Mesa Temple

Yesterday I had 2 sister-in-laws over to make these photos/paintings. This was the one I made. It was fun to hang out and make these. I can't wait to get furniture so I can find a place for this on our wall. In the mean time, it will end up in our storage room with all the rest of our things...

I made this one for my sister-in-law Krystal last week. She was sealed this past weekend to her husband and two babies. I wanted to give her something to remember the day. I am so happy for their family!  

A few tips for anyone who ever plans to do something like this:

     •The paint looks more natural if you paint over the modge-podge, not under it. When I   
     went back and made touch-ups after I finished, I realized that. 

     •It's easier to glue the picture if you cut it smaller than your canvas.

     •For a more "antiqued" look, paint a splotchy black pattern coming off of the canvas and 
     onto the picture. (My sister-in-law Roxy did that and it looked AMAZING!)

     •Use the darker paint around the edges and gradually get lighter the closer you get to   
     the temple.

Catching up!

I took pictures to blog but, yeah, never happened. So here's a back track. This was probably in May. I went to the St. Louis temple with my friend Yvette, her husband Arlen, who's taking the shot, and their friend Wilma. Bunch of shorties, but it was fun! Clark had to work that Saturday, which was a bummer. I'm sure we'll go again though with Yvette and Arlen.

So I couldn't get a good shot because it was so tall. So I took a top half and bottom half shot.

It really was an all day event. We met at 5am and drove 3 1/2 hours there, stopped for some breakfast at our local Hardy's (Carl's, Jr. for you west coasters) and made it for the 10am then got right back in the car and drove home. After we stopped at Steak N Shake of course.

Family Night

Last night we decided to walk around the temple and it was WONDERFUL!!! Christmas lights everywhere, no crowd, and it was warm! Much better than going in December!