Snow Globes

I made this snow globe for a friend for Christmas and I thought it turned out really cute.
I felt a little jealous giving it to her.

Family Photos

Alright family...here is our family picture!!!

Snow Globes

I was over at a friends house from church the other day and she had made some snow globes that turned out adorable.

I thought it was such a cute idea and then I started seeing them on blogs and I thought they looked cute and would be easy to make so I gave it a try.

I bought 3 of the mason jars from Michaels and one storage jar from Ross. If I planned ahead or was willing to wait I would have collected jars from pasta sauce and other things.

I checked 3 Michales in Tucson and ended up buying a huge pack of the Lemax Trees. I wish there was a Hobby Lobby here because the ones at Hobby Lobby had smaller bases which would have made things easier.

The project ended up being a little more high maintenance than I expected. The lip of the jar is so much smaller than the width of the inside of the jar so I couldn't fit as many trees in some of them as I would have liked. Also, once I put the snow in the trees sat too low so I created plat forms using foam board so the trees would sit taller. I even had to trim some of the needles on the bottoms of the trees to make sure the snow fell past them.

I bought two bags of snow, one regular and one glittery, and only mixed a little glitter in each jar. The glitter sort of sticks to the sides of the jar which I don't love, but I can live with it.

The lady on this blog some how got her trees to sit high and wider than the opening of her jars. Hmm.

More work than expected but they turned out cute.

Emily

Emily and I were roommates our freshman year in college and we are still the best of friends.
She is graduating in a few weeks from the College of Education.
Way to go Em!

Baby Zander

This is baby
Zander.
His mom, Amy, and my sister have been friends since high school.
My sister and I both drove back to Mesa one weekend to meet the baby and take pictures.
He is such a sweet little baby (we loved him).

Newborn Lydia

This is baby Lydia Ryan.
I love the name.
Her mommy (Kristina) and I are sideline cheerleaders for our husbands' soccer team.
We are also in the same ward and we have become great friends.

Kristina's mom came for pictures and support. It was fun having her around.


thanks friends for lettings me take your new baby's pictures

Joedy and Rob family

Joedy, Rob and baby Josey
Such a cute little family!
and funny...they crack me up