Embrace the Camera: January 26.

I love her smile- that tiny mouthful of teeth! She seriously is 13 months old with 13 teeth. How we got lucky with all the teething at once... I don't know ;)

She is funny, sweet, loving, and smart all rolled into one. I can't get enough of her. My little peanut.


Linking up with Emily today...

We {almost} have a walker.

She's been cruising on everything for months now, and she'd stand alone for a total of a few seconds.

Then, the night of my birthday party, she took a few wobbly steps.


This video was taken on Christmas Eve- you can see what I mean about wobbly. But she's moving, and that's progress. Then, she would only walk to one of us.



These days, she has started to push off things, like her play kitchen, and launching herself into a half walk, half run. It's pretty funny. She still only moves a few steps and then sits carefully or falls onto her hands, but she's getting better. I think we'll have a walker soon.



I tried to get a picture of her walking last night, but getting a picture of her in action is impossible. She's a toddler now, and a constant blur of blue eyes and blonde tangly curls. Can't slow her down for a second with a posed picture, am I right?

I'll do my best to get another video, because she's getting fast.

me right now | january

Listening to: my current favorites are Mumford & Sons and Florence + The Machine. Selah loves them too. She's always tapping her feet, dancing or singing "ooooh" when either artist is on.


Watching: as always, current favorites are Grey's Anatomy and One Tree Hill... I never miss an episode. Caleb and I's favorites to watch together are Modern Family and Parenthood (soooo, soooo good.) Now that we've watched every Kardashian episode Netflix offers, including 2 seasons of K&K take Miami, we have to find something else to watch. Which has been a lot of Cake Boss episodes. Seriously, that show is interesting.


Reading: Bossypants by Tina Fey. So dang funny.


Eating: I have been a vegetarian for almost a year now! I mention this to say I've been drinking a lot of protein smoothies, which are delicious. Yesterday I made a killer veggie pizza and I can't wait to make another one. We've also been doing a lot of subs. Mine are simply cheese, tomato, lettuce and mayo. Occasionally I'll fry an egg with tomato and mayo. Yum.

Wearing: a bunch of cardigans paired with skinny jeans and boots whenever possible. At work, it's skirts, leggings and cardigans.


Enjoying: project life, blogging, and ohmygosh INSTAGRAM.

Loving: the fact that Selah is beginning to become such a chatterbox. Her current words of choice are look, that, oooh, hey and whoa. It's so fitting because she's crawling all around the house exploring and learning new things. She's figuring out how her toys and other objects work. She just cracks me up when she makes a discovery. It's also funny that she points at things while she talks.

Thinking about: how fast 2012 is flying. It's almost February and I feel like we just rang in the New Year.

Your turn! Share your currents on your blog or in the comments.

project 1 of 25: clothespin magnets.

Things are constantly falling off our fridge and I wanted a more effective way of clipping papers and photos, so that was the goal for this project. Though function was the main priority, I like that the magnets had a bit of style to them too. Win win.



I wish there was some sort of complicated process going on here so I could brag about it and throw together a tutorial for you all, but basically, I painted some rubber cement on some clothespins, cut paper and a magnet to fit, and hot glued the magnet strip to the back. Voila. Instant clothespin magnet. I will admit though, I did make about 30 magnets, and it's pretty time consuming, even if it's easy.



I made a few extras and packaged them up for my in-laws' fridge, which was a great little project too.

Onward to the other projects.


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This is project 1 of 25.
I am attempting to complete 25 craft projects before I turn 25 on 12/15/12.
You can follow along here on the blog or on Flickr.
See the full explanation here.

25 (projects) before 26.

This year for my birthday project I've decided to do something a little different. I got the idea from Elise Blaha Cripe ... (do you read her blog? She is a creative genius, I tell you!) and thought it was fantastic. Basically, I attempt to accomplish 25 medium to large craft projects before I turn 26. These have to be personal projects or gifts, which means a lot of sewing, painting, decor projects. Anything I made for my Etsy shop doesn't count as well as recipes or scrapbooking. I've already done 2, so I think I have a handle on this thing. I'm making stuff all the time, but forgetting to blog about it, so this will hold me accountable. It will also give me a deadline to finish those projects that I've started and that have been lingering, waiting to be finished. I'm loving this already. I've always liked the idea of "25 before 26" lists or what have you, but I've never really stuck to them. This 25 project thing is something I'm really looking forward to. And without having a set list in mind, it gives me creative freedom, which is perfect. I love dreaming up things to do next. So, I will try to post the first project I've completed since my birthday tomorrow morning. I'll see you then. I'm excited to keep you all updated.

If any of you are doing birthday lists or other similar projects, please tell me about it!