TGIF!!

wow! what a week it's been. i'm not really sure what it is, but i am just completely beat!

maybe it has something to do with the fact that volleyball practices on monday, wednesday, and friday go until 5:00 or 5:30, and i don't get home from the games that are on tuesdays and thursdays until 9:00.

then lets not forget the fact that my math teacher is terrible (at least for me) and i don't get any of it, plus i've got homework in most of my other classes.

i swear they are trying to rid the world of teenagers! (when i say "they", i actually have no idea who i'm really talking about) with all this going on, the only time i have for crafting is on saturday's and sundays... :(

OH! and my sister-in-law just had her baby (my second nephew) this morning at 8:20 and he weighed in at 7 lbs. 13 oz. :) yay for babies! :)

xoxo CPTVPT

Baby Blanket

So this is what i did on saturday. it was so awesome to finally have a free day. and something about the weather here lately has just made me feel fresh...i LOVE fall!! :) anyway, so my sister-in-law is due to have her baby on the 28th (another boy!) so my mother and i decided to make a quilt. really, it was just her paying for the fabric and me making it... haha! :)

these are the fabric that we used...sorry about the bad lighting!

i looked around on the internet a little, and saw this adorable one with this elephant on it. so i drew my own (our printer wasn't working) and made this guy! i love his little stitched tail and the ear that is stuffed and sticks off! :) the striped fabric is really soft and it's what the whole back is!

i stuck these on with heat-n-bond and then stitched around the edges...

...i did that with the whole cute little path of stars and circles ascending from the elephant :)

i just need to sew the back onto it and it'll be done! pictures to come!

Pants to shorts

i don't think i can actually qualify this as refashioning, because really, it's just cutting stuff off...but anyway, this is the before...

i know they're too short, but something about them like this makes me look weird (is it just me?)

 a snip, snip here, a chop chop there, aaaaaaaand...........

ta-da!!! :) i know they look a little lopsided but that's just because of the way i'm standing. and one leg IS bigger than the other because of an ACL surgery almost a year ago...sad. :( 

well, anyway, i now have a new pair of shorts! :)

xoxo CPTVPT

Mixin' It Up...

Okay, so i'm super-duper, uber-duber picky, and haven't found what i need to complete the sneak peek that i gave you so you'll just have to keep on waiting, sorry! i do, however have other things to show you... :)

Before i begin might i just say that D.I. is the best store ever invented, i mean, seriously? it's awesome! anyway.

this is my fabulous new paper cutter, purchased for a grand total of $3!!! yes, it's true!! :) my mom and i went to michael's really quick right before we got this and the cheapest GOOD one was fifty bucks. ah, the joys of thrift shopping!!

i think this stamp is so adorable!!! i got this at michaels on clearance for $3. i make all the cards that my mom gives to people for weddings and i think this is SOOOOO CUTE!!! :)

i aslo bought this guy in the clearance space at michael's for $4, i think. it's a border punch and i've already used it and i think it looks so great!

this is the first card i made with my new purchases! :) haha! 

 you can't tell, but the stems of the flowers below were drawn with this awesome silver marker that i have, it looks black in the picture... :(

this is the second card i made...very simple. i only had about five minutes to make both of them, so i wasn't trying to get fancy with 'em.

i hope you have a wonderful sunday! :)

xoxo CPTVPT

Be Prepared!

okay, i don't have anything at this exact moment to post but i promise i am almost done with a re-fashion and since you've been good, i'll give you a teeny, tiny, itty bitty, sneak peek because i know you guys are dying... haha!

...okay...i can't help it, the flowers DO NOT stay! :) see you next time!

xoxo CPTVPT

I know...and I'm sorry!

So basically, i'm the definition of a complete slacker... i sort of have excuses, but not really. first i'll post a few pics from my brothers wedding...

these were at the temple...now for the reception center, it was AH-mazing!!!!

 this little carriage is where all the presents went!

 everything was so green and lush...

 my favorite part...the food table!

I loved her idea of little mason jars for cups...the striped straws are perfect as well! :)

so, other than that going on, schools been going and i've had a volleyball tournament every single weekend with an occasional game here and there...i'll try not to make excuses, but i just did. :)

xoxo CPTVPT

shoot...

...me now. my prison sentence junior year of high school starts tomorrow. here is a list of all the things i'm excited for:




yee-ah. well, i suppose i'll have to make the best of it, i won't be posting tomorrow or tuesday because my brother is getting married on tuesday and there's a big dinner tomorrow night. we'll see what happens. i'll let you know how everything goes later this week...if i survive that long. :)

xoxo CPTVPT

I'm tired...

...from all the volleyball i've been playing!!

yes, i  had a volleyball tournament. and i'm beat.

literally. haha! yea...we didn't do too awesome...we won three and lost five.

it was really good though. it was fun just to be back to playing volleyball. i'll tell you one thing, tearing an ACL and both your menisci STINKS... but it makes you appreciate what you couldn't do SOOO much more! :)

xoxo CPTVPT

That was a Doozy!

wow! that storm on monday evening was crazy! it was kinda raining and then all of a sudden it started hailing SOOO hard!

it was so big i thought our cars were gonna be dented!

^this is my mom holding one of the pieces.

our poor gorgeous lilies just got pounded!

what was weird was that it was soooo short sunny almost the whole time and about two minutes later, the streets and sidewalks were steaming because it was so hot outside.

ya gotta love utah... :)

xoxo CPTVPT

Shirred Skirt!! :)

i 've always seen the shirred fabric at stores and never really thought about doing it. i saw a tutorial for it by Disney from rufflesandstuff and HAD to try it.

then, i thought the skirt needed a belt and once again, Disney saves the day! :) so this belt is from her blog as well!

 i bought the shoes at Ross (best store EVER). they had these hideous fabric flowers on top of them but they were only 10 bucks, so i just ripped the flowers off when i got home :) hehe!

xoxo CPTVPT