Creating your signature for your blog

Go to http://www.mylivesignature.com/

*At some point I think it asks you to register, there is a button to skip registration

1. Click on 'Click on here to start'

2. Click on 'Using the Signature Creation Wizard'

3. Enter your name on Step 1, this is what will show as your signature

4. Select your font on Step 2, I'm using font #69

5. Select your font size on Step 3, I'm using Size 8

6. Step 4 allows you to choose your background color which I use transparent, that way it blends with your blog and then you can choose your font color

7. Select the angle you want your signature on Step 5

8. Finally you're done customizing, you'll want to click on 'Want to use this signature?'

9. Then it will bring you to another page and you'll want to click 'Generate an HTML code'

10. You'll want to click on the first option 'Generate a code for my handwritten signature'

11. Copy the code and paste it under your Dashboard > Settings (Tab) > Formatting > Post Template

That's it! It doesn't automatically post in old posts but it will automatically post in all new posts until you take it out of that "Post Template' box or change your signature. You will not need to enter it in each time you do a blog post.

Quick Name Plaque

I have been a teeny bit crafty over the last couple months but I just haven't posted everything and/or taken pictures of everything, I've taken pictures of some stuff and will start to post....I made a ton of valentine's lollipop flowers, they were so cute, unfortunately I just kept one and I'll make sure to take a picture of it but it wasn't my favorite! :-\ I did some with bright green paper that I loved, oh well! Note to self: Always take pictures of crafty stuff!

In January I made this for my friends baby shower, she just had her baby last week on Friday the 12th! I painted the whole thing tan and the front green. Then I painted the brown and tan "frame" for his name. I used my CriCut to cut out his name and the dots and I glued them and used Mod Podge over the entire front!

Spring finally!

Ahh sigh of relief! Spring is finally here! It's felt like it for days, especially after day lights savings time last weekend but it's official now! I already feel like I have more energy! :) The weather was perfect today and it's going to be another perfect day tomorrow!

I took this picture this afternoon....the other day these were barely sprouted from the ground and now they are already bloomed! With all the rain and snow we've had in the fall and winter, it's going to be the perfect spring! :) Yay!

Crafty Blogs I follow

Fortunately they make it super easy to switch over the blogs between accounts, unfortunately they don't switch over the blogs that I follow. So I literally had to copy the links of all the blogs I follow, add them again and un follow them from chance's email. SO I thought I would share all the crafty blogs that I follow if anyone wanted to check them out too! All of them are great but some of these are super amazing! Hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

p.s. even though some of them are .com's you can still follow them, just go to your dashboard and click 'add' and paste the url!

http://www.bakerella.com

http://bedifferentactnormal.blogspot.com/

http://www.bluecricketdesign.net/

http://www.centsationalgirl.com/

http://www.controllingmychaos.com/

http://creationsfrommyheart.blogspot.com/

http://www.domestically-speaking.com/

http://gorgfabgoodies.blogspot.com/

http://imperfectlybeautifulms.blogspot.com/

http://j-a-girl.blogspot.com/

http://knockoffwood.blogspot.com/

http://let--it--shine.blogspot.com/

http://www.livingwithlindsay.com/

http://makeitandloveit.blogspot.com/

http://littlenannygoat.blogspot.com/

http://roomtoinspire.blogspot.com/

http://samstermommy.blogspot.com/

http://shanty2chic.blogspot.com/

http://theidearoom.blogspot.com/

http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/

http://kari-youcanmakeit.blogspot.com/

Yaay, more posts to come!

Okay when I first started this blog I used Chance's email because he had gmail and I didn't want to make yet another email. But it became a pain to use his email and I considered deleting this blog and starting one of my own. I didn't really want to do that because even though I don't post a lot, I don't want to loose what I've posted on here. I ended up making a gmail account and I was going to start another blog this morning but I decided to look up to see if I could merge them and I could! Yaaaaaay! SO I granted admin rights to myself and took them away from his email and now this blog is on my account. Woo hoo, so I decided to spruce it up a little and now that it's on my account, hopefully I can get the umph to start posting more :) And hopefully I can get my computer fixed so I can start uploading pictures on it. I guess I could upload pictures on his laptop (which I'm using) but I don't really want to and my computer had a virus. I could plug my laptop into the internet and start using that! Or I could go into the basement and use his computer...haha we have way too many computers for two people but my wireless is broken on my laptop and my computer has a virus but that would make sense that MY stuff is broken and his stuff works just fine!

Anyway I know I haven't posted since like Christmas but nothing is really new, job is great, hubby is wonderful, we've been trying to get in touch with this guy to get pre-approved and we are trying to figure out where we want to live now....we thought gaithersburg/germantown but now we don't know what we want to do....we'll see! :)

Our First Married ornament!

So ever since we got engaged I was so excited to get a "just married" or something similar ornament. Well I didn't find one that I liked, Christmas came and went and still no ornament! But I refused to wait until next year! I looked and looked and my friend Lee even did research and found some really cute ones! I found one I kind of liked (in previous post) but I couldn't figure out what it was exactly, the picture wasn't very good....but I decided to try and recreate it! It cost me under $4!

Everything I used I got from Michaels or I already had.

Wooden piece (99 cents)
Twine to hang it and to attach the bells ($1.49)
Two bells (99 cents)

I first took a black marker and colored the edges. Then I painted it in "heirloom white". Once it was dry I sanded the edges so the black would show through. Then I brushed it with this gold metallic paint, well it's more of a glaze. Then brushed it with a cotton swab so it would be lighter. Then I used stamps to write the " Our First Christmas as Mr. and Mrs." and hand wrote the 2009. Then I went over the stamp with marker because it just wasn't dark enough. Then I used that metallic paint to draw a heart and traced it with the marker. I painted the silver bells with both paints and ran the twine through. It actually got curly by accident but ended up looking pretty good....then I hot glued the twine w/the bells. I cut two pieces of twine and hot glued each side to the back. Then I took two black brads that I had and used pliers to cut the little brackets off the back and hot glued them on the front. Sounds complicated because of this huge paragraph but this was super easy :)

So glad we have our first married ornament and that it was made by me! :)

Merry Christmas!

Well this was our first Christmas as a married couple! And what a wonderful one it was! :) This was actually our 7th Christmas! Holy cow, can't believe it's been that long. Technically we started dating the day after Christmas in 2003 but I still count that year as one of "our" Christmases because we exchanged presents and we were together Christmas eve (the day I hoped he would ask me out) and the day after Christmas. So the 26th marks 6 years together, and today the 27th marks 6 years since he said I love you, hahaha yes it was fast but I guess when you know you know right? :) lol.
Well first I've been searching for a just married ornament for our first Christmas being married...no luck.....I want one that is vintage looking. I found one on etsy I like, though I may try to make it instead. If I do, I'll post :)
*Below is the one I found but I'm not sure exactly what it's supposed to be, I may just try and recreate the sign part of it and use ribbon to hang on the tree

Christmas eve we went over his mom's house for dinner like we usually do. My dad came with us like usual and it was a nice night. It's nice to have everyone together. It was a good night, yummy food and nice to spend the night with family. Chance got his netbook which he has not stopped playing with, he loves it. I got some jewelry and a tassel from Chance's mom!! Yes! I love it! I put it on my armoire the minute I got home. Chelsey got my a basket full of goodies :)

On Christmas morning, we woke up a little later than usual on Christmas, HAHA 6:30! I was excited to get up but I was very tired and could have slept more. We let the dogs open their treats and then we opened our gifts. Chance knew he was getting a helicopter which was his big one but I got him a few other things, a blu-ray dvd, video game, a plug for his car so he could plug other things in, small camera for his helicopter, a carbon fiber bracelet, and a carrying case and extra parts for his helicopter.
He got me an itouch and a pink cover, a new coat, some jewelery, green and pink girly tools and a green and pink hand sander (SO excited!).

We played with everything for awhile then went to my dads at about 9. Which is exciting, usually we then go to the separate houses for the rest of the day. I loved spending the WHOLE day with him this year! :) Then we had a YUMMY big breakfast at my dads, so good. Then we opened presents. My dad got me a Cricut!! So excited to use it for a project. I played with it for a while yesterday. My brother got me a gift card to Michaels so I went and picked out another cartridge, and I think we are going today to get one more while they are still on sale (SO expensive at normal price). I also got an awesome cheese grater, haha maybe normal people wouldn't be excited but I definitely was! The one we have now isn't good at all so I'm so excited for my new one!! And I got a few other nice things!

Then we left to go home and walk the dogs and do a few things. We went to his moms at about 3:00 and had a super yummy dinner and played some games.

Christmas was fantastic this year, it couldn't have gone better :) I feel very lucky and blessed to have this wonderful, amazing husband who makes me feel so good and so happy, I don't know how I got this lucky. And our wonderful families! I'm so thankful everyday!

Oh yes, unfortunately we came home to water pouring through the basement, that wasn't so fun. Chance patched it up the best he could.

p.s. below is all the pictures I have of us each Christmas! Missing 2003 and 2004 though!

'P' Plaque for kitchen/hallway

I love when things turn out cute!

I'm still playing with things and seeing what I can do which is why most of my stuff is simple. I've definitely had enough of monograms after this one! haha...honestly I wasn't even going to do this one but I couldn't think of any thing else to do with the stuff that I had. I painted this sign brown. Cut of the piece of scrapbook paper, intentionally left the top part of it without a design. Decoupaged it on the sign then painted the two decorative wooden pieces with my metallic glaze. Then I used the computer to type a 'P' in Palatino Linotype, font size 475. I printed it and cut out the P and decoupaged it to the sign. Then I took my metallic glaze and rubbed it over the P. Then I took a black sharpie and outlined the P. I hotglued the wooden pieces on and I also outlined the Fleur De lis, and dry brushed some black on both wooden pieces.

And walla! It was easy but I think I'm going to go out this weekend and try something different....I'd like to try to find a cute quote or something and print it out right on the scrapbook paper, then just decoupage the whole thing...it would be much easier...we'll see what I come up with!