Botanical Gardens!

Okay so first off, I'm kind of getting tired of my titles being like a page in the alphabet book. But if you really like it, then I guess I can keep it…

Anyway…

So a couple months ago the wonderful hubby and I ventured off to the Botanical Gardens! (I was meaning to make this post forever ago, but I never got around to it. Or I forgot.. But either way, I didn't do it)

Right now they are having CHIHULY in the Garden! (Nov 10th - May 18th, 2014) You may be wondering exactly what that is! Well, let me tell you! And then I can show you! And then you can go see for yourself if you really want to!

Artist Dale Chihuly is a glass blower! (How cool is that?!) His exhibition of his extraordinary and vibrant works of art are displayed at the Phoenix Botanical Gardens.  Chihuly is dreaded with revolutionizing the Studio Gladd movement and elevating the perception of the glass medium from craft to fine art. He is renowned for his ambitious architectural installations around the world, in historic cities, museums and gardens. Chihuly’s work is included in more than 200 museum collections worldwide including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Corning Museum of Glass.

His work really is unbelievable! I'm just curious how long it took him just to make one piece! 

Here are some of the pictures from our evening! (Not all of them are Chihuly art pieces, we also took pictures of some interesting sculptures and such that were at the garden)

These especially looked sweet when the sun went down! There were lights on them which made the colors pop! Apparently in May they are going to be doing Chihuly After Dark which sounds pretty sweet! DJs and fresh air and art and such. (I definitely think this would be the best at night anyway)

Also, Scott and I have a group on for some glass blowing! It probably won't be as intense as this but it will still be pretty sweet! (I just have to remember I have the group on before it expires..) But I will definitely show you the masterpieces that we come up with! 

I hope everyone out there is having a good start to this week!

Peace & love

Attempting to Crochet

So for this past little while I have been on a crocheting frenzy! Probably a good thing so I can start using up all the craft stuff I have before I buy some more… :) And some of this yarn I have had for yeeeaarrrrssss!

I haven't yet mastered these CUTE LITTLE BOOTIES. The directions, however, are in some language that I cannot read and there aren't even those kind of letters on my keyboard… SO I've been expanding my crocheting abilities in the mean time! OH and I also need to get smaller crochet hooks.. I think I have some, but that would require me to find them, but that is if they are actually somewhere in my apt…

BUT ANYWAY! Let's have a looksie on what I've made!!

This is going to end up being a tshirt rug thingy?

Super soft little baby blanket! 

This is nothing really. I decided to quit what I was doing lol

Kitty hat!

It actually turned into a slipper. But I messed up on it. And I only made one foot...

This bag..

is so big...

Peanut fits in it. :)

Here is a "how to" link for the bag btw!

Another cute little baby blanket! Though the photo doesn't do it justice. 

That's about it so far for my crocheting projects. Though I do have a half made blanket in a box… Note to self and everybody else…crochet normal sized blankets take forever!! Ahhhhh smaller projects are sometimes better because they can be completed! Unless maybe you try those blankets where you make them in sections. Also, the counting crochet projects get complicated… I made that bag a litttttle too big ha. Not too sure where but oh well. I have a giant crochet yarn bag now. Huzzah! :)

OH and I want to attempt to make these!! They are super cute! Next crochet project maybe…?

Anyway…those were my mini adventures for the last couple weeks sort of. 

I also just finished my pottery class this last week so stay tuned for a post of the pots I made! Eventually when I have a lot I may attempt to sell them! :)

Aaaannnyyyywayyy

Peace & Love!

Bucket List!

Everyone has a bucketlist. Am I right?! Right. :) Keeping track of that list though can be difficult! Solution! Bloggin it. BOOM! The things that I complete will be italic. Maybe I'll add a little "*" as well. Just for funzies! This will obviously be an ongoing post as well. So check back periodically and see what I have accomplished! :)

I'm also not really going to add things I've already done...unless you think that's a good idea? Lemme know, cause I have done some pretty sweet stuff ;)

ENJOY! :)

1. Skydive
2. Set foot on every continent
1. *North America
2. South America
3. Asia
4. Africa
5. *Europe
6. Australia
7. Antarctica (yes, this will happen)
3. Live until I'm at least 103
4. Go through every LDS temple! (Currently there is over 140. Yikes!)
1. 4 down. (Mesa, Bountiful, Salt Lake City, San Diego)
5. Ride in a hot air balloon
6. Visit the Great Wall of China
7. Get tickets to the Ellen show
8. Put a lock on the Lock Bridge of Love in Paris
9. See the Starling Murmuration
10. See a total Lunar Eclips (blood moon)
11. See a total Solar Eclips
12. Visit every state in America
13. Go white water rafting
14. Go noodling!
15. Catch a marlin
16. Run a half marathon
17. After that ^^ think about running a marathon
18. Go to an active volcano
19. Go on a safari in Africa
20. Go to the rainforrest in South America
21. Hike Machu Picchu
22. Hike the Stairway to Heaven (Hawaii)
23. Go see Mt Rushmore
24. See the Northern Lights
25. Learn how to sail
26. Live in Europe
27. Get married in the Temple
28. Go on a cruise
29. Swim in every ocean
30. Go whale watching
31. Go to Niagra Falls
32. Hike down the Grand Canyon
33. Build an igloo
34. Ride a camel in it's natural environment
35. Stand on the equator
36. Create new life with my hubby
37. Make my own melted crayon art
38. Join the polarbear club
39. Build a tree house
40. Adopt a baby
41. Grow my hair out really really long
42. Complete a scrapbook
43. Go to Ireland
44. Make a driftwood bonfire
45. Celebrate Holi in India
46. Make grape juice by grape stomping
47. Spend a day blind
48. Float in the Dead Sea
49. Visit all the natural wonders of the world
50. Visit all the man-made wonders of the world
51. Visit every Disney theme park
52. Make a legit sand castle
53. Live happily ever after with my wonderful hubby! :D
54. Road trip up the west coast and hang out in Victoria, Canada!
55. Road trip across the states!
56. Make a quilt!
57. Make a t-shirt quilt 
58. Reupholster something
59. Witness 3 generations of my posterity!
60. See the pyramids 
61. Go see the biggest flower in the world! (South America?)

Remember…I will be adding stuff to the list as I think of more!