Crafty Me!

Just thought I would throw this on the blog - pics of the baby blankets that I made for a few friends. I am actually missing a picture of another one I made, but that's ok.

My "Watered-Down" Sketch Pad :(

I am only posting this because Jason wants me to. I had a sketch book that was kind of my pride and joy - a while ago. It was in the trunk of my car for a bit and my trunk flooded... the sketch book sort of dried, but we had to throw it away. I haven't drawn much since, but the drawings that were in that book were some of my best that I was drawing (or had drawn) for other people. Here are some of those pictures that were in that book:


This image is from a National Geographic photograph. It was my first attempt at drawing with carbon pencils. Before I was able to complete it, the cat walked across it... jerk. :)




These two images are rough drafts of the same project (believe it or not). They are of my best friend who passed away in 2002: Michael Warner. Regretfully, I never completed the project and never gave it to his family.


This image is of the Savior. It was just to get the feel of "painting" with the carbon pencils.


Was going to be a self-portrait.


A portrait of my sister and brother-in-law. It was completed at one time, but they didn't like it and asked me to make a zillion changes. I just never got around to finishing it the second time.


This one is supposed to be a Young Woman looking at the Liahona. I drew it for a boy I had a HUGE crush on just before he left to be a counselor at EFY. I did finish this one, this was just a draft of it.

So, that's just some junk from my sketchbook. It's history, except for these few images. Maybe one day I will pick up the pencil and start sketching again.

Halloween

So Halloween has be one of the coolest holidays there is. I am finally excited about it after 15 years (since I haven't been able to go trick-or-treating). Lol. What is frustrating about it, though, is trying to decide what to dress up as - which only gets HARDER when you try to do it as a couple costume. We went from He-Man and She-Ra, to X-Men, to Adam and Eve, to 300. We ended up doing a sort of rendition of 300 - Jason's costume was too Roman to be Spartan, but I made mine to look like Queen Gorda's in the movie (except I didn't have time to finish the sleeves).



I threw a party with Becky Beckstrand and Bekah Barnson, and it seemed pretty fun. Here are some pics:





Then, Jason and I went to a party Natalie Summerhays threw - which was awesome! Here's a few pics from that.


Natalie and Jon - Nat's costume was my favorite!


John (the sexy viking!) and Kim (Dolly Parton)


This one I HAVE to post because it won all the costume awards - thank you Michael Phelps! Jaime and her gutsy husband, Burke.

I love Halloween! It's so much fun!

It's Christmas!

Jason and I spoiled each other today - it was so fun! I got a BUNCH of stuff and bought him a BUNCH of stuff. My favorite gift I got him (well... us) was a walkie-talkie set with 3 handsets. (I've always wanted one! And his old one doesn't really work... well, it might if Jeremy ever used his...)

He bought me the Nike+ iPod attachment that helps you train for running marathons (or the shorter races - which I am more interested in). OK, that's actually not true. I have decided that I am going to run in the Ragnar Relay Wasatch Back Series this coming June (unless I have a reason not too ;) ). It's June 19th-20th and it's 180 miles that you run with 11 other teammates in 24 hours. The whole idea of it is to raise money for charity and then kick your own butt to get your team to win. It starts in Logan and ends in Park City. Seriously, if anyone is interested in running with me, lemme know. It's going to be SO awesome! Anyway, to help me train for the race, I have placed my Nike + Mini widget on the blog to track how many miles I have run. My goal right now is 30 a month. Not bad, about 8 miles a week. I have really started to enjoy running (I NEVER thought I would say that!). You should all join me in June!

Oh, and we did get Spike a gift. All we needed was one... he LOVES it.

Jason says that I should mention what we've been doing this holiday season: Nothing. Jason works 10 hours a day, but is gone 12 with the commute (Yes, regardless of the hours, he really likes his job). I get to play all day at the gym and on the computer (occasionally I will work :) ). I have been doing a bunch of shopping for the holidays, but that's over as of yesterday - except to return a few things I bought myself. (Dumb shirts from Aeropostale run small!) I can gladly say that I haven't gained any holiday weight - I have actually maintained! That's good for me! But, tomorrow is a new day! Time to get serious! Other than my random babbling, that's about it. If I think of anything else to say I will write more. :) MERRY CHRISTMAS!