Project 365: Happiness, sweet, love, reflection, shoes, old, pleasure, made, color, lunch. (15, 19-27)

No, no, no! I haven't forgotten and I haven't stopped (yet)! But I've been way too busy to post. Or just had better things to do! But I've been taking them, so here's a vomit of pix I haven't posted!! 

I posted 15 to Facebook, but totally forgot to post it to the blog. Whoops!

15/365: Happiness

19/365: Sweet

20/365: Someone I love

21/365: Reflection

22/365: Your shoes

23/365: Something old

24/365: Guilty pleasure.

25/365: Something you made

26/365: Color.

27/365: Lunch

XOXO,
Nat

Project 365: Morning, water, something you bought (16, 17, 18)

Moooorning. Not the actual morning of day 16, though... :( I had Thursday school that day and was too busy to take a photo.

Ehh, I was just at Walmart. We don't actually get water here or anything. :P

I love this place! We pay $6 a month for a pack of 4 razors. So awesome!

I've been pretty busy this week and haven't been able to post these! I've been snapping some pictures with my phone instead of my camera, because I have actual sessions on my memory cards I've been working on, so. :)

Project 365: Something you're reading (14)

Or, in this case, reading again!

I'll be sending this one overseas to a friend in the marines. I decided to read it again and send a little commentary along with it. I actually haven't touched it for the last 2 days because I've been up to my EYEBALLS in photo-related work. Nothing that's bringing in any money, sadly...just logistics. Contracts and website redesigns. It's kind of a headache.

Also, here's a lil attempt with a new logo. What do you think?

Project 365: In your bag (13)

Can't even go a week without posting something else crochet-related. I can't get enough of the stuff lately! I have the most adorable photo in the world pinned of a crochet granny square blanket. Okay, normally...blegh! Not for me! But the colors..oh, the colors!! I'm in love. It's actually the cover photo for my Pinterest crochet board, so that really proves my point.

"in your bag" is a boring one for me. I carry a wristlet with the bare minimum in it...ID & cards. Like 99% of the time there's not even any cash or change in it. Like that would have made it any more exciting.

I sometimes carry a diaper bag, but...it has diapers. and wipes. and...that's it.

I carry my camera bag to photo shoots. With my camera in it. And I used my camera to take this picture, so...yeahhhh....

Here's my "free time" bag! With all the yarn all the yarn I can fit in it. There's overflow, trust me. And there are my cutie granny squares. I've made about 20. I think I need around...140 to finish the blanket. Hahaha...it's a work in progress!

Project 365: Close-up (12)

I had an engagement photo session today! So much fun. We went to Purdue and I took this photo of these tiiiinyyyy models in a display case of the...town? campus? I'm not sure! while my clients made outfit swaps.

So cute. I love anything itty-bitty.

Project 365: Where you sleep (11)

Sloooow sleepy Saturday. I really would like to take a nap in this bed right now, but I have stuff I need to be doing.

Maybe later.

I love our bedroom. If it ever makes it up high enough on the "to spend money on" priority list, I'd like to get some nightstands and lamps in here. I have an end table on my side, but the other one is being used in the living room. Sorry, Nick. Also, check out bottom right corner. Kids artwork on the walls. Gotta love 'em...

XOXO,
Nat

Project 365: Childhood (10)

This sweet bear is one of the only things I've kept from my childhood. He goes back a good way, because I inherited him from my older sister. The tag on him says, "Honey", so that's his name.

Totally not my normal style of photo. I used flash! It was late in the day.

XOXO,
Nat

Project 365: Routine (9)

Honestly, I don't have a routine. There's pretty much nothing I absolutely do every day. And definitely nothing at always the same time of day. But since I was gifted this Keurig, I'm pretty sure I've had a cup of joe every day since Christmas.

That's close enough to becoming routine, isn't it?

Project 365: Your sky (8)

I'm not particularly fond of this photo. Or today. Just found out a good friend was going to be moving away, and I'm very sad.

Hoping tomorrow will be a bit brighter.

XOXO,
Nat

Project 365: Favorite (7)

My neighbor and her sweet daughter (who I haven't seen in 3 weeks!!) came over tonight for a little playdate. I attempted the DIY "indoor snow" Pinterest idea. You mix 2 boxes of cornstarch and a can of puffy shave foam together to form some moldable fluff for indoor "snow" fun.  My daughter and her daughter liked it alright, but boy was it messy! Ryan hated it. The moment he touched the stuff he asked to go wash his hands. Oh, well! :)

After the fluff was cleaned up and put away, I sat down with my friend to teach her some basic crochet stitches. We practiced on chaining and single crochets. She did very well, but was having a hard time with the funky way you string the yarn around your hand to give it tension. I think she got a little annoyed at me reminding her... ;)

These cupcakes are my favorite crochet pattern. These are made from my own customized pattern, adapted from a free one online.

I used to be part of a homeschool group called Keepers at Home. Every week? month? I can't remember...we learned how to do some kind of homey duty. Like how to iron, the proper way to set a table...and how to crochet! I picked it up pretty quick and crocheted 2 scarves. That was YEARS ago!

I ran across a blog quite awhile back and saw crocheted cupcakes! I just fell in love with them and had to have one. So I went Youtube crazy and re-learned how to crochet just so I could make the little guys. I've ended up making all kinds of cute hats, booties, and tons amigurumi (crochet plushies!), but these little guys are still my all-time favorite. :) 

XOXO,
Nat

Project 365: Makes you smile (6)

Today is FREEZING! Literally. I think the high for today was -11? Ridiculous. The perk though is that businesses are closed all over, including Nick's work! So he got to stay home with us today. Him and Ryan sitting on the couch watching spider videos...? Well the whole thing just makes me smile! :)

So happy to have this wonderful man in my life. I didn't like how vague the makes you smile theme was for today, but when I thought about it a little...my husband is definitely the one who gets the most smiles out of me in a day! He's always being sweet, silly or loving in some way. Hard not to smile when he's around!

That little wild hair boy next to him isn't too bad, either.

Stay warm.
XOXO,
Nat

Project 365: Something you wore (5)

I bought a new pair of boots a couple days ago. I really wanted to pair them with some black tights and a dress for church today, but...a massive snowfall totally ruined my outfit plans. Church is canceled! Instead I've been in PJs with crazy hair all day.

But I smell really good.

Project 365: Letterbox (4)

I'm so excited that I could post this image. I couldn't find my box of keepsakes for the longest time, and thought they maybe got lost in our move...but nope! Cleaned out a closet and found the box marked "Nat's keepsakes"! Yay! I would have been so sad to lose all of these sweet cards and love notes from my dating years with Nick.

Nick's party was fun. I forgot to turn on the heat on the crockpot for the italian beef, so...we ended up ordering pizza.

I'm such a scatterbrain. But I didn't need to tell you that, did I?

XOXO,
Nat

Project 365: Something you adore. (3)

She's pretty easy to adore! Look at that preshy little muffin face. I figured posting a picture of my own children would kind of be a cop out. Obviously I adore them, but I think they're going to pop up in quuuite a few other photos!

Glad I got the text to babysit her for awhile today. I have a hard time coming up with stuff for the kids to do every day, so it was nice to have company for a few hours!

Birthday celebrations for hubby tomorrow. I need to go shopping.

PS. Weigh-in was fab. Down 2lbs!

XOXO,
Nat

Project 365: Breakfast (2)

I'm attempting the typical New Year resolution....weight loss! I downloaded the "Lose It!" app onto my smartphone to count calories. I love it! The scan feature is probably my favorite. I can just open it up, scan the bar code on any bag or box of something and it will automatically load all of the nutritional information into my phone and save it. How easy is that? The database is huge, so even if I don't have a bar code to scan it's still pretty easy to find foods.

I chose Friday to be my weigh-in day. I'll let you know how it goes.

Fried egg, a slice of rye toast and coffee. I love my Keurig!

XOXO,
Nat

Project 365: You (1)

Hey, go ahead. Laugh. "There is no possible way she can stick with something for 2 weeks, let alone a YEAR!" Lawls, roflcopter, haha, blahhh.

Sorry not sorry.

Day 1: You. (Well, me. Whatev.)