Things I'm Obsessed With: YouTube Edition

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Hey, friends!

I've recently become quite obsessed with YouTube. Before this last month, I've purely used YouTube to find episodes of the Golden Girls, craft tutorials, but mainly for music.

Recently YouTube put out a mass marketing campaign advertising vlogger channels and fortunately two of those women were Bethany Mota  and Rosina Pasino.

Well, let me tell you, friends, I'm a television connoisseur (meaning I like to sit in pajamas and watch television while shoving my face full of food), so I know what good watching is (note: The Golden Girls).





First up we have Bethany Mota:

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When I watched the first video of hers, I immediately thought that I was way too old to be watching her channel. I didn't understand her style, but her attitude just pulled me in. She's so upbeat and she helped me remember that I can like neon lamps and cute purse swag even at 27.
I especially love her roomspiration videos because it gives me a million ideas for Sofia's room!
I've been watching her videos all day and it's become something that Sofia and I bond over. She loves, loves, loves, make up and pretty stuff, so she gets excited to watch Bethany.

If you would like to visit her vlog, check it out here.







Next is Rosana Pasino (host of Nerdy Nummies):

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Can I just say that I LOVE this woman with all of my nerdy heart?! Y'all, her channel on YouTube is home to some of THE coolest nerdy foods ever! And she's hilarious to watch. I may just be saying this because time and time again people have said she reminded them of me (which must mean I'm awesome).
In all seriousness, the ease of her food projects is easy mode and they turn out looking phenomenal.
May I personally recommend the Muppet episode? We've watched that episode too many times to count.

If you wish to check out her channel, here is her channel!
(You won't be sorry)






Up next is Courtney Joseph with Women Living Well ministries:

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I stumbled upon this ministry last year and it's encouraged me so immensely. Courtney is most assuredly old fashioned when it comes to marriage and the roles of men and women, but hey, so am I! 

She is also a co-founder of Good Morning girls, which is another encouraging ministry who put out some extremely-easy-to-relate-to bible studies.

My perspective on so many things has changed thanks to this ministry. It's helped my parenting and marriage immensely as well as helped me to understand key parts of the Bible better.

Give 'em a look-see!

Women Living Well channel here.
Good Morning Girls channel here.





And last but not least is Mama Natural:

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Okay, I love this woman! She tells it like it is about being a crunchy mama. She's definitely more extreme than I am, but she just blows me away with information every single episode. If you're one of my peeps who are looking to educate yourself on clean, natural living, this is where you start. She explains everything so well and clearly. Love, love, love her!

Check out her channel here.

Well, friends, this wraps up this edition.
If you have any other ideas for the "Things I'm Obsessed With" series, let me know in the comments!

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Happy Thursday, lovies!
-Heather

I'm Ba-aack!

Hey, friends!

I'm back finally!

 It's been a busy month, so blogging has taken a backseat unfortunately.
BUT! Here I am!

Here's a peek into what's been going on:

I made my first wedding cake! It was actually my first cake that I've made in about three years. I had to do a lot of googling to find tutorials on how to make bows and burlap flowers and to learn how to smooth buttercream, but by golly, I got it done! 

Props to my cousin for asking me to do this for her wedding when I had no experience.

She likes to live on the wild side....

We have a new kitten.

We may have acquired this kitten by me playing dirty using the super cute Sofia pout.

I'm a terrible wife, aren't I?

 Our great state of Arkansas was hit with some wicked storms. It was a somber week as the images of the aftermath flooded social media. The stories from survivors were so personal and it was absoutely heartbreaking. 

Fortunately all we had happen here at our house was a branch broke and almost fell on the car. 

Really, after knowing what could have happened, this was absolutely nothing.

Please keep Vilonia and Mayflower in your prayers, friends.

 Isaiah's birthday party was this weekend. He wanted a Dr. Who themed party and I happily obliged. 

I mean.. come on... 

It's Dr. Who.

I made chocolate dipped pretzels, bow ties made out of fruit roll ups, marshmallow adipose, and of course a Tardis cake.

It didn't turn out as well as I had hoped, so I won't share that picture. It would have turned out better, but I was caked out at that point.

 This is my gorgeous niece! She had a DEBS dance to go to. (It's like prom for Jr. High) She asked me to do her makeup for the dance and I was so happy to do it!

                                                


                                            

                                                  

                   

                                               Also.... She may take after me some....

I've entered a new business venture (yes, another one) and I've been making cake and cupcake orders for friends. This cake was made for a friend's daughter and I was fairly happy with how it turned out!

And I may have danced a little when the order was finally done...

 

This, friends, is my nephew. My sister's storage unit had been broken into, so we were cleaning up the mess when I persuaded him to joust with a Swiffer and tricycle. I even made him pose for 5 minutes while I got the picture just right.
I was laughing so hard the pictures were coming out blurry.

I'm such a good aunt...

And finally, this was my "Josh-is-gone-for-two-weeks-so-I-need-to-keep-busy project". 

 I've seen other tutorials that used a projector, but since most people don't have those hanging around, I had to improvise.

This wall originally was chocolate brown, so I painted it the same sky blue as the rest of our bedroom.

Then, I found a picture of a branch silhouette that I liked to use as reference. I used a pencil to free hand the branch and I printed and cut out swallow silhouettes, placed them on the wall with tape, then traced around them as well. 

Then, used a watercolor brush to fill in the whole thing except for the thick part by the light switch (I actually got to use a normal paintbrush for that) with black paint. 

It took forever since I had to use such a small brush, but if I had used any bigger, it would have been sloppy.

  

I'm pretty stoked at how this turned out. 

Like, super happy. It made me smile when I woke up this morning.

So that's what this lady has been up to lately.
I would love to see some projects y'all have been working on!

Happy Wednesday,  y'all!

-Heather

Garden Inspiration

Good Morning!

I'm actually getting to blog in the A.M. instead of the P.M. today. Sawyer is actually doing his school work with self motivation. When that happens, it makes for a very productive day for me.

Yipee!


This morning I'm talking about gardening.
To me, gardening is a four letter word because I'm that terrible at it. Josh says that I'd be good at it if I actually watered the plants, but it's been my experience that when I water the plants, I over water them.

 You can see how this situation would be problematic for a family that's attempting to have an urban homestead.

Well, this year, we're researching not only the foods that we want to grow, but the proper way to actually grow them. I've also been looking at Pinterest for pretty gardens. I don't just want food growing. I want a whimsical garden as well. So, we'll be incorporating herbs and other pretties I hope.

Here's some of my inspiration for making our yard and garden area pretty...

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A hammock over lavender.

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A natural fence to keep neighborhood pets out.

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Natural shade for a sitting area.

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A pretty walkway from the garden area to our shed. This one would take a lot of work because there's nothing there currently.

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I can't feasibly do this in my yard, but it would be a pretty fake creek in a country yard.

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Of course every garden fence need a gate. 

This would be so amazing at an entrance to a walking trail.

 

 

Then, of course, we have the actual garden planning...

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 This one is for a fairly large garden. My dad is planting a pretty large garden, so I'm going to print this one out for him.

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If you use pallets, make sure that they haven't been treated with chemicals, please!

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Such pretty rows!

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Here's a great use of rain gutters.

I like to call this picture The Salad Bar.

Thanks for letting me share some of my Pinspirations with you!

If you'd like to see more of my pin boards that I puled these off of, feel free to visit my boards,  How Does Your Garden Grow and Wonderland!

Happy Tuesday!

-Heather