50 Things to Do when I am 50--#46 Try a new Craft!

As you know, I have been pretty committed to my craft of card making and scrapbooking for the last 20 years, literally saying the phrase “I cannot take on a new hobby”…has we know, hobbies & crafts are expensive, hahaha! However, when some of my lemons asked if I wanted to go try painting pottery with them as part of my 50 Things list, I could not say no! As saying ‘Yes’ to things is also on my list! My friend Karrie suggested this to my list and I so happy I added it on. I have a few other new crafts to try before the year is out!

So off we went to a really cute local place in Edmonton called Clay & Cupcakes. You can pick a variety of pottery items to paint, have access to all of their paint and supplies and then they fire and finish it for you.

I decided on a rainbow item—a container of sorts and I thought it would be fun to store my Stampin’ Water Painters in my craft room.

I decided on colors that felt like Stampin’ Up! to me—Pretty in Pink, Daffodil Delight and Pool Party. It was not a complicated item to paint, but it was relaxing and fun to socialize while we applied our multiple coats of paint. I even painted the whole inside!

Got to have a starbies on hand!

Aren’t our projects the cutest? The worst part was waiting to get our projects back as it took about a month. But well worth the wait when the girls delivered it to me at work! We typically are ‘ladies of the night’ as we really got to know each other working after closing shifts together. Hahaha!

Now my rainbow container is at home in my crafting studio, holding all of my water painters and adding a little pop of color to my craft room table!

Can’t wait to have the girls over for a crafting night and to share a technique using water painters!

Thanks friends for helping me check this one off of my list!

Make sure to check back as I recently went to Banff and checked a whole shwack load of things off of my list!

50 Things to Do--#9 BESTIES TATTOO --check!

Well it worked out pretty awesome that Encrypted Ink was able to take myself and my Sask bestie Carmen in for a cute little freckle tattoo! Tee is amazing and we had so much fun getting our little matching tattoos!

This was sort of a spur of the moment—the opportunity is here—the future is now situation and I am so happy that Tee was the one to do it for us!

As you know—this is the summer of checking stuff off of my list and this won’t be the first bestie tattoo that I get as I have some really amazing gals in my circle. Carmen and I go way back to our Boston Pizza days in Saskatoon. Nothing cements a friendship like serving together until the wee hours, having kids the same age, traveling together and being able to cry and share your deepest fears and regrets with someone. This little tattoo does not take up much space on my wrist but our friendship real estate is big in my heart.

I can officially check #9—Bestie’s tattoo (round 1) off my list of 50 Things! My blog is going to be lighting up as I have so many awesome things to share and I realize I still have a lot of things to do (behind on recipes, yoga and letter writing—but will get caught up!)

Isn’t this the cutest thing ever?

Thanks for being a piece of my story!

50 Things to Do list--#20 Walk through the River Valley

I have enjoyed two beautiful walks with my besties so far this summer season in the beautiful Edmonton river valley—this might not seem like list worthy but when you live in the suburbs and work 3 jobs—getting out to enjoy something as simple as a walk becomes a treasured thing.

Bailey and I picked up amazing Iced Mocha’s from the Columbian and walked throughout the Millcreek Ravine with no destination in mind (we did manage to find our way back to the car-hahaha!)

Look at this view—sometimes you do not know where the path is taking you, you just have to believe it’s leading you where you are meant to be. This is something I have come to trust in over the past couple of years—every direction is redirection to where you are meant to be —nothing is accidental! My life is on such an amazing path and I am so grateful to have the gift of time this summer.

Look at this amazing hobbit door—right in Millcreek! What a great find while wandering!

My Saskatchewan bestie made the trip to Edmonton to celebrate Summer’s grad, so we made a trip to the new Hawrelak Park and it did not disappoint!

There are so many different paths and experiences you can have at the park and we had a great morning wandering around. Maybe there was more laughing and chatting than walking, but we did make it all around the main water way loop.

I am looking forward to more walks this summer throughout the river valley—if you want to join me, let me know!

I can officially say I have checked #20 off my list!