Doodle for google

A professor at BYU (Ryan Woodward) did this doodle google that was on google's homepage May 11th. You may remember it.

Google - Martha Graham from Ryan J Woodward on Vimeo.

The news release about it can be found here. I love his gestural animation style, it's beautiful. And his thought of you video is awesome, i've watched it several times. Here is the making of it

Thought of You - Making Of from Ryan J Woodward on Vimeo.

=) And here it is for your viewing pleasure (it's only 3 minutes long)

Thought of You from Ryan J Woodward on Vimeo.

Summer is my friend

It's finally showing signs of summer here. Today Provo has sunshine! This red table and mosaic wall from Elle Decor magazine makes me want to sit outside and drink lemonade. In two weeks I'll be enjoying summer from the pacific islands of Tonga with this group. Until then I just keep looking at pictures of tonga and try to remind myself it is NOT a vacation exactly...we're going for humanitarian work. But who says I can't enjoy the view too? Enjoy your own summer adventures while I dream about some Tongan awesomeness below....

Rainy days

Today is the first sunny day we've had in a while. Any time it rains...all I want to do is curl up and read a good book, especially if I had this beautiful reading nook. I dreamed about big cushy window seats when I was a kid. One day when I can control things in my house... I must have one. Now I need a nap.

Pinterest has my interest

I have spent the greater part of the day having fun on pinterest. I was drooling over everything. I've got my pinboard now so you can follow me if you so desire. I've found some great stuff in my time hunting around online. Visit often =) Happy pinning.

My boards (they're growing...hey I just started!)

A is for Apron

I have really wanted an apron lately. It seems adorable aprons are for sale everywhere that could easily be dresses they're so cute. Like these from Anthropologie I saw hanging in the store:

But rather buy one...I made one. I looked for a while for a good free pattern off the internet...but alas I did not find one that was exactly what I wanted. So basically I just made mine up. A long time ago when I was like 15 or so I made one so that gave me a sprinkle of confidence. Plus an apron isn't meant for public viewing exactly, so I wasn't too worried about its perfectness (and perfect it is not, but thats OK). So I just kind of made it up as I went. I love my new apron and I find any excuse to use it.

I started with these 3 fabrics, I love love the green stripes.

I wanted the ends to have that ribbon shape, but MAN those are hard. Anyone know an easy way to do that?

I wanted to use lots of the lemon fabric, but by the end I just liked the stripes and didn't want to ruin it. I did however add a little lemon detail.

I gave it some pockets too

Ta da!

If anyone knows of some great place to find cute patterns too, I'd love to know! I think my next sewing project will have to be some sort of skirt. Summer is coming and I have to be prepared =)

Diaper bag magic

My beautiful sister Erin had a baby boy in March so I wanted to try my hand at making a diaper bag (made the bag in march...she has it already). This was a FIRST. In the past I've made quilts, hemmed shirts, made skirts, shirts, and other random things, but they were all flat. I had never made anything that was supposed to have shape. So to try my first bag...I figured my sweet sister wouldn't mind the imperfections that were sure to come, and they did. I got this free diaper bag pattern and picked out fabric. Her little boy's room is cowboy themed; so browns, rust, and blues, were the colors of choice. I struggled little through this process because: WARNING the steps are not all explained EXACTLY. There are a couple things missing from this tutorial. So if you decide to do it, take it slow. I wish I could remember now what I messed up and had to do over so I could tell you...but I can't. Maybe if I make another some day those fixed mistakes will come to the surface again. But for now...this is what I did! YAY!

Olive oil and art

David and I went to an olive oil shop at the Gateway in SLC. The store is very close to Urban Outfitters and I wanted to go peruse while my husband checked out oil (honest? my original thought: seriously, olive oil? how boring). Boy was I wrong! Each container was beautifully arranged in rows with pretty silver spouts for tasting on little pieces of soft bread (my kind of store!) It's Mountain Town Olive Oil Company. They've got skill. I was surprised to see the prices. I don't know what I was expecting, but almost all of the oils and vinegars were priced at 14.99. Not yo'momma's olive oil, but worth the extra bucks! My favorite was the Traditional 18 year Balsamic. Pretty much a party in my mouth.

Olive oil wasn't the only treat. On the walls were art from artist Gretchen Papka. In this olive shop were a series of 3 assemblage pieces. Gretchen, I dig it. I stared at these for a while. Wish I had money to buy them.

Memory No. 1

encaustic, paper, oil pigments with objects
in vintage box on wood panel
31 x 17 x 2
Available from Gallery MAR, Park City, UT

Memory No. 2
encaustic, paper, oil pigments with objects
in vintage box on wood panel
31 x 17 x 2
Available from Gallery MAR, Park City, UT

Memory No. 3
encaustic, paper, oil pigments with objects
in vintage box on wood panel
31 x 17 x 2
Available from Gallery MAR, Park City, UT