Welcome to my blog! Feel free to comment and follow me on my path to creativity. I love meeting new people! Last year I started delving into my crafty side. Scrapbooking, painting, cooking, gardening, photography, blogging, organizing, reading, and sewing are some of my most favorite things. I'm a wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt and friend :)
WELCOME!!! To my very first feature post! This Monday (or should I say Tuesday) I'm featuring one of my favorite people ever, Sonja :) Sorry I'm a day late, it was movie night last night :)
1. What is your name, tell us a little bit about yourself, and what you do. Hi! I am Sonja, I am a stay at home mommy to my princess Addyson. I am 21 years old and married to my amazing USAF airman, Ray! I have always loved being creative and I mostly focused my creativity into my love for theater! When I got pregnant I started doing a few projects and I realized just how fun it was! I also discovered during that time how much I loved to bake and cook, I had always liked it before, but I came to love it within that 9 months! Recently I picked up crocheting and its so relaxing and fun to do, I am getting pretty ok at it if I do say so myself! I do other little things here and there, like painting with my daughter, painting pottery with my bff aka Lindsay, and occasionally some sketching! I would love to get a sewing machine and make some clothes... attempt it anyways!
3. What's your obsession right now? Addyson, my daughter (lol that is not supposed to sound creepy) Also I love headbands, I could wear them everyday and never get tired of them. Crocheting, I just love how relaxing it is! Music and singing!! Snowflakes, ribbon, shopping, catalogs and skinny jeans!! 4. Where do you get your inspiration and what keeps you motivated? I get inspiration from so many things! My daughter of course, family, friends I get some inspiration from all the great blogs I read, and other little things here and there :) My main motivation comes from my husband! He is always pushing me to be better or to try something new. He is actually trying to get me to audition for American Idol this summer, but I've heard too many negative try out stories so I think I am gonna skip that one lol, plus I am nowhere near as talented as some of the contestants they found this year!
6. If you could eat dinner with a famous person, past or present, who would it be and why? That's easy, Josh Groban!!! I first heard him when he performed at the Super Bowl in 2004 as I was walking out of my parent's living room. I stopped dead in my tracks and ran back to the couch and I was hooked ever since! His voice is just so sincere and beautiful and his songs are amazing. Not only that, but he is really involved with charities too. He is involved with Toys for Tots, his own personal foundation that helps kids in South Africa, he recently recorded "We are the World" with other artists and all the proceeds will go to help Haiti. He is just an amazing artist and he uses his fame for good, which can't be said about many celebrities these days.
Free Speak: I would like to mention how amazing it is to see some of the ladies on other blogs who have helped Haiti in their time of need. Whether it is donating from their Etsy shops or by selling paintings. It is just so wonderful to see everyone help and care so much.
I hope everyone enjoyed my first feature post, now show some love for Sonja :) !!
If you would like to be featured e-mail me at Mezmerized814 (at) aol (dot) com
Lots of fun things to share with you guys. I've been working my booty off getting a few projects done. I'm not ready to share all of them yet, I'll update soon with some sneak peeks :) Here are a few things I have completed though :)
I made my good friend Kristie her very own treasure box. I'm hoping all my friends will eventually have one of my boxes in their craft room :) Here is a small peek into what it looks like :)
Thought I would also share what I have been organizing this weekend. All the Valentine's Day swap cards. I'm still waiting on 4 more peoples cards. Hoping to have them out by Tuesday (if the cards get here tomorrow). I will send out an e-mail when they get sent out so you guys can keep a look-out :)
I finally finished the apron from Style School. I didn't realize how long it would take me, I wanted to add so many little details. I'm still having trouble getting the blue Mark-B-Gone off around the embroidered letters. I've tried soap and water but it keeps coming back, any suggestions? Ain't it pretty??? Close-up of some of the buttons, used different colored threads for each button, details details :)
Here is a sneak peek of the Love Day gift I'm making for the hubs :) Only showing a tiny bit because he tends to look here sometimes.
Also, today is VERY special day for us Louisianians (hehe). Saints went to the Superbowl. AND... THEY WON!! 31-17!!! I am beyond happy, crying my eyes out actually!! This wasn't just a win for the Saints, but for the city of New Orleans as well!!! YAY SAINTS!! WHO DAT?!?!?! First time ever they have won the Superbowl!! I am so proud!!!
Here's some of our yummy Super bowl snacks.. Yummy salsa and chips from Mi Mexico
Buffalo Wild Wings in all different yummy sauces
Secret family recipe of BBQ baked beans, I tell you now these are the most amazing beans...EVER!!
Hope you guys have had an amazing weekend.
What did you do and what do you think of my projects??
xoxo, Lindsay
P.S. Tomorrow I will doing my very first Feature Me Monday! Stayed tuned to see who it is ;)
Yay for another post from my blogging schedule! Ok, So I have 3 confessions for you and they ALL start with "I have never"... FUN!!! I am warning you now though, this post is going to be image heavy, I know some of you love it, but others don't care too much for it, so sorry in advance :)
Confession....I have never had fondue (but always wanted to try it)
Confession....I have never been thrifting (but always wanted too)
Confession....I have never had a facial (but always wanted one)
Now on to my obsession :) I have been totally loving pandas, everything panda I want!!! They are just so cute and adorable! So here is some major panda love :) Enjoy! [source]
So when I saw this pan I had a little freak-out moment and said out loud "I HAVE TO HAVE THIS!" so I searched the internets.. and low and behold, I found it!! Guess whose getting a panda pan?? THIS GIRL!!! :D yay!!!!
[All images found via We♥It unless sourced otherwise]
I have so many fun plans for this weekend, Who Dat??? YAY for the Superbowl!! Even if the Saints don't win, I will be so happy that they made it as far as they have. But...let's hope they win :)
I plan on working on some more fun trades and some Happy Mail too and possibly catch up on a few things I was supposed to have been doing last weekend.....
What are your plans for the weekend??? AND DO YOU LIKE PANDAS? hehe
xoxo, Lindsay
P.S. There is going to be a GIVEAWAY coming soon!!! And it's going to be MAJOR!!! Keep a look-out :)
So this is my first post since I scheduled myself. YAY!!! So I have had an amazing Happy Mail week. I am so blessed to have such thoughtful and great friends and family in my life. Joseph says everytime I get a package in the mail "How can I compete with that?" LOL :)
Here are a few cards I got this past week :)
My sister AJ sent me this adorable flower felt ring she made. Isn't it cute?
AJ also sent me these cutsie pictures she made for our first sister project through Skype :) They are SO me and I Love them!! Thank you AJ!
My mom also sent me a little care package of sorts. Look at all this yummy fabric. Gosh I have been in fabric heaven lately!!
She also sent me buttons, a rattle from when I was a baby (oh I love taking walks down memory lane), this cutsie penguin (which she thought was my favorite animal, she got it confused with pandas) and socks. Now some of you are probably thinking, uh she posted socks?? YES, because they are the softest, cushiest socks and I have this tiny obsession with keeping my tootsies warm :) Thank you Momma! *Edited* The penguin is actually from Sage and Ava, the name on it is quite fitting, Aunt Artica, seeing as though it's freezing up here and I'm their Aunt.. perfect!!
Tiffany sent me a cute journal, it was a nice surprise! I had her name last month for Happy Mail! I love how we have become great pen pals! Thank you Tiffany!
Sonja crocheted me some cute hearts to hang from my garland!! You still have to teach me how to crochet these!! Lol!! Thanks so much! They are already hung up!
I also got my custom, homemade address book from Michelle that I ordered a few months back, isn't it adorable?? I love the button spine! She also threw in my favorite painting of hers, a TON of buttons (the way to my heart) and some cutsie button earrings :) I LOVE it all! Thanks Meesh! I love all my surprises!!
Here are a few pictures of the inside of the address book. I absolutely love her handwriting!
Andrea made me this amazing heart to hang from my garland! I actually got this today, it was included with her Valentine's Cards for the swap. Such a great surprise! I love it! You did a great job Andrea, it's perfect!
I also got this amazing garland from Carrie I ordered last week. It matches perfect with the pom-pom wreath she also made me :) It was hung within 5 minutes of me opening it, lol. I am going to hang my Valentine's Cards from it! Thanks Carrie, I love it!
Hope you all enjoyed my first Happy Mail Wednesday :) Now I'm off to address several envelopes for the Valentine's Day Card Swap! Hoping to have them out by next Tuesday, if I get all the cards in by then, it will be sooner :)
xoxo, Lindsay
P.S. sorry if anything is misspelled, spell check is not cooperating..
So I have committed myself to a Blogging Schedule.. that's right I scheduled myself. I work better with lists and schedules cause I'm OCD like that. I find it more organized and I pace myself better. That and it also helps that I won't be all over the place. I only put schedules for 4 days. I figure the other 3 I won't blog or if I do it will be random or something I just HAVE to post :)
Here's my schedule :)
**Feature Me Monday**- I am going to try and start this up next week. If anyone is interested e-mail me (mezmerized814 (at) aol (dot) com) and I will send you a short questionnaire and you can send it back with some pictures. You DO NOT have to have a shop to do this, anyone and everyone is welcome. I have been honored on many blogs to have been featured, I want to do the same for my fellow blogger friends :) Check out my latest feature here on Ashley's awesome blog :)
**Happy Mail Wednesday**- This is pretty self-explanatory, I'll post happy mail I've gotten the past week and if I haven't received any, I'll post a recipe or some of my shopping finds :)
**Friday Confessional**- I had SO much fun in our weekly chat with the girls about a week or so ago. I started it by just throwing out a confession and it caught on. It was a great way to get to know each other and I would have to say we became really close by the end of the chat :) SO I will list 3, because that's my favorite number, confessions at the end of each week :)
**Sunday Funday**- This day I will show all the projects I've done during the week or fun things going on in my life. This will also be the day I may announce a giveaway, it's a fun day remember? :)
All this fun blog scheduling will start this Wednesday, kicking things off with some awesome Happy Mail :)
On another note, here are a few things I did this weekend....
~ Wrapped ALL of my embroidery thread...by hand, let me say this is not easy. Thread gets tangled SO easy.
~ I also wrapped 5 skeins of yarn but forgot to take a picture :(
~ Put the plastic inside my panda bag as well as add a zipper. That was not easy, I jammed my sewing machine several times. I was not using the right needle apparently.
~ I also got this yummy fabric, but not sure what to make with it.. any suggestions?
Also, I am currently working on another Style School project. My studio apron. Here is a sneak peek :) I forgot to sew on my pocket before making the main part so hand-stitching it is for me.. LOL It gives it more of a home-made feel :) Hopefully, I will finish it tomorrow.
Hope everyone had an awesome weekend and a fantastic start to their week :)
As some of you may know we recently started a tradition of Dance Saturdays in our home. It's a fun way to burn some calories and have a blast with the kids. We recorded Kaylee being cute as usual. Sorry for the slight pause while I was trying to find a song. I'm not the best camera lady, nor do I know how to edit videos just yet. She has the best dance moves. Next Saturday I will try and get a video of all of us dancing around. For now it's just our little nugget. :)
I bought these today, I was in a serious mood for some chocolate. They are amazing!!!
This was my fortune, I like it so much I stuck it above my desk :)
I also won a giveaway not too long ago from Inka. I won the amazing scarf she made!!! I LOVE the colors! She also stuck some extra goodies in there. Thread, Chocolate from Finland, which by the way I have already devoured, and the cutest hair pin!! Thanks so much Inka!! I Love it all!!
On an amazing note... I got my plane tickets for the March trip!!!!! I'm so so excited!!!!!
I got lots of fun stuff done this weekend, I am about to start on a few Style School projects, so I will post all of them tomorrow :) Also, I am actually going to try a blogging schedule. I only have one day definitely planned, and that Happy Mail Wednesday, where I will post all the fun mail I receive :)
This week I have been in serious crafting mode. Here are a few things I've made and so much more coming this weekend!! I am very thankful for all the good that has been happening in my life lately, especially with last week's news. Thanks again to all my friends that have been there for me :) Especially our weekly chats, I look forward to them every week! The last one we had was my favorite :) CONFESSION.... ;)
Treasure box I made for Ashley's mom. She loved the one I made for Ashley so I made her one too :)
Inside has a cute felt bottom
I made my mom her own little chapstick cozie. She loved the first one I made and that's pretty much the only thing I know how to crochet right now, lol. Even embroidered a little leaf on there.
The back is just yellow felt.
It's big enough to put 2 chapsticks in.
I also completed another Style School project. It was supposed to be fabric earrings, but since I don't wear earrings hardly at all, I made them into fabric magnets. I ran out of buttons else I would have made like 50 of them.. They are so easy and fun to make!! I plan on making a bunch this week :)
In other good news I won a giveaway today!!! Meesh aka Emjay aka Aquafrolic had a Mardi Gras giveaway and I won a KING CAKE!!! I am so excited! I haven't had one in over 6 years. I miss Louisiana so much and this will make me feel at home again :) Thanks Meesh!!
Also, I got my Happy Mail names today!! Can we say EXCITED??? Laura, Lehua and Mandy.. I am so happy I got you guys as Happy Mail partners. LOVE YOU GUYS!! I also want to give a huge shout out to my Jamie :) Without her Happy Mail would not exist. Thank you for all the hard work, time and dedication you have put into putting together Happy Mail for all of us! Your the best!!
I have a HUGE to-do list for this weekend:
~ Work on Style File pages and apron project
~ Add inside liner and zipper to the panda bag I made in this post
~ Roll yarn and embroidery thread as well as organize all my drawers
~ Send out secret giveaway e-mail, you will find out more about this very soon ;) Getting an AMAZING giveaway together with some AMAZING friends in a few weeks
~ Buy my plane tickets for the Springfield trip in March, yay I get to finally meet my craft family!!!
~ Write at least 5 Happy Mail letters
~ Blog on 2010 Best Year Ever
~ Work on Joseph's Valentine's Day gift ;) We are doing handmade this year!!
~ Start organizing some of the cards I have received for the Valentine's Day card swap
~ Work on a blog feature :)
~ Catch up on blog reading
Think I can get it all done? Hoping to get a good portion knocked out tonight, I plan on putting in a super late night tonight!!
Welcome to my blog! Feel free to comment and follow me on my path to creativity. I love meeting new people! Last year I started delving into my crafty side. Scrapbooking, painting, cooking, gardening, photography, blogging, organizing, reading, and sewing are some of my most favorite things. I'm a wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt and friend :)
