Finished Product of Name Tags

As promised here is a photo of the name tags that I made for the girls' cheerleading bags... for a random idea they turned out really cute!! All I did after that was tie them on their bags with ribbon.  

Enjoy!

Love, 

:Chels

NYE 2011 Recap

There once was a girl named Chelsea and after she held cheer practice on Thursday morning... she decided to take a drive.  She ended up in a land that most people like to call... Happy Valley, Utah County, or good ole' Provo/Orem, UT.  

I was so excited to be able to go up and visit some friends that I have not had the opportunity to see in a few years... and I just want to write a recap so I can remember all of the fun memories.  We didn't take a lot of photos from the weekend so this is going to be mostly words... pretty much all words. 

When I got in to Orem-- Stacie was having a little get together at her place and I was able to see some old friends and meet some new ones.  There was lots of laughs and smiles and a huge sense of home for me.  I missed a lot of these people! Bed time that night somewhere around 130 or 2...

On Friday; Stacie and I went to lunch with Danica and her two little girls.  They are cute and such little women... It was fun to catch up with them and of course eat and Pizza Factory.  The rest of the day was spent trying to make NYE plans and running errands... 

That night we went to dinner at Los Hermanos with Chris, Aubrey, Nick, Megan, Stacie, Nicola, Steve(o), Kyle, Clint, and his buddy Nick... and hahaha! That was an enjoyable time and lots of fun.  We had an awesome waiter who put up with all of us!  After dinner we went to a party hosted by some guys that are in Nicola's (new friend) ward... it was "Casino Night!"  Me, Stacie, Nicola, and Steve (o) went to the party and later on that night Fred and Skyler met up with us.  After we did the count down we headed back to Stacie's house and played some games.. Dree and her Kyle met back at the house to play with us.  We def were up extra late that night... I think we were up until 3:30 or 4.... 

On Saturday; Stacie and I got up and went to breakfast with some of her family for her Mom's birthday and then went back and took a nap.... Later in the afternoon we went sledding with Fred, Skyler, and Steve(o)!  That was fun... but I for sure hurt!  After sledding we watched Stacie's nephews... really I just held the baby most of the time though... They were all soooooo cute!  Then it was back to Stacie's for HOT TUBBIN...!!! and then we were up late watchin' movies. 

After all of that... today came and I had to leave... :( 

That is the summary. 

It was so much fun and I totally needed it! I am grateful I was able to see lots of people and get to know some new ones along the way too!!! 

Thank you EVERYONE!! 

Love, 

:Chels

Saying Goodbye.

This last week I said goodbye to a dear friend of mine... 

No Moses did not die.  He is still good and alive.  I just decided it was time for him to go to a good home where he could get the love and attention he was use to getting.  I spend almost a whole year going home and spending time with this little guy, but now I have me back and life.  I'm grateful I had a wonderful furry friend to keep me company.  Thank you to Brian & Heather Hout who have taken this sweet face into their home.  They surprised their kids for Christmas! It was fun. :)

Love, 

:Chels

PS: I will still write a children's book about Moses one day! :) 

Journal Entry #2:

If you could give one piece of advice to everybody, what would it be?


I started writing this post a long time ago... When I first read the question I was not sure what one single piece of advice I would give to everybody, but deep down and with some thought it came to me! So without further ado here is my advice:

BE HONEST!

Be honest with yourself in all

shapes and forms…

Be honest with yourself so you can be completely honest with everyone else….

If you can’t be honest with yourself how do you expect to be able to be honest

with everyone else….

The dictionary defines honesty as:

truthfulness, sincerity, or frankness.

How would you define honesty? 

I will leave you on that note.  Can't wait to hear from you! 

Love, 

:Chels

A few creative moments!

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.”

- George Bernard Shaw

Just thought I would share some ideas/ some of my fun creative moments I have had recently...

This was a diaper cake that I made for Kim Midkiff in Oregon and see those very colorful lollipop looking things... I made those too.  They are cake, I got the idea from bakerella.com and just took my own approach on them ...... The diaper cake was true inspiration... not a copy cat at all, ONE OF A KIND! :)

Next up my current project! 

 

I know these might look strange, but this is just the beginning product... I am not sure where these ideas come from at times, but they do so I accept the challenge and the hours it takes to do it just right.  Not many of you know that I am helping my mom coach the cheer squad at her school... It was a last minute deal where my mom stepped up to the plate in late October and offered to be the coach because if not no one else wanted to do it so there would not be any squad at all. Lucky for my mom I moved home and what a great opportunity for me to do something I love.  Long story short, my older sister Tipton is making bows for the girls and we had some extra white ribbon left over... me being me ..realized we had decided not to put the girls' names on their bags ( last minute orders for Cheer Gear... yikes!).  My brilliant idea is to make the ribbon it to cute " luggage tags" in a way for their bags.  This is only the beginning product.  Once I get through all the steps and finish them I will post the final pictures. Just to tell you what I have so far... By hand I wrote out the girls' names on the strips of ribbon and filled in the letters with glitter glue... These are drying and will have to for several several hours... As you can see I have placed some buttons and other little rhinestones... Those all are going to get sewn on... probably... well yes by hand.  Anyway... Between that and getting a routine together for the squad and many other duties... I have been kept busy.  Wish me luck that this "bright" idea I have and that it turns out to what I imagine it to be... 

And last but not least stay tuned for the "framed letters" I am going to attempt for my older sister's little girls room... I can't wait for that one! 

Love, 

:Chels 

Ps: I love creative moods! 

These are a few of my favor-ite Things

After talking to a friend the other day I came to realize there is still much left to who I am and I really didn't "lose" myself entirely just temporarily... So to celebrate some of my favorite things here's the song that came to mind and if I was really clever I would rewrite the song for you with my favorite things. . . 

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens


Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens


Brown paper packages tied up with strings


These are a few of my favorite things



Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels


Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles


Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings


These are a few of my favorite things



Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes


Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes


Silver white winters that melt into springs


These are a few of my favorite things



When the dog bites 
When the bee stings


When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things


And then I don't feel so bad

Without further a do a few of my favorite things:    

#1: I LOVE APPLE CIDER!! The Holidays are always the best for family, friends, & cider. 

  

#2: I Love Flowers Just Because! 

    

  #2b:  Ok, I love flowers just in general.... 

#3: I also love me some HOT COCOA...yummmmm

I've always wanted to 

Hot Coca for two anyone?! 

I would actually drink hot cocoa in the summer if I could... maybe not now that I moved back to Vegas. 

#4:  Shoes, Shoes, Shoes, Shoes...

Now this is not my closet... however if anyone would like to donate one to me I might gladly take you up on it.  

I love shoes! All kinds of shoes!

#5: Quotes... I love Quotes... That is why I buy these... 

  

I have a stack full at work and anyone who comes and gets a piece of chocolate has to read their quote.  I plan on using these for scrapbook pages one day... or something!! :) 

#6:  The Temple. Simple. Peaceful.

I have had the opportunity to go to the Las Vegas, Provo, Mt. Timpanogos, Medford, Portland, Rexburg, & Idaho Falls Temples.  I have a lot more to go to! :)

#7:  I like the outdoors, reading, the flavors of food, vintage, the ocean, the mountains, snowflakes, 

smooooooothies,

 splashes of color, and the word 

#8:  Last but not least I love the 

Number

 

&

Number

 

I have had these numbers for try-outs for cheer, dance, and who knows what else.  These #s have stuck with me for a long time... other than that they are just fun #s. 

I think that will do it for now...

Ya'll have a wonderful day or night! 

Love,

:Chels

You won't believe this...

As a follow-up to my last post about "chicken pox girl" here is something to make your knickers fly off!  The next morning this is the message I had in my facebook... 

By the way This Is NO JOKE by the way.  I have left who sent this to me; I am sure you can imagine why. 

Subject: I think i met you before in elementary school with the message saying this: did you go to goldfarb or adams? did you possibly have a poison ivy rash when you were younger?

Did you catch the last part, poison ivy rash... Now I get to be known as Poison Ivy Rash Girl... 

Can I at least have a hot suit and play a superhero or something of that sort?  

This was for everyone's viewing pleasure... 

no feelings were harmed in the making of this blog. 

Love, 

:Chels