M|m: Boys, Don't Make Fun of Girls for Hating Spiders

Because one day, this could happen to you

My First COMPLETELY Finished Quilt

I have made a couple quilts in the past. I made one for my friend, I think back in Jr. High. I didn't sew it together from a bunch of smaller pieces, but rather used larger panels with scenes on them to make up the quilt. I loved how it turned out, but it was my first ever try at it and it wasn't very complex. I also had substantial help from my mom in order to walk me through it and get it completed.

In high school I took a sewing class where I worked on a quilt for the majority of the semester. Although I did get the top finished, I still have yet to put a back, machine quilt it, and then bind it. I think for my second quilt ever, I bit off more than I could chew as far as complexity and so then it began to frustrate me and I didn't get around to finishing. It's a really cool quilt with Asian prints, I REALLY should get it done!

In November, I started on a quilt and this time I actually did it all from top to bottom, front to back. It was less complex than the one I started in high school, and I also had some better motivation to finish this one with a deadline. My mom did help me cut some of the fabric though...I hate cutting! She also showed me how to do start each step so that I could proceed on my own. I also got to use my mom's awesome machine quilting machine for the first time. It was nerve wracking, but I got the hang of it. The quilt took me about 6 weeks to finish, but it's done!

A Birthday Post, As Promised

I'll try to keep it short with some pictures. Because my birthday is two days after Christmas, it makes for an interesting day to try and celebrate...not to mention I'm not super creative in things to do. One of the best things you can do for me on my birthday is to let me sleep in! haha. I am NOT a morning person. I wasn't even one of those kids who woke up early on Christmas morning. So I started my bday with getting to sleep in and then get ready at my leisure. Once I was ready, I opened my present from Matthew. I was a bit surprised to see that he had bought be another purse, since he got me one for Christmas, but there was something inside the stuffing...

That's right, Linkin Park tickets!!! I had been wanting to go to this concert basically since I left their last concert I attended. When the tickets went on sale in November, I was disappointed to see that they were almost $15 more per ticket than last time. When I told Matt about them, he said that it was sort of a lot of money to be spending on one night and that we could probably deal with not going. I was bummed to say the least. So finding them as my birthday surprise was exciting!

I decided to go out to lunch and try a newer Japanese steakhouse place in Sandy called Fuji Steakhouse. It was pretty tasty, and a pretty good deal if you like Japanese Hibachi style meals.

Gotta love the onion volcano!

Right before we got our food

After lunch, we thought it might be a good use of time to check out the mall and take a few Christmas items back. Boy, was that a bad idea! The mall was super packed of what seemed to be really obnoxious pre-teeners, (plus many other people of course). Once done with that hassle, we went to Matt's parents' house to visit and I received my gift from them. Then it was off to meet my fam at Johnny Carino's.

Free cake and ice cream! It was pretty good  considering it was chocolate.

Yay! MAC lipgloss

Me and Em after dinner

M|m: I think my brother would enjoy this

M|m: X-ray Art

Years ago at Costco of all places, I came across some pictures that showed flowers in a way I'd never seen them before. I thought it was a very interesting part of photography and I loved how they captured detail that we often overlook. To this day, I wish I had bought those pictures.

Today however, I found similar pictures at Bed, Bath and Beyond, although not by Steven Meyers (who photographed the ones I saw at Costco). I bought two framed pictures and they are now looking pretty, hanging in our bedroom :)

If you are interested in Steven Meyers, a little about x-ray art, or would like to see more images, click here.