cabin sweet cabin + the crooked nook sale!

this weekend was exactly what tay and i needed.

a getaway with no cell phone service, no people, no tv, no internet.

just us, charlie, and the good ol' mountain fresh air.

tay's grandpa has the cutest cabin up near pine view,

so we took advantage tay having saturday off work and drove up there

late friday evening. after sleeping in and making some delectable cinnamon rolls,

we engaged in a few rounds of chinese checkers (tay is the master at that game, it's crazy!)

but i beat him in (literally) 5 hours of horse shoes saturday afternoon!

i got a ringer--it was pretty epic, considering i'd never really played before!

we explored, went on four wheeler rides, played with charlie, who had a hay day up there!

it was wonderful to reconnect and just be together, uninterrupted.

and the weather was absolutely beautiful!

also:

i am excited to announce that the crooked nook is having a sale!

going on now until friday (june 7th), get two 8x10 full color prints for $15.00 instead of $10 a piece!

just use the coupon code thecrookednooksale to apply the discount!

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not gonna lie..

this was probably the most uneventful weekend ever.

but honestly, i was okay with it!

i've been so busy lately that it was nice to just veg out and catch up on my shows!

ah-hem; new girl. i've missed the last 4 episodes! ah!

saturday tay had to work at four, so we bummed around for a while, sent out
the crooked nook orders, then went and got snow cones at jolley's in SLC--sooo good!
it was the second day they had been open for the summer so it was kindof a big deal.

if you go there, mix peach & mango--it is the best thing your tongue will ever taste!

sunday we went to church, and then met up with ms hailee to give her

her bridals pictures (here are a few-i can't believe i didn't show them!)

she's such a beautiful bride! only two and a half weeks until the big day!

anywho, after we dropped off the cd of pictures, we headed over to grandma hawkins'

for a family party full of chit chat, hot dogs, amazing corn on the cob,

hamburgers and peanut butter bars--the best!

after dinner, we headed home and set up our two man tent and had a nice little backyard

campout! we watched (half of) warm bodies (it was kindof dumb..so we turned it off).

monday tay had to work at noon, and i had the day off, so i designed and relaxed until he

got off work, then we went to Hires Big H for burgers (sooooo good!) and watched

the season premiere of  the bachelorette --woo! honestly i was sorely disappointed

with this season's crop of men..i mean there was some serious barrel scraping with this group.

any favorites so far from those bachelorette fans out there?

i'm excited to see how this season plays out...looks dramatic (which is nothing haha)

also: congrats to the winners from rylee's giveaway for the crooked nook!
check out her blog to see who won and contact me at the link she has to get your prints!

check out our new items--a few new prints and our chalkboard mug!
the link is on the right of this page, or you can click here!

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week/weekend update

i'm glad this last week is finally over-what a crazy one!

between taking engagement pictures, getting ready to move locations for work,

getting orders from the crooked nook ready to go, and going to the doc on Friday,

this week has been more than crazy!

saturday tay and i hit up city creek and i got a few new pairs

of shoes--my favorite ones i got were my lace oxfords from h&m.

they are so cute and perfect for summer!

afterwards, i went to my future cousin's bridal shower, then saturday evening

tay's brother skyped us from the philippines!

it was so great to see & talk with him! he seems so happy!

he will be home in just under three months--and ladies, he's single!

also--click here to hear him speak in tagolag-so cool!!

also-shout out to my beautiful mother & mother in law,

thank you so much for everything you do for tay and i.

especially the love, support, encouragement, laughter, advice,

help and spiritual guidance you both give to me.

i'm so grateful for a mother i can go to if i need anything, and that you're just a phone call away.

i can't wait to be a mother someday (hopefully soon!) and become the best friend

to them that my mom is to me.

i love you both so much!!

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giveaway winner!

hiiii everyone!

sorry i've been kindof MIA lately..our weekend was packed! friday after work i went

and got paint for completely outdated wood dresser that was given to us by our landlord,

which we were going to fix up months ago but it's been so cold! saturday, tay had the day

off of work so we primed and painted it mint green with gold pulls-what do you think?

(before)

(after)

afterwards we went to hipsterville (ninth and ninth, ha) to the children's hour

oh. my. heck.

if you aren't baby hungry yet, just go in there, it'll get ya started.

then we went to the tulip festival at thanksgiving point with tay's family.

if you haven't been, you should definitely go next year! everything is in bloom

and it smells absolutely lovely! we found a goose with goslings

that we followed down the river, and tay's little brother found a snake (that pooped on him..ha)

also this: if you haven't been to Lone Star Taqueria yet, you need to go!

it's on fort union blvd in slc and their tacos and burritos are to die for.

Tay and i went there saturday night and tonight for FHE.

their carne adovada taco is so so so good!

(but don't take my word for it...try it!)

sunday we had church and then i met with my cousin and his adorable

fiance because they asked me to do their engagement and wedding pictures! 

i was so flattered and am super excited!

so that was pretty much my weekend in a nutshell! it was lovely!

on to the reason you're all reading this:

giveaway winner!

congratulations Amanda and Mariah on winning!

contact me @ vinylletteringstore@gmail.com to choose colors & info for your address labels!

thanks to all who entered, you are all lovely!

ALSO--my etsy store will be open this week! i will post the link when we're officially open!

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weekly update

i wish i had something monumental to post about

but honestly this has been the most boring week of my whole life.

besides the fact that i left work early on wednesday to enjoy the beautiful

weather we had and my lovely coworker got married today-congrats mattie and carston! but seriously, that was about the extent of it.

i didn't even do anything crazy the day i got off-i went home and sewed.

how lame am i?

you know how in life, when things start to slow down, and you begin

to wonder what sort of monumental, crazy, unsuspecting surprise or disaster is headed your way?

that's how i'm feeling now. and hopefully it's a surprise, and not a disaster.

and hopefully the surprise has something to do with that fact

that i'll be married two years to this hunk pretty soon.

and by pretty soon i mean like two months!

man, time flies.

i'm so excited for general conference this weekend!

i finally got tickets to go to a session!

i've been living in utah for almost five years now and still have never been

but i landed a pair for the saturday afternoon session and couldn't be more pleased!

to be in the same room as the prophet--i can't wait!

oh, and on top of all the awesomeness about hearing talks, i also

get to pig out on mama hawkins' amazing cinnamon pull aparts.

guys, they are to die for.

i'll try to snag the recipe and post it.

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