Craftyminx

Happiness is...

 1. Pretty, Puffy Clouds, 2. Little hands making colorful messes, 3. new dresses!, 4. Furrs Cafeteria with good friends,
5. Furr's food :), 6. New artwork, 7. Making baby blanket #1, 8. Dewey "helping",
9. summer cookouts, 10. my favorite fro-yo flavor, 11. Impromptu date nights, 12. my favorite record store,
13. Finishing Baby Blanket #2, 14. Learning a new joining method, 15. Dewey being cute, 16. Skate Party!,
17. Hers and His beers, 18. crazy eyes, 19. a little embroidery, 20. boozy mondays with Levi!

Lots of photos this week since I didn't get to post any last week. To be honest, I didn't think I'd get around to posting this one today. I feel awful because of allergies and just want to be in bed.  Eh, I'm at least functioning today. If you don't see me around on here or twitter for a couple of days you'll know I've been taken over by a sinus infection.

Music:

 Sometimes I just need a little poppy ditty to make me smile. This is one of those songs. Cute boys, cute video, and a Zach Galifianakis reference. That's really all I need to make me happy.  Next week I'll start sharing some of my summertime favorites, new and old.

A Granny A Day: Week 19

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I've finished two more blankets!! I'll share photos next week. I am really really proud of these two baby blankets made from the May squares. They are super cute! I used two new joining methods too and they were really easy. I am all for learning as many joining-as-you-go methods as I can. I hate sewing blankets together.

Friday is seriously my favorite day of the week! It's always slow at work so I can catch up on big projects while the phone isn't ringing. Today there's only one other person in the office so I'm listening to music a little louder than I normally would be able to. I'm jamming out to Lady Gaga and doing a lot of desk dancing. I still have mixed feelings about her new album, but I like the 80s vibe that plays throughout the songs. Right now, my favorite song from it is Americano. Have a listen.   

Happiness is...

 
1. Ginormous marshmallows!, 2. Tasty dinners at home, 3. Philly Cheese Steak Rolls,
4. pretty photos from ugly tree messes, 5. Olive flirting with our gnome, Chomsky ;), 6. Mother/Daughter manicures,
7. Dewey begging to sit in my lap, 8. Getting a good photo of myself., 9. Tiny Hearts on Natural Nails,
10. Getting to see the baby elephant at the zoo, 11. Taking the girls to the zoo., 12. fun, mis-matched bedding

Music:

I've been obsessed with this song/video/artist ALL WEEK after seeing it on the Sunshine and Carousels blog (Erin made the sweet treats for the video).

Have a Happy Tuesday :)

Happiness is...

 
1. A very pretty latte, 2. A new fun shirt, 3. Colorful froyo,
4. Roadtrips, 5. Our new niece Charlotte!, 6. My mom's homemade blackberry cobbler,
7. Colorful wheels of nail polish, 8. Dewey sun bathing, 9. My favorite vintage sheet pattern,
10. Working on new projects!!, 11. The charm of tiny churches, 12. a tiny little friend helping me block crocheted squares

Music:

Katie posted this yesterday for her Music Monday feature. It seriously gave me chills so I had to share it here too. I don't think I've heard of The Honey Trees before, but I'm really loving  their music. Her voice is beautiful and sweetly haunting.

I also have to add this one because I Love pomplamoose and I love angry birds, therefore this is pretty awesome :)

Have a Happy Tuesday everyone!

A Granny A Day: Week 15

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I started the Square a day in May this week so the last few grannies are in different color palettes for that. I am loving this whole not having to pick my patterns thing. Anyone else want to host a month of granny-alongs so I don't have to pick another month?

Some fun news for Friday: I'm hopefully getting another niece today! Charlotte is working on being born in Las Vegas to my brother and sister-in-law. Christina's water broke about two hours ago after being induced last night so I'm anxiously awaiting texts and keeping up with updates on Facebook. Sadly, we won't be able to see Charlotte until July when we plan to take a family trip up to Vegas to meet her and do Vegasy things.

We're going to spend the weekend with my mom and dad for Mother's Day. My dad is having a blacksmith get together so I'm hoping I can get some good photos of them blacksmithing -- pounding hot metal? (I'm not really sure what they do). I need some practice with my action shots.

I realized right after I posted my happiness is... post on Tuesday that I forgot to put in some music. So since it's Friday I'm going to post this epic* performance of Rebecca Black's "Friday:"

I have major little girl crushes on Stephen Colbert and "Silver Fox" Taylor Hicks so this cracks me up like crazy every time I watch it. Only those three and Roots can take a horrible song and make it pure awesomeness.

*My SIL hates it when anyone uses epic so Xochit, that was for you ;)

Happiness is...

 
1. Attending my niece's school program "Kindergarten Cafe", 2. Last week's nails, 3. Levi's colorful kitchen,
4. Awesome mugs of tasty drinks, 5. New Hair!, 6. Sunday Gospel Brunch at the Boom,
7. Dewey trying to hide before we leave in the mornings, 8. Springy clothing, 9. My new favorite spring/summer makeup

Music: Check it out!
Katie(@founditmadeitok on twitter) re-tweeted the following this morning "OH MY GOD, I am so nostalgic right now. RT @levarburton: Check it out!!! #bydhttmwfi #ReadingRainbow http://j.mp/f4wVHG" and I had the same reaction to this classic Reading Rainbow clip:

Have a happy (and nostalgic) Tuesday everyone!

Happiness is...

 
1. A New Dress, 2. Vintage Enamel Pins, 3. Tamale Tuesday!,
4. Strawberry Cupcakes, 5. Dewey Snuggles, 6. Glitter!,
7. Peter Pan Collars, 8. Fresh Strawberries in Cereal, 9. Grilling Kabobs,
10. Polka Dots, 11. Best Tiramisu Ever!, 12. Reaching another milestone on my afghan

I'm going to start adding a song every week, because music is a big part of what makes me happy. I listen to this song any time I need a little dance party in the middle of the day. Have I mentioned I'm kind of in love with Jason Schwartzman?

Happiness is...

1. Our cherry tree blooming, 2. Celebrating my mom's 53rd Birthday, 3. Adding the final square to my blanket,
4. A Dapper cat, 5. An old sign, 6. Angel's Diner in McAlester, OK,
7. Angel's Diner in McAlester, OK, 8. Ombre Nails, 9. Houndstooth Manicure,
10. Our backyard with a fisheye lens, 11. Cutest photo of Dewey ever!, 12. a new macro lens for my iPhone

And this video:

My husband told me I had to watch this video and lo and behold I have a new favorite band. He knows me. I secretly want to be in a girl band just like this. I have the musical background, who wants to join me? We can wear cute vintage clothes and red lipstick and sing songs about puppies, rainbows, and our love of glitter.