This is MAJOR!

I have some big news for ya'll!

Oh and Hi....since I haven't blogged in oh, FOR-EV-ER!

So...you ready for the big, huge, awesome news?? 

 I. AM. ENGAGED. 

Yep, My Honey finally popped that long awaited question that I had pretty much decided my ears would never hear! 

Here's the story.

We were on our way to a family reunion in the Texas Hill Country, which just happens to be our favorite part of Texas!  My Honey had suggested that we take our own car and take the longer, scenic route.  I agreed, as we always like taking back roads because you just get to see so much more of the beautiful state of Texas!  We had reached the Guadalupe River and had gone over several crossings when he suggested that we stop off at one and stretch our legs and see if we found any cool rocks.  Again, I wasn't suspicious in the least because he likes to get a cool rock everywhere we go and we had been on the road for hours.  So he pulls off at a crossing and there's this beautiful water fall just under the bridge.  We climb down there and all I can think is "I'm going to fall, this is much steeper than it looked and SNAKES, there are probably snakes everywhere around us and why is there grass touching my leg?  SNAKES!"  I'm terrified of snakes, if you can't tell. 

Could the setting be more perfect?

Pretty sure there are 10000 snakes around here!

We finally got to a more open area and I was calming down about the tall grass and mounds of snakes that were likely all around us when I noticed My Honey was acting kind of nervous.  Weird!  I really started getting suspicious when he took a "self pic" with me and smiled!  He NEVER does that!  It usually takes 5 times before I can get him to be serious! 

Serious picture on the first try! 

Something must be up!

Then he started back toward the car and I was more than ready to get out of that "snake infested" area!  Then he stops and says "WHAT'S THAT?" and I freak out because I just knew it was a snake!  I screamed and jumped and just freaked out in general.  When I turned around My Honey was on one knee.  Then I REALLY freaked out!!!!  The moment that I had dreamt about for 3 years was finally happening!  It was the single happiest moment of my life!  He said "I'm really nervous but 'Will you marry me'"?  He said that he wished he had taken a picture so that he could show everyone the look on my face.  He said it was perfect.  Of course,  I was in shock and said nothing so he finally said "well, will you?"  That's when I snapped out of my haze and screamed "YES! Yes, I will marry you!" and then jumped into his arms and then he said "well, here try it on!"  haha!  I said "no, you put it on me!" and it fit PERFECTLY!  It was the best moment and it was just he and I and I wouldn't have it any other way.  I get to marry my best friend, my soul mate, the love of my life!  I still have to pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming!

 I couldn't have picked out a better ring! 

It's PERFECT!

Another view of my PERFECT ring!

ha!  Our first "toast" as a married couple! 

You know I had to get the ring in there!

We went to dinner that night and my SIL and cousin/MOH surprised me with a "bride" tank and they had on their "bridesmaid" tanks! 

 It was the perfect end to the perfect day!

Of course, since I've been dreaming about getting married to this wonderful man for 3 years, you KNOW I have the wedding pretty much planned out!  How can you not with Pinterest? (follow me!)  I can't wait to share all of our the details with ya'll!!  We have LOTS of DIY things planned and I will be sharing each project on my blog!  Here are 2 teasers!  Can you guess what we're going to do with them?

 battered old picket fence

Ugly brass chandelier

And you know, I'm always on some new diet/fitness kick and I AM doing something right now but I am convinced that the minute I blog about it I jinx myself...so I will talk about it....but I'm saving it for 15-20 lbs from now!

So for now....as the chalkboard in my kitchen says....

Okay, okay...and one more picture of my BE-AUTIFUL ring!

Enjoy...The Curvy Life!

DIY Nursery Wall Art

Go check out the LOVELY wall art my sister in law and I (mostly her) made with my fancy Cricut!  It turned out so cute...here's a few pics but you can read the full story over at her blog "Mommy In The Making"

Cricut Crafting-BFF's Birthday Card!

I was very anxious to make something with my new toy...and lucky for me, my best friend Casey's birthday is Saturday...so I started out simple and I made her card...

This is just about everything I used...inside that green box is just about every plain color card stock you can imagine!! And I actually ended up only using 2 of the papers here.

Up close of the cartridges and ribbon...I only ended using the purple sparkly ribbon...you can barely see it, it's on top of the Doodlecharms box. Also...note the tape to the left...that's "raised" tape...to make things look 3-D...I used those on the cupcake...see below.

TADA...finished product...and I think it's pretty cute.  :) It's actually cuter in person...I need a better camera...but for now mine will do!

Enjoy...The Curvy Life!

New Obsession!

So, I consider myself pretty "crafty" and have been scrapbooking for several years...yet I just heard about the Cricut thanks to my Mom.  I had to learn more about this thing so, of course, I turned to the interenet!  To my surprise they start at like $250 and go up.  Being the thrifty shopper that I am, I was determined to find it cheaper.  I turned to Craigslist and sure enough I found a brand new...never used Cricut Expression for $200!!  SCORE!!  I picked it up today and I'm in love!! 

You can make so many cute things!!  I found an AWESOME blog...Everyday Cricut and wow...they are super creative and gave me so many ideas!

So get ready...The Curvy Life is going to start being the Crafty Life as well!!  I'm super excited to share my creations with you all!!!

First up...a picture my sister in law will be making for Zane's nursery!

Cold Weather Craft Day-Tissue Paper Pom-Pom's

I'm helping throw a baby shower for my sister in law in April...I've gotten all my ideas from several different blogs!!  One of the ideas I've seen repeatedly is the Tissue Paper Pom-Pom's from Martha Stewart's website.  I've been wanting to test out making one for a few weeks and today being a "Snow Day" presented the perfect opportunity...after all, I needed SOMETHING to keep my mind off wanting to bake cookies, chili, etc...So I made one...

Step 1

Take at least 7 pieces of tissue paper (I used 9) and fold accordion style, tie a piece of florist wire around the center (I didn't have any so used a ribbon...I think wire would be better!)

Step 2

Cut tissue on each end in a point or round (I did the point and definitely needed sharper scissors!)

Step 3

Fan out one end and begin to pull each piece of tissue out toward you...I recommend alternating pulling one piece toward you, one piece in the other direction...I realized this on the second section! :(

TADA...Finished Project

I took a piece of ribbon and folded it in half, looped it around the center of the pom-pom and tied a knot. 

A few tips I learned:

• Use thicker tissue paper...not cheap tissue paper from Dollar Tree like I did!
• Alternate the way you pull out each section, one toward you, one away from you
• Don't pull to hard or you'll rip the paper-like I did!

I think it turned out pretty good considering how THIN the paper I used was...and it took me about 10 minutes!!! 

Check out these awesome blogs for great crafting ideas for showers, birthday parties, etc.:

Bump Smitten

Hostess with the Mostess

OH! Baby Shower Decor

The Celebration Shoppe

There are so many more blogs out there...but these are a few of my favs!

Enjoy...The Curvy Life!