A denver day

SO glad I got to see my little Carlee Bear!  She came by Colorado before heading back to School in Rexburg, Idaho.... after spending the summer working in Arizona.  The Girl is miss independent all over the place :)  We decided to see what the fuss was all about at the new Ikea store by Park Meadows - quite the adventure.  

It was almost a furniture overload... But everything was so practical and useful!  Perfect for small spaces and little homes.  Carlee is designing her dream kitchen out of Ikea and I am daydreaming about converting our whole house... lol.  daydreaming!  I see why Shanda has been shopping there for years now :) 

Moma & Bearie

hugs and love

xoxoxo

Lovely little Labor day Weekend

Hi All!  Hope your weekends were relaxing and fun!!  We certainly enjoyed our 3-day weekend :)  Got to hang with friends and fam, take a few adventures, and sleep-in, yey!

 Jared and I drove up to Estes Park Sunday to check out their downtown art show.  It was HUGE!  It attracted a lot of people, and traffic!  Think we may sign up for a booth next year ;)  Best part was watching a glass blowing demonstration in one of the galleries on the main strip.  The Guy (Dave) had his studio set up in the back section of his Gallery and made a platter from start to finish.  Quite the process... and amazing to see someone work with HOT glass! 

 also grabbed an application for an Estes Art Gallery... doesn't hurt to try!

Today was some awesome fun at Coors Field!  Watched the Rockies play the AZ Diamondbacks with the whole Butler clan :)

 Lynn & Me

 Jared, Gma & Gpa Butler (from AZ! rooting for their team away from home), & Rus

 We had some sweet seats, in the shade with a great view!

Couldn't have asked for a better weekend, love getting to do fun things with the people we love! 

xoxo

Accomplished

Not only was this one of my biggest ceramic accomplishments, but it was also an incredibly flattering custom request.  I was thrilled to have this order from a sweet etsy customer and even more thrilled to see the result all neatly stacked :)  

pretty tasty lookin' ;) 

happy to have them in the post on on their way!

backyard

We enjoyed a nice Sunday outside this weekend; glazing in the studio and working on the yard!  Jared put in a beautiful little rock porch area, which he likes to call his "Rock Garden", and it is fantastic.  A much needed change to the dirt patch that was a real eye sore.  He is even more inspired now to do a path to the side gate, and possibly expand by the back door!  yey for pretty riverbed rocks and backyard Zen.  Bees had a blast playing in the hose.  she loves chasing after the stream!  it was cute to watch her play, and get some brother love after :)

 

 this is one of my new fav. pics of the two of them, so cute.  

we are firing the kiln like crazy getting prepared for Loveland Art in the Park this weekend!!  here is a lil preview of some new beauties you can expect to see :)

 for more info on times & location, visit the show's site here.  and we hope to see you there :)

Hugs and Love

xoxox

today....

 

Today I went to the post office, and put a very special package in the mail.

Today I hoped that work would go by quickly.
Today I dreamed of having our new wedging table! (Jared bought supplies at home depot today)
Today I forgot the clothes in the washer.
Today I heard "I like your banana" haha
Today I read some craft fair applications!
Today I watched the first ep. of eastbound and down, season 2.  hilarious
Today I said "Thank you so Much"
Today I believed that I can make all the pots need to, If i work hard.  
Today I felt A huge relief when my broken window was replaced. 
Today I wondered If i would get sent home early because of the power outage?
Today I bought a tank full of gas. 
Today I cleaned up a massive creamer spill. 
Today I was me.

We Heart Greeley

Seriously.  this weekend at the Arts Picnic was amazing, and we are so so thankful for everyone who came to see us!  We love the Greeley vibe, all of the people are so kind and warm.  we really felt the love <3  and the Heat!  It was about 95-97 degrees all weekend.  pfhew.  i can't tell you how much we are loving our swamp cooler right now!! 

Even though we got off to a rocky start (literally, we had our back window break on the way home from friday evening set-up :( it was still a great weekend!  And we are so pumped to get back in the studio before Loveland Art in the Park, only 2 weeks away!   

hugs & love

xoxo

Viva Las Vegas!

that's right! Vegas BABY.  Jared took me out to Sin city the day after my b-day and we had the best time.  We flew in late Sunday night and the strip was a sight to see, all lit up!!  It was also 95 degrees at 11:30 p.m. crazy hot!! we seen a lot of the fun strip sights and walked.... a lot!

 our hotel!  the Excalibur

 Mario!

Another Huge B-day present... (wow i'm spoiled!)  Rusty and Lynn Got us Show tix!!  We we're so excited to see the Cirque de Soleil show LOVE - I am a Beatles fanatic and couldn't wait to hear the music and the show.  It was Unreal, the entire experience.  From the Stage to the costumes to the music and our amazing seats!!! it was unforgettable!

 (i asked to take a pic with lovely Rita meter maid but she said i couldn't.... )

It was all so amazing :)  thank you lynn & Rus!!

we also got in some relaxing at the pool, which was SO hot... but beautiful.

(i forgot my pool hat at the hotel, so sad.  I loved that hat!)

our last night on the town we did a little gambling - It was a rush to sit and play blackjack in the casinos!  i loved it - probably because i had a little lucky streak ;) 

overall, incredible trip.  we stayed up all night on our last night (we had an early morning flight) and we happy to come home to the dags & a nice long nap!  thank you thank you thank you to everyone who made our Vegas adventure Amazing :)