New kind of painting

This painting is watercolor, so that's not new. The new part is that I painted this from a photo rather than another persons' artwork. I have been thinking of this painting since August and finally took the time to pull out my paints and try it. This is a picture of the Bodie Island Lighthouse in North Carolina. I took the photo and really liked how it looked, plus I really like lighthouses and so I was a little intimidated to start...but it turned out great.

Birthdays and Anniversary

During the months of January, February and March, my darling husband and I celebrate both of our birthdays and our anniversary. It actually keeps things exciting as we finish with Christmas and then begin with the birthdays and anniversary. Above is a photo of SM opening one of his birthday presents.

And here are some family that gathered to celebrate his birthday. Notice my nephew wearing his Aggie clothing. We got that for him at Christmas, knowing it would take him a few months to actually grow into it. Well, this kid knows how to grow...it's fitting him a lot faster than anyone anticipated.

And here I am showing one of my birthday gifts. SM's brother is also sharing his gift with the camera. February is a busy month for birthdays on my hubby's side of the family. We have seven birthdays, and six of them are adult members of the family.

The blue table must have been one of the birthday tables since the four of us all had our birthdays that month. You'll notice scarves being worn by all the females...we must have all had the same idea for birthday gifts.

This is the scarf my mother-in-law made for me...orange...one of my favorite colors.

Here are the flowers that my husband surprised me with for our anniversary!! Aren't they beautiful? I love the combination of stargazer lilies and roses.

We decided to go to a bed and breakfast for our anniversary this year. The bed and breakfast had a castle theme and we had the Garden Suite. The walls were painted like we were in a walled-in garden.

Breakfast the next morning consisted of orange juice, fruit and lemon bread, followed by french toast, bacon and quiche. We felt like royalty.

The front door was very large and cool. I had to get a picture of it and luckily I found a handsome model that was willing to pose next to the door.

The outside of the bed and breakfast really did look like a castle. And luckily this place wasn't too far away from home so we could get back to our lives when the fairy tale ended. What a wonderful anniversary!!! Thanks goes to my awesome husband.

My final five dollar skirt

If you look at some of my previous posts you will see that I went to the D.I. and found three fabulous skirts. Well, this is the third skirt. I am so happy that I found these skirts and that the price was well within my budget. I love the feeling of looking cute and new skirts help with this feeling.

Coming out of the closet

I'm a closet knitter. It was important to hide this new ability until now since I was making some scarves for February birthdays. My husbands family has a total of seven birthdays in the month of February and we celebrate birthdays the fourth Sunday of every month. And so...here are the scarves that I gave as gifts yesterday!!

I actually love every single one of these scarves and may have to make one for me but at least I won't have to go upstairs and hide in my room while knitting them. I can now watch TV with everyone and not worry that they know that I knit.
This pink boa is really really soft and very daring.
And the multi-colored scarf will go with everything...especially during those spring months of bright colors.

I hope my family members don't mind me showing off their birthday gifts to everyone. I really had a lot of fun making these gifts and will continue working on my new talent...and maybe make something besides a scarf.

Scarves

During the Christmas months (because, yes, Christmas is several months) I crocheted several scarves. This first won is titled "Alien Eye Balls" because of the dangly things hanging off the scarf. SM started calling them alien eye balls and it stuck. This was my first attempt at a scarf...and I liked it so much a made a purple one to go with my purple coat.

This purple scarf is called "Alien Entrails"...also named by SM. And you can probably guess how he came up with the name.

Here's the purple scarf sitting on the carpet. It's actually very soft and even though I have yet to wear it...I like it.

My Five Dollar Skirt

From my last post you all know that I went to the D.I. and got some great clothes. Well, this is one of those skirts...it was five dollars...and what's even better, I was given the shirt that matches perfectly with the skirt. I think one of the things that makes the skirt so cute is the sash that is tied in front and goes down the side. Needless to say, this is the second week in a row that I've felt "cute" at church.

My Seven Dollar Outfit

The red sweater was $3 and the skirt $4. My mom, grandmother and I went to the D.I. (Deseret Industries) to find my grandmother some clothes. I quickly got bored of looking for clothes for my grandmother and instead began looking for clothes for me. I started at the skirt rack because that is one item of clothing that I do not collect. I was very pleased to find three great skirts...and this was one of them. The sweater is also very cute. I don't have a close up on it but it has a flower design on it. Anyway, just wanted to say I loved my "finds" and love that I got four items of clothing for seventeen dollars. (As a side note, I don't feel the picture does justice to how cute I really felt).