Stacie's Place

Hey hey! I'm back with a bunch of updates of what I've been up to in the month of July. It was quite the busy travelling month and I managed to fit in a few crafts too. August is going to be a little more low-key with a few weekend trips but no long trips happening until September..October...November...basically through the end of the year there will be a lot of trips coming! It's nice to be home though and chill a bit, organize, downsize, work on posting items to sell, hanging out in the she shed more and not worrying about packing a bag to go anywhere for an extended period of time. Enjoy the posts and watch for some more fun ones coming up! Nite Owl Creates - the craft blog! Mixed Media Expo - Day 1 Patriotic Tassel Banner Craft, Snacks, Birthday Bash California Patriotic Pinterest Party July Utah Pinterest party! Lifestyle Blog 2018 Birthday Deals Camp Ritchie Love Woodland Sunflowers Turning 29 Again! Disneyland Fu...

Oh, you guys!! I am realizing I never did a post with links for June and now it's July. So ...without much chit chat, let's take a look at all the blogging I did in June. Hope you enjoy! Stacie's Place II Fourth of July Traditions Cents of Style Wall Fun Eddie World Stop Travel Blog 100 ft. Tower Climb Lambert's - Home of the Throwed Rolls Exploring Crystal Bridges Wilson's Creek Branson Car Show Surrey Inn Review Onyx Cave Osceola Cheese Samples

May was SUCH a fun month..so much happened! Mostly it involved being able to be up in Utah but also it meant taking a trip to Arkansas and surrounding states, places I had never ever been before! I had a little bit of anxiety about the trip but tried to stay chill about it and in the end, worrying would not have paid off. Everything went so smoothly, couldn't have asked for a better trip! Travel Blog Murray Family Farms Wind Wolves Preserve Let's Take A Trip! Joe's Kansas City BBQ Liberty Jail Tour Q39 BBQ Nightlife in Kansas City Pioneer Crossing Park Fritz's Restaurant Crazy Bird Lady Crafts Paint with Plaid Afternoon Utah Favorite Things Pinterest Party California Favorite Things Pinterest Party Stacie's Place II Let's Go to Utah! A Saturday Well Spent Last Sunday in Utah Seven Magic Mountains 

Was April a crazy busy month for you? It sure was for me! There's a lot that happens in April! General Conference (LDS), Snap conference (for bloggers), the Let's Create Expo, my parents came to visit Utah, celebrating our 7 year anniversary and hosting a Pinterest party.  The month felt like it went very fast and I am sure it's because I had so much going on. I'm still working on blogging about everything but most of it is done. I'd say I am 95% done blogging about April which is kind of amazing to me since I took so many pictures and documented a lot of things. So! Here you go, click whatever link(s) you might be interested in reading more about. Enjoy! Nite Owl Creates Blog New Cricut Design Space Curved Text Tool  Candy Club Contest - Enter to win! Snap Blog Conference Eat Dessert First Party at Snap Snap Conference Friday 80's Party at Snap Final Day at Snap & Some Thoughts April Utah Pinterest Party May Pi...

March was slow and fast at the same time. Life gets like that sometimes. I truly enjoyed being able to stay home and chill a bit and just get stuff done around the house and not worrying about having to be anywhere in particular. That being said, we did take a couple trips in the month that I just had a blast on. Here are links to some relevant things that went on during the month of March!  Street Lockdown Past Couple Days  Hagen Nature Trail Hiking Pahrump Hot Air Balloon festival    Death Valley hike Amazon Shoe Credit giveaway Paint Night with Plaid California Easter Pinterest Party Small But Simple Craft Projects St Patrick's Day theme Pinterest party Arizona Weekend Fun Saturday in Mesa Snooze A.M Eatery Review Cabazon Dinosaurs

I cant believe there are only 12 short days left in this second month of the year and then on to March we...march. Haha. Pie Day, St Patricks Day, some fun road trips including another trip to Arizona I think. Here's what else I've been up to! Quail Trail Hike Valentine dinner date night at Habana Irvine Spectrum Center Fun Santa Ana Airbnb Review Dunkin Donut Breakfast Tewinkle Park Nature Walk The LAB Anti Mall Miramar Park - Redondo Beach Goldfield Mine - AZ Pinterest Party Update! LG Twin Washer  Total Eclipse of the Moon Mesa, AZ Wedding Reception Whew! Is that enough reading for you to do? Hopefully so! The posts are not terribly long but there are quite a few of them. I really packed a lot in to our weekends out of town most of the time and our trip just a couple hours from home was no exception. 

You guys, this year has been such a good time for traveling! Not just to conferences but some other places, new stuff, things we have never done or seen before and  being able to go with Tony and not having to go solo.  Here are some links to what we did last weekend and I'll do another post with the rest of the links when they go live because I have a new post rolling out every day for the next week or so. There's a ton we did in just a Friday and Saturday! Downtown Riverside Owls & Lanterns Tio's Tacos pt 1 Tio's Tacos pt 2 California Scenario Also! FYI! Disneyland prices are going up again! Click here to read all about that and lock in the 2017 price by 2/20!

I'm feeling pretty pumped and excited about my goals for 2018 and for the month of February in general. My olw (one little word) for the year is to collect moments, not things. (a phrase, I know I know...) I've been posting more things to sell online the past few days and its paying off! We've had some things posted on eBay and clothing wise on those apps like Poshmark and Mercari, Offerup..Facebook Marketplace just to name a few and things have suddenly been selling. I'm so excited! I am taking 2 packages to the post office to mail today. I dont care if some thing are just a few dollars or quite a lot more than that. It just feels good to get stuff gone and patience is paying off. Other items that are not selling I'll bring to a 'naked ladies party' which is basically a clothes swapping party. Bring all clothes you dont wear or dont want anymore and they all get put in a big pile in the middle of the room for people to go through and take what they wan...

My cute nephew in Utah is 3 and instead of saying, "What the heck?" he says it, "What the hack?" So adorable, I miss him so much! "What the heck/hack?!" is a phrase I muttered to myself on Thursday night after I got out of the car and my phone crashed to the ground because I forgot it was on my lap. Right on to the cement. Oye! An unfortunate event a few weeks ago as I was at Seven Magic Mountains 30 minutes outside Las Vegas took me by surprise when I tripped on a rock in the near darkness, and I went tumbling. I managed to hang on to my phone but it still got a crack right across the bottom half of the screen in a diagonal fashion. Noooo! I have never once broken a phone screen before but all that changed in late 2017/early 2018. How am I so clumsy?! I dont even know. It was doable though, the crack didnt really show on the display and I was able to use it normally like I did pre-fall. So...now I am in AZ, stuck with an even more broken - cracke...

You guys...we are only a few days in to 2018 and I am realizing I am in a serious rut with thing. Mainly things in my blogging life? Or probably life in general as well. Staying busy and having content to blog about really isn't a problem. I think it boils down to getting organized and having the desire to make ways to stay organized. I was talking to my friend Nessa last month about an idea I had to organize my blogging.  I decided to wait on starting it since we were going to be gone out of town for 10 days and then I would not see what I had posted up. Step back a minute..I've been all about being digital, having online calendars, reminders, events, notifications but the past few weeks I've had/wanted to write thing down on lists. So I can actually take a pen and cross off tasks I accomplish. What is wrong with me? Maybe I feel like my online apps arent working for me anymore (although I still heart and use Wunderlist) but for blogging, I want to see everything for...

I have a couple really cool blog posts coming...the rest of the trip to Las Vegas is one and then...today I went to the Museum of Ice-Cream! Ahh! So freekin fun. I went on Thursday actually and now it's technically Friday but yea. Got tons of great pics, you can see a few on my Instagram if you want a sneak peek. Here's what else I've been blogging about! Our Jockey Club experience in Vegas Getting cool treats at Creamberry Making neighbor Christmas gifts Tried my hand at making unicorn ornaments Hosted a Christmas Pinterest party Prepped a craft with glass blocks Visited my favorite rock houses Visited a new national park - Cabrillo National Monument Saw some new things in downtown LA Saw the Trona Pinnacles , kinda! First time at Belmont Park It's been awhile since we've been to Monument Valley Walked La Jolla Cove with a friend Traveling tips when you involve food trucks Took Tony's fam...

I know, the day is almost done and I've been shopping and on the computer pretty much all afternoon and evening. It takes time, this online shopping! I only closed out of a few of my tabs but here's the stuff I did get that I am so excited about! PJ's (panda and owl) for my nieces in WA from The Children's Place ($15) Shirt, skirt and the cutest shoes from Downeast Basics ($30) Hot air balloon owl fabric from Joanns ($10) Half off images from Silhouette ($9) Dress from Mindy Mae's Market ($15) A Piano Guys cd ($5) S'mores Woven Pear socks from Groopdealz Membership to 365 Mile Challenge 2018!  ($15) Craft tool on Amazon (affiliate) that is Sizzix and I've been on the hunt for it forever. ($10) This is all I remember for now. I would love to do 15% off at Target.com and use my Kohls cash and Old Navy cash but time is running out and I'm getting kinda tired. I got such good deals on everything! I'm still a huge...

Do you guys love Black Friday shopping or do you avoid it like the plague? I remember my mom taking me and my sister out when we were young..12? I am not sure, but to Joanns and it was Black Friday! We got up so early it was dark outside. When I became a few years older somehow my sister and I would do Black Friday shopping at the mall in Woodland, CA. It was better then than it is currently. Now I'm married and my inlaws like to do Black Friday shopping and my siblings..not so much. Those that do are usually not able to come to Idaho where I am at for Thanksgiving so it ends up being me, Tony, his sister, sometimes other siblings, and his parents. We all start out shopping separately and then meet up. If someone wants something at a certain store and another person is starting out there, they pick it up for that person. It works out nicely. This year it was a bit different, Tony and I started at Walmart at 6pm. We picked up a soundbar ($29), lots of pop sockets ($2/ea), s...

We are here! We made it! It felt like the drive here took forever but really we just made a stop or two along the way (dinner..gas...checking out some cool teepees people can camp in!) and we got to the Catamaran Resort and Hotel probably around 8pm or so. We were surprised to find out our room had a little kitchen and I think some people in the elevator were a bit jealous of that when they saw us going up with a crate of food and our InstaPot and made a comment. I felt so lucky but we were prepared to make food without a kitchen and just use the ice chest to keep things cold. It all worked out great and it's so super awesome to be able to stay in such a nice place, so close to the beach, for an entire week! There are about 6 parrots that are on site and it is fun to watch them on their perches. I try not to turn on the TV in our room during the day or I'll get sucked in. It's bad enough that I get sucked in on my laptop with 20+ tabs open but at least the wifi works out...

It's been quite awhile since we've been able to attend our ward but we got to go today and it was so very good. I always regret afterwards being on my phone too much or not taking notes. But every hour was so good from sacrament meeting (even though we got there a bit late we were able to sit in the gym because they had the breezeway open - yay!) and then Sunday School which usually is boring...had a really good teacher even though he makes me uncomfortable (asking people to expand more on their answers or asking follow up questions) but he brought cookies - pumpkin chocolate chip - my favorite. Then Relief Society..I didnt have to find anyone to say prayers this time so I distributed hymnbooks to people instead and felt a lot less stressed. I still had to sit up in front of everyone and that feels awkward always but at least I dont have to sit up there the whole hour! Just the opening stuff.

There are so many things to get ready for! First things...a trip to Palmcaster and our upcoming trip to San Diego. Next, a trip to Idaho, making lists so that I dont forget to bring anything! Christmas! It's weird this year...I feel like I have no friends or family really to buy for but then I start thinking hard and can think of so many people I want to give a gift to. Guess I better start a list for that!

I have this awesome she-shed in my backyard but not much time for crafting lately. At least I have a Pinterest party coming up and so I need to get out there and get everything prepped for that. I can't wait to have people over to do some fun Christmas crafts! I was snapping for Create Club but since my friend who started it all has been MIA a lot lately and I am the only one snapping on Tuesdays, I haven't snapped the last few weeks because I feel like it's only me trying to keep it going and I've just kind of lost motivation. Before, it felt like a team of sorts, a band of crafty people loving sharing what we were doing but it's hard to feel that motivation going along solo. It was so fun to be a regular every Tuesday for Create Club on Snapchat. Who knows now what the future holds for it. I got the new Cricut Maker, Easy Press and Bright Pad. I finally have the Maker plugged in and ready to go. I've used the Easy Press a few times now. The Bright Pad, ...

It's a holiday weekend!!! I am caught up on posts here and there is so much I'd like to do this weekend. Gosh. It's going to go so fast.  Here's what I'd like to do....take the teardrop back to Yosemite NP and go camping. Go to Mt Whitney and Trail of 1000 Giants. Go to Los Angeles and do a bunch of things on my list of attractions and places to eat. Visit some other places in our National Parks passport book that are north of us. Go to Apple Hill, Sacramento and Woodland. What we are going to do in reality... take out our big front window and install it correctly. Install a new window in the garage as well as our bathroom. Drive to Trona to see the Pinnacles and eat at Trails. Go to Palmdale and Lancaster aka Palmcaster and go to Costco! Target! Michael's! and more. Clean up around the house. Work in the she-shed. Pack for San Diego.  What are you doing this holiday weekend?

I know the season has started for shows but I wanted to talk about some of my favorites that we've been watching lately.  So many good, funny and intense shows! The Middle Fresh Off the Boat Meet the Goldburgs Stranger Things 2 Modern Family Chicago Fire Criminal Minds Blackish Haters Back Off Last Man on Earth The Mick American Housewife Speechless I know, it looks like a lot but we watch them on our own time. Some days we just watch one or two in the evenings before bed. Other days we will be able to watch a couple episodes at lunchtime too. Just depends! What shows are you enjoying right now?

I've been thinking a lot lately about the places I want to go next year. How about you?  I would love to take a trip to Portland to go to Crater Lake, visit Salt Lake City lots!, go to some new National Parks and explore more in California since I don't know how long we will actually end up living here. Part of me is surprised we even bought a house since we can't decide where we want to settle and live permanently. The other part of me is glad to have a home base but a little sad we are gone so much that it's hard to get to know people here that well since we are always traveling.  C'est la vie! I started a cool spreadsheet last year I think it was, with columns of all the states in the US. Then, the ideas of places I see that I want to visit (mainly via Instagram) I put in to the spreadsheet. I must say that Arizona, California and Utah have a lot of places I want to see and restaurants I want to try. A lot of states are empty but eventually I will Google...