Having Fun in July

This month of July has been really fun. What makes it so fun is because my sister is almost due! I cant wait to meet my niece. She has a name picked out which makes me really happy. Now I can start making her decorations for the babys room. Her baby shower will be this Saturday and it seems theres many people coming. Just with my family there will be at least 15 of us. Im so happy my family will come to my sisters baby shower. As you can see in this picture, she has been growing. The good thing is that shes only gained like 9 or 10 pounds. She really looks good! All the weight she gained is just from belly and boobs! :) We are very excited. My niece moves a lot! You can actually see her moving from Almas stomach. It is crazy.

Last Saturday, we got a call from tia Eva from the airport. They live in Texas and they were going to Denver Colorado to visit her daughter. They were here in phoenix for about 3 hours, and we went to go see them. They are such great people and funny. We were only there for less than an hour, but we had a great time. I showed them wedding pictures and brought so many great memories. Hope they had a great flight! Being in the airport made me want to just get on a flight and leave for vacation! hahaha.. but I cant, I will start working soon!

Last weekend my mom left to Guadalajara. They had a reunion with her siblings. 5 of them went, 3 couldnt. I heard they had a great time! If you haven't been to Guadalajara, you really need to go. It is so beautiful! I loved it when I went. I was young but I remember that trip pretty well. This is a wallet my mom brought me from Guadalajara. I loved it! The things they sell over there are just unique and beautiful. Thanks for the wallet mom!

Altered Wood Blocks

This is a different design I did! I know school will start pretty soon! I thought maybe teachers could decorate their desk with these blocks! I know thats what I would do! haha..

I custom cut these wooden block pieces, sanded the blocks , primed, paint and decorate. It actually took much longer time that I expected. But they turned out so cute! The square in the middle is a transparency. I stamped it using acrylics. It was kind of hard because the stamps moved while I was stamping. But I love how the stamping turned out! I am selling these name blocks on etsy! Check them out!

SoLovelyCreations Etsy Shop

Personalized Wood Blocks

Arent these cute??? A couple days ago, I was sitting in my craft room thinking of what to do next. I just love coming up with new ideas. I've made mixed media collages, scrapbook pages, canvas art, drawings, luggage tags, frames, pencil holders, woodburning boxes, decoupaged cigar boxes and much more!

I love to do personalized, custom work and made this personalized wooden block! I received a message from a woman who just had her third baby girl in May! She loved the Ashley design, but wanted to see if I could put all of the baby births information! Of course I did, and it turned out beautiful! I loved it!

Here is the custom block they ordered! I can just imagine how beautiful it will look in the baby's room! I think green and pink are the perfect colors to decorate a baby's room(a girls room of course)! I keep telling my sister to decorate the room with these colors, but she still has no idea of what to do!

All the letters are stamped with acrylic paint. I stamp the information on transparency and it makes it a little harder to stamp on. But I love the results! Its not perfect, you can tell its handmade but thats exactly what I love about it! I hope they like their custom block!

Finally... I am posting!!!

AAAaaahhh.... I miss my long hair!!! I went to Mexico for 2 weeks, and while I was over there SOME people ( I wont say who haha) told me to cut my hair. They said I needed a different look. And I listened, and I cut my hair! Here is the final product! haha... I like it, its cute, but I really do miss my long hair. Its better short though, I can style it many different ways. It was getting to boring with the same do while I had my hair long.

I stayed for 2 weeks in Mexico. It was nice, but I missed my husband and home a lot!! While I was over there I went to the beach, I went out with my cousins, out to eat, went to the dentist, took care of my little cousins, we had a baby shower for my sister, visit family, just had a good time!

Below is a picture of my sister and my mom ( with super short hair) at the baby shower we had for my sister. We organized and planned the party in 2 days. She got a lot of presents, of course mostly all pink and purple. Except one aunt gave her yellow stuff, she still thinks its a boy even though they told her its a girl! Crazy huh!! She is due in a bout a month, maybe a little more! I cant wait!

Here is another picture I took with my sister that same day. Aaaahh... my long hair is gone!! It looks very cute short though!

We took this picture at a club we went to. Oh my, that club was packed with people. You couldn't even walk comfortable. We found a little place in the corner which was perfect! My cousins were buzzing by then, can you tell?? haha.. they are funny!