Las Vegas and Grand Canyon

We went to Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon a couple of weeks ago and it was amazing!! We had 7" of snow forecasted for the night before our flight (Monday 5:35am)... I was able to change our flight on Sunday afternoon and we drove to Charlotte to avoid the snow. Good thing we did! Our original flight was delayed by 8 hours!

I guess a lot of people had flight problems that day. We ended up with a row to ourselves. We took tons of photos out the window (I love flying by the way!). Here's Lake Mead as seen from above - this is is where the Hoover Dam is located.

We got a good deal and stayed at the Bellagio in the Spa Tower. Our room was fancy and gorgeous.

And came with a "partial fountain" view. We were actually able to see all of the fountains though!

We arrived right after Chinese New Year - Year of the Monkey. All of the hotels were decorated in Chinese lanterns and elaborate displays. Very cool!

Joe did the SkyJump at the Stratosphere. He jumped 855 ft off a perfectly good building :) I waited at the bottom.

We got to go back up to the indoor observation tower and look out. Amazing views from up here!

Fremont Street was a trip. There are tons of lights, music, street entertainers, bars, the Mob Museum, the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop (any Pawn Stars fans out there?)

We saw our first Cirque du Soleil show - Zarkana. It was really cool! Each scene had elaborate set ups and colors and there was a huge cast. Bonus - you can take pictures as long as there's no flash!

After the show, we went up to the observation deck on the Eiffel Tower at Paris hotel. So cool to see the city from this level!

On Wednesday we went to the Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon. We didn't take a dam tour because we just rented a car for one day and I was dying to get to the Grand Canyon West Rim.

Then we drove on to the Grand Canyon. This was Joe's first trip out West. Arizona is so pretty!! As you get close to the West Rim, you go through the Joshua Tree forests and everything is just gorgeous. I'm glad Joe drove so I could take lots of pics.

You can't take your phone or camera out on the SkyWalk but it was awesome. There's a glass floor and I'm afraid of heights, so I thought I would be freaked out - but I wasn't!

When we got back to Vegas that night, we stopped at the famous "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign - so fun!

On Thursday we had breakfast at the Paris buffet, won some cash at Bally's slot machines, and checked out other hotels (New York New York, Planet Hollywood, etc). Joe found a Groupon for dinner at Treasure Island's buffet. $25 dinner with drinks for 2? SOLD.

We went back to Fremont to play the cheap slots on Friday. Joe won a $10 silver coin from the big Silver Strikes slot machine in 4 Queens. I got a couple of cheap souvenirs. And of course we saw Elvis :)

We spent the rest of the day having lunch at the Mirage before going to see Mat Franco's magic show. Fun trip!!

Have you been to Vegas? Or the Grand Canyon?

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Etsy Shop Now Open!

I've been working on a secret project and now it's live - I opened an Etsy shop!!

I'll be selling paper crafted goods (of course!) Most will have some gold foil (of course!) Some (but not all) have been inspired by my yoga practice. Right now I have:

• mantra cards - these are inspirational messages that happen to be Project Life size (wink!) but can be used as positive affirmations, or as the focus of your yoga practice that day.
• greeting cards
• bookmarks with rainbow tassels
• ready-to-frame art

I'll be adding more as I go along. I've been dying to tell everyone!!

Visit my shop here


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December Project Life

Ok! Last seasonally inappropriate Project Life spread! Woot woot! This wraps up 2015 and I think I'm going to continue this monthly format with occasional 12x12 layouts. It's worked pretty well for me.

First pages of December:  I mostly used the Cottage Project Life kit for this layout.

Left side: Lego's, essential oils, the decal I made for Joe's truck, chicken casserole

Right side: our fancy new movie theater, a selfie, piano, a trip to Biltmore, Speedway in Lights. 

I found a 12x12 cut apart sheet in my Christmas stash and used it to document several Christmas and Christmas Eve related activities (addressing cards, Honey Bear on Christmas Day, our tree, my new car stereo, and some of our wrapping paper). 

And here's how it looks beside of my Christmas Day 12x12 layout.

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Holly Jolly Christmas

Joe and I went over to my parents house on Christmas Day. My brother was in town and we all had dinner together. Mom surprised us by making some photo booth props for a family picture. I used a sketch and came up with this - a busy (but fun!) layout.

I cut this title out on my Cameo. The background paper is from Heidi Swapp and most of the smaller papers are from MAMBI.

I love this little bow, snowflake, and flair cluster.

I've been hoarding this stitched present shaker for a while...

This is a Heidi Swapp banner. I added the star, snowflake, and tree.

Ok - just have my December Project Life left to share!

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Currently - February 2016

Currently I'm

- adjusting back to East Coast time (I'll be sharing Las Vegas and Grand Canyon pics early next week!)
- tracking steps with my FitBit (96.237 steps over 5 days in Vegas!)
- reading books and catching up on magazines
- working out on the elliptical machine I got earlier this month
- watching new episodes of The Walking Dead
- trying some new skincare products
- looking forward to a mani and pedi this week
- coloring in a new book

What's going on in your neck of the woods?

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November Project Life

November's page start out with the New Truck layout and an insert. I trimmed down a larger 12x12 page protector to make this insert.

Insert: Thanksgiving, a card for a friend, and the finale of our bathroom facelift! We got the room painted and I hung up my new shower curtain.

Back of insert and right side of layout: I used the Cottage Project Life kit from Becky Higgins.

Back of insert: a quick overnight trip to Dollywood and Gatlinburg. We took a pic in a giant snow globe, saw the Christmas lights, and had some awesome meals at Loco Burro and Crockett's Breakfast Camp.

Right side: our trip to the All Things Silhouette Conference in Peachtree City, Georgia. This event needed its own page for sure!

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Valentine Card

I made hubby a Valentine card. I saw the "Lucky in Love" sticker and thought it was perfect since we're going to Las Vegas to celebrate our 5th anniversary!

I mixed some Crate Paper and another Valentine collection from my stash. 

I had to include a little bit of sparkle 💜

Hope you had a great Valentine's Day!