Korean guys are hot

Here are my Korean crushes from my dramas. Tell me which one you think is the hottest and if you can tell them apart. (I'm so curious what you think.)

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Inspired by Boden

Ok, so you know the catalog, Mini Boden.  I got it in the mail yesterday and after looking at it for a few minutes, I decided I was going to make shirts for Porter, rather than drop 30 bucks on one shirt for him.  I bought a bunch of long sleeve shirts at Kohl's, Wal-Mart and Target at the end of the year for like 3 bucks and less.  So I set to work on the first shirt-actually a short-sleeved shirt, but I have plans to add striped sleeves to it for the winter, anyways, the first one was a double decker bus.  Porter loved it, said it looked like Bertie the Bus from Thomas the Train.

This is the Boden shirt that I ripped off!

I think it is the cutest shirt ever!


Next is the Porcupine shirt that I ripped off, it's a great fall shirt.  Plus, it was fun to make though a bitch to sew all the quills.  
This is the shirt I ran out and bought at Goodwill.  It was one of the buy one get one free shirts, so it cost about 1.25.  It is a large women's shirt from Cato, really super soft, thick, quality fabric and practically brand new.  I am going to use the sleeves to add long sleeves to short sleeve shirts for the winter.  Something fun and different, plus cheap and so cute!  But for now, this shirt was used for porcupine quills.

Here is the shirt that it was used to make.

A close up is needed on this one.  Just for all the effort I put out!

Here is the one from Mini Boden that I copied, I really love the colors, but I didn't have the right ones...oh well!

Isn't it the cutest?  I LOVE the colors!  Now that I am looking at it, I realize I forgot to do the ears and nose.  To be added later...I think I will make one of these for Paden, hopefully in these bright colors, because I love these colors and they seem perfect for a little boy!


So this is another shirt from Goodwill, it was also 1.25, because of the buy one get one free deal.  I love those deals!  Porter liked the motorcycle picture.  I liked the whole vintage look of the shirt all together.  

This is actually after I cut out the motorcycle because I am horrible at photo documenting all these things step by step.  Here is the finished product.  The yellow shirt is also from Goodwill, it's a Gymboree shirt, perfect condition, for 1.00!!

Porter loves it.  It honestly just looks ok in the picture.  It is pretty cute actually.

This is another Goodwill find, once again, just thought it was a cute vintage-y picture.  It's actually a woman's shirt, but who cares when you are cutting it up?  The white also was used for the eyes and whiskers on the porcupine.  Also, this shirt had to be pieced back together for this shot due to my lack of thought and preparation to show you my process.  But I think you are smart enough to put it together without me showing you the step by step process.  It is kinda fun being able to say I took this and made this.  So, here it is!

Just used wonder web on the back after I cut it out, ironed it on and stitched around the edges with the sewing machine.  I think it is pretty darn cute!  It's a 3 dollar shirt from Wal-Mart, with a 1 dollar shirt ironed on, so about 4 bucks to make!  Less if you consider the shirt has been and will be used for more shirts!


And the last shirt is an Incredibles shirt because it is the only superhero that Porter isn't afraid of.  Oops, I mean it's the only one he likes, which I should say they are the only ones he likes because it's a family of supers.  But anyways, I had wanted to cut out and iron on a superman insignia on a shirt but he said no way.  So, I had to scrap this together with old shirts mom gave me.  He loves it.  

Et VOILA!  My shirt making spree from Saturday...

New stuff I wanted to show you!

So this blog entry is basically only for Anna, if you aren't her, then you won't care about this post what-so-ever.  I am probably over estimating the number of people that read our blog by at least 1 by saying that, but whatever.  So, here are the latest updates on things in the house!  First is the NEW CARPET that only took a month and one week to install!  Needless to say, we are thrilled and someone is constantly rolling around on the new floor!

This is right after it was installed and here are some pictures of  things in the living room I have done.

I saw these rosettes on a lamp somewhere, I wish I remember where, but they were a great idea!  I am sure you hate all the damask, but I love it!  Clay hasn't said a word about it, pretty sure he doesn't love the added touch!  Although it's quite possible that he honestly has not noticed.

This is above the tv armoire, I just put in new candles and moved things around.  

This is the former dining room, now the kids reading nook.  Having the carpet all through the living area makes it seem huge!  Plus, no pillar!  For some reason that made it seem bigger too.  When Paden moves into Porter's room, this brown armoire will go into the nursery which will become my sewing room.  It's full of sewing stuff.  

This is the entry way with the new hardwood floors!  I love the candelabra there one the table, I had it white originally but decided on black instead.  I love black.  Also, I did the curtains on the door which really help with the afternoon sun/heat.  I am trying to decide if I should cover the windows on the side of the door, it may be too much.  What do you think?  I hate the cut glass look, so I am so glad the big part of cut glass is covered! Eye sore.

This is a lovely cookie jar I found at the flea market, I saw something like it in Pottery Barn Kids for a ridiculous price and it was plastic.  However, I now realize that the plastic aspect isn't ridiculous for kids.  

Here is what I did with it, and I have no idea what to put in it, so it's just on a book shelf in the reading area.

Here are some picture frames I got for fifty cents a piece at a garage sale.  

This is what I did with two of them, Porter picked the fabric.

This is where I put them in their room.

This is the final picture, this is their room now.  Ready for Paden to move in when I am ready!  For now, Parkin is enjoying sleeping in here.  I think I am done with all the decorating, except maybe a table to go between their beds.  I saw one at the flea market that had an American flag painted on it, Porter would love it.  He has an obsession with American flags.

What do you think of everything?????
p.s.  I know that the first few lines of this post are highlighted in white and despite my best attempt, I can't fix that.  Go figure.

Homemade by Jennie

Ok, so Anna is so very pleased with herself.  I am not the smartest computer user, or smartest any kind of user for that matter, and she has found a way for me to post just so that I can put my pictures on pinterest!  This is a dress that I made for my middle P out of an old top of mine....I think it turned out rather adorably!  Please do not pay attention to the minor destruction behind middle P....

My angel is not known for being photogenic but you would never guess from these!  I am so proud of her!  She is turning in to QUITE the diva!  This is a model pose that she insisted on, while I was trying to show the back of the outfit.

 This is a full-back shot of the outfit.  Pretty adorable, while cool and comfortable as well!

We just happened to have a bow from last year that matches perfectly!  I made it to match the gymboree daisy line from last spring...

And because she did all the posing for me with no complaining, I put on fairy wings and played the part of the sugar plum fairy, jumping and leaping about in the playroom.  There are no pictures of this for oh so many reasons...picture compliments of middle P, didn't she do a fantastic job?

Prom Dorks

One whole week without a post! You guys must really miss us right? All two and a half of you? Counting Jennie and myself...

I still subscribe to magazines for teenage girls (Teen Vogue) and the latest issues was all about prom. Oh, prom. And yes 50 years or so ago, of course Jennie and I went to prom together. Wait, we actually did have dates. But we somehow managed to work it out so that our dates were friends so we could all go together. Not sure how we pulled that off.

Our senior prom started with a car wreck and did NOT end with sex like I'm sure most others played out. Jennie and I were out buying last minute provisions (nail polish) and I rammed into the back of a Bronco an hour before our dates were supposed to arrive.

After Jennie's dress debacle (which is a whole other story) this was not a good start to the night. But we made it safely home (the 2nd time around), threw on our dresses, did something with our hair, Jennie let my Mom paint her toenails (not a good idea since she also painted the tops of her toes) and made it out the door in time to get a quick dinner before the dance.

Luckily the rest of the night was uneventful. My most memorable moment of the dance was not even spent on the dance floor but instead, the bathroom. Jennie went into a stall and pretended to throw up while I made up stores about how she was drunk to other people coming in and out. For the record, she had not been drinking. We were just really that dumb. And because of that, it was an awesome night.

I can't find any other pictures from Senior Prom but these are from Junior Prom. Jennie and I actually ended up hanging out that night too even though I doubt she even remembers because we didn't even like each other then.

And this is Ging who ended up being my date to Senior Prom.

Now it's my turn (posted by Jennie, pronounced Jinn-eeeeeee)

Well, this is my first post on our new blog and I really don't know where to begin.  I suppose I will start with my side of the story....
I remember meeting Anna after seeing the school production of something or other...maybe the sound of music...junior year.  We went cruising afterwards, and yes, Beth had almost everything to do with that, Amanda has to be given credit as well.  I do remember thinking to myself that Anna was a tad loud and a lot obnoxious.  After that it is pretty much all a blur until the day I sat in her room crying over a silly boy while she made me feel better.  I think that was when we became inseparable.  If we weren't hanging out, getting squishies with runts and skittles(right Anna? you got skittles, right?), then we were on the phone discussing what we ate, what we were going to wear to school and whether or not a guy that we liked looked at us, amongst many other equally unimportant topics.  Anyways, from that point on, like Anna said, we went to college, moved around, and procreated many times.  All the while remaining best friends.
Ok Anna, who is going to read this?  I think we should have kept it a secret....anyways, I am just going to post this to get it out there and done cause I can tell you are losing what miniscule amount of patience you had with me to begin with.  I will end with saying Anna is my best friend and as much as I say I hate her, I love her with all my heart and my life would be just wrong without her.  And this is one of my favorite pictures of her.

What is this?

(Posted by Anna)

Jennie and I decided to start a blog together where we can share things that we want to write about with each other and anyone else who wants to read it.

We'll also be posting our craft projects that we work on. I started knitting in November and crocheting about a month ago. So far I've been making scarves, blankets and most recently monkey and bear hats which are a lot of fun.

Jennie is the sewer. ha ha sewer.. She sews... anyway she likes to take old clothing and redo it to make clothes for her kids. She also makes cute little felt food and bed tents, among other things.

This is a really boring first entry...

For those of you that don't know who we are or maybe know one of us and not the other, here's our story, the shortened version.

We met through mutual friends sophomore year of high school. Jennie doesn't remember meeting me but I remember meeting her. Not until our junior year did we actually start hanging out and even then at first we didn't really like each other. At the time, I thought she was kind of a ditz (which she's not) and she thought I was really obnoxious (still true). One night Jennie found out her boyfriend was cheating on her and all of her real friends were busy or not home, so she came to my house to cry in my bedroom which I plotted to confront her boyfriend and beat the crap out of him. That night, one relationship ended and a new one began.

The rest is history. We were inseparable from that moment on until we graduated. Then we went to separate colleges but reunited 2 years later at OU where we ended up in the same dorm. In 1999 I got married and Jennie was my maid of honor. Then I moved to Maryland. She graduated from college, then got married and moved from Oklahoma to Texas and now lives in Arkansas. I moved from Germany to California to Arizona to Florida and now back to California.

In this time, we both poppped out 3 kids each. I have 3 boys: Holden, Lucas & Asher. Jennie has two boys and a girl: Porter, Parkin and Paden.

We didn't see much of each other over the last few years so we decided it was time to take a trip together last October. We met up in Boston and had a week free of husbands and kids, full of ridiculousness and fun.

So here we are. We don't know if anyone else will read this except for us. But if you like anything you read, please comment and come back and read more!