Living Creatively

I have ALWAYS loved fresh cut flowers in my home, ecspecially in the warm seasons! I have seen this idea in magazines where different vegetables along with fruits were put into a vase, such as asparagus, zucchini, and squash. I decided to tweek it a bit and just go for the lemons, oranges and limes. As far as I'm concerned asparagus, zucchini, and squash belong on the grill seasoned and then essentially... in your tummy :) NOT in a flower vase! It didnt take long at all to do and it adds such a fresh look and smell to your kitchen. It lasted about a week or so, and then the water faded to a dull color. I'm already thinking of my next flower vase concoction....

I would MUCH RATHER prefer Sunflowers in this vase but Kroger was slackin' the week I went to make my flower purchase.... rude.




And the wine glass painting continues :) This is my absolute favorite that I have made so far, so I gave it to my momma for Mothers Day! "Sea Turtle Shiraz" .....

He's ready for a wine pour momma.....

We're growing red, yellow, and green peppers and they are just cute little babies right now!

It is so crazy to watch them grow.... SO FAST, might I add! Some people watch, care for, love, nurture their children while I watch, care for, love, and nurture my vegetables on my deck... HA. Seriously, I count how many we have coming every day! Below are our cucumbers, we have 17 so far growing on this one plant, its a little out of control but I love it! I mean these really are newborn cuc's! The vines are unbelievable too... they have wrapped onto our tomato plant and just took off, If we have a TomatoCucumber come out somewhere I'm gonna lose it!

Awesome Cucumber salad:

Sour Cream

Dill ( we have TONS on our deck also, please come over and pick a branch off)

Light Mayo

Plain Yogurt (not vanilla)

We usually just make it to taste, a little this and a little that, and a whole lot of DILL :)

And I save the BEST FOR LAST: I'm going to be an AUNT!!!!!!!!!! Jennifer and Brian are having their first little one due in January. I am so excited I can't even stand it. "Mom, I wanna go to aunt cam's...." I can hear it already.

I have already bought:

My mom and dad used to read this to me a lot.... at least I think they did?! So I wanted to buy it for Jennifer and Brian to read to their little one. It is the sweetest story about the love of a parent to their child. This book is where I got the line, "mom and dad I love you thissssssssssssssssss much ( and stretch your arms as far as they would go when your 5...I definitely thought mine was big)"

Jennifer and Brian, I can't wait for you to tell me when your little one says that to you guys, and make sure to read the little note I have written in the inside cover to my niece or nephew.... and I mean NOW (I'm trying to form the best aunt bond first), yes you can read to them while they are still growing. Love you xoxox

Siblings painting

Tommy Woo!! Open that yellow paint for me, then get your Tiger off of the painting table. I hear older cousin Chin Shoo coming up the stairs. She's back a lot earlier than I thought from getting her nails done, and the tiger belongs in the loft with the other animals.... HURRRRRRRY Tommy Woo.... I dont want time out!!!

jump into the picture

Nathan, I know mom said to wash our hands after the potty, but how do you do it with this ridiculous dinosoar towel wrap on? The tail is in my way!!

what you don't know

Top 15 Livin the Cam life things that you probably don't know....

1: I paint, then pick off, then paint, then pick off, then paint again my nails

2: I like to brush my teeth in the shower

3: I deep condition my hair once a month and saran wrap my head like an Arabic

4: I hate technology and would much prefer pencil and paper, but I'm trying to keep up with the times...

4: I secretly love disecting things and think I did this along with being a singer in my past life

5: I never want to be famous, but really wanna be the next bachelorette... go figure.

6: I love shrimp, but hate fish only because I picture them swimming with their family like Nemo in the ocean.

7: When I was little, my mom would go looking for me... and EVERY time, I was in my bed asleep with my "Obo" (pretty positive I was the best child... maybe I shoud say baby...)

8: I want to marry a man with the heart of my father.

9: I think a lot about adopting chilren with rough home lives, fixing them up socially, emotionally, mentally, personally... and with manners.....then giving them back to teach their parents.

10:I wish I could go back and erase all the mean things I said to my mom in highschool... they were AWFUL, she is an amazing woman.

11:I have always wanted to be a photographer

12:I HATE baking, just like to eat the batter, I HATE measuring things, which is why I LOVE cooking and throwing a little this and a little that in....

13:I love a rocking chair and a BIG front porch.

14:Sunflowers are my all time favorite flower.... guess that fits my nickname my best friend Jason gave me, "sunshine cam"

15: I rather hold my nose, close my eyes and eat fish than walk in Lowes, such a man store......

thunderstorms are tornados I guess...

take cover everyone......

QUOTE OF THE DAY: (all from the same child, my favorite little boy!)

my momma was in da car drivin to food lion....

da tornado was followin us....

my broda saw it....

we were runnin....

I told ebybody to get in da house and get low...

dat ting wus loud, it wus black....

okay, my week is complete now! Thankyou Lord for making everyone unique and funny in their own ways, even when they don't realize all the personality that they do have :)!

arts and vino

Time for arts and wine with cam session 101...

I very much enjoy crafts and ecspecially crafts that you can use over and over again... aka the wine glasses :) It takes a lot of steps, you can't do it all in one setting because it needs to fully dry before you go on to detailing etc... This is great though, paint when you get home from work. Paint after the gym. Paint before dinner. Paint before bed. Its just enough arts and crafts time to just relax and do something fun for yourself, whether you are keeping it or giving it away. I tend to really love giving them away as gifts! This first one that I made, I gave to my principal who has helped me a lot over the past year with recs and just basically having that extra ear out for me whenever she heard of a job openings. Granted, I never landed one, but that is okay, the thought was all that mattered!

I will play Martha Stuart for a moment and name this wine glass:

Seaweed Noir

Close up of one of my fish I painted and its 3 little air bubbles.


Looks like the light got a hold of this picture, oops!

FIRST things first.... do the bottom always first. Its kind of the foundation for the whole project, and the easiest.

Make sure you get the right paint! Glass paint that is... You also need the clear (one posted in the middle) liquid. You HAVE to put this on before you do any kind of color or when your enjoying your vino the paint will just flake right off! Remember don't be so limited to these base colors, take it back to elementary school and MIX! Red and Blue make Purple! Yellow can always lighten up a color! Mix and match on a plastic lid and play around with it!

Have fun... I'm on to my next wine glass: Sand Castle Shiraz :)!