87401 // 84097

Well...today was the big day! Moving day!! Hurray! It is finally here...and holy crap did it happen fast! Taft has been in Provo searching for a place to live since last Friday. We got lucky with a cute, quaint apartment! I am so excited to officially see it! eeek! (I've only seen it via Google Hangouts..thank heavens for technology!) My in-laws, Matt and Tammie, hauled our household goods from New Mexico to Provo for us, today! My mom, dad and I will caravan to Provo tomorrow. 

This move is definitely bittersweet. I am so excited to be up in Provo, to be closer to my family in Price and in Northern Salt Lake. I am excited for Taft to get the amazing opportunity to study at BYU and continue his education there. I am excited for all of the new and fun activities Taft and I will be able to experience. I am sad about leaving my mom, dad and sister. Along with Taft's parents, his sister and her cute family. My family has made really amazing friends here in NM, they became our family. I will be sad to leave them; but I know that we will visit New Mexico often and they will come to Utah often! 

I will post more about our UT adventures! 

xx,

Morgan

1 down // Forever to go

We hit our 1 year anniversary mark on August 3rd! It was a great weekend! We had a getaway to Durango, CO which is about an hour north of home. If you ever go to Durango go to Old Tymer's and get yourself the most delicious hamburger and fries you will ever taste. Seriously people. It is THAT good! Everything on the menu is absolutely delicious. You won't be disappointed.

This past weekend we had our pictures taken by the lovely Rachel Loya. She does an absolutely phenomenal job. If you live in the Farmington area do not count her out of your photographer choices. She was so fun to work with! I'm glad we chose her. So here is a sneak peek of our pictures. Once I get our disk I will be sure to share them with you all! I am beyond thrilled to get the rest of our pictures! Eeek!

Rachel Loya Photography

land of the free // home of the brave

I have been dying to do a pallet American flag for a very long time! And I finally did it! After some inspiration from my mom, who made hers a couple weekends ago, I finally made time for mine! And I absolutely love the way it turned out. This project is seriously so simple and a lot of fun. Get together some of your best girlfriends and make a night of it.

 I made my flag more rustic looking, rather than the bright white, bold blue and radiant red, I did a darker red and blue and a creamy white.

What you'll need to make your pallet flag:
-Pallet pieces
-Paint
-Paint brushes (if your pallet was rough like mine, I recommend hair brushes, not foam)
-Sandpaper
-Nails and a hammer OR Staples and a staple gun
-Star stamp or star stencil

You can make the flag as big or as small as you'd like. I used 8 pallet pieces, so 10 pieces total. 8 in front and 2 in the back. My friend Megan who made this with me last night did 5 pieces, so 7 pieces total. My mom used 6, so 8 total. You get the gist.

Make sure your pallet pieces are even in length... You can have them a little uneven for the 'rustic' or 'country' feel. Whatever style you like, do! It's your flag! If they aren't even, saw the ends to make them even. Then pick what side you'd like on to paint on and have that side face the ground. Take a staple gun and hold the boards together tightly while someone staples the braces onto the back. Flip the pallet over and start painting! I sanded a lot, my pallets were extremely rough. I would paint let it dry. Sand, and paint again. Sometimes two or three times. Until I reached the point where the brush wouldn't pull up parts of the wood.

I paint the blue first, I measured out my square and filled it in.

After the blue I painted my white stripes. While I had white on my brush and plate, I used the stencils and painted my stars in the blue. I had two different sizes of star stencils. I used the bigger one and the small one. My mom did hers in just the small stars. My girlfriend Megan is going to do even smaller stars and a bigger wooden star for the center of her blue. The best thing about these projects is you can make them your own! Don't be afraid to get creative!

Then I finished with the red stripes.

Xo,
Morgan


Tip: Lots of companies just leave their pallets on the side of the road, those are free game people! Get some pallets and get to crafting!

the living room is complete!

I was jumping for joy last weekend when we finished our shelves in the living room! The decor for downstairs is officially complete! *hallelujah* I had been pinning shelving ideas for weeks and we finally put our plan into action! [can I just say what an awesome husband I have? This man literally went looking for shelves at Target! I didn't have to drag him, he drug me to the home decor isle! I knew I was doing somethin' right when I married him! ;)] 

These shelves fit perfectly into our living room! I couldn't be happier with the way they turned out! 

This shelf is on the left side of the wall. The picture of Christ with the child is from Deseret Book. The candlestick is from GoodWill, the vase is a vase from our home we painted, the flowers are from Hobby Lobby and the clock is also from Hobby Lobby. 

This is the shelf in the middle of the wall. The vases are from a previous Pinterest project. The picture of the SLC LDS Temple is from Deseret Book. The mason jars are from my Great Grandpa Potter's farm in Utah, along with the holder. The flowers are from Hobby Lobby.

This shelf is on the right hand side of the middle shelf. The bird cage along with the silver vase is from Hobby Lobby. The vases are from a previous Pinterest project. The cream ceramic vase is from GoodWill. The picture of the Mt. Timpanogos LDS Temple is from Deseret Book.

The final product!

I am so pleased that the decor in the downstairs is complete! Our next project is the master bedroom and bath upstairs! I can't wait for it to be finished! 

H is for Hansen; H is for Home

So yesterday I was browsing through my bloglovin feed and I came across this post and it totally made me get into this "Martha Stewart" mode at my own house. I had one unfinished pinterest project and another project I was inspired to do. I actually wasn't planning on even doing this project but I found THE CUTEST paint samples at Target for $5.00! How could I resist people!

Unfinished Pinterest project is my very cute, red and gold H hanging on my door.

The process for making this is SUPER simple!! All I did was grab a letter from Hobby Lobby, some paint and ribbon. I painted the letter red, I applied a couple of coats to get it the exact hue I wanted. My husband did the gold lines on the outline of the H. He has a much steadier hand than I do, so he did a much better job than I ever could have done. Then we tied the ribbon on the H and glued a wire to the back and boom!! My super cute new "letter wreath" for my door! My inspiration for this project was this cute H, but I like mine better! It fits "us" so much more than this H ever could. 

My pinterest project that I started and finished yesterday are my $18.00 painted vases. Each of the paint samples were $5.00 and I went to GoodWill to hopefully find some unique and fun vases. I came home with four pretty simple vases. But I LOVE the way they turned out! And I can't wait to do more! 

I used two different paint colors. The lighter bluish-white is called, Devine Horizon and the darker blue is called, Devine Pond. Both colors are by Devine Color by Target. To do this project all I did was apply even, thin layers of paint to each vase until I reached the desire color. Super easy and super simple.


The thing I love most about Pinterest projects is you can make them your own! They don't have to be exactly like the picture. The projects can have their very own personality! And that's what makes them yours!

Enjoy crafting!!
xoxo,
Morg