Monday, November 15, 2010

Giving Thanks

As Thanksgiving is quickly approaching I have been procrastinating with my holiday project for this month. This past weekend gave me a little inspiration to get this post done. 

I put together a quick "give thanks" sign. I had the two chip boards for a book I never gotten around to. I set up my layout first to get an idea of how it would look.



I used mod podge to get a glossy look for the printed paper I used as the background. The cardboard letters were spray painted with a soft cream color. Once those steps were done I hot glue gunned the letters and embellished as shown using ribbon, buttons, flowers, metal letters, jewels, etc. 

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My mom and I went this past Saturday to volunteer for Operation Support Our Troops Northwest. This Christmas pack out had over 150 volunteers and we stuffed over 3,200 stockings to be sent out to troops to arrive in time for Christmas. The pack out was featured on our local news channel here  is the short video clip.



Home of the Free Because of the Brave...
God Bless Our Troops.


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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Weekend In Whistler

This past weekend 13 of my closest girlfriends traveled up north to Whistler, Canada to celebrate Nicole's 25th Birthday (welcome to the club little!). These pictures can't even capture the amount of fun that was had! Just a few highlights to share with you.... 

Remember when I told you I was possibly going to be obsessed with etching? Well it's official. I made these beer steins for all the girls with their name etched and a tag. My tutorial on etching can be found here.
Lindsey and Michelle. Cheers! 
Kelly, Me, Teagen and Nicole during a game of catch phrase!
Erika and Lo breaking it off on the dance floor. 

Note to self... alcohol in Canada is EXPENSIVE! 
Something new and crafty I learned.... it's called "Pot Shots". Yup, you take a shot out of a pot. Sam made Nicole a personalized "pot shot pot" for her birthday! 
We enjoyed some Olympic sightings.

Oh yeah.... a few brave souls went bungee jumping....
Nicole by far was NOT the bravest <-- look at her face!  BUT she did it!
Erika enjoying the ride. 

Lindsey & Teagen getting ready to jump!
The whole group. 


It was an amazing weekend with great friends in a beautiful place.... 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICOLE!

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