Mod Podge

a few months ago i decided to try a new craft!  i had never used mod podge before and had been really wanting to try it so i decided to take one of my old suitcases and do a fun collage on it!  i eventually want to turn this suitcase into a fun side table but i haven't been able to find the right legs yet.  here are a few pictures of my process. 

first i collected a bunch of fun pictures from magazines and all my movie stubs that i have collected over the years.  i decided to do one side with pictures and the other with my movie stubs.  i then applied the mod podge to the section of the suitcase that i was going to place the piece of paper on.  i then placed the piece of paper on the spot i just applied the mod podge to, then continued until all the pieces of paper were on the suitcase.

 

 then you will apply a coat of mod podge on top of your paper to seal it. 

something i learned while doing this fun craft was that you need to let the mod podge dry before you put the final coat on top.  if you don't they will become wrinkled and not as smooth.  like in the photo below.  i learned my lesson and will be more patient next time!  i still love my new suitcase full of fun pictures and memories.  i can't wait to make it into a fun side table!!

have you been trying any new crafts?  if so i'd love to hear about them!!  i hope they are making your disposition a little sweeter!

yesterday

yesterday.  i worked a very long day.  i worked my butt of on a client and she was not pleased.  i was heart broken.  i felt sick to my stomach and just broke down crying.  i felt hopeless and felt like a failure.  i seriously started second guessing my career choice and my talent as a hairdresser.  i still feel down about it but i am just telling myself you can't please everyone.  i can take this as a learning experience and just move on.  perhaps i didn't choose the right career but i can at least make the best out of this career until i figure out what else i want to do.  yesterday was a hard day.  today will be better.  i am going to make my disposition sweeter today.

Moving

Well we are finally all in the house but we are still unpacking and trying to get stuff organized. The worst part about moving is well, MOVING!!! All the packing and unpacking and driving and cleaning!! Aaahhh!!! We are all so tired and ready for the process to be done and be settled into our new home and life together. Dispite the long process of moving we are all very excited about this new adventure! I am SO thankful for this new house and this opportunity to live with my best friends and grow in the Kingdom of God! How has your week been going?! I hope you are all staying sweet!

things have been changing drastically in our lives recently and we are getting so excited!!  at the end of the month we will be moving out of our one bedroom apartment into a 5 bedroom house with two other couples!  we know that it isn't a normal situation but have been feeling a longing and desire to live communally for a while.  call us strange or call us hippies but we are all so excited!  i know that living with two other families will not always be easy, at times it will be frustrating and difficult, but i know that it is where God placed us and i can't deny that.  through a series of events He has made all the arrangements for us to come together in this specific house and live together in His will.  i will post pictures of the new house and the transition as we move.  i have never felt more focused and in the will of God and i can't wait to see where we grow and thrive!  i am blown away by God's goodness to us and i am so thankful for His peace.  in the midst of this transition we still have stresses and issues arising but God has been filling us with such peace!  peace beyond understanding!  blessings on you today and i hope your disposition is sweet!!

getting past failure...

i tend to fail at a lot of goals i set for myself.  i'm not sure why?  i might just be too lazy or lack passion. but i get very down on myself when i fail.  i feel defeated and lame!  i know that i can succeed but i think my past failures get in my way.  i want to clear my mind and focus on success!  i want to change my way of thinking and act in a way that will accomplish my goals.  i feel things changing and shifting in me and i am SO excited!  God is so faithful to answer the cries of our heart!  i am so glad that i serve a God who provides for me!

changes

Hey there!  Well it has been a busy summer of working and well...working!!  The days of being a kid and getting to swim all summer are over! BooHoo!!  But i do have to say that this whole grown up thing is growing on me.  I know it will never be easy, cause life never is, but i am growing up every day and learning new things!  My husband and i got married young and have been growing up together for the past 2 years.  I am so thankful i have my best friend to do it with.  the past 8 months have been quite the whirl wind for us.  we have grown so much just in the past 8 months that we both feel like totally different people.  i remember at the beginning of summer (only a couple months ago) looking at my husband and saying, "We are going to remember this time as the season it all changed...".  I'm not quite sure why i said that to him but it was a gut feeling, a sense that i had.  I felt the change coming and i new it was big, bigger than the two of us.  Well boy was i right!  Things have changed so much in just the past couple months that i am blown away.  even our vision and goals for our lives are changing.  things we are wanting to do and become are changing.  it is like my spirit felt what the Lord was getting ready to do and agreed with it!  And we have been so happy with the outcome of God changing everything!!  We have been tested a lot and have been continuing to trust that the Lord is faithful and will always show us His way for us.  I am excited to get back to blogging regularly and i have some projects that i am wanting to share on here as well!  we are getting our life and our house and our businesses organized and i am so excited to see where we go from here!  thanks for stopping in!  have a sweet day!

Motivation

Sometimes you just gotta take that old pair of jeans that are too small and write yourself some motivational notes and hang them on the wall next to your mirror! Today I was doing some serious organizing in my room and found some old jeans that a couple years ago I could fit into. (these jeans were so cute on me and made my pretty much flat butt look pretty darn cute if you asked me) And that pair of jeans does NOT fit me anymore. Since I could fit in those jeans I have gained 40 pounds. That is not something I am proud of, in fact I am very embarrassed and ashamed of that fact. BUT, I know that dwelling on my embarrassment and shame will NOT get me to change. I have to focus on my goal, and believe that I CAN and WILL accomplish what I set my mind to! I have written many blog and journal entries about "wanting to change" and making my "goal list" but I never changed and I never met those goals which made me more upset with myself and my situation. I recently started working out with my sister who is a crazy excersize fanatic! She has almost killed me a few times...ok not killed me but made me almost pass out and throw up! She is a good trainer to say the least!! I finally got over my embarrassment and just did it! I am a long way from my goal but my mindset is different, I have changed! And now I am looking forward to seeing the changes in my body and my attitude!! I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me! Have a sweet day!

Thrift finds.

Today I went to a little thrift shop and found a couple pieces of material for my sewing projects and these two sweet treats!!!! Aren't that just to die for! I don't have a little one but I can not wait to put my some day baby in these!! I am also really wanting to pursue sewing and making sweet little baby clothes! I love vintage style clothing on baby's just as much as I like it on adults! So here is to sweet thrift finds and inspiration!! I hope your disposition is a little sweeter after seeing these two treats, I know mine sure is!!!

dreams are attainable

i know i have posted about my husband and i being big dreamers.  we can't help but dream...and dream big!  and we have recently realized that our dreams are attainable!  God gave us these dreams and the passion and with Him we WILL attain them!  i believe this with my whole heart and am so excited to see these dreams fulfilled!  i know it will take time and that is all apart of life but i truly believe that God is faithful to the end and His hand is upon us to see these dreams through to the end!

i have recently been taking small trips with my sister every week to go visit our grandparents.  i will admit that i have been terrible about visiting them up until this year.  but i now realize that family, especially the ones who started my family, are important.  my grandparents have done so much to make me who i am today.  my grammy was the one to teach me how to sew, draw, paint and think creatively.  my poppy taught me how to garden and pan for gold.  they are so constant about telling me how special i am and how i am worth so much.  i couldn't imagine my life without them.  i couldn't imagine who i would be without them.  i am so proud to call them my grandparents and i know they are proud to call me their granddaughter.  i hope and pray that they will be able to see my children someday and that my children would have such a bond with them as i do.

girl's day

today my mom and i had a girl's day!  we haven't had one of these in years!  we went to breakfast and shared a yummy breakfast peta' sandwich.  then we hit up our local target and F21!  i felt like i was in high school again, getting done with school early and going out for a girl's day!  i will post pictures of the outfits i got soon!  i am so thankful to have a mama who loves me so much and takes me out for random shopping fun days!  Oh, i just love her!

Adventures of TinTin and dreaming

tonight my wonderful husband and i watched Stephen Spielberg and Peter Jackson's "The Adventures of TinTin".  it was so wonderful!  we were so caught up in this wonderful animated adventure.  it was such a beautiful and happy movie.  we then spent the rest of our night watching the "behind the scenes" footage.  we are such nerds!  i will say, it is nice to have someone who enjoys the same nerdy things that you do.  we kept finding ourselves hitting pause so we could discuss our ideas and thoughts on the movie.  we are always so stirred by great movies,  by the end of it we are so excited and dreaming of our future projects.  i often find myself dreaming about some day, after finishing a huge film project with my husband, looking back on nights like tonight and remembering how inspired we were and eager to make something wonderful.  i often feel like we are nowhere near accomplishing those dreams but i do know, without a doubt, that we are on the right path and are going to accomplish them!  God has been so faithful to us throughout the years and continues to show us His faithfulness.  i know that as long as we keep our desires and dreams under the Lord, He will bless us.  i am so very excited to see where these crazy big dreams of ours take us and where God carries us together as husband and wife!  yay to big dreams and good movies!

melt down

well tonight was one of those nights were you just have a huge melt down for no good reason. it seemed like every life obstacle and hurt in my heart came overflowing out of me and i couldn't control it.  i have been unhappy lately.  with who i am and who i have let myself become.  i have been blaming myself and been believing that i can't do anything to change my current situations.  luckily,  my husband was there to speak truth into my hurting and melted heart.  he told me that i have been believing a lie about myself that simply isn't true.  that i am capable of changing my circumstances and that i can do anything.  that i am beautiful and loved far beyond all the stars in the galaxy. he sat there and spoke truth that i so desperately needed.  he sat there while i cried and he hugged me.  i am so very thankful for this man.  without him i would still be a melted down mess.

big dreamer...

i have always had big dreams. since i was a young child i knew i would do something defining.  i was going to do everything!  be a ballerina, an artist,  own my own business, be an actress, be a mom and the list goes on.  i still have so many dreams...not nececarily all the same as when i was a child...but i do have so many dreams!  i want to own my own business someday, i want to design clothes,  i want to dance again,  i want to be a sucessful hairstylist,  and i do want to be a mom (eventually).  i sometimes get so overwhelmed by all this passion inside myself that i loose sight of what i really want to do! 
i have been so blessed to have married someone with just as many dreams, if not more than i have.  i am constantly encouraging him in his dreams and he is constantly pushing me towards mine. i know that we are going to accomplish our dreams, together, side by side.  it makes me so excited about my life, our life together.  i can't wait to see the things we accomplish with God's grace and mercy.

new goals

wow!!  it has been a crazy month!!!  Christmas, New Years and getting my Cosmetology license!!!  :D  i am so happy to finally be working doing something i love!!  i am assisting at a salon right now continuing to learn from the professional staff.  i am so excited about this opportunity and hope to grow in my career!  i am pretty nervous about starting out but trust that God has my best interests in mind!  since i didn't do a New Years post i would like to post a few goals for this next year.  i don't like "New Year's resolutions"  but i do want to set some goals for my next year.  some of these are goals i have had forever it seems and others are new goals!  well here it goes! :)

-read a whole book! ( i have this tendency to get half way through a book and never finish it)
-explore the nature around me.  i would really like to go on more adventures!
-make exercise a daily part of my life.  repeat...DAILY PART OF LIFE.
-create something once a week.  i LOVE making crafts, i want to do it more often!
-choose the healthier option on majority!  ( i know i won't do it all the time! ;) hey sometimes you can't say no to a nice brownie!!)
-go visit my grandparents every couple of weeks.  as i grow up my grandparents grow older.  i don't want this time i do have with them to pass me up.  i love them so much...i need to spend more time with them!!!
-take a ballet class.  i MISS ballet SO MUCH and want to start taking a ballet class this year!

these are some of the goals i have for 2012.  did you guys make goals for this next year?