Finding the creative side

I've been pretty obsessed with pinterest lately, as most of you can probably tell.  I have had a LOT more time on my hands than I am used to, which means I can do a lot of projects.  The latest project I found was creating your own canvas, and since today was Labor Day Tyler had all day to help me with a project :).  We have been searching and searching for a giant canvas/painting to go on our large, empty kitchen wall, and have had NO luck (unless we are willing to spend the big bucks).  Sooo, I saw a project for creating your canvas and liked it right away.  The whole thing took around 2 to 3 hours, and was pretty easy for the most part.  It's by no means perfect, but it's "perfect" for us because we created it together (and had fun :) ).  Enjoy the pictures...it's pretty "step-by-step."

Paint, brushes, and canvas cost around $25 or $30 total

Lay towels down so you don't get paint on your carpet :)

Tape the canvas, so you can paint different colors

Begin painting!

Paint 2 coats, and let it dry (it doesn't take very long to dry)

After it's dry, remove the tape

Once you're finished, you have a beautiful canvas!

Camelback Mountain

This weekend we journeyed all the way up to...(drumroll please)...Scottsdale!  A whole 25 minutes from us ha.  Even though it was close, it was nice to get away for a couple of nights to celebrate our anniversary/enjoy the holiday weekend.  We stayed at the Firesky Resort (Kimpton), which was awesome.  They had 2 really nice pools with LOTS of lounge chairs, and LOTS of sun.  During our stay we saw a couple movies, tried out Movie Studio Grill (we had a groupon from earlier), lounged by the pool a whole lot, shopped til we dropped :), hiked Camelback Mountain, and did more laying around by the pool.  It was all around a great weekend, and much needed...especially for Tyler who has been studying his brains out for the past 6 weeks.  

At the start

15 minutes into the hike,  and I'm already pooped!

At the top!

More pictures from CA

 Fashion show before church

2 monsters

He'll sit all day with that thing 

The Sheppard side

 Desiree's cute babies again

Totally Making These

It seems like almost everybody has made a version of apothecary jars, and now it's my turn.  I'm not real big into Halloween, which means I don't like to spend a lot of money on decorations, costumes, etc.  Sooo, this project is perfect for me, AND I can use it for other holidays too (just switch out the candy & ribbon).  I need as many DIY holiday projects as I can get.  I love decorations, but they're just so darn expensive!

A Belated Anniversary

For our anniversary, I was in CA while Tyler was in AZ.  Yes, exactly how anyone would want to spend their anniversary...NOT.  It was fine though, and we're going to make it up by celebrating this weekend (Labor Day).  Anyway, I can't believe it's been 3 years.  When people say time flies, they are not kidding.  I don't even know where the time has gone.  It's been an incredible journey, and I'm so happy that we're here in dental school together...even though Tyler's doing all the school work ;)  Happy anniversary babe!