well on my accounting final! I hate accounting by the way. Praying for a B or better! I'm being optimistic!

So any who, my daughter is now 17 months! WOW how the time flies. Everyday I look at her and she is getting so big its amazing! Her little personality is really starting to show! I love it!! On Wednesday I'm going shopping with my mom because we are going to get started on her Halloween costume. I'm so excited! If it turns out the way I plan its going to be awesome! I can't wait!

Well, its getting late and I need to sleep and study all day tomorrow since I've procrastinated on studying this whole night. Oh well I'm confident I'll do well. I graduated with my BA in Communications which means one thing: I am the Jack of all Trades, Master of One - Marketing. :) It comes very easy to me. Its a simple concept yet effective. But I wont go in to that tonight, I'm sleepy.

Goodnight !

Truly authentic Mexican salsa!

I made my moms simple yet tasty spicy Mexican salsa the other day and it tasted exactly like hers always does! (That's what I was going for). It's quick and easy to make and you can put it on soups, Carne Asada tacos, chicken tacos, rice, beans, ANYTHING! My favorite is on a plain corn tortilla, maybe add a little lemon and salt to it and whala! Perfection! (I'm so Mexican I know but I swear its the best way to eat it). Un taco de chile. Translation: a chile taco. Yum. It's super easy to make.. Just little cherry tomatoes, roasted in a comal (I used 4, only because I'm the only one in my home to eat chile, otherwise you could add more), 2 garden chiles, also roasted (don't know the name but I could post a pic) salt to taste, and a molcajete to grind it all up in. Super easy!

 

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