Bless This Mess

I just had to! I’m kinda proud of myself for making such cute things!

I’ve been looking at those super cute bows that several blogs are selling and I thought, “I bet if I could find instructions I could make them myself!” So that’s what I did! I found some instructions and went for it.

I have to say they turned out really cute! And now I have all the stuff I need to make more!!!

Here was my first attempt. I like the pink and browns, but I purposefully didn’t use the cutest ribbons. I wanted to make sure I could do it first. I think next time I’ll make them fuller.

Here is my second attempt and I have to say I like these the best! They’re so cute and easy to make.

Here’s the third one I made, and I’m not sure I like it. There’s more room for error and it’s just not my favorite. This bow is pink and black.

These last ones are in honor of Halloween! I had to make three since I have three girls. These are a combination of the first and second bows. I think they’re pretty cute!

One last thing to show off. Okay, three things, but they’re basically all the same. I made these at Terrific Tuesday. The first 2 look basically the same but are a little different. They’re both pinks, creams and browns. The third one is pinks, grays and black.

They are super cute and of course the pictures don’t do justice.

I got a couple of extra frames so if anyone wants one let me know your colors! I think for the set it was $35 by the time you buy the frames, flowers and papers. I’m sure if you got the flowers on sale it would be cheaper.

I got tagged for the first time ever!!!

So, here are my eights. (Which I think is really funny that this eight thing only has 7 categories.)

8 Favorite TV Shows:
1- Dharma and Greg (although I don’t think this is aired anymore)
2- King of Queens
3- Everybody Loves Raymond
4- House
5- I Love Lucy
(I’m out of shows now, so I’ll move to my kids’ favorites)
6- Word Girl
7- Arthur
8- Word World

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1- Macaroni Grill
2- Zupas
3- The Roof
4- The Garden
5- Souper Salad (No, I didn’t spell that wrong it’s a soup and salad place)
6- The Training Table
7- Sizzlers
8- Corenas (Which is a wonderful little place in Lehi that just disappeared one day, and that’s so sad cause it was a great little Mexican place.)

8 Things That Happened Yesterday:
1- Took Ashley to school and Eden to preschool. (I also picked them up!)
2- Got flu shots for Amanda, Eden and myself (Ashley will be going tomorrow).
3- Cleaned, cleaned, and cleaned some more.
4- Went to JoAnn’s to buy something that I’ll be blogging about tomorrow.
5- Went to Shopko for pillows and chair cushins.
6- Had our first showing in 3 weeks!!!
7- Returned the chair cushions (they were too small).
8- Watched “Incredibles” and ate dinner on the floor on a blanket, made the thing I’m going to be blogging about, and then had a video chat with my amazingly wonderful husband.

8 Things to Look Forward to:
1- Sell our house.
2- Being together as a family again and in a new house!
3- A wonderful life with my husband.
4- Healthy Happy Kids.
5- Our trip to Hawaii in February!!
6- Halloween, Thanksgiving, My birthday and Christmas!
7- Being able to paint and decorate said new house however I want.
8- Long hair (I chopped it off really short last February and donated it to Locks of Love and I can’t wait to have long hair again)

8 Things I Love About Fall:
1- The beautiful colors.
2- Using our fireplace.
3- The smell of the wood burning in our fireplace.
4- Jumping in the leaves. (courteousy of Ashley)
5- Halloween!
6- Christmas is getting closer.
7- Getting out my fall/winter wardrobe.
8- Watching the ducks, geese and other birds fly South.

8 Things On My Wishlist:
1- Lose 20 or so pounds.
2- Sell our house.
3- A few extra hours in a day/or to never have to sleep.
4- Happy childern who are strong in the gospel.
5- A self cleaning house.
6- Lasik surgery.
7- Differnt pieces of furniture.
8- Learn to play the violin.

8 Friends I Tag:
1- Well, just about everyone I know who blogs has been tagged. I don’t know if Debbie was tagged, so I’ll tag her.
2- Anyone else who wants to who hasn’t been tagged.

We have a cute skeleton decoration out for Halloween. It stands about 2 1/2 feet tall. The girls really like playing with it and like that I keep candy in it.

One day I walked past it and it must have been hungry or something cause it was really trying to get the candy.

The very next day I walked past our front door (where it’s located) after the girls had spent quite awhile in that area and this is what I saw. I guess it’s a “girl” skeleton!