scrabble pillows

Scrabble Pillows. I have been seeing them all over Etsy & Pinterest & I finally decided to make them. I am a huge scrabble nerd so these pillows were definitely a must have in my bedroom. This was my first time using a sewing machine so I was a bit nervous, but I think they turned out alright :)

Here they are...

I did the back in this really pretty blue fabric I found at my local fabric store.

Have a wonderful day!

be my valentine

I had a wonderful valentines day, besides being slightly sick that is. I already mentioned that my husband bought me a sewing machine, I still have not used it lol but I plan on buying some fabric today to make my pillow covers :)We also ordered some new bedding... I am beyond excited to finish our bedroom. I was supposed to make cupcakes in addition to the cake balls, but that was a fail, the cake was more time consuming then I had originally planned. So look for my cupcake post in a few! My daughter is far too cute when we bake things she is constantly sticking her fingers in the icing lol, she's two she can still get away with things like that :)

  Here are a few of the cake balls, we made them with red velvet cake & they were beyond delicious!

For dinner I made turkey meatballs with whole grain pasta, spinach and ricotta. It is not the greatest picture, but it tasted delicious.

My husband also bought me a black pearl necklace, which I love. Overall it was a wonderful day spent with the ones that I love....Hoping you all had a wonderful day as well!

Valentines Day. I have always thought of Valentines Day as highly overrated, but this year I was looking forward to it like no other. My husband bought me a sewing machine as part of my gift and I am excited as all get out. I have been wanting a sewing machine for a good two years now and it has finally happened. Today I am ordering fabric and such and I cannot wait to get started creating things. Scrabble pillows may have to be first, I have been seeing them in the blogosphere for awhile now and all over Etsy. In all honesty I did not want to order them. They seemed quite do-able and now that I have my machine I have decided to make them myself. I shall post them when I get the chance :)   

Tomorrow night for dinner I will be making turkey meatballs with whole wheat spaghetti, spinach and ricotta. My daughter and I will also be making red velvet cake balls for a little Valentines Day treat. Look out for my post about our Valentines Day activities, they will be fantastic :)

Have a wonderful day!

Today I'm linking up with Neely over at A Complete Waste of Makeup.

 My name is Kate and this is my little space to come and babble. I live with my husband and 2 wonderful children way up in North Dakota. This is what the state looks like for a majority of the year...

First thing you should know about me is I LOVE FOOD! I have recently started eating clean, which if you don't know what that is there happens to be this wonderful little thing they call Google :) I absolutely adore baking and hope to eventually have a blog that fully dedicated to recipes, but for now I will just post some here. I have also just started vegan baking, which is interesting to say the least, but some things are quite delicious so look out for recipe posts to come. 

Addicted to Pinterest.

Favorite book (at this point in time) is still Pride and Prejudice.

Clumsy as all get out.

Married for about 3 years.

Loves volunteering at local shelter.

Full time student.

Lover of chocolate.

Nutella addict.

I am simply me.

Have a wonderful day!

Wedding Wednesday

Today I'm linking up with Sarah for Wedding Wednesday. My husband & I got married on March 14th 2009. Was it my dream wedding? Not really. Did I marry my dream man? Yes, and that is all that matters to me. so in a way in fact it was my dream wedding. Things were a bit complicated we were recently engaged and planning a wedding, but life happens and we ended up getting married right away with just close family at my parents house. So rather than post about weddings exactly I decided to post about renewing your vows... it's wedding related :)

My husband and I are planning on renewing our vows in October 2013 for our 5th anniversary (technically when we got engaged) We have hit a few bumps n our relationship, which may be a bit of an understatement. But we managed to come out on top better than ever. I can honestly tell you that I have never loved him more than I do right now, and I hope that over time that love becomes even greater. At that time he will also be out of the air force & we will be starting a whole new chapter of our lives together. I am beyond words excited.

We want to make it an intimate ceremony with close family and friends who have been with us and there for us over the years.  It will be outdoors hopefully in the same place where he proposed to me :) I will "allow" my guests to wear jeans and a nice shirt as long as they are clean haha.  And we most definitely want our kids to be involved. It won't be like a "2nd wedding" because I've already had one, but I don't disagree with people who want to do it that way, because it's your day to do whatever it is that your heart desires.I do in fact have a dress picked out already( I'd like to wait to show people, but I will tell you that it is green-ish lol) and he has decided he wants to wear a vest with a nice shirt under it, but he would like his tattoos to be showing so he has asked for permission to roll up his sleeves lol. This is why I love him. There will be a party/get together after the fact most likely at our home & cake, because who in there right mind turns down a chance to have a cake :)

I have read numerous articles on "proper etiquette" for vow renewals and I say screw it & do what you want.

How do you feel about renewing your vows? Is there a "proper" way to go about it?