Last year.....

Well It has been 1 year since I have posted on here.  :(  Sorry about that.....  I was a little bit busy making a baby!  The hubster got a new job {2.24}We celebrated his 28th Birthday on Saturday, {2.25}at Top Golf, where I beat all of his friends a put put. Then he turned 28 on Sunday, {2.26}and that is the day we found out we were having a BABY!

We called the baby, Baby G for a while..

    {Meet Baby G!}

{I loved being pregnant & I love leopard}

{Amy Jo Finley Photography~Look her up}

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{Look at that little baby!!}

{On our 2nd Wedding Anniversary, {5.29.12}we found out that Baby G was a GIRL!}

 {Such a fun day!!!}

Then it happened.....

{Then I got kinda big!}

 Had a few baby showers....

{My friend & coworker, Malori}

{Shannon, Me & Robyn, My amazing friends/co-workers!}

{At my family and friends shower!!}

{Mom, Me, & The world's best MIL}

Then.. the best day of our lives happened....

{11.4.12}Addie was born!

{& Here are her sweet newborn pictures.  Again, AmyJoFinleyPhotography}

{A is for Addie}

{This is the teddy bear my dad gave me when I was born}

{We love big bows} 

{Dad loves little bows}

Surprise Someone Today!!!!

Do you want to surprise one of your co-workers on his/her birthday?
When they are away from their desk, steal their coffee cup.
Using a mustache stencil, paint a mustache onto the bottom of it, with acrylic paint.
-you can get a mustache stencil from a scrapbook store, or make your own with your silhouette sd machine or a cricut.


Take pictures with the cup, then replace the cup on his/her desk.  
Then take pictures of them with the cup, later.

Shannon, modeling with  the cup!

Me, modeling with the cup!

Daniel, the proud owner of this mustache-stenciled coffee cup!

I mustache you a favor... PLEASE HAVE A GREAT DAY! 

Love, 

EmmieG

Brisket Tacos

For Valentine's Day this year I wanted to cook Brisket Tacos, because my husband LOVES them!
Here is the recipe I made up:
1 Roast
1 Can of Beef Broth
1 Can of HOT Rotel
1 Onion-sliced
Salt and Meat Tenderizer
Seasoning-McCormick Spanish Chicken Skillet (see picture)

All you do is season your roast with the seasonings mentioned above, and anything else you might want to use.  Put your roast in the crock pot and then add the onion, beef broth and rotel.  Cook on low for 8 hours, and then trim fat and serve in corn tortillas, with cheese, avacado, pico de gallo, chips and salsa! Enjoy! 
I'm not a great cook, but my husband LOVED these tacos and said he was impressed! Yay!
:) Post a comment on here if you try my recipe! 
Love,
Emmie G

Vintage Window Makeover

Do you have an old window that you want to fix up and turn into a bulletin board?

Here's how!

You will need: chicken wire, fabric, wood, stable gun, hammer, nails & a vintage window~of course!

#1 measure your window and go to Lowe's or Home Depot and buy a piece of thin wood that is the same size or about 1/2 inch smaller on all 4 sides.

Cover your wood with fabric.

#2 roll out your chicken wire, and you might want to use a brick to hold it down, otherwise it will roll back up (similar to the way wrapping paper does) 

Place your wire on the back side of your window and get it situated the way you want it.

Staple it in place! Use a lot of staples.

#3 Place your board that is covered in fabric on the back, make sure it is in the correct place, where you want it, and nail it in place! And you are DONE!

So easy, so fun and sooooo CUTE!

Have a blessed day! 

Love,

EmmieG

Happily Ever After

I offered to make a few handmade items for my cousin-Kami's wedding

 {A Nelson Est. 2011 canvas (which was more of a wedding gift) a Nelson Banner, Mr. & Mrs. photo frames, a K heart D decoration -created out of an old window, canvas, paper and lace (&hot glue!!!!!) }

These are a few pictures taken by Janie Trask Photography!  

The wedding was gorgeous as well as the amazing decorations that Alicia Iverson handmade!!! She is so talented!!! I've posted a few pics below (also taken by Janie Trask Photography) of her work..... she's a total rockstar.......

I hope this has inspired you to get creative!!! Lots of love & warm wishes to Kami & Daryl (the newlyweds)!!!!

Love,

EmmieG

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MawMaw's Canvas ♥

 This is the lovely lady MawMaw. MawMaw is Brandon's grandmother.  She is fun, loving, caring, happy, sweet & a good cook!  Last week was MawMaw's Birthday!   I made her a canvas that describes her...

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Isn't she so cute?! Love her!

Love,

EmmieG

Laundry Room Shelf MaKeOvEr!!!!! ♥

So... This is the Mr. {Pretty Cute, Huh?} ;) He is preparing to hang up the curtain rod so we can  hang the curtains I made for our.........Laundry Room Shelf Makeover!!!! 

So, this is the "before" pic.... {random drill, dog food, cleaning supplies & laundry detergent}

And the "after" pic, after 5 hours of sewing..... (yes, they are 9 ft. long!!! ) So it took 5 entire hours!  and... I might be a perfectionist, so I took my time..... Anyways, this is the finished product, and we are very proud!  I have to give the Mr. most of the credit for going to Hobby Lobby with me and picking out the fabric and for the whole idea to begin with... I think he's been watching to much HGTV...... just sayin' 

We took the next step and organized everything with Wicker & Canvas baskets.... :):):) Yay for being organized!!  Oh Yeah!

Thanks for coming by today & checking out my latest.....

Have a fantastic day!

Love,

EmmieG 

♥ National Craft Month

Yes, March is National Craft Month! {I know, pretty exciting right?!} You've got 2 days left..... DO SOMETHING CREATIVE, then post a comment on here about it!  :-)

Love, 

EmmieG

Tie Onesie for Baby Vince! ♥

One of my Best Friends, Bonnie is about to have a sweet baby boy named Vince, in July!  This is a cute little tie onesie I made for him!  Thanks to crapivemade  for giving me the pattern to create &  gift this little onesie to my friend!  If you want to make a onesie like this, here's the link: Tie Onesie

I LOVE SEWING, I LOVE MY FRIENDS & I LOVE BABIES!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

Love, EmmieG

Canvas Art

2 YEARS AGO........... 

I bought a package of canvases.  My husband was threatening to throw them out, if I didn't do something with them! So.... I was at Faithful Scrapper and Amy mentioned she was going to do something fun with a canvas, so I brought my canvas up the next day at lunch! I started by painting the entire canvas a dark brown, then I stenciled on a cute design with gold metallic paint.  We used her Cricut to cut out the letters of my last name and est. 2010-our anniversary year.  So I Modge Podged the letters on!  I wanted to add a little more detail, so I hot glued lace onto the bottom of my canvas! The last thing I did was use these flowers that Jennifer Sloane at Live.Teach.Create cut out with her cricut.  She used pages from an old book! We sprayed the flowers down with *Glimmer Mist* then let them dry.  After the flowers dried, I crumbled them up, and then un-crumbled and layered 3 on top of each other, gluing one on top of the next..... then embellished the center with a button and glued them in place!  It was such a fun project, that I could not wait to start the next one............(see below)!!!!!

*here's an up close pic of the flowers! Aren't they adorable!

This is the next canvas I made.......... the next day!

I think I'm addicted.......

This is our little cousin Brianna! She just turned 9 and this was her birthday present! 

I think she loved it......

 *up close pic of the flowers! These were made of scrapbook paper! Oh, I love them!

Thanks for checking out my canvas art! 

Love,

EmmieG