My Favorite Photos {and a winner!}

Howdy!  Three posts in one day must be a record!  Well I know you guys want to know who won but first I want to share my favorite photos!

 Have you seen this UP photoshoot?!  It is seriously so amazing.  I decided after seeing these photos that everyone should be allowed to do their whole wedding over again after 10 years.
  Check out the whole series.  Seriously fabulous.

UP Engagements pt.1

UP Engagements pt.2

UP Wedding

This is still my favorite picture of Darin and I.  Our friend Stacy took it earlier this year in Utah at a super cool junkyard.

We took Ivy bowling last week and this photo caught my eye.  These two are seriously the best of buddies.  Ivy definitely gets her fabulous imagination from that man.  They come up with the craziest things!

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OK OK on with the show.     The winner of the DW Photography giveaway is....

#28!   Turners who said...

this is Emily by the way and now Im a follower. just pick me : )

Holla!  Emily I'm so excited for you!  

And thanks so much everyone!  I've been loving the response this week.  Darin has offered all of you 15% off if you book through the end of the year.  Just mention his cute wife and he'll give you a deal ;)

Have a fabulous weekend!

W is for Watermelon

Stephanie at Somewhat Simple contacted me earlier this week to let me know Ivy's watermelon tank would be featured today for her ABC: Create With Me.  Today's letter is W so head on over and check it out! {Just click on the picture below!}

{And please don't forget to enter the DW Photography Giveaway HERE!}

Dresses for Finley

{Darin will be our featured artist at Greenies this month for First Friday.  Come and check it out tonight from 5-8.  His display amazing!}

A few weeks back while I had my booth set up at the Richland Farmer's Market.  I got to chatting with Erin who also recently moved here from Colorado.  She had the best bag!  Anyways she asked me to make a few dresses for her cutest girl Finley.

   I couldn't resist taking pictures in the gorgeous sunlight this morning.  Pretty dresses hanging in the sunlight.  Little things like that make me happy!

Erin wanted fun and colorful and little bit funky.  I think we are a perfect fit!  I used some of my favorite fabrics of the moment.  Momo Wonderland is on the left and Heather Bailey Pop Garden on the right. 

 I used Hunky Dory for this one.  Ok.  So maybe the sunshine wasn't a great idea.  You can't fully appreciate the colors.  This one is SO pretty.  Each pattern I used is one that is one that Finley can wear for at least a year.  As she grows they will stretch, turn in to tunics and be cute forever!

This was a new style for me. And a new favorite.  They have a flat front and then the back of the chest piece is shirred so it will stretch as she grows.  The left dress is Kleo in black {an all time favorite} and the oh so cute deer fabric from Michael Miller on the right.  

Do you think she'll mind if I recreate them all for Ivy?!

DON"T FORGET TO ENTER THE DW PHOTOGRAPHY GIVEAWAY!  IT ENDS SOMETIME TODAY!  JUST LEAVE A COMMENT ON THE GIVEAWAY POST HERE OR SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT!

Proclamation to the Family {mini tutorial}

Want to win a photo session from DW Photography?!    Click HERE for all the details!  Or just scroll down to the next post!

We've been getting our crafts ready for Super Saturday eh that one day of the year where our Relief Society gets together to uh learn some important skills. ;) Yep even though it isn't until November 6th, we are in full swing planning and executing our ideas.  The tricky part is coming up with ideas that are purposeful AND don't cost a lot of money.  Luckily we have managed to do that and we came up with some great stuff! 

 :A little teaser for all my Pasco 1st Ward ladies!:

My sweet friend Celia {she's right down there in that photo!}is a graphic designer and had reformatted the Family Proclamation.  We went round and round on how to make it a craft in a larger format and then I thought:  What about going smaller?! So here is what I came up with.

 I started with 3 blocks.  Two that are 5x7 and one 1.5x7. 
 First I painted the wood black, let it dry and then modpodged on a family photo.   

Then I added my vinyl to the small block.  

I  modpodged the proclamation on my third block.  After all three were dry I sanded the edges of the blocks and the paper AND the picture.  Then I used my distressing ink pad {walnut stain} to distress the edges a bit.  Doesn't wood always look a little better distressed?

It would also be cute if you used a 4x6 photo and put some scrapbook paper behind it.  You could also add any kind of embellishments that you wanted.   Kind of fun huh?
Just a little bit more personal way to display the Family Proclamation.  


EDIT!  CLick HERE to get your proclamation download.  

I'm Famous! {a giveaway} CLOSED

A big shout out to Marcy {who I met at Project:Craft!} and became my 100th follower! You are going to thank her in a minute too. 

Ok.   I'm not famous.  Not really.  At all.  But you guys are making me feel so great lately! Seriously. 

Especially when I get to meet you in real life.

 

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First let me apologize for being so absent lately.  Then I'll get to the good part.  I have been cleaning out.  Rearranging.  Re-evaluating.  I've even sat down to write out some meaningful type post about my feelings lately.  I'm not much of a writer though.  I decided its best to stick with whats easy to share for now.  So this space has taken a back seat.  Mostly because I don't have much in the way of craftiness to share.  Its hard to create something when you can't even see the craft room floor!  But I'm feeling good.  Slowly getting my mojo back.  Plus the sun is shining today.  It makes me happy! 

So here's the fun part!  I've been saving this giveaway for when I hit 100 followers.  And because I'm feeling so loved by all the fabulous people here in the Tri Cities this one is for you!  {Unless of course you are willing to come visit  me for the prize, and its totally worth it.  But travel expenses aren't included} ;)

 

Darin wants to give one of you lucky peeps a photo session! For free! That is a $299 prize so whoever wins is super lucky! Isn't fall an awesome time to get your family photos done? Or are you feeling like pampering yourself and having your own beauty shoot done?!  {Its ok to do something for yourself every once in awhile!}  Its senior season too, so whatever you are needing/or wanting thats what you'll get! {excludes weddings}

Here is the nitty gritty.  

+You need to leave me a comment telling me about your favorite photo you have seen lately.  

+You will definitely get bonus points if you are a follower or become one.  So leave me a comment about that too. 

+I'll even throw in a extra chance if you use your favorite form of social media to spread the word.  I know you are thinking it just gets more people to enter which lessens your chance.  But Lyssa won last time because she did. Just sayin.  

+You HAVE to comment though.  Because a winner will be drawn FROM THE COMMENTS SECTION on Friday October 1st. 

See I told you that you would thank Marcy too.  ;)