I am the Diva Challenge #169

The challenge this week at I am the Diva was CIRCLES.....

I am the Diva Challenge #166 - UMT

This weeks challenge from I am the Diva is to a UMT, created by the Diva herself!

 

The first one I stayed with the black and white then decided to do another with color.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am the Diva challenge #165

This weeks I am the Diva challenge is a UMT, Camelia.  Click here to go Anne Marks step outs for Camelia.  I enjoy the UMTs as I get to try a new tangle :)

 After completing my first one I kind of got caught up in the moment of the swirls and the relaxation so I decided to just use Camelia and make this one....

Tackle it Tuesday letter "I"

This weeks Tackle it Tuesday is to use tangles that begin with the letter "I" only.

I was a version of ixorus, ipso, and a version of itsy twisty where they were grouped by twos instead of one long string.

This is my second creation.  Liked my first one but then tried to add another tangle and I ended up not liking it :/ I enjoy using tangles that I have not used before but find that staying within the same letter sometimes they just don't flow like I would like them to....

Weekly Challenge #164 - Amanda (Earth) Day

I am the Diva's challenge this week is to tangle something that goes along with Earth Day, or Amanda Day as her son has nicknamed it :)  I kept mine simple this week.

The water is schway,the continents are hurry, and the bow is mak-rah-me.  Schway made me think of the way we live back and forth with the other continents, hurry reminds me of being intertwined, and mak-rah-me is to remind us that we are a package.

Easter Sunday

Happy Easter!!

 

I made little Easter boxes for the boys this year with my Silhouette Cameo.  They were easy and turned out super cute:)

 

 

Broken Arm and Laramie Trip

On Tuesday, Devin broke his arm at track.....however, we didn't get it casted until Thursday :/ Yeah my fault, no mother of the year award :(  I assumed it was a bad sprain as there was no swelling, but after 2 days of pain I decided it was time to take him in.  He chipped a part of the bone off in his wrist and a hairline fracture behind that....

 

Saturday we headed to Laramie for a Science Camp Reunion.   They got into small groups and programmed Lego Robots to traverse along tables set up at 90 degree angle turns.  They had one hour to learn the programming and then compete.  Devin's group of 3 had the best first run out of all 5 groups!  They were only allowed to try it 2 times.  Of course after their two times were completed each group HAD to continue trying to improve their runs.  It was so much fun watching these young science kids continue to try to do better even after the "competition" was done!

 
On the way home we were fortunate enough to see these elk and buffalo.  On the way to Laramie we saw some Mountain Goats but didn't get the chance to snap any pictures.

Tackle it Tuesday - H

Tackle it Tuesday is to use tangles that begin with the letter H.  Trying new tangles :)

heartrope, hollibaugh, hibred

Weekly Challenge #163 - Rixty

This weeks Diva challenge is to create with Rixty, you can find the step-outs HERE. 

Rixty, Featherfall, Ansu

This was my first time using Rixty,  I think its always fun to try new tangles. Rixty reminds me of something created by Dr. Suess :)

Tackle it Tuesday Challenge

Tackle it Tuesdays challenge is to use only tangles that start with the letter G.  This is my first time trying this challenge and I have to say it was a lot of fun.  I used new tangles, yippee!  This is a hard thing for me so I enjoyed being MADE to do it. :)

I used: gewurtz, golven, gutz, girlande, geos

I am the Diva Weekly Challenge 162 - StringTheory, Initial String

This weeks Diva Challange is to use your initials as your string.  I broke the rules somewhat because you are not supposed to be able to see your string when finished, it should disappear, but I thought my initials needed to stand out so I darkened them and then added color :)  My initials are NR

Weekly Challenge 161: Take Two

Here is my second try at Quandary from I am the Diva.  I like it better than my first try. 

Weekly Challenge #161: "In a Quandary about Quandary"

This weeks challenge at i am the diva is to use the tangle Quandary. 

Boy, did I struggle with this one!  I definitely need to keep practicing.  In the brown I tried a couple of different techniques, touching/not touching.  Then I decided to do away with the "rice" shape and try a more paisley shape.  I like this shape better as I felt it was more forgiving of my nonperfection. (Yes, I made up that word)  I will have to give Quandary another try later this week.

DIY Whipped Body Butter

I have been wanting to make my own body butter for awhile and decided that with my mom's birthday tomorrow this would be the perfect time to try it and give some to her as a gift.

  I looked up countless different recipes, pinned on my pinterest page here.  The recipe that I followed for the Cocoa Peppermint was found here on the Wellness Mama page.  I halved her recipe because I wanted to make two different body butters.  The Lemon Cream was found here at gi365.  I tweaked this recipe by using shea butter instead of the cacao, used no vitamin E oil, instead used grapeseed oil, and used grapefruit essential oil instead of the lemon.....so, really did I follow this recipe? I guess just the measurements :)  I know this one is going to be my favorite because I LOVE the grapefruit smell.

Here are pictures of the process:

Shea Butter

Shea butter, cocoa butter, coconut oil all in a "double boiler"

starting to melt

After melted and chilled it was time to whip in the Kitchen Aid.  This process took atleast 5 minutes on a high speed.  I did add a couple more tablespoons of solid coconut oil as I wanted the consistency thicker.  Appears I make my body butter like I cook, not really following a recipe

Picture of the ingredients.  I did not have any doTerra grapefruit oil so compromised with now.

 Got these jars at Hobby Lobby during their 50% off sale.  Made my own labels.

 Had enough left over to add to a small jam canning jar.  I added washi tape around the lid for some prettiness :)

I am the Diva Weekly Challenge #160: String Theory: Spiral out, Keep Going!

Worked on another spiral this morning as I am home with a sick kid AND it's snowing out, blah!

This weeks the Diva's Challenge is to use Spirals. 

 I LOVE playing with spirals....how can you mess up a spiral?  you CANT, that's why I like to use them.  I felt like I could have put more into mine, but decided to stop, keeping it simple.  May have to do another later this week ;)

Weekly Challenge #159: "Top O' the Morning"

I am the Diva's challenge this week is a St. Patrick's Day inspiration. 

Not liking my Mooka....but other than that I am glad that I added the rainbow W2 :)

St. Paddy's Day gift

Today I took some time to make several St. Paddy's Day "favors" for the girls at work.  Made some for my kids too but they don't know that yet, shhhhh ;)  I used the pot o' gold from the Silhouette Online Store which made it super easy.  Using my Silhouette Cameo I made two the original downloaded size then I decided to size the pot down a touch so I could fit two on one black piece of 8.5x11 cardstock.  Why waste???  I used left over green/white scrapbook paper for the shamrocks and pulled out strings of burlap to tie them on with.  I filled with Spearmint mints and then added some Rolo candies to the top.  I originally wanted to fill with just Rolo's but they are expensive so I figured something green under would work too! Aren't they just cute!

Laundry Room Baskets using my Cameo

FINALLY got the storage shelving completed in the laundry room :)  Didn't the boys' laundry baskets turn out GREAT?!!!! I used my Silhouette Cameo, love love, to cut out their self selected designs and their names.  I am hoping this will help to keep everyone's clean clothes sorted, organized, and where they can go grab their own individual basket.
I will post pictures later of the shelving....

Weekly Challenge #158

This week's I am the Diva challenge

 is a duotangle consisting of Diva Dance and Crescent Moon

Lots of lines :) I am going to try this tangle again, adding variation, and possibly some shading

 

Here is an updated version with some shading in the Crescent Moon...that definitely gave it some definition