Great News!!

I passed my final test of the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Exam :)

That means no more studying (after I do my self-study ethics coure). And no more having to miss out on activities.

This also means more time for doing the things I enjoy like spending time with Josh, scrapbooking/card making, sewing, and cooking. Also, I will be getting more invoved at church, which is something that I miss.

Thank you for encouraging me along the way and keeping my success in your prayers. I am blessed to have such a wonderful and supportive family and group of friends. : )

PS - There is much more news to come....hopefully soon. I wish that pictures loaded faster on here.

CKC Scrapbook Convention

This past weekend Jennie and I went to the CKC Scrapbook Convention in Tulsa, OK. We had a blast. It was just the break that we both needed. Here's a picture of us in one of our classes at the convention.Below are pictures of the project that we did in our first class. The title of it was "Just 2 Easy Acrylic Albums." One of the most helpful tips that we learned in this class was to start from the back when you are designing your acrylic album that way you can see what it will look like as you are flipping through it. Also, you should lay everything out before you adhere it.This was our second class titled "One Stamp, 10 Techniques"...Jennie and I never quite figured out what all 10 of the techniques were. This class was jammed packed. We didn't actually finish everything in class...I don't think I finished anything in class, but we finished it later. I think these layouts turned out pretty cute. Now I just need to find the right pictures.And this was our final class that we took, "5 Cards in 5 Steps." This class was very enjoyable. We finished all 5 cards before the end of class and learned some basic designs that can be used over and over again and can be used with different sentiments. The card on the left in the first picture was actually apart of the class above

And what did we do after the convention you may ask...scrapbooked of course. We had to finish the scrapbook pages that we didn't finish in class, and we worked on a page kit that we purchased from Technique Tuesday. Here's a picture of Jennie working on hers and the final product.

I really wish I would have taken a picture of the vendor fair. There were people EVERYWHERE. It was impossble to walk arround without bumping into someone or being bumped into.

Stay tuned....more posts coming soon!

PS - Can't believe that I beat my sister blogging about this! Kudos to me :) Do they still make kudos granola snacks?

Please Say A little Prayer For Me

Just wanted to solicit prayers from my family and friends. I take my CPA test tomorrow at 12:00pm so if you could say a prayer for me tonight and tomorrow afternoon, I would greatly appreciate it becuase at this point I feel that is the only way I will have a chance at passing this test.

It's not that I haven't studied my butt off because I have...twice actually for this test. There's just alot of information to get confused about and half of it I don't and possibly never will use. :/ That is my frustrated face.

Thanks in advance for your prayers.

A Crafting Kind of Post

This is the coolest thing....something that every sewer needs. My uncle made this spool holder for the silent auction that my family did at our Christmas get together to help out one of our uncles that needed surgery and would have to take some time off of work. I know, I know, I got this at Christmas, and I'm just now posting about it. Sadly, it took that long for me to get it hung up on the wall. Anyway, The reason why this spool holder is so neat is because you can hide the spools by closing the door to the box and it looks like a pretty picture frame. (see pic 2 below. As you can see, I have a ways to go before I get this completely filled up, but it's always nice to have room to grow.

This is a picture of one of my favorite flea market finds. It's an old Dr. Pepper wooden crate. I got Josh to hang it up on the wall for me, and as you can see, I am using it to store crafting items such as my scrapbooking embellishments, ribbon, and paint. Neat idea huh?!! I can't say it's original :)

This is my other favorite flea market purchase. It's an old chest of drawers that have been refurbished with a hint of a distressed look. I have it in our living room as sort of an end table. (It's the only room in the house that there was room, but it fits it nicely.) It has been a wonderful addition to our home as it has provided additional storage, which unfortunately our house lacks.
And since I seem to be on the theme of favorites and the flea market, this is one of my favorite friends Karlie, we went to the flea market together, which was a good time. Much better than going to the flea market with my husband who discourages me from spending money. (Love you Josh!) It was nice to hang it; it's something that we don't get to do all of the time.Here are some cards that I made last weekend. Just thought I would share them.

Below is the inside of this card. It says "Hoppy for you!" Finally, this last picture doesn't have much to do with crafting, but it's something I'm proud of. It's a picture of my marigolds that I grew from seed that mom gave me! I normally don't try my luck with seeds becuase I don't have quite the green thumb that my mom does, but I had them and thought I should give it a try and not let the seeds go to complete waste. They've gotten a lot bigger since I took this picture.

Have a good weekend!

My Etsies

Hey all you faithful viewers. Just wanted to take a post to point out my mini Etsies on the right side bar of our blog. Baby Bug Nugglet is my newest Etsy. As you may be able to tell from the name, it specializes in Baby Items.

Some may question how I came up with this name...so I'll just take a moment to explain. I actually had to have it explained to me recently too. Bug Nugglet was my grannie's nick name for me growing up. I asked her last week how she came up with that name. She said that when I was little I LOVED chicken nuggets, only I couldn't pronounce nuggets so they were "chicken nugglets." Cute huh? So that's how she came up with nugglet. As for the "bug," her nickname for my sister was "Jennie Bug" so it's only fitting that she call Jennie's mini me "Bug" Nugglet. I think I may have overused the quotes, but you get the point.

Right now as you can see I only have sets of burp cloths listed, but I do plan on listing other baby related items such as fashionable wipe cases, nursing covers, diaper bags, etc. SO if you are planning on becoming pregnant or know of people who are pregnant or will be pregnant that you would like to get a gift for, please keep Baby Bug Nugglet in mind.

Also, I have my original etsy Meagan's Creations, which features jewelry items: earrings, bracelets, necklaces, and right now there's also a bookmark. In the future, there is a chance that I may add other items such as laptop sleeves, tote bags, etc. (You can go to Jennie's blog to see a laptop sleeve that I recently made for her.)

Lastly, if you would like to request an item, I can do custom orders. You can tell me exactly what it is you are wanting, what color, and how much you are wanting to spend.

Thanks for reading my sales pitch. Have a good weekend!

Miscellaneous

For some reason not all of my Girl's Trip pictures downloaded from my camera. Luckily I realized it before I deleted them from my memory card. SO here are a few more pictures from that:

This is the original Iwo Jima in Harlingen, TX. Aparaently one of the men who raised the flag was from Harlingen.

Not too long ago, Josh and I bought new energy efficient windows for our home. Here are the before pictures:

Don't you love those screens?!?! Ummm, maybe not so much. Here are the new ones:

SO beautiful!

I went to a flea market at the State Fair with my friend Karlie two weeks ago and found this dresser. Isn't it so stinkin cute!! I love it. I didn't buy it right away but snagged it literally as we headed home for the day.

And as you can see from the picture below, my living room is the only room in our house that had open space. I think it fits nicely in the space though.

Shortly after being re-energized by my refurbished finding at the flea market, I finally finished up my window that I've had sitting in the garage for several months. I preped it and painted it antique white with chocolate brown crackles.

This is what it looked like after I finished all of the painting.

Here is a close up of the crackled detail. I still have a few things that I need to do to it. If you look closely at the picture below you will see that I broke one of the glass panes. My sister cut me a new piece of glass to size this past weekend so now I just need to redo the caulking so that the glass doesn't fall out. I plan on having Josh cut me some etched vinyl frames so that the glass will looked frosted and I need to decide what pictures I want to place behind the frosted frames. My sister also suggested that I incorporate some vinyl wall art, so I'm still throwing that idea around. I'll be sure to take a final picture after I get everything done and hang it on the wall.

Finally, I wish I could claim the flowers below as my own, but I can't. These are pictures of Mom's flowerbeds in Mission, TX. She always does a wonderful job corrdinating and upkeeping her gardening.

Have a good week!

Fun at the Lake

On Saturday, Josh and I went with our friends Scott, Ginger, and Amelia to Lake Arcdia which is just a few miles down the road. Here are some pictures that I enjoyed taking with my new lens that Josh got me for Christmas!Getting ready for take off.Nice close up shot. Looks professional huh? j/kCatching some air....just a little bit This is Scott riding the wave
I love this picture because of the water in the bottom of the frame. I think it looks really cool : ) Scott doesn't look bad either....great form.

This is Miss Amelia riding a few feet behind the boat at a steller 5 mph. She had a great time in the water.Here's some more pictures of Josh. He had a wild ride on the intertube.

I also rode the intertube, but I only had my fancy camera so you'll just have to imagine how good I look holding on for dear life with my eyes squinted to keep some of the water out of my eyes and my mouth closed so that I don't get a mouth full of fish pee water if I happen to fly off. :) It was a great time!

I hope you get the opportunity to enjoy the lake too sometime this summer.