Playing in the snow

January 17, 2014

These are back from our trip to Michigan. There was so much snow at my dad’s house so Walker and I took full advantage. He’s only been in snow a handful of times so it was fun to see him explore and be amazed by it. I love snow so much so I was glad he was having fun. I especially like our upside down snowman. I was aiming for a traditional one but Walker insisted his snow ball was the bottom and I assured his mine was larger. Well I was right but we just went for it anyhow.

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The last week or so (well ok maybe the last few weeks) I’ve been preparing for ALT SLC and my head feels like it’s all over the place trying to get everything done and in order. Ah! It’s been slightly overwhelming. I’m finally starting to wrap some things up but it’s nice to take a little snow break and look at these fun pictures from home.

Have a great weekend!

My new blog design by Maiedae

January 13, 2014

It’s finally here! My new beautiful site and I just love it and I’m so glad I can finally share it with you!

(Keep reading to the end I’ve got something important to say)

Way back in April of last year I contacted Maiedae about a logo design and blog makeover. I was paired up with Jenny and we got to work. I will tell you though the only reason it took so long is because I’m so slow at making decisions. So even though the site has a very clean and simple design each small design element took me way longer than it should of. I have no idea how Jenny could be so patient but she was and it was just wonderful to work with her. She was always so helpful and never made me feel rushed.

We started with the logo which is a combination of my work and Jenny’s. I hand drew the saw and wanted it to be a part of the finished design. There was an almost logo right before the one you see now and I’m so glad I decided to change it. For the blog I wanted a really clean look and an easily navigated site. Do you think I accomplished that?

I hope you like it! If you are in need of a site makeover I highly recommend the Maidae team! They were seriously wonderful to work with. If you don’t need a blog makeover then take a minute and browse around mine. Hehehe.

One last thing as I mentioned above. Next week I will be having a pretty big giveaway in celebration of my new site, my 30th birthday (January 1st), and the 3rd anniversary of my shop (January 31st)! I figured I would celebrate everything at once so it could be even bigger! Make sure you get signed up for the newsletter to stay in the loop! I want you to win!

My 30th birthday celebration

As you should remember by now my birthday is on January 1st! I planned our Christmas trip home to include my birthday so I could celebrate my 30th with my family since I knew getting a group of friends together at this time of year would be practically impossible (but by now I’m sort of used to it).

My sister found this amazing winter park with a toboggan run. When she said they had toboggan’s I pictured taking it down a sledding hill but when I saw the track I knew we were in for a real fun time. My first time down was so awesome (seriously if you hear of one of these where you live you must go!) all 3 of us (yes we crammed 3 people on) screamed the entire way down. Luckily they have 2 tracks that make a loop so you just hop on the 2nd one and you’re back to the beginning. The group of us alternated who rode with who and it was fun to see who went the farthest.

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^Ready? Set. Go! IMG_3404
^Then we did a bit of sledding.IMG_3405
^And my mom thought it would be fun to recreate the last time we went sledding together (where by holding her feet out a whole ton of snow sprayed directly in my face-the only difference here is that she threw it in my face-thanks mom!)IMG_3408 IMG_3371
^We did just a little ice skating because everyone was getting cold so that didn’t last long- plus I forget how much it hurts my ankles. DSC_8408
^Later on my cake was brought out with the 30 candles I requested be on top.
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^I made a wish…DSC_8411
^and blew out every single…DSC_8412
^one.

I’m not sure how I feel about 30 just yet but it was nice to know that I could still have a birthday that surprised and delighted me. That’s a good start.