Upgraded photo studio!

 The start of the studio *above* PVC pipe at good ol' Menards!
And below are some photos of my hubby measuring out and cutting the pipe!
Its a really sweet setup for little cash- He put 1/2 inch pipe inside 1 inch pipe and we drilled holes every foot in the pipe so you can insert a screw to adjust the height- it starts out at about 5 feet and can be up to 8 feet tall!

This last photo is it set up at it's smallest 5 feet- i doesn't look real pretty because i just threw my backdrops up so they wouldn't get dirty on the floor! But yay its better than my old set up which was a shower curtain rod and shower curtains lol. I'm also going to include a photo of my first photo shoot since having it! It was awesome easy set up & and easy to take with me, and since it was a newborn session it was awesome being able to go right to there home!

Beautiful family with there newest addition Sydney!

Upclycing

 It's always fun and exciting to up-cylce some items! I took this old shoe box i had lying around, and made it into a awesome organizer!

 First i cut the lid off

 Then i covered it with this awesome contact paper i bought at the dollar tree! Who can beat $1!!

 Then i cut toliet paper & paper towel rolls and covered them in paper.

 Then you're done! Place different things in ( scissors, pens, paint brushes, pencils, markers, highlighters, xacto knife, sharpies...etc)

Now i have a maching set! And all basically free items =)

Thanks for reading!

Map of our love story project!

 So for our 1st wedding anniversary i decided since the tradition gift is paper to make a paper project for my husband for his gift! Besides I've had a lot of extra time lately (being unemployed) so projects are a nice way to fill my time!

Supplies

5 hole picture frame (walmart around $15)
Old Maps (couple bucks from a thrift store or antique place)
Scrapbook paper ( scraps and whatnot)
4 by 6 print 
Scissors
Glue
Stencils
Tape
Notebook paper
Rubber stamps and ink pad
Patience... lots of that

 All my supplies laid out on the table (love being a bigger house more room to stretch out and do my projects!)

 So then i made a stencil for my "hearts" for my maps

 Then i cut out on the appropriate places for our special places!

Laying it all out making sure its fitting so far!

 Cut out my 4 by 6 spots to have a background on my map portions of the frame!

 

  Used my stencil and cut all these guys out *then realized i didn't measure and it took me forever to get it all placed out*

 

My computer hadn't been working for a while so when it randomly decided to work i kissed it!

 Then my computer decided it didn't want to print 4 by 6 prints correctly!

 lovely right?

 So then i started putting it all together!

 Close up of our important spots on the map!

 I even put little hearts with a pen around the actual city =)

 Close up of the middle all done!

Finished!
I most likely enjoyed this more than Kenny...but whatever!

Some of our 1st anniversary photos my mom took!
We had a great day remembering our wedding day, and enjoying each other! We did try our cake 1 year later...wasn't bad Kenny enjoyed it with some ice cream! I'm one lucky lady!

What i've been up to!

I haven't updated in a while but i have been busy working on projects, getting my house ready for Christmas, and wrapping all those gifts! Plus my husband has been gone on business trips so Ive been working my tail off doing projects to fill my time!

So here is one of my projects- Took a basic frame with matte in it- and wrote out our first dance song lyrics and placed a picture of us dancing in it! I think it turned out pretty good, and its another thing marked off on my pinterest to do list!