i’m either the best or worst mom…
i’ve decided to add this pretty picture of a flowering bush in my back yard just in case some of you are of faint heart and would much rather not continue to read and see some pretty disgusting and dirty things. as this post is full of these things… consider yourselves warned… mom that means […]
the heat makes me happy
for those of you who follow me on twitter…you know that i was in vegas with a few of my friends from california (from the old glory days of college) we ate too much, laughed too much, layed and baked by the pool too much…and shopped waaaaay too much, enough that my legs were wobbly […]
orange polka dot dress
i’m almost done with katie’s new dress. i just have to add the bias tape on the bottom of the dress and attach the skirt slip that will go under the skirt, then i can call it good. with this dress i wanted to try to learn how to do bias tape and adding it […]
spray painting 101
since so many of you expressed interest in my spray painting process…i decided to take the camera with me this time and take pictures. it’s super complicated so watch out. get you some spray paint. (personally i like the satin the best but the red only came in gloss, and since i roll with the […]
things that make me snort laugh
seriously i love to laugh. but what i love even more than laughing till i pee my pants, is when my family is right there with me and laughing just as hard. my kids and i started watching wipeout last year but…let me tell you it just keeps getting funnier and funnier. these last couple […]
google readers you need to change the url in google
hi guys its been brought to my attention that google is going to drop you 900+ people today. that and for some reason blogger isn’t forwarding my old url to the new url. so switch over to https://vanessachristenson.com/ hope to see you there, and hope not to lose any of you. that would not be […]
in limbo
no i’m not kidding. this is how katie’s room was painted when we moved in. and you are lucky you can’t smell through pictures cause it would knock you on your butt.katie’s room is 100% better than what it was when we first moved in. but i still feel in limbo with her room. i […]
to the man i love.
jake, you are such a great father to our kids. i love that you will chase rainbows for our kids, i love that you love to take care of our yard (even when it looks like somwhat of an obession, and i make fun of you relentlessly over it), i love that you serve quietly […]
making personal pizza’s 9 year old style
so i’m off at girls camp and my 9 year old kid was asking what i was going to do about my blog (didn’t know he cared) when i was gone. one question led to another and well here we go: making personal pizza’s 9 year old style. first get english muffins second get pizza […]
oooh we have us a winner(s)! and some other stuff
oooohweeee! well thank you all for playing! hello to some new names and welcome back to old timer names that i’m starting to know and love! 😉 thank you beki for hosting a lovely lovely giveaway! using the random number generator, the number picked was: #69 anne come on down! you are the lucky one […]
GIVEAWAY GIVEAWAY GIVEAWAY!
yeah, i know i’m yelling at you but i’m excited. today’s give away is sponsored by the ever talented and lovely Pampering Beki. giveaway is now closed. thank you! i just recently found her etsy shop and love love LOVE what she does. look at these earrings. tell me those wouldn’t look fantabulous with my […]
tutorial:make a fabric covered lid for your picnic basket
before i begin…there will be a GIVEAWAY on monday. yeah you are going to want to come back. with picnic season here…i wanted to take my second hand find and spruce it up to take it out with us on park trips this little beauty only cost me $3…but the lid was less than desirable […]
spray painting again
the sun has been peeking its head out it every couple of days. and when it does i try my darnedest to get some painting done. spraypainting needs to happen when the sun is out and the weather is a little bit on the warmer side. i’ve been looking for a container for my daughter’s […]
new quilt
yesterday i got sick of folding laundry. and was having a rather dull day.i walked into my daughter’s room and when i saw this on her table i got a light bulb over my head and immediately started on my pinwheels. i have an idea of what i want to try to do with this […]
meet the new additions
may i introduce: sloppy joe and meatloaf. meatloaf is the black faced one with the “bad attitude” look. can’t wait to have the talk with the kids as to why the cows are gone and we have so much meat in the freezer. but thankfully that won’t happen till much later on this year. and […]
because my mom reads this sometimes
i have to add some fam stuff on the blog just so she sees that the kids are being well taken care of, fed, and amused often. sooo the husband had this last week off of work. we decided to do a mini road trip. the weather was perfect, the roads were not busy…most of […]
tutorial: the table cloth skirt
what you will need: a zipper and zipper foot for your sewing machine your favorite skirt (preferably an A-line skirt) a table cloth (the one featured is a martha stewart table cloth found at K-Mart) so many of you liked my other skirt i just made out of a table cloth that i was wanting […]
frustration
it’s taken me over an hour to upload 5 pictures so i’m giving up. my family is sitting waiting for just me to finish so we can leave to go to the grand canyon. i thought i could get up before everyone and type up the tutorial for you all. but seeing that everything is […]
seeing red
well thank you for all the well wishes on the crankies and for the lovely response to my new patterns. i have a lot of ideas bouncing in my brain and already have started on a new set of patterns but will have to wait a little while to show you the final products. on […]