what a year

2011

what a year

so many great things happened..

the greatest thing to ever happen to me this year happened in september. near the end of the year but still worthy of the number one spot. i got engaged! clever enough on 9/10/11.

what a smart man i have. 

choosing a date we both can remember forever.

coming in on the number two spot is my fresh new business venture.

being inspired by those artsy kids i hang out with and genius photog blogs out there, i decided to start Heather Lynn Photography. it's still very small. but i see a great future! it puts my creativity to good use and i get to meet awesome people!! always trying to learn the many tricks of photoshop has been a fun and exciting challenge. what more can i ask for in life? :)

topping the list is ms.barley. our lovely little puppy we rescued just before thanksgiving. shes named after my fiance passion in life: BEER! if we ever choose to get another dog, his/her name will be hops. i love it. she's brought so much joy to our lives already. still just a baby, but she's growing fast! she also keeps us on schedule. waking up early to greet the day with licks and a wagging tail, only makes you want to get out of bed that much faster and embrace the day! instead of sleeping in like usual :)

what do i look forward to in the new year?

i hope to see alot of change within myself.

i'll be graduating may! that's is so crazy for me to think of right now, but it is coming up soon.

i'll be working on expanding the blog and photography to new and better things.

i'll still be planning a 2013 wedding :) i'm on pinterest all the time pinnnig great ideas. If you want a sneak peek of the overall feel to my upcoming nuptials, feel free to click the pinterest link on the right side of the blog. there's some great stuff on there.

i will be seeing see alot of change in this coming year. but it will all be for good. i'm hoping anyway. a bunch of renewal and discovery is coming my way. i can feel it..:)

see you in 2012

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My week in instagram

So this week has been kinda crazy...not in an insane kind of way, just a "so-busy-all-you-wanna-do-is-sleep" crazy. From holiday travel, meeting extended family members of the fiance to breaking in a brand new macbook. These are a few photos from this week that have been edited with instagram on my iphone.

            The first: a photo of mathieu with our puppy barley. his parents have this spotlight shining on         their house, so that is the light you see. he was taking her out to potty and I just happened to walk past the open door and spot this photo in the making. It turned out really cool looking! This is a part of the crazy week i've been having. Staying at his parents house and trying to take care of little barley!

            The second: the queen herself. Barley. sleeping as she always does. all turned and oddly angled. she's a weirdo but you gotta love her! she had to stay in a kennel for three days while we traveled for Christmas. :( I missed her sooooooooooo much, that was a huge part of my crazy week, not being able to spend time with her was so hard. 

             The third: the canadian stamp!! during the whole drive up to montreal (nearly ten hour drive) i was told that the canadian stamp was not a possibility. that they had stopped that great part of travel all together! I guess it was my lucky day because we all got stamps!!! just one for entering, not one for returning. I guess in 50 years when i look at all the travel stamps I've collected, i wont know for sure when i actually left canada.

          The fourth: just a marking of our packed family van travels. :) it was fun to measure distance and time using the iphone for the time that i could. once you get around 10 minutes around the border, you have to turn your phone off. otherwise you'll pick up ROGER. I really expensive data wifi. So turn em off! 

            The fifth: driving through northern new york, you'll find yourself driving through a huge national park! nothing but trees and mountains for 200 miles. only the highway cuts through this massive reserve. So beautiful.

            The last: i;m so excited for this one! this is my new "used" macbook. i've probably lusted after the macbook for oh...about five years. never mustering up the courage to spend the money. Then one day, a great man named mathieu thought after christmas would be the best buy to hit up craigslist. AWESOME IDEA! This macbook: newly cleaned, re-booted, fresh as a daisy. Guess how much it cost?    $110.  wooo hoooooo!!!! cannot ask for anything better. Just us ole bargain hunters here haha. If you dig hard enough, you're sure to come across a great find.

well, thats my week through instagram. Havent been blogging in a few weeks so sorry if its a bit lengthy. 

Craft Time

 So I was feeling a bit crafty over the weekend and I decided to share it with whomever is reading out there. It's a simple and fun way to create a cute pencil cup or to hold pretty much anything!

So I started by just cleaning and de-labeling an empty soup can, grabbed scissors and some rough yarn. You can use any color yarn or string that you find suitable for your object!

 Then I began to wrap the string around the base of the can. You can use hot glue to hold the end in place, but this was very spontaneous for me so I just decided to wrap it under. Leave a little bit out because we will use it to tye the bow at the end

                                           (not necassary if you use hot glue.)

 Remember to pull tight as you go around and around. But don't pull to hard or else the string will move out of place.

                  And Viola! For me, I put my wine bottle corks in the crafted soup can.
           ( I'm saving them all for another craft I plan to do for my wedding reception)
              You can place any small item that you have a large amount of in this
                                             re-furbished soup can!!

It took me about 20 minutes to finish and tye the bow. Oh! I also trimmed all the extra fly aways fromt this particular twine, just to make it look neat.