30 before 30 Goal List

Inspired by Making it Lovely, here is my 30 before 30 list of goals I'd like to accomplish. I'm putting it on this place holder blog for reference (I don't think anyone that reads my food blog cares, haha!)


I have 435 days. Time to get going.

1-Grow my hair out (done!)
2-Run in a race
3-Eat at the pizza place in Phoenix
4-Make and love something coconut (oatmeal cake- March 2014)
5-Plant a garden (front porch makeover- July 2015)
6-Shoot in manual
7-Learn to paint my right hand
8-Finish my French dresser (April 2016- girls room)
9-Learn to curl hair (summer 2015)
10-Be a vegetarian for a month
11-Make macarons with real feet
12-Hang plate wall (finished June 2014, looks awesome!)
13-Make a jewelry display in my room (Fall 2015, crown hooks and half the jewelry donated)
14-Learn to French braid (done! October 2013)
15-Make pain au chocolat
16-Decorate hall bath (done Summer 2015)
17-Paint laundry room (done! I'm keeping it white!)
18-Bike 100 miles
19-Make a Come Thou Fount canvas (done, Spring/summer 2015)
20-Crochet something
21-Get CPR certified again (or maybe here)
22-Go camping for fun (June 2014)
23-Girls trip with Kate and Beth (California, August 2014)
24-Perfect a Chinese chicken for Ben (sweet and sour, August 2014)
25-Wear tennis shoes and shorts without feeling like a weirdo (Summer 2015, skirts count right?)
26-Watch the long Pride and Prejudice (finally finished with Ben, October 2014. It was wonderful.)
27-Go to Dave and Busters
28-Take Will to the temple visitors center on a date (dairy queen after)
29-Switch out my almond outlets myself
30-Knife throwing class (expired. Oh well.)

Bow Tie How To

These look so quick and simple to make. I know that's not entirely too true but it doesn't look too hard to try!

And I think they would look so cute in Katie's hair- especially with all the new strawberry fabric MJ showed me.

via Pleated Poppy

Custom Fondant Stamps for Cupcakes

There are no words... I want one of these so bad. What would it say? I have no idea, but I want one!

Best Ever Paris Maps

I've been looking for a cute Paris map for Katie Baby's room and think this one is the most beautiful I've ever seen! It's also printed in France and... 35 pounds. Maybe another day!

This one is also super adorable and probably more "kiddy" but I think the first is the one I'm going to dream of!

Laundry Room and Wire Shelving

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We have the free wire shelving in the garage and it looks suprisingly chic in this laundry room. Of course there's no room for it in our "laundry hallway" but I'm filing away this picture since it looks so great!

Mail Sorting and Organization

I love these frames above the sweet little desk to make a mail nook from this fun new blog I just found. She attached a pretty radiator grill with epoxy to the inside of the frames then used clips and magnets to make it all work. I love it!

Shutters Over The Fireplace

I recently picked up four shutters from Good Will and think this might be a cute use for them, especially considering I'm not likely to put a TV up there anytime soon. It would need to be a different color, though!