Frahber

Random tidbit of thought because I don't have any pictures to post because I'm out of town for work...

I was thinking about it and if Mike and I were to have a Hollywood merged-type name like they did with Bennifer and TomKat, we'd have a horrible name like Meth or Bike. So I decided to put our last names together and then you have Frahber. I like it!

I'm back!

No, I haven't fallen off the edge of the earth or anything like that. I have been very busy lately and haven't had time to update my blog. :( Yeah yeah yeah. Isn't everyone really busy. That's a bad excuse and I apologize for even thinking of using it. I will just chalk my hiatus up to being lazy.

Not much has been happening in my life lately...same old stuff. Planning a wedding, hanging out with friends and family, a little craftiness, and a whole lotta web site design learning. I have taken two classes about web design from Webster Universities online classes. They have been very fun because I'm a geek and like school and homework and such. I love being able to learn XHTML coding while still having to be aware of how pretty my site looks. I have pasted some screen shots of some websites from my Web Design class below. (my first class was just learning XHTML so those sites were too boring).

This is my website for my final project which was a website for an online candle store. I had to go and find pictures from the internet, but I liked my overall design.

I also liked this design I did. The purpose of this site was to create a logo with my name. Its a painter's pallet and paint brush. I don't actually paint, but I like art, so in that respect it was appropriate.

Well, that's it for today. But I'm back, Baby! And I plan to keep on blogging. I've made some wedding planning progress I want to write about soon too! Bye for now!

My new crafts

Here is my new craft...glass etching! It's really fun! I have been saving jars from olives and pickles and wine of course.

Here is everything that I've done so far...














Here is a close up of my first jars I did...its hard to see what they are. The shorter on is supposed to be picture of an olive branch. The taller one is supposed to look like string or something wrapped around the jar. I think it will look kind of neat if I put some rocks in it and then a votive holder with a candle inside. We'll see.

I also decided to etch some glass marbles that you can by at the fish tank section at Walmart. I had punched out some flowers out of contact paper and used that to make the design. I think I might put decorative paper on the back and make them magnets or something. I really like how these turned out and have a few ideas for Christmas decorations!

Lastly, I etched an empty wine bottle. I got this idea out of my new magazine, Adorn Magazine. I really liked the look of the big flowers. I also liked how it turned out on the green bottle. I think I need to find more colored glass to do this with!

Weekend in Decatur

This past weekend we spent Saturday up in Mike's hometown, Decatur, IL to see his nephew Jack. I hadn't seen him since this spring and he's grown so much!! He's crawling and standing up with the help of tables and already saying "ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma". And he likes to Dance and shake his head a bunch. He's so cute! He did cry once, but once out of two days isn't too bad. And he only cried because he wasn't where the action is...that's why they call him Action Jackson. Here are some pictures of him:





I decided to include this little pillow thing I made for Jack in this post. Its my first felt craft. Its like a little pillow with a loop for Jack to hold on to. One side is a puppy face and the other is the letter J. I used embroidery thread to attach the felt objects together. I think I'll start using felt more!

Visitors...

This weekend, my friend Julie and her husband Andy came out to visit Mike and me in St. Charles. It was great seeing them...and great having some other KSU fans in the house so we didn't talk about the Illini for one weekend. ;) Just kidding, Mike!

Saturday we took Andy and Julie on the Bud Brewery tour in St. Louis. It was fun. Free beer...can't beat that. We saw the Clydesdale's and barley and hops and huge barrels to mix it all in. I had been once before when I first moved to St. Louis, but it was still interesting.

My next goal is to talk someone into going to Grants Farm...animals and beer...nice!









Left: Mike and I touring the grounds of the brewery.

Below: Julie and I drinking our free beer.

After our morning learning about beer...we went to the another Anheuse-Busch owned property...Busch Stadium. We watched the Cards kick the Phillies' you-know-whats on Saturday! Sure it was hot out, but we had great seats (22 rows up from the field...good job, Mike!) and once it rained a little, the weather was great!

After the Cards' victory, we all needed naps and showers. We tried (for the fourth time I think) to go to Tony's on Main Street, but it was an hour and 45 minute wait at 6pm. So we went to Spiro's on 94 and had a great dinner! Topped off the evening by going back to our house and enjoying the weather out on the deck and just relaxed.

It was a fun weekend! Thanks for coming Julie and Andy...hope to see you guys again soon!

Outtakes...

Just for fun...here are a few outtakes from Rou's photo shoot while I was trying to get the perfect shot for Mike's Father's Day card:

Sure, he's cute, but not always photogenic.

Sometimes he's just too cute for words!!! But this one looks too sad. Must be the tie.

This one is a cute picture...interesting angle, but just not quite right...I think I picked the best one for the card. The final shot is in the previous post.

Father's Day!

Hello all and Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's out there. I made some cards to celebrate my Dad, Mike's step-dad, Bob, and Mike's grandpa...here they are:

The tie one is for my dad because growing up, he always wore a tie to work...there was no business casual for him! The grill card is for Bob because we always seem to grill out up in Decatur. The grill embellishment is made out of shrinky-dink paper...Shrinky-Dinks are back!!! :) The fish card says "Happy Fishing Day" and the inside says "Oops, we mean Happy Father's Day...because every day is fishing day for you!" That was for Mike's Grandpa in Kentucky, because he's on his boat everyday on Kentucky Lake, fishing!

For Mike...I had to do something from our puppy! So Rouge so graciously posed for me and here is the picture I used for Mike's card... isn't he cute?!?!