. instagram .

. so i've recently got a camera phone (that works) and so i've been going a little crazy with it and my instagram app . so here's a peek from the last few days .

. not every day is a good one .

. thoughtful day .

. my jeans, up close .

. me and weed dog .

. my specific socks .

. chopper, in the house .

. ry and reed doing their art class .

. what reed did in art a few days before that he recreated for me . he only drew half of the black ant with a crayon and folded the paper in half and pressed it firmly together so the black would come off on the other side . then he colored it in .

. killing time in walmart this morning .

. found a magazine with a great idea for a jewelry display/hanger .

. working on a baby shower .

. i'm sure you'll see many more because i'm so not over it .

:)

. winter ppi .

. had so. much. fun. at ppi this last weekend . went with my girl, emily and we did all those things you're supposed to do . stay up too late, talk, laugh, get bored in sessions, leave sessions inspired, and laugh some more .

. remember this post ? so guess who won the mat and frame this time ?! me ! so crazy ! since this one says "friends", i'm so putting these photos from ppi in it and displaying it in my office ! tacky, yes . awesome, yes !

. at michael cerizo's workshop .

. i kept this coupon, because well, it said to .

. me and the girls . these gals are awesome . the memories of this session will last me for a lifetime . most memorable session of the whole conference . lots of fbing ! :) please look past the sleepy eyes, this was the last day and i was mostly spent .

. and well, this was an attempt at a competition print...not really, it's taken with my p & s, but after looking at all the competition prints my mind was going crazy with photos and titles .

. title - the last to leave .

sweatshirt turned laptop sleeve

. so i ordered this sleeve for my ipad and shortly thereafter thought about how easy it would be to make, if i could just sew .

. lucky for me i know someone that can . thanks ten !

. i snagged an old sweatshirt out of my closet, i knew i wanted the edge from the bottom of it to hug the end of the laptop to kind of close off the sleeve . pinned it all up and passed it off to my lovely sister in law .

. the underarm of the sweatshirt made for a little lumpy odd corner, and i like it . it reminds me of that sweatshirt, i liked it, and it went with the capri pants that got a hole in a very unfortunate spot so they could no longer be worn (although i still have them...maybe i could make something out of them too, ooh, i just got an idea for the sleeves of the sweatshirt...sweatshirt, part 2) .

. and well, i had tenille add ric rac . why ? because it's cute .

. now i can throw my laptop in it's sleeve and into my giant purse and i'm set .

you've been remade

. i wish everyone i knew could understand this .

just for fun

. so tons of us in the area are snowed in today, right .

. did you or didn't you put makeup on today and what was your thought process .

. i got to wondering and thought i'd put it out there . i think this tells a little about a person . not that it is a good/bad or a wrong/right thing, just telling to ones personality .

. i'm basing these thoughts on the assumption that you plan to stay inside most of the day and see only your family .

. did you get up today and do your normal routine, put make up on and never think that you might not see anyone outside of your family .

. did you put your makeup on anyway, even though you think you probably won't see anyone today .

. did you not even think twice about not putting makeup on because you have no intentions of seeing anyone today .

. or maybe your thought process was different than that even . do share .

?

. my answer . yesterday i didn't and [hardly] thought twice about it, i forgot about skyping ! :) it was just with my mom though, she's seen me at my worst . today, a little makeup, quite a bit less than normal . anybody else want to skype ?

. there's so many different kinds of people out there and how everyone is unique fascinates me . this was just a thought i had this morning and since i'm snowed in with little to do other than make tissue paper flowers i thought i'd put it out there, you know, for fun . so if you're snowed in like me, play along !

chicken pot pie

. this could be considered a comfort food in my book . a few facebook friends asked for this recipe so i thought i'd just share it with you all since i was typing it out anyway . it's super yummy and i added a secret ingredient (that i'll share with you) . this makes me sound like an expert cook if i add things to recipes, doesn't it ! this is a go-to meal for me when i need to take someone a meal or if someone is coming over . it's that easy and i can't seem to mess it up . which is huge for me . on with it .

2 cans cream of potato soup

1 can veg-all (i use frozen or stuff from the garden)

2 cups cooked, diced chicken

1/2 cup milk

1/2 tsp thyme

1/2 tsp black pepper

1 package refrigerator pie crust (you could make your own, but pillsbury is awesome, i've had people ask for my recipe!)

1 egg slightly beaten (optional)

preheat oven to 375 . prepare bottom crust following manufacturers directions . combine first six ingredients in bowl . spoon into prepared crust . cover with top crust and crimp edges to seal . get crafty and slit crusts, or better yet use a cookie cutter to cut out something fun before you lay the top crust on . brush with egg if desired . bake at 375 for 40 minutes . cool for 10 . slice and enjoy .

. did you think i forgot the secret ingredient ? i didn't . just stalling on sharing it, like i said, i don't come up with stuff like this often . cut up small cubes of swiss cheese to put into the pie filling . mmmmm . everything is better with cheese, right ?!

. now that i've typed all this out it feels like i've put this recipe out there before . nope, just checked my recipe tab and i only have 1 that i've ever posted . i'm much more into decorating than cooking, can you tell ?

bringing color out

. i knew when i worked at putting my office together that i wanted plenty of color in there, and i had no idea it would effect me the way it has . i love it so much i want to put it all over the house . for so long i kept the main living room/dining room area very simplistic and neutral . i have loved that, but all of the sudden that is boring me to tears, not really to tears, but i've wanted a more homeyness in there . you've heard this all before, haven't you . so i'll just get on with things .

:)

. the office, *breaking out into song* you're my inspiration !

. love watching my paper whites grow daily, just as much as my amaryllis .

. so, i mentioned i brought home some things from my parents . this sign below is one of them . my dad made this sign when he was 17 and starting his sheep shearing business . this business is what paid for his college tuition ! i love the story of him making the sign the winter before his business got off the ground and how he tells about his mom not dealing with the fumes well and his dad being inconvenienced by where he hung it... .

. it will eventually hang in the upstairs hallway, but here i can enjoy it much of my days, so here it stays for a while . tissue paper flowers were put out of the way, but that made them in the way of the sign...oops .

. i also got the camera my parents bought right about the time i was born . it still works (or did when i used it when i was a teenager), but i only plan to use it for decoration at this point . isn't it cute !

. ordered some wall options for clients to touch and see .

:)

. this space is still lacking in my mind, i plan to cover the lampshade, but haven't found the perfect fabric yet .

. and on a side note, i purchased this little outlet station and it's not cute by any means .

. but it is oh so handy for all the charging i have to do . just thought i'd share in case you are looking for something similar .

. now, onto the room inspired .

. changed out my flannels for some fresher colors . the far left is orange burlap (wanted to add texture, not just color), the middle just a colorful floral pattern and the far right is a green and white plaid (not noticeable in photo) .

. on the table is my bottle/container collection . i have tons that i use for various things and decided i would just put my collection out . used the left over orange burlap as a runner and added a placemat thing i picked up at target for 75% off a few weeks ago .

. wish this photo was lower, but will have to do some patching and redrilling to make that happen, so decided to wait on that . i just inherited this table . mom passed it along to me as well . the cool part is that it was my great grandpa and grandma taylors . i'm no good with years and timelines, but they have been gone for many years, but i have very fond memories of going to their home and eating boiled hot dogs and circus peanuts . they were precious and their memory is very much the same ! love to have this from them .

. moved my marble swirl photo out to the living room and covered a lampshade with left over fabric from last years shade project .

. a few years ago i got a load of stuff from my mother in law that was either her old things or grandma nebel's so i kept some stuff up in the store room that i thought i may use someday . that day came for this little nicnac box . have i ever mentioned how much i hate nic nacs ? i'm starting to like them a little i guess . let me tell you a little about these nic nacs and you'll like them too . oh but first, the box . it was your standard, dark, raw wood . kinda ugly i thought, so i painted it and attempted to leave the brown boxes unpainted, well, taping off never goes as planned and there were runs under my tape, so i used craft paint to paint the holes dark brown, the same color as the wood . i like . now, the nic nacs . little candy land man is from a game my dad had as a kid (i have the rest of it too), the little flower thing is a glass piece from a light fixture that was in this house that we replaced when we redid it . the marble also came with the house . you can't really tell, but the thing in the far left box is a belt buckle of steve's from when he was a boy, it has an N on it . that little round rusty thing with little balls on it is probably from a piece of equipment, but my favorite thing about it is a special little fella found it in my yard when he was at my house one day and brought it to me and i loved our little conversation, so now when i see it i think of him . a tack from my friend, joni . and well, my favorite, vintage ric rac . ric rac, nic nac, man...i'm getting old .

. found this cute lil pillow on clearance at target, a fun way to add in more orange .

. and i had a ton of black photo frames, so i just checked out my stash of spray paints and went to it .

. they both have two shades of color sprayed on and then i sanded them on the edges for a more interesting look .

. again, with very little money, only for new fabric and a can of green spray paint for the nic nac thing, i have a whole new look . so, there you have it . blog or facebook some of your homes, i want to see them . i love home design/decor .