Change is Gonna Come

My life has changed so much in the past two weeks. I got engaged on August 15th, three days before our six year anniversary! To say the least I was very surprised! I'll share the engagement story in a later post.

On top of the upcoming nuptials I also got a new job! I start the day after labor day and I couldn't be more excited. Things are finally looking up and I have a great feeling about the future!

I'm sure I'll have all sorts of exciting projects to share down the road as I plan to DIY a lot of my wedding decor. Until then here is a sweet little shot of my sister and her kids I took a few weeks ago.

Clouds

I played around with a zoom lens the other day and took some pictures of the clouds. They make me happy.

Home-made Laundry Soap

I finally got around to making my own laundry soap a few weeks ago. I found a "recipe" for it here. The only change I made to mine was instead of the  Fels Naptha Soap I used Dr Bonners Citrus Organic Bar Soap. This was only because I couldn't find the Fels Naptha at my grocery store and I was to lazy to make a special trip to get it. 


So far the laundry soap has been working beautifully. My clothes come out clean and smelling fresh, but not too much like citrus. It's also so much cheaper than store bough detergents. I think when I figured the numbers out its somewhere around .05 cents a load! Also, I only need 1 table spoon of  it to do one load of laundry. 

Lazy Sketch

It's been about a month since I posted anything on here. I plan to change that starting today. For my first day back please enjoy this lovely sketch of my cat. She has been sleeping on her back a lot lately. It's pretty damn cute.

Mini Photo Challenge | Day 28: Flower

Hydrangea

Mini Photo Challenge | Day 27: From a Distance

birds

Headbands and Bows

Ribbon Headbands

the gingham may be by favorite

the purple flowers are pretty fun too

hair bow clip

three tier hair bow clip

flower hair clips

Besides taking a photo every day for the past month I've also been trying to get back into my crafting. I have several sewing projects I need to start and a few decorations I need to make for my sisters upcoming baby shower. The other day I whipped up a few headbands and some hair clips for my nieces. This was a very quick and satisfying project. I think I need more like this. I lack the patience to work on projects that takes more than a few hours to complete lately. I think it's mainly because I'd rather be outside in the sunshine.