Christmas, Body Worlds and a whole lotta randomness

At the Body Worlds exhibit. IT WAS INCREDIBLE!

One of my favorite people in the world, my cousin Heidi

They had this cool skeleton on the wall and if you text messaged something to a certain number, it would be displayed in his talk bubble. This was mine. I tried "Tom stinks" but of course they wouldn't put it up.

Christmas fair in phoenix, complete with fake snow and everythin!

Playing tea party

Christmas Eve with my family

Unexpected visit from Santa Claus

Caitlyn

Hugs for the Christmas tree!

Christmas party with the Peterson cousins

just like her dad

trying to dress herself

merry december

Arrived in Salt Lake Wednesday night.
Just BARELY missed the storm in Las Vegas. We stopped at the Luxor hotel for a buffet, and talked about what shows we would like to see.
ANYWAYS...
It's been so cold! Tom and I are so happy to be here, but Arizona feels like home to us. We love it there, especially the weather. But it feels like Christmas here, so I'm not going to complain.
I can't wait to go to this tomorrow, have a GNO, hang out with family, gain five pounds from all the good food, do some temple sessions, and enjoy the Christmas season.

It's so nice to have a month and a half to spend with Tom! He doesn't start school up again until Jan 20th, so Mae and I get him all to ourselves! That's the best Christmas present ever!

Charlie the Angel

I just found this awesome shop on etsy. And OH MY GOSH! Where do I begin. See this bag? Well, I love it. Because we used to have a grumpy old schnauzer named Charlie. He was GRUMMMPEEEEE. But we loved him anyways. And this looks just like him! He even has wings, which is perfect, because Charlie is now in Doggy Heaven. This also comes in a t-shirt. My birthday is in March everyone. March. Not February. March. March 8th. I like this. March.

A few of my favorite things

About a month ago my button popped off my pants and they have been sitting sadly in the corner of my closet. Now, in the past, I would've taken this as a sign that I "needed" new jeans. yay shopping! But, I am a grown-up now ;) So I sewed on my VERY first button, and I'm quite proud of myself. Don't laugh. This is a big deal for me.

I was cleaning our apartment the other day, and it hit me that I have some really fun things around that I love seeing everyday. Here are some treasures that make me happy.

I've always wanted a sock monkey, so my sister Aubrey sewed this for me for my 24th birthday! I love him. His name is Gilbert.

An old Wendy's chair I painted in high school

Tom bought this print for me as reminder to himself to always keep the romance alive in our marriage. awwww...

A pile of art books (among many in our home) with the top two being some of my favorites. Edward Gorey is one of our favorite artists. And "Bottoms", yet another awesome gift from Aubrey. HELLO! It's a book full of bottoms from famous art pieces. Who doesn't love bottoms?

The shelf above our desk holds my favorite art "how- to" books, Thumper from my favorite movie, and a silver dish that belonged to my Grandma P. where I keep rubberbands, tacs, etc.

What are some of YOUR favorite things?

*skips away singing "raindrops and roses and whiskers on kittens..."*

New

Some items going up in the shop tonight:

Adorable frame, perfect for a friend for Christmas

Life Journal/sketchbook

Fairy journal/sketchbook

Priddy box with 20 vintage record album cover notecards

Pay attention to MEEEE

I is lonely

"In the Wind"

"Octopus Girl"

I love when I get into "the zone". I did this in about an hour or so. I need to go to bed. It's almost 1 AM!

I'm on a roll!

Another print drawn up for you is in the shop!

Photography Rates

I've been asked what I charge for photography, so here it goes:

$75 for one hour session, photo-editing/enhancements and a disc with all images from photo session for unlimited printing, digital scrapbooking, etc.

Still not sure when we'll be in town. We are trying to decide the day we will be leaving, so stay tuned!

{New print in the shop}

"twitterpated"

Giveaway Winna!

And the giveaway winner is (according to random.org):

::AUBREY!::

congrats to my favorite older sister!

Thanks to everyone who left a comment about your favorite Christmas memory. It was so fun to read them! And an extra thank you to those who added my button.

(for those that weren't sure how, just right click on image and save to your computer, then add as a picture onto your blog. You MIGHT need to add the link yourself..not quite sure.)

+More giveaways coming, so stay tuned!+

Americana

I was commissioned by a lovely british women for an Americana themed box. Here it is, folks: