DIY: Valentines wreath

I think this one is my favorite wreath out of all that I made. This one was so much fun to put together. My mother got the wire wreath at Joanns craft store. The decorations from Wal-mart and garland from dollar tree.
It took me a while to find the perfect decor for this, that's why its so late.

What you'll need:

• wire wreath 
• garland 
• decor (any)
• hot glue gun

What to do:
Its the same as the other wreaths I have been making. Just wrap the garland around the wire wreath and bunch it up so the wire wont show. Glue some spots of the garland to the wire wreath.
This one was kinda hard to get the corners of the heart. I just took the extra garland I had and cut pieces and gluing it to the bare spots.
Place the decor where you want. Than glue. I turned the wreath around and glued the back of the decor really good.

Happy Valentines day!!!

Isnt my son the cutest thing ever;)

So cute huh. Thanks Mom:)

See you next month. St Patricks day

50 first dates; married with kids edition

I'm not exactly gonna have 50 ideas and tips. I'm gonna gradually add to this list and if anyone have new ideas let me know. Ill add and credit you.
The first date is always so exciting. Where you go? what you do? what kind of person you are going with?.. the questions are endless.
Once you tie the knot then what. Do you stop going on dates? Can you re live that first kiss? What do you do once you have kids and you both work?
Your in the right place.
It is hard when you both have a full time job. Especially when you come home take care of the baby, clean kitchen, load dishwasher, cook dinner, laundry, and get ready for bed. Its hectic!!

Here are some ideas for 50 first date ideas: newly wed and kids marriage edition.

1. Cook together; kind of an obvious one. I love to cook with my husband. There is nothing sexier than a man who can cook.  I learn from him and he learns from me. I put my son in his high chair and feed him and play or put him on the floor if he wants to roll around. For older kids have them help, its a lot more fun with more people:) Make it more fun by listening to music or get in a food fight. If its just you two....well lets leave it there. 
2. Go shoot bows or guns together; let the kids stay with the grandparents or sisters and go and shoot something. Its so much fun. Me and my husband always went and shot our bows together. He taught me a lot of stuff I didn't know about. Have a little fun and see who can shoot the furthest.
3. Make a "date in a box" and give it to him/her for valentines day; there are a lot of these you can build. From movie to that special night. An example is indoor camp out, a bottle of wine ( or whatever you pick), 2 wine glasses, mini fondue warmer, strawberry's, marshmallows, graham cracker, and chocolate to melt.  
4. Stargazing; use to do this all the time. Whats really fun is get your truck and fill it with blankets and pillows and cuddle up. Now that's extreme stargazing. With kids bring them along or leave them with grandma, and enjoy your time together. To spice it up bring a bottle of wine or sparkling cider and glasses. 
5. Go up the canyon and enjoy the scenery; ya this sounds a little weird but my husband would take me up to the top of the canyon and we would look for elk and deer. Now we take a little someone with us and its way fun. I absolutely loved this, he would show me his spots where the elk were bugling. We stay till night than we would enjoy the starts. I would tell him the constellations. I thought it was really romantic when its just the two of us. Bring blankets cause it'll get cold.    
6. Do a project together or finish something; I have been having a lot of fun finishing our basement with my husband. Also doing yard work and helping him build his shed. I get that one on one with him. I usually help him while our son sleeps or visiting his grandmas. 
7. Watch a movie; another obvious one. Me and my husband do this all the time. Usually when its bedtime for the baby. I like to make a snack and get a drink for the movie. I like to watch a T.V series with him too. Start a new one or re watch an old one.
   
8. Eat dinner together once in a while; I always make sure we do this especially on a Sunday. When its summer we'll go outside on our patio set and eat too. We do the same with lunch and breakfast. Its even more fun with a little one by your side. 
9. Buy hunting tags together; go hunting together, be each others hunting guide. Find each other a nice buck or bull to shoot.
10. Take a bath together; ya I'm gonna say stuff like this. I admit its fun. If your not into baths take a shower. Put on some music and light some candles and relax. 
11. Play a video game; whats really fun is mario cart or super mario brothers wii. Add a remote for kids to play too. Eat snacks and drink some drinks and enjoy the time. 
12. Order food in; Pizza, Chinese or whatever your hungry for. You guys worked all day you deserve to take it easy. Add a movie to it to make it more fun. Order more for the kids. 
13. Plan a vacation; if you plan on going plan it together. Activities, shows, hotel and restaurants look up ideas and put them together. 
14. Go to the park; take your kids to the park and let them play while you guys get some alone time. Go down the slide with the kids or push them on the swing. Whats even funner is to walk to the park. 
15. Horseback riding; this is really fun. Find a good trail and enjoy the scenery. Pick your favorite horse (or mule) and saddle up. 
16. Go fishing; sit back and relax and wait for them to bite. Enjoy a snack or two and talk to each other. 
17. Start a garden together; pick what you both want to plant and help each other water and take care of them everyday. When its time to harvest go out and pick them. 
18. Go for a bike ride; these are always fun. Go somewhere new or go around the neighborhood. Ride to the gas station and rest and get a snack. 
19. Go to a college football game; Me and my husband did and we had a blast. It was homecoming and we got our faces painted and decorated hats together. You could also go to a volleyball, baseball basketball etc... 
20. Go to a local festival; where we live we have a Scandinavian festival. Its so fun we go every year and get the Swedish meatballs and a twister drink. Sometimes we'll stay and watch the free
    
    concert or walk up and down the street and look at the vendors. 

THAT'S ALL FOR NOW. MORE TO COME.

Beauty tip: tucked headband updo

First off HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!  I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.
Here is my first post of the year.
I really like this hairstyle cause it looks like you cut your hair. A lot of people thought I chopped my hair off again haha. This is kinda hard to explain so ill do my best. When I have time ill do a video of it to make it easier.

What you'll need:

this is what the shine
spray looks like.

• Hairspray
• Gel ( I used shine spray you get from avon. I dont know why but it works really well.)
• Beach spray (Optional) [ how to make it is under post beauty tip: easy curling hair] 
• Straightener 
• Any headband
• A LOT!! of bobby pins

What to do:

I took big pieces of my
hair and curled it.

this is what it looks like

First off spray the beach spray and some hairspray. Than do a quick curl to your hair. It took me about 2 min to curl it all. You don't have to curl it if you don't want to. It just looks really cute if its curled and its easier to work with.

You can kinda see how
I rolled it up and covered
 the headband. 

Keep curling till you got it all curled. It doesn't need to look nice, so some pieces can not be curled if you missed some. Place the headband on your head and work with it till it looks the way you want.  Next take a chunk of your hair and put it up and tuck in into the headband and bobby pin it into place. Keep doing this until its all pinned up. I used about 15 bobby pins for this part.
After this I just got the extra pieces and stuck them places and pinned.

It should look kinda like this in the back. Just all bunched up and messy cute.

The side view. Now I had to pull some of the hair out of the headband to make it look smooth not bulky and re curl it and either pin it or just let it hang to cover some of the headband.





I will probably end up doing a video of this. It would be easier, but for now we'll settle for this.


This is gonna be a great year:)

DIY Christmas wreath

Now this wreath took me a while to decorate. I had to find and organize the decorations on it. All the stuff I already had I just used extra Christmas decorations. The pine cones I made last year. I just got some good pine cones spray painted them silver put some adhesive glue on them and dipped them in glitter. Some I didn't put the glitter on and some I didn't even paint.

Here are the pine cones.

What you'll need:

• Wire wreath
• Garland ( any kind would work, you could even use the ones that look like tinsel, also you could wrap Christmas lights around it)
• Decorations ( Pine cones, ornaments, or a small sign would work)
• Bow 
• Hot glue gun
• Adhesive glue
• Glitter

What to do:

Wrap the garland around the wire wreath. Glue pieces of the garland to the wire so it wont move. 

Next place the decorations on the wreath the way you want them, dont glue them yet until you know that you want them there. 

Finally glue the pieces on the wreath... carefully. 

When I had them all glued I sprayed the glue in certain places and added glitter to give it that sparkly look.





Here is the final look. Have fun:)