Dear someone special,

I love you.

Love,

Your Darling

Suitcase Update

So I have these suitcases my Uncle got me when I graduated high school that I love. Unfortunately, so do my cats. And whenever I go home they scratch at them. Annoyingggg.

SO I decided to try and take the focus of the ickyness and make them suuuper cute!

Here are the pictures, although they don't do justice to the real life deal.

Before.

After.

Before.

After.

Close ups.

This I fabric glued on because since it was a hard

surface I knew it would be impossible to sew.

This is my lovely new suitcase. I got outlines of shapes online, printed them, cut them out, outlined them onto an old shirt, cut them out, and sewed them on!

I won't be having any posts for quite some time- I'll be out of town until July 5th. Im totally stoked to be getting away and to be spending time with me family. :) its going to be awesome!

audios!

wedding bells

So Dustins cousin is getting married in a few months, and Im Dustins date. Well since this is only my second wedding, and the first non-mormon, I have a lot to learn about weddings.

Of the first things I need to figure out is what the heck to wear. Here are just a few options I have found and love (in no particular order). Thank you modcloth.

Which one do you think is the cutest? If you see any other cute dresses let me know!

fancy.

Sometimes positivity takes practice

precious.

i can do anything good.

thank you

Thank you productive yet relaxing days.

You rock.

Love,

Kelly

p.s. I also appreciate saving over 13$ on 130 digital prints from CVS. That makes scrapbooking more affordable! :)

Fathers Day Weekend

Happy Fathers Day!

This weekend was awesome! Dustin and I went up to Phoenix Friday night and had a blast with the fam and friends on Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday

Not fathers day, but our day to celebrate (Grandfather was busy on Sunday). The guys went out to play golf in the morning so mom and I hit the hair salon. yes!

Taken by Dustin, the guys on the green

After we all met at grandfathers and I made dinner. My inspiration, Kierens Tin Foil Chicken. Since I did not use tin foil Im just going to call it Chicken Marinara Bake. Tutorial later. :) But here it is!

I call this one, delicious.

That evening we went to Mark, Nicky, and Kaylas house for some grillin and swimmin. AWESOME. It was a ton of fun and I am so glad we have them as such wonderful friends.

Scuba Steve... er... Dustin

Grill Master Nicky

Worlds biggest lap dog, Bella

My brother :)

One of a million chicken fights, girls against guys!

Sunday

-Sleep in (much needed)

-Wash my car (which I think I have found a proper name- Chauncey, because the car looks like a fat man wearing a tuxedo)

Chauncey

-Watch US Open and some Fifa World Cup

-Relax some more

-Dinner with Kieren and Anson at their house! Always love spending time with her, especially when it's few and far in between

The ever fabulous Kieren

What an incredible weekend!

love life.

Ain't No Martha Stewart- Layered Taco Salad

Layered Taco Salad

Absolutely Delicious! One of my more wonderful creations, and SUPER easy!

Unfortunately my pictures were deleted off my camera while trying to put them on my computer, use your imagination. :)

Ingredients:

Cooked and seasoned ground beef

Black beans

Letuce

Cheese

Tomato

Italian dressing

Chips

Seasonings:

Cayenne pepper

Minced Onions

Garlic

Cook the beans with the garlic, minced onions and cayenne pepper

Toss the meat with a little Italian dressing.

Assemble the salad part- cheese, tomato, lightly crunched chips, and lettuce- tossed in Italian dressing.

Put everything together!

I layered in the following way- meat, cheese, beans, salad, then topped with tomatoes, cheese, more chips, and cayenne pepper.

Enjoy!

to the moon!

Last night was ladies night at Cactus Moon! I went with the guys (ironic) and met Georges friend Jill (who is awesome). Great night to be had!

I did this on purpose. haha

Attempting to bust out of plaid shirts.

My love and I.

The chipper backseat!

All smiles from Dustin ;)

Living life on the edge by squeezing on the floor of the front seat.

Mine and Todds photo shoot. This is take 3. haha

havin a blast.

Grandfathers fathers day gift!

Here is what I made!

The card, over exposed.

The card, blurry. Im such a great photographer.

The envelope.

The frame-

"A grandfather is someone with silver in their hair and gold in their heart"

Happy Fathers Day grandfather, I love you! As well as a shout out to dad (who mom and Brandon were responsible for getting the gift), and Uncle Eric (who can't be here to celebrate- miss you).

family.

Ain't No Martha Stewart- Spaghetti Sauce take 2

Spaghetti Sauce- yum!

So my first batch of spaghetti sauce was nothing compared to this, so heres how you do it!

I did...

2 cans of tomato sauce

1 of tomato paste to thicken it up

Fresh diced tomatoes

1/2 a zucchini

2 cloves of minced garlic

various seasonings:

Oregano

Basil

Chopped onion

Rosemary

Parsley

Pepper

1 lb of ground beef (a lot tastier than the previous version which included chicken)

some of the fore mentioned ingredients

So dice up your zucchini tomatoes and garlic and add that to your vat of tomato product, cooked ground beef, add seasonings to taste and let simmer for 30 minutes.

In retrospect it was really acidic, which I love but maybe you don't. Try adding a little sugar? Its up to you :)

Hope you love it, I do!

ta-da!

Cooking is much more fun when you have someone to cook for

that is not sam.

delicious!

Lipton Cold Brew Iced Tea,

I love you. We can't keep this affair a secret anymore. Thanks.

Love always,

Kelly

delicious.

delicious!

Break and Bake cookies, thank you for your awesomeness. You may not be homemade, but your quick and easy (thats what she said).

Love,

Kelly

yum.

lazy weekend

Dustin was out of town this weekend, as was Julie, so I decided to have a lazy weekend.

Friday I worked with TEAM and then went out with some of my Beta friends- blasty and a half. The only picture I ended up taking was of this flip down screen in our SUV cab, that blasted music- it felt very vegas like.

Vegas Baby!

Then Saturday I studied for GRE, did some self pampering like deep conditioning and painting my nails, watched friends, and did some crafts. I finally finished my freshman and sophomore years of scrapbooking, and now Im ready to start Junior year.

My favorite belly button ring was trashed, and since Im on a nothing budget, I decided to fix it up myself.

Here are the before and after pictures!

Before: paint SUPER faded, chips on the tips, just not as cute as it used to be

After: I wish this had turned out better- I used a more vibrant color (nail polish)

and then topped it off with some sparkley polish (which you can kinda see)

End result: not the best picture to see the ring, but Im happy with how it turned out

This week is the GRE. Finally! I've been studying again today, but it's getting harder and harder for me to buckle down and do it. Flash cards will probably take up the rest of my studying, along with reviewing the little pocket reference math section.

This week Im also working a pretty good amount (nothing compared to the 8 hours I put in from 7:30pm to 3:30am at Bath and Body last week), both with B&B and with TEAM enterprises. Then on Friday Dustin and I are going up to Phoenix to spend Fathers Day weekend with my family! Exciting!

relax.

graduation...

336 days away.

hmmm.

welcome!

So I decided if Im going to make any tutorials I need to have a public blog. SO I went back through and edited some things, bam- appropriate for anyone to read.

Enjoy!

Tutorials with Kelly: Stuffed Bell Peppers

So as I've been blogging I've gotten to see some cute tutorials that make me super sad not to have a sewing machine. So today when I went to make dinner a really cool thought popped into my head! Kelly Tutorials!

So here's number 1: Stuffed Bell Peppers

Now Im a pretty new chef, and since I don't really do measuring, all this is up to you.

-One Bell Pepper pepper per person (I used yellow because they were on sale)

-Ground beef (a little less than 1/4 lb per pepper)

-Seasonings and fillings that you want!

I used diced tomatoes, cheddar cheese, a clove of garlic,

minced onions, cumin, black pepper, and basil

So start by cooking your ground beef- Make sure it's not too done otherwise you're going to end up with super dry meat

Preheat your over to 350

Cut the tops off your peppers and gut um'

Green, yellow, and red peppers all have a different taste-

if you're cooking for many people mix up the colors-

it'll look pretty and your guests can choose!

Get your fillings ready- so for me that was dice tomatoes, chop garlic, etc.

When the meat is kinda cool mix with your fillings, seasonings, etc.

Delicious!

Stuff it in the pepper! Then place on cookie sheets lines with aluminum foil (for easy clean up).

I also topped mine with cheese in addition to the cheese inside

I did mine in the oven for 20min, which was delicious. If you want a softer pepper instead of cooking it longer (don't want to dry out the meat), you could boil them a little bit before.

Serve with rice and veggies for a sort of Asian feel. I garnished mine with sour cream, because I love it, but Im sure it's tasty without!

So proud!

Also, if you have extra meat and fillings, I would totally recommend making them into hamburger patties. It's AWESOME. The veggies (especially when I added zucchini) make the patty really juicy (and slightly more healthy!).

enjoy.

Aint No Martha Stewart - Spaghetti Sauce

When I had my own apartment I mad spaghetti sauce, it sucked. So this is round 2.

Spaghetti, Caesar salad, and Green Beans

It turned out awesome! I was so happy! In the future I will use tomato paste (didn't have any) to thicken it up. But I did like cooking my own fresh tomatoes for the sauce instead of getting stewed ones.

I am noticing how similar these posts are to Kieren's Kieren in the Kitchen posts... well thats because when you're posting super cute posts, it's hard to resist. Imitation is ones greatest flattery!

Plus Im trying to find any why to avoid GRE studying, this is just one of several ways. :)

mmmmmm.