At the Apple Orchard

At the Apple Orchard

August 14th 2007

August 14th 2007
Welcome to our blog! Dave and I were married August 14th 2007 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. I can't speak for Dave, but I love being married! ~I am pretty sure he does too. :) It is so great to have someone to share my life with. We have so much fun together. We love traveling and spending time with our family and friends. Here is a little bit more about us...
Dave served a 2 year religious mission in the Dominican Republic. He then graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in business finance while also completing his pre-medical requirements. He attended Creighton University school of medicine. He started in the fall of 2009. He is now a resident in dermatology and internal medicine at University of Wisconsin hospitals.
I graduated from the University of Utah in Elementary Education. I taught 2nd grade at Bancroft Elementary. Bancroft is a great school and I loved working with everyone there. When Cole was born I decided to stay at home with him. I am loving every minute of my time with him.
We have made so many great friends in Omaha and in Madison. But we still love and miss our family and friends in Utah! We hope this blog will help them feel connected to us, even if we aren't around as much as we'd like to be. Enjoy!

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Wreath Obsession

OK so I have to confess I have been totally obsessed with making wreaths for the last little while. I don't no what the deal is. I found three really cute wreaths that I wanted to make though and so I did. :) Here is a picture of them.


These first two were super fast to make... the last one took for ever. I love it though, so it was worth it!





I used coffee filters for both of these wreaths. I actually glued the white ones to a circular form that I made from a cardboard box. So this wreath cost about 2 bucks! I used about 150 coffee filters. You just glue the center of the filter with hot glue down to the wreath form. It is super easy!

For this next wreath I just got a pre-made grapevine wreath from hobby lobby- 2 bucks when it was 50% off. I used natural coffee filters for the flowers. I folded the filter in half so I had a half circle. The I twisted it loosely around my finger to form a flower shape. I then scrunched the bottom up and hot glued it on. I glued little pale pink plastic pearls into the center to make it a little more fancy. This wreath cost about 3 bucks to make.


To make this wreath go to: http://asoftplace.net/2011/03/diy-spring-wreath/ and to http://yarner.blogspot.com/2011/01/rose-wreath-tutorial.html