birthday festivities & recent happenings. . .

my birthday was almost a week ago so i figure

it's time to blog about it:)

my sister & brother in law bought logan & i a gift

card to use at sundance for Christmas, so we figured

my birthday was the perfect excuse to use it.

and by "we" i mean "i".

i'm glad that i have such a sweetheart husband because

he most definitely wanted to use the gift

card to go night skiing. . . but i convinced him

that using it for my birthday dinner was a better

idea & he didn't put up a fight.

we ate at the foundry grill & it.was.amazing.

it had a rugged yet sophisticated feel if that's possible.

it was dimly lit and logan & i got a table right

next to this cozy little fire place.

in a word, it was perfect.

it would have been even more perfect

if my camera had a flash, but i suppose a better

phone can be on my next birthday wish list!

despite the fact that my birthday memories appear

slightly grainy & blurry, i can assure you they

were pretty fantastic.

the menu ranged from salads to seafood to burgers.

i opted for the rotisserie pork with an apple compote,

whipped sweet potatoes, and braised greens.

fancy shmancy.

logan got a sausage pizza & i'm not exaggerating when i say it was one

of the best i've ever had.

after dinner we walked around the general store

and took a stroll outside to check out some of

the things being set up for the sundance film festival.

it was freeeeeezing outside but still fun to walk around.

sundance is beautiful any time of the year.

for dessert logan & i went to gloria's little italy

in downtown provo.

i am a big fan of the italian gelato and logan likes to try

some of the chocolate concoctions like cake & cannoli.

i am a big fan of birthday festivities that last a few

days before & after your actual day of birth.

therefore, the day after my birthday i had some

fun making mini cupcakes with nuvia.

i'm not aware of any rule that says you can't make

yourself a birthday treat, so we spent the afternoon

baking and listening to justin bieber-

two of nuvia's favorite things:)

my sister in law ashley gave me the mini cupcake

maker for Christmas & i have had some major fun making

them for other people/myself.

mainly myself.

in the midst of birthday festivities there have

been some other fun recent happenings.

i made a new table cloth for us and i am SO happy with it!

i bought the fabric at hobby lobby with a gift card i got

from logan for Christmas.

it was SUPER easy.

just buy enough fabric for the size of

your table (i got about 1.5 yards) & then just sew

each side down about 1/4 inch.

voila!

even more recently i decided to cave and do a project

i have been wanting to do for a while now.

i saw yarn wrapped letters on pinterest a long time ago

and the other day when i went to joanns to get

supplies for a valentine project i broke down

and bought the supplies.

but in my defense, my friend gave me a 20% off coupon

so i had to buy them because it was such a good deal!

all you need is:

your letter of choice (in my case a "T").

yarn.

glue.

cut strips of yarn and glue them to the bottom

and sides of the T.

(obviously some letters will require this step more or less times

than others).

glue a little loop on the back of the letter

and start wrapping!

i chose two colors and just alternated them.

almost done!

the great thing about this project is you can use

any letter, any yarn and any pattern.

once you have your finished project you can

put it on the wall, in a bookcase, on your table, etc.

the possibilities are endless.

our little letter T now hangs on our wall above our bed.

i'm really tempted to do an "L" & and "M".

i think all three would look cute above the bed.

LMT.

you may notice another new addition to our bed-

a new pillow!

i literally looked everywhere to find the perfect chevron

fabric to make a pillow cover myself but i couldn't

find any that i liked so i treated myself to one

that i found on etsy.

i LOVE it.

next to come is a valentines project that i am super

excited for.

yay for making stuff!