Sweet 16 Birthday Set

I have been working on this set for the last couple of days for my neighbor's daughter who will be celebrating her 16th birthday on Saturday. I cut most of the pieces on my Cricut Expression. The rest of the supply brands are unknown to me though as I used everything from my 'stash'. Enjoy :)

Back up and running :)

After 2 years of blog down time I am back on! Look forward to many creative things to come as I explore papercrafting, sewing, and knitting! Keep an eye out for many changes!

Halloween crafting

So who is getting into the spirit of Halloween? I am more in the spirit of crafting for the season. LOL! I was dying to use some stamps I got from a swap last year that had never been used..so I finally got to do just that. This house was cut on my Cricut Expression using a cut file from the Paper Scrap Ink blog. She makes the best cutfiles for Design Studio and makes it so easy on us that aren't computer savvy.
The box is actually a tissue box cover and the tissues come out of the chimney! start to finish this project took me about an hour and a half..not too shabby for the end result. I am quite happy with it. :)

Baby Room Pictures!

Here are some pictures of the room we are setting up for Patience when she gets here!

One Big Crazy Update!

so it seems I haven't updated my blog in like 8 months. Oh goodness! ok so here goes with the updates!
1) I am married! Married on April 18, 2009. I love being Mrs. Nichole Bryant!

2) I found out we are going to be expecting our first child on Jan. 22! I found this out On May 22 and it was quite a shock but we are so happy. Found out last Thursday that we are having a girl and her name will be Patience Grace Bryant.

3) I am taking a year off of college to prepare for Miss Patience. we figured that this was best in order to be up to par between school and family life since Patience would arrive during the school's Spring semester.

4) Crafting! Well there hasn't been much of that lately. I have just been in a major slump and can't seem to get motivated enough to do anything.

5) Did finish my first pregnancy scrapbook page today. I will post a pic at the end of this post.

6) Updating my etsy page. I am hoping to get some things on there soon. There is also a new 'Yardsale' section that will be like the name states.... a yardsale, just online. this could feature new and used items, whether scrapbook or not...just trying to clear out some things before Patience arrives!

Well I figure that will do for the updates. Check out my 3 month baby bump page!

Back to school, back to school...

Back to school to show daddy im not a foooooooool! Haha Don't you just love the movie Billy Madison with adam sandler in it? I think it's hilarious.

anyways that was way off topic. I am here at college reading, reading, and reading some more. Already a ton of homework and only the 2nd day..and i have to stay on top of everything this semester! I got a letter in the mail saying that since my GPA was 2.8 last semester that I was on probation for this semester with my scholarships. This semester is a grace one so i have to bring it up or else i might not being going to college anymore because i cant afford to lose these scholarships!

Homemade cleaning products?

Ok, so I am in awe over the people of today making homemade cleaning products. I never thought of this and I think it is an amazing idea! One that stuck out to me is for laundry detergent. Making it at home can actually cut the cost of detergent from 30 cents a load to 1 cent...yes 1 single penny! Amazing right? So I htought I would share a recipe I found. One for liquid (gel-like) and one for poweder. Enjoy! and keep a look out for more that I find. ~Amazing~

~Liquid detergent~
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/04/09/making-your-own-laundry-detergent-a-detailed-visual-guide/

~Powder Detergent~
http://www.duggarfamily.com/recipes.html

The above actuallyhas a recipe for both kinds...and more! Hope you find this experiance enjoyable. I will be making some when I run out...unfortunately this past weekend I bought a 180 load box of Gain from Sams Club...I'm hoping to get rid of it quickly to try this!