{Pillows}

Remember these pillows? Sad, dreary pillows....

Well, my friend Chels decided she would be willing to help me make some new pillows to brighten up my sofa. The only sewing I have ever done was in a class in high school. Needless to say, I don't have a finished product of any project, and the pieces of a dress laid in a bag until I got married and threw them away. Don't know how I passed that class, but you get the point. But, we found the cutest fabric shop in Preston, and it inspired me! :) So, my first attempt at sewing went pretty good if I do say so myself.

I saw this fabric called around the world and I had to have it. It has landmarks from famous cities, and you know I love traveling. Those Russian building tops were just calling me.
And so was this tree......

Then I saw this yellow fabric. Fantastic color + fantastic graphic = fantastic pillow.

So now my sofa looks sooo much happier! That plum pillow on the right still has to be topped off with a big buttion in the middle.

Yay for me! I am no longer frightened of sewing machines. In fact, I want one.

{hAlLoWeEn '09}

We had a great Halloween weekend this year. Family and friends.

The weekend began with this..... :)

{costume in the making}

Krissy and Brad hosted a party where we ate delicious food, made carmel apples, and watched the jazz game!

Don't they look delicious??

Clothesline! Aren't we cute trees?

Sorry for the picture overload, but I just had to post pictures of everyones costumes!

{I maybe don't know the names of these guys...}

{Swine Flu}

yes, he looked dead for real

{Babies}

{Clark Kent and his nurse}

I never managed to get Brad and Krissy together for a picture, but they were Bret and Mel from Flight of the Conchords. It was great!

{the whole group of us}

The next night, on Halloween, we went to Liza's for a family party. It was a blast!

{McCall & Brady.....Hh}

Ketchup and Mustard, and Grandma Melba was sunshine in her yellow sweater!
We had a mummy wrapping contest, and it was pretty hilarious. This is Wyatt after being the victim of McCall, Brady, Logan and I....
Kamden's aftermath...
We also had dinner with my mom, sister and her family....but I didn't get any pictures! If you want to see the cutest homemade pizza costume on little Sophie, check out Val's blog here....

morrismisfits.blogspot.com

She's super talented!

Thanks everyone for the awesome weekend!

{All Dolled Up}

So my dear Aunt Terrie handmakes the cutest doll clothes around! I am just finishing up helping her with her logo and branding graphics, website, business cards, etc. Here's a little peak at a few of the finished products...

Website HeaderI had a few favorite business card layouts, so I thought I would post them all...

{the printed product will be #2}

#1

#2

#3

And here is a preview of a couple darling outfits that can be found here...

http://www.alldolledup-dollclothes.com/index.html

Check it out! She is pretty amazing!!

{F.E. Update}

Update!

So Logan's test was a couple weeks ago. He left the house a little before 6:00 am to have breakfast with some friends that were taking it too. They had to be there at 7:15, tested until 12:15, had 1 hour for lunch, and tested again until around 5:30 pm. His poor friend Derek had to take it even though it was his birthday. YUCK! He won't know his results until after Christmas or so, but for now, we can relax a little. He studied so much that I'm sure he did great! Now we just have to wait...

{deborah riley designs}

Finally!

So I have had business cards for quite a few months now, but haven't been able to give them out because they had my design blog address on them, which wasn't finished.

But it is done now!

{at least enough to function and look decent}

So I am officially open for business! :)

If you know of anyone that needs invitation, business cards, or anything else, let them know that I would LOVE to help them out!

Check it out....

http://deborahrileydesigns.blogspot.com/

Also, if you know anyone who would like to give my business cards out, or know of a place that I could leave them, let me know!

HOORAH.

{F.E.}

This Saturday Logan takes the FE Exam. 8 hours, 1 break. He has been studying his little butt off since the middle of the summer. We can't wait for it to be over, Logan so he can stop worrying about it, and me so he can spend more time with me.

This is how I picture it.

Except probably with less girls, more boys. Good luck babe! Love you and I think your so great!

ps ... FE = Fundamentals of Engineering

Fall Break!

For fall break we spent time at our friend's cabin up Logan canyon. We spent the night on Friday, came home on Saturday so Logan could study, and went back up Saturday night to party. Luckily it was only about 10 minutes up the canyon, so it was pretty convenient. Friday night we made dutch oven dinners and hung out, then slept in their trailer. Saturday night we grilled, hung around the fire again, and then watched a scary movie! It was way too fun.

Some of the boys grilling our dinners.

The cute little cabin, and the mountain man Nolan!
Sitting around the campfire! Krissy, Brad, Log and I.
Jamie, Derek, Jenny & Andy.

Nolan & Erica.

Getting ready for the scary movie in the trailer...

Thanks Krissy & Brad for letting us come and play!

My latest {graphic design} project...

I finished these announcements the other day for my cousin Scott and his wife Korin. They are actually baby blue-gray, not teal. I did them really quick, but I think they turned out pretty great!

Congrats you guys, happy marraige!!!

My latest project...

So we found these little tables at the D.I. for $10 each. They were a nasty yellow tanish color but I could see potential in them, so we snatched them up. They have been sitting in my dad's basement forever because we didn't have time to work on them, but over conference weekend we got them going, and they are finally done! We are using them as our coffee table for now, but I'm not sure where they will end up for sure.

Also, for enrichment the other night we decorated the cutest pumkins, with things like yard and ribbon and felt. Cute huh?!

{Next project: New pillows for that sofa!!}

A couple random friend things...

Last night I went to dinner with some of the girls that were in Interior Design with me. We haven't seen each other since we graduated {other than a couple random run-ins}, so it was a blast to get together again! After we ate we went up to the studio to reminisce and check in on the poor sophomores/juniors/seniors, some of whom do not yet know what they have gotten themselves into. As expected, they were hard at work, watching movies and working on their tiny house projects! It was fun to be back there, but a little sad that those 4 years have come and gone. Luckily, the 5 of us happen to be the lame-o's who still live in Logan and have the same jobs as we did when we were in school, so we will have the chance to get together regularly. :) GO US!

Chels, Megan, me, Caitlin, and Lisa!

For Logan's 25th birthday, I was somewhat able to pull off a surprise party for Logan. His parents agreed to come up to Logan and take him to dinner as a distraction, while everyone arrived at our apartment. It wasn't a complete surprise {I now have a deep respect for people who can somehow keep everything a complete secret from someone they live with}, but he was a little surprised. If you can't tell, it was themed for Logan's year of birth {1984}. We just crammed ourselves in our little apartment and ate food, played rock band {thanks to my dad and Diana for lending it to us}, and hung out! It was soo much fun!

Logan's invitation, doesn't it look just like him on his scooter? :)

Brad and Krissy

Chris and Nicole

Jenny and Andy

That gem in the black and yellow is Derek. You never know what the night will be like with Derek around! Also, Kenny, Sara and Nolan

Erica, Nolan, Jenny and Jamie rockin it out. Jamie was not very happy with that song.

Heather, Andy, Derek, and Chris

It made Logan's birthday so much fun that all our friends could show up! Thanks everyone for celebrating with us!

A few months ago our friends Erica and Nolan got married. While the boys were bachelor partying, the girls went to dinner and bachelorette partied ourselves! Erica is on the right in the white. We are so happy they are finally married! :) The last of our friends to join the club.

{WE LOVE OUR FRIENDS!}