Scripture Case

Today was an odd weekend, Brent had to stay at school for 8 hours today which left me home all alone :( I had seen these cute scripture cases that one of the kids in primary had. It was bright color and patterned and all around the outside were individual pouches for crayons! I fell in love and thought it was a such a fun idea. Well I had made a quilt for Braden so I figured it was time I shared the beauty and made something fr some of my other Nephews. So For William and Michael I decided to make these scripture cases. I thought it was going to be a lot more difficult but it turned out to be pretty easy and VERY time consuming! Luckily it kept me busy all day and afterword we had a fun Bonfire with friends in the snow! Just to let you know, it is still a little to cold for Bonfires!

First you start by adding some fun patterns on the fabric to give it a quilted effect and to support the fabric to make it more thick

The you cute two 4-5" strips in a different fun fabric to make the crayon pouches
You sow one onto the bottom of the backing, about 2-3" from the bottom, make sure to sew the bottom of this on so they crayons don't fall through

Sow the second strip on so it goes along the bottom of the original panel (orange one) so there is a nice layered effect. Then you sow strips up the green fabric about 1.5" apart to create the slots.

Then you sow them inside out, and add handles and here is what you get! There is enough to carry 30 crayons and the actual case is big enough fro scriptures and coloring books! I had a lot of fun making it... I just hope that William and Michael won't look to closely at everything that doesn't match up.

Quilting in where I started sewing and I like it because it hides a lot of flaws and the bright yellow thread I used definitely didn't so there are some many things I wish I would have been more careful with, but overall I really enjoyed trying to sew something different than a blanket. Since I made these for the boys I am going to attempt to make skirts for the girls! I think they will really like them! What does everyone else think my project after skirts should be?

Anywhere but Here!

Ok, So I am seriously considering quitting school, or work, or both! This week has been utterly pointless in all respect. It is not unmanageable simply the most boring semester of my life. My classes are dull and basically the unimaginative rhetoric of professors who really have little insight to share. Both of my jobs are going well enough, but the holiday that we had Monday was so nice, I am having trouble readjusting my mindset to homework and school mode! I am perfectly aware that life is not a 24-7 action packed event but I doubt it was ever intended to be a constant monotony of sitting and listening in various locations. So I decided to make a list of things I am so tempted to do instead of trying to make it through another week of my currently mundane life (note this is a partial list, the full list would fill a dictionary):

4.) Go see Twilight... again. I know it has mixed reviews but this sappy, corny, dramatic teenage drama is currently one of my favorites and as Brent can testify I have been a little (or a lot) obsessed with it! The dollar theatre has made it very very accessible to me, and so I saw it twice this past weekend and you better believe I would love to ditch school and work for my third viewing!

3.) Go To Hawaii-- Doesn't laying on the beach before going Boogie Boarding sound like the MOST AMAZING THING in the world to anyone else! I am craving some wave time, and I think Hawaii would hit the spot splendidly! At this point I am ready to book tickets online for this summer, but decided to wait because I realize I may be suffering from a slight case of senioritis.


2.) Hold Braden-- Who is that? That is my cutest baby Nephew in the world, and for some reason his parents feel the need to live 10 hours away from me! This is pretty much a "How Dare You" Situation especially when you see Brado smile. I made him a baby blanket, and he should be getting it any day now... I would much rather be in Pullman playing with my nephew than at any desk in the world!

1.) Not Have my mom tell me "Told you So!"-- Oh who is that proud looking mother in the picture? Yes, that is my Mama Bear, and I love her dearly but does she have to be right about 99.9% of everything in my life? I know when I refuse to listen to her advice and think she lacks knowledge of my immense will power, I am eventually wrong and she was never concerned about will power but my actual happiness. Oh Mama Bear, one day I will make the right choices I swear!


So Now you all know what I would rather be doing and I can not truly believe I am in my little rut alone, so what would everyone else be doing right now?!

Shopping Spree

For Christmas Brents Mom gave us both an asortment of presents (way more than we deserve) and out big present was $50.00 gift certificates to Kohls. Since we both love Kohls we were really excited! Brent want to go spend his money that day but I convinced him that we should wait a little while until we are craving a shopping spree and then we should go! Well that day was today! So we packed up and heading out to Kohls in American Fork who has major clerance sections through out the store! I have also wanted new shades so we stopped by Down East Outfitters to see if they had what I wanted, and they did! We only paid full price for one thing, and even that was inexpensive! Here is what we got, the retail price and how much we paid!

Brent has wanted white shoes every since august and finally found these Vans that I really like!

Retail: $54.99 OUR PRICE: $21.99

These are the shirts that I got at Down East Outfitter

White Shirt: Retail: $9.99 Our Price: $9.99 :(

Yellow Shirt: Retail: $14.99 Our Price: 6.99

TWO PAIR OF JEANS! I really like them too! They are the same kind because I like them so much!

First Pair: Retail Price: $29.99 Our Price: $9.99

Second Pair: Retail Price: $29.99 Our Price $9.99

Brent Dress shirt! It is going to look good with his pin strip suit!

Retail Price: 36.00 Our Price: $7.80

I have wanted a puffy vest FOREVER! I finally foundd one that looks really good and is long enough!
Retail Price: $44.00 Our Price:$8.80

Brent thought He would use his whole gift certificate on his shoes but since he didn't he found these great jeans!
Retail: 42.00 Our Price: $18.99

It was a glorious day, and since we bought everything together we actually got $10.00 in Kohls money! So in total when we would have normally spent $262.95 we spent $94.54 and got $10.00 back so it is more like $84.54! We are pretty excited about our finds! The best part is that it was gift certificate money instead of real money! Thanks Momma and PAPA Huntley, WE LOVE OUR CHRISTMAS PRESENT! Let us know what you think or if there are any other fun deals!