Riley.

moving on

2010-04-28T21:26:00.000-07:00

Hello All!

I have no pictures to show, but thought I would give a quick little update.

Life has been super crazy lately! I got an unexpected job at a flooring company, so we are moving to the Salt Lake area! I am excited to

{1} be doing something more related to my degree,

{2} be working everyday with one of my bests, Brighton!

{3} be closer to family, and

{4} move on with our lives!

It is a little bittersweet to be leaving Logan, but mostly we are excited to do something new.

Logan has been busy finishing the semester, working, and is getting ready for finals, while I have been juggling my job here, training someone new, online training for my new jobs in the evening, working the new job on weekends, along with some design jobs on the side. Needless to say we haven't had much time to take pictures! But soon, hopefully soon.

We move in a little over a week, and I can't wait to settle into our new place. I will post pictures once I am done playing. Love that I will have something new to decorate!

Check out my design blog to see a couple of the new projects I've finished.

Love!

{Catch Up}

2010-03-09T21:40:00.000-08:00

Oh my. I'm sorry. I have a million excuses why I have been to busy to blog lately (and I think all of them are extremely valid), but I am going to do a little catch up to rid myself of guilty blog feelings. Things might be a bit backwards, but here you have it!

A few weeks ago my friends Jamie, Sara and I decided to try out our domestic skills by decorating cupcakes. PINK LEMONADE cupcakes. Yes, they are as good as they sounds. You can find the recipe here.

Our inspiration for decorating them came from Martha Stewart. They did not turn out like Martha Stewart cupcakes.

But we were pretty proud of them anyways!

This is how good they were...

In January we went to Jamie and Derek's cabin at Bear Lake. We just played games and partied, and the guys played some ice hockey. Nolan was the only one who would wear skates. It was such a nice sunny day for it!

Logan showing off his mad skills...

New Years Eve

The annual Walhen family party at a hotel. It's always a blast! I don't know where else I would fall off my chair during a card game, giving myself a HUGE bump on my forearm for weeks.

Isn't my boy cute? Sorry, you can't have him.

We were clearly excited for 2010!

Or maybe we were just excited to kiss...

I made my mom these pillows for Christmas, and even though they were kind of a nightmare, I love how they turned out! I got a sewing machine for Christmas, and I am determined to become more talented in that area.

Oh, I heart you mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christmas morning at the Riley's.
I love this picture of Wyatt.
We played some new Wii!
And Brady lost at......whatever game this is... :)

ALSO!

Bonnie and Brock had their darling little boy, Carter. Check out their blog!

I made his baby announcements, you can see them on my design blog....

Thanks for looking at this ginormous post. Love you all!

{Giveaway}

2010-01-26T07:24:00.000-08:00

Frenchie and Flea (one of my new everyday visits) are giving away these
oh so perfect love notes for Valentines Day.

Although I'm sure I will make some of my own, think
of the lucky people that could get these from me!

You know you want to enter the drawing.....

{10 things that make me happy}

2010-01-05T11:58:00.000-08:00

In no particular order,

click to view larger...

{1} traveling {2} reading {3} interior design

{4} singing loud to good music {5} logan

{6} so you think you can dance {7} graphic design

{8} holding hands {9} really awesome vintage weddings

{10} shoes

Thanks McCall!

I tag... Brooke. Erin. Julie. Sheena. Val.

P.S. I updated my design blog. Take a gander!

{Pillows}

2009-11-07T12:51:00.001-08:00

Remember these pillows? Sad, dreary pillows....

Well, my friend Chels decided she would be willing to help me make some new pillows to brighten up my sofa. The only sewing I have ever done was in a class in high school. Needless to say, I don't have a finished product of any project, and the pieces of a dress laid in a bag until I got married and threw them away. Don't know how I passed that class, but you get the point. But, we found the cutest fabric shop in Preston, and it inspired me! :) So, my first attempt at sewing went pretty good if I do say so myself.

I saw this fabric called around the world and I had to have it. It has landmarks from famous cities, and you know I love traveling. Those Russian building tops were just calling me.
And so was this tree......

Then I saw this yellow fabric. Fantastic color + fantastic graphic = fantastic pillow.

So now my sofa looks sooo much happier! That plum pillow on the right still has to be topped off with a big buttion in the middle.

Yay for me! I am no longer frightened of sewing machines. In fact, I want one.

{hAlLoWeEn '09}

2009-11-04T14:11:00.000-08:00

We had a great Halloween weekend this year. Family and friends.

The weekend began with this..... :)

{costume in the making}

Krissy and Brad hosted a party where we ate delicious food, made carmel apples, and watched the jazz game!

Don't they look delicious??

Clothesline! Aren't we cute trees?

Sorry for the picture overload, but I just had to post pictures of everyones costumes!

{I maybe don't know the names of these guys...}

{Swine Flu}

yes, he looked dead for real

{Babies}

{Clark Kent and his nurse}

I never managed to get Brad and Krissy together for a picture, but they were Bret and Mel from Flight of the Conchords. It was great!

{the whole group of us}

The next night, on Halloween, we went to Liza's for a family party. It was a blast!

{McCall & Brady.....Hh}

Ketchup and Mustard, and Grandma Melba was sunshine in her yellow sweater!
We had a mummy wrapping contest, and it was pretty hilarious. This is Wyatt after being the victim of McCall, Brady, Logan and I....
Kamden's aftermath...
We also had dinner with my mom, sister and her family....but I didn't get any pictures! If you want to see the cutest homemade pizza costume on little Sophie, check out Val's blog here....

morrismisfits.blogspot.com

She's super talented!

Thanks everyone for the awesome weekend!

{All Dolled Up}

2009-11-03T14:49:00.001-08:00

So my dear Aunt Terrie handmakes the cutest doll clothes around! I am just finishing up helping her with her logo and branding graphics, website, business cards, etc. Here's a little peak at a few of the finished products...

Website HeaderI had a few favorite business card layouts, so I thought I would post them all...

{the printed product will be #2}

And here is a preview of a couple darling outfits that can be found here...

http://www.alldolledup-dollclothes.com/index.html

Check it out! She is pretty amazing!!

{F.E. Update}

2009-11-03T10:41:00.000-08:00

Update!

So Logan's test was a couple weeks ago. He left the house a little before 6:00 am to have breakfast with some friends that were taking it too. They had to be there at 7:15, tested until 12:15, had 1 hour for lunch, and tested again until around 5:30 pm. His poor friend Derek had to take it even though it was his birthday. YUCK! He won't know his results until after Christmas or so, but for now, we can relax a little. He studied so much that I'm sure he did great! Now we just have to wait...

{deborah riley designs}

2009-10-21T14:15:00.001-07:00

Finally!

So I have had business cards for quite a few months now, but haven't been able to give them out because they had my design blog address on them, which wasn't finished.

But it is done now!

{at least enough to function and look decent}

So I am officially open for business! :)

If you know of anyone that needs invitation, business cards, or anything else, let them know that I would LOVE to help them out!

Check it out....

http://deborahrileydesigns.blogspot.com/

Also, if you know anyone who would like to give my business cards out, or know of a place that I could leave them, let me know!

HOORAH.

{F.E.}

2009-10-19T17:00:00.000-07:00

This Saturday Logan takes the FE Exam. 8 hours, 1 break. He has been studying his little butt off since the middle of the summer. We can't wait for it to be over, Logan so he can stop worrying about it, and me so he can spend more time with me.

This is how I picture it.

Except probably with less girls, more boys. Good luck babe! Love you and I think your so great!

ps ... FE = Fundamentals of Engineering

Fall Break!

2009-10-19T15:47:00.000-07:00

For fall break we spent time at our friend's cabin up Logan canyon. We spent the night on Friday, came home on Saturday so Logan could study, and went back up Saturday night to party. Luckily it was only about 10 minutes up the canyon, so it was pretty convenient. Friday night we made dutch oven dinners and hung out, then slept in their trailer. Saturday night we grilled, hung around the fire again, and then watched a scary movie! It was way too fun.

Some of the boys grilling our dinners.

The cute little cabin, and the mountain man Nolan!
Sitting around the campfire! Krissy, Brad, Log and I.
Jamie, Derek, Jenny & Andy.

Nolan & Erica.

Getting ready for the scary movie in the trailer...

Thanks Krissy & Brad for letting us come and play!

My latest {graphic design} project...

2009-10-17T11:30:00.000-07:00

I finished these announcements the other day for my cousin Scott and his wife Korin. They are actually baby blue-gray, not teal. I did them really quick, but I think they turned out pretty great!

Congrats you guys, happy marraige!!!

My latest project...

2009-10-17T11:17:00.000-07:00

So we found these little tables at the D.I. for $10 each. They were a nasty yellow tanish color but I could see potential in them, so we snatched them up. They have been sitting in my dad's basement forever because we didn't have time to work on them, but over conference weekend we got them going, and they are finally done! We are using them as our coffee table for now, but I'm not sure where they will end up for sure.

Also, for enrichment the other night we decorated the cutest pumkins, with things like yard and ribbon and felt. Cute huh?!

{Next project: New pillows for that sofa!!}

A couple random friend things...

2009-10-06T11:33:00.001-07:00

Last night I went to dinner with some of the girls that were in Interior Design with me. We haven't seen each other since we graduated {other than a couple random run-ins}, so it was a blast to get together again! After we ate we went up to the studio to reminisce and check in on the poor sophomores/juniors/seniors, some of whom do not yet know what they have gotten themselves into. As expected, they were hard at work, watching movies and working on their tiny house projects! It was fun to be back there, but a little sad that those 4 years have come and gone. Luckily, the 5 of us happen to be the lame-o's who still live in Logan and have the same jobs as we did when we were in school, so we will have the chance to get together regularly. :) GO US!

Chels, Megan, me, Caitlin, and Lisa!

For Logan's 25th birthday, I was somewhat able to pull off a surprise party for Logan. His parents agreed to come up to Logan and take him to dinner as a distraction, while everyone arrived at our apartment. It wasn't a complete surprise {I now have a deep respect for people who can somehow keep everything a complete secret from someone they live with}, but he was a little surprised. If you can't tell, it was themed for Logan's year of birth {1984}. We just crammed ourselves in our little apartment and ate food, played rock band {thanks to my dad and Diana for lending it to us}, and hung out! It was soo much fun!

Logan's invitation, doesn't it look just like him on his scooter? :)

Brad and Krissy

Chris and Nicole

Jenny and Andy

That gem in the black and yellow is Derek. You never know what the night will be like with Derek around! Also, Kenny, Sara and Nolan

Erica, Nolan, Jenny and Jamie rockin it out. Jamie was not very happy with that song.

Heather, Andy, Derek, and Chris

It made Logan's birthday so much fun that all our friends could show up! Thanks everyone for celebrating with us!

A few months ago our friends Erica and Nolan got married. While the boys were bachelor partying, the girls went to dinner and bachelorette partied ourselves! Erica is on the right in the white. We are so happy they are finally married! :) The last of our friends to join the club.

{WE LOVE OUR FRIENDS!}

Park City Weekend

2009-09-23T14:15:00.000-07:00

Last weekend, after a crazy busy week at work, and an even crazier busier friday and work, I was able to my all the girls on my mom's side of the family up in park city for a girl's night out! We stayed in the cutest condo, ate junk food, and played!

Then on Saturday we rode the extreme zip line, watched some of the US opympic team practice ski jumps into a swimming pool, ate lunch and went to the outlets.

{to see more pictures about this, click here to see Val's blog}

Thanks mom for the great weekend! It was so nice to get away and play!

Sophie Michelle

2009-09-08T11:33:00.001-07:00

So, my sister is starting a little business making hair bows that match the clothing lines at Naartjie. If you have ever been to Naartjie you know that it is the most darling store! She happens to work there, and was inspired to make bows for the outfits she bought for Sophie, her little one. Anyway, she just got her website up and going with her first line of bows, so go check it out!

Now!

mysophiemichelle.weebly.com

You're amazing Val!

{Also, her business cards and website header were designed by yours truly, so remember that if you or someone you know needs logos, business cards, wedding invites, or any other sort of graphic design, let me know!}

Crazy Daisy's

2009-08-03T20:16:00.000-07:00

I love flowers!

When I got home from work last Friday, these were waiting on the counter for me, with a sweet little card, wishing me good luck in my new job.

What a sweetie! I love my husband.

CALIFORNIA!

2009-08-03T19:47:00.001-07:00

We got to take a short vacation with Heather and Jory over the 24th of July. We celebrated Utah, by leaving it. :) We had such a good time! We drove Thursday night, stayed in Primm (Buffalo Bills has a swimming pool shaped like a Buffalo, great huh!), and finished the drive Friday morning, straight to Newport Beach.

Yes, we love this car! We would take it in a heart beat.

(photo courtesy of Heather)

My Happy Boy!
Logan and Jory throwing the football in the waves.

We love the beach.

WOOT!

This is the size of our beds in the smoking room of the hotel that shares the parking lot of Hooters. Sweet! Ha, Jory made it look so teeny.

We got to get up early on Saturday and watch some of the US Open Surfing Competition. It was pretty cool!

Then we did some shopping,

and spent the rest of the day in the sun!

Logan jumping of the sand, into the lovely ocean!

Catch that wave, babe.

We wish we were back in Cali every weekend! It was so great to have a little adventure before I started working full time and Logan went back to school.

Loved it!

Summertime Summertime Sum-Sum-Summertime Summerti-i-i-i-ime!

2009-08-03T19:07:00.000-07:00

I love summer. Why can't it always be summer?

I apologize for the mass amount of photos below, but I thought I'd better make up for the lack of blogging on my part in the last......wow.........9 months.

Love you all,

Enjoy!

Did someone say Harry Potter?

2009-08-03T17:34:00.000-07:00

YES!!!

For all you guys who prefer not to be Harry Potter nerds (which is most of both sides of our family), I'm sorry for you! :) We went to a HP party with a bunch of our friends a few days before the movie came out, and it was a blast!

All of us....from top left: Mad-Eye Moody, Professor Trelawny, Remus Lupin(Log), Nymphadora Tonks(Me), Fellow Hogwarts Student #1, Fellow Hogwarts Student #2, Cedric Diggory, Ginny Weasley, (bottom row:) Winky the House Elf, Dobby the House Elf, Professor Trelawny #2, and Professor Snape.

Logan playing 'Pin the lightning bolt on Harry Potter.' Moody was making sure he didn't cheat.

Aren't we the cutest wizard couple? Yes, that is my hair, not a wig.

Hogwarts! Our friends Derek and Jamie's apartment, who hosted the party.

Logan and I's home-made licorice wands.

This is how excited Logan was to be at a party honoring my favorite books. But he really did have a good time!

It took a few washes to get my hair back to normal. I was a little worried that it would be tinted pink for a few days.

Expelliarmus! Gotcha...

Thanksgiving Point

2009-08-03T16:45:00.000-07:00

My mom took all of us and the little ones to Thanksgiving Point for my birthday. I wish I would have taken more pictures, but there were a few cute ones.

Random....don't we have cute feet? :)

Ella was the only one brave enough to ride the pony. Isn't she darling?

Thanks mom! We can't wait til we can all get together again.... Tyler and Sheena.... COME BACK!! :)

Birthday

2009-08-03T16:34:00.000-07:00

My birthday this year was combined with a little Schippers reunion. It was a blast!

My cute birthday cupcakes...

It was so great to see everyone! We love when we can all get together and play.

Interior Design Senior Exhibit

2009-08-03T16:23:00.000-07:00

My four years at school all came down to this (other than the degree of course), our exhibit. We get to show off all our hard work, and do it in an awesome way! Enjoy...

Our last get together before graduation. The entire Interior Design Studio class!

The Exhibit!

My wall...

My best.... Brighton. Oh how I miss her!

My great professors, Darrin, Susie.....

and Steve.

My Popsy loves me!

Happy Graduation to me!!

2009-08-03T15:57:00.000-07:00

Oh, YAY!

Finally. The last 4 years have gone by fast and slow. I've accomplished a lot and made a lot of friends along the way. It feels great!

My last visit to the studio... no more late nights!

Rainy graduation days make for a long cold walk across campus.

I LOVE this picture!!! Love you sister!

Thanks so much Logan for supporting me and being so great! Now it's your turn! I love you!
This is actually from Valentine's Day, but I think it's a cute picture! :)

NO ONE CAN BE MAD AT ME ANYMORE!!!

2008-11-22T16:38:00.000-08:00

Finally!!! Now no one can bug me about not posting since August.

So Logan and I have been married for almost a year, and it got me thinking about what was happening a year a go and I thought I would put on some pictures from my thoughts.

Labor Day a year ago, Log and I got up early and watched the sunrise. We spent the day with both of our families, and then we took the jeep up Farmington canyon to watch the sunset. This happened to be the first time Logan said I love you. :) (In the morinng on my roof)

The view was beautiful!

I was also remembering September 25th of last year. The day Logan proposed! Up in Dry canyon.

I LOVE YOU LOG!!

That's all! :)