How to Make a Baby Football Onesie

This was the post I hinted at a few days ago...I made baby Barrett a little football onesie.

Here's what you'll need:
1. Paint (I used Martha Stewart's AMAAAZING paint that can be used on literally any surface..it needs a whole post of it's own!...anyways, I used a white colored paint...I think it was high gloss variety)
2. A foam brush (I get mine on Michaels super sales - 20 brushes/$1 and keep them on hand for projects such as this!)3. Masking Tape - mine was about 1" wide.4. A plain brown onesie - I used a Rabbit Skins brand onesie from Hobby Lobby @ 40% off...it cost about $2.50.
I don't have the inbetween pictures (well, I have some but they're in RAW format and not easily accessible to me right at the moment)...but basically, I masked off the long strip first and painted and let it get semi-dry, then CAREFULLY peeled off the masking tape and then masked off the little strips (taking the masking tape just up to the painted part - not covering any of the painted parts) and painted the little strips.

And let it dry! And then you have something like this...
Awwww! It's a little football Barrett...
And a Nebraska picture!
And this unrelated one...just because it's so cute....!!!
The End! Email/comment with any questions...I will try to post better inbetween shots in the futures! Amber

Princesses on the Playground

A few weeks ago, I took Taylor & Tori to a playground near their house...they were in their princess dress-up costumes...and it was too adorable to NOT take a million pictures of it...!!
Can you see Tori & Taylor??
Please...let me go play again....
I love these two cuties!
Happy Monday! Amber

Blast from the Past

A few vacation pictures from May 2009...this was a FUN vacation. Super laid back & relaxed @ Callaway Gardens...
A family of ducks...

We were like the duck paparazzi. They were so cute...although they FIERCELY did not like us getting too close!

On the way home...why, yes, that is Adam fishing on the dock...!!!

Also, I remember it was a trip with good hair days. Haha! :)

How I love looking back through old pictures! Especially of vacations!

Florida State Footbal...

Adam & I are Florida State fans...obviously, that's not really anything to be proud of this season...ha?...but I took these pictures before we lost three games, and they're too cute not to post.

Mr. B & Uncle Adam:
Uncle Adam is a little exciteable when it comes to football games:
Barrett doesn't know how to react to all the excitement...
But he figures it out with a little help from Uncle Adam:
With Auntie Amber too!
He decides he's not too keen on having crazy pom-pom hair...get it off...please.
And, really, even after Uncle Adam teaching him how to cheer for the Noles, he's still not sure what all the yelling is about...
But don't worry, we are sure he will learn soon enough!!

With Mommy...
I bought him a cute little Florida State onesie AND a Nebraska onesie at the collegiate store in our local mall. Because Barrett's Daddy is a Nebraska fan, and in spite of Auntie Amber posting looooots of Florida State pictures about Barrett, she is actually trying to remain sortof unbiased about Barrett's football fanhood and buys Nebraska AND Florida State attire evenly for baby Barrett.

If Auntie Amber had pictures of Barrett decked out in Nebraska gear, she would post them here...you know, for the sake of being unbiased...and because Barrett is so cute in whatever he wears. But she doesn't have any...yet. To be continued?

The end.

Handmade Birthday Cards

Some birthday cards I've made recently for two co-workers!
I always try to make matching envelopes!
I love the colors on this one...
Number three...
And, finally:
I probably should make these cards into four posts considering my lack of posts, but alas...I'm doing them all together! :)

Hope you have a great day today!! Amber

Thanks Cotton Candy Card

Simple little card to use when I'm in a pinch!

Enjoy your day! :) Amber

The Big Oh-Five!

Taylor is now...FIVE years old! Unbelievable, honestly. We had a little mini-pre-birthday party for her and I made this "I-spy-esque" card...
When we got there...Taylor was giggling away with Annie, my Nanny's dog...
I think Annie was LOVING the attention...
I don't know why, but I love this picture...Taylor midstride, while talking to Annie, the sunglare, my brother in the background...it brings back fun memories!
The beautiful Tori...
There were giggles and playing with Uncle Adam...
And they even agreed to a few "pretty pictures"
For dinner, we had gourmet grilled cheeses (best ever!), jalepeno roast, and cheese dip...oh and punch! YUM!
After dinner, Taylor wanted to go back outside, and I used this as an opportunity to coerce a picture of them in the grass with my fancy camera (slowly learning how it all works!)
They chatted with Trev a bit and then we went off in search of Annie at Nanny's house...
Hello, Nanny! (Ha...she wasn't too keen on her picture being taken. I think she was saying in this picture...Amber Lynn, you better not be taking my picture!)
Then it was time for cake & brownies & ice cream. Taylor and Grandma Benton made the cake.
Oh the joy!
Oh the excitement!
Sigh! Oh the unbelievability of it all. FIVE?!
Tori got to blow out her candle too...for her brownie cake, since my parents were out of town for her birthday...
Then it was present time. Taylor got some cute clothes, lip gloss, nail polish and a dry erasable table...but I don't have any pictures of that because my camera battery died...maybe Taylor & Tori's mama can supply us with some pictures?
It was a fun night. Taylor is so smart and tall and beautiful and we all love her SO much!

Good news!

Well, in spite of the fact that I randomly seem to stop blogging, there are lots and lots of fun blog projects that have been created....and just need to be photographed!!! I broke my camera several months ago and have been saving up for a new one and now that I finally have a new camera, I just have to find a little time to take pictures! Maybe today...we shall see! Until then, here is a little someone who makes me very happy AND a little tiny peek at an upcoming blog post.
Aw! You can't be mad at me for not posting for so long when I post a picture THAT cute, right?
:) See you (hopefully) soon!
Amber