Dog Gone Cute-Gracie's 4th Birthday

Today [June 26th] is my dog Gracie's birthday! She turned four years old, which is crazy because I feel like it was just yesterday when I got her. To celebrate her big day, I made her cupcakes and gave her a new toy. Here are some pictures of her amazing day.

I got this idea on Pinterest and decided to make a similar one.
My name is... Gracie!
Today I am: 4 yrs old!
I like: Playing with the hose, sleeping, eating people food, SF Giants-Go Panda!, my owners!

This is the new toy I bought her. She played with it for 5 seconds and then walked away.

These are the cupcakes that I made.
http://casadimoo.com/2012/09/dog-pupcake-recipe/
I also made cake toppers except for the birthday hat, that was already made.

Waiting to eat her cupcakes...

...attacking her cupcakes...

...licking her cupcakes off her face.

Graceland "Gracie" Lou Durham

Hooray for Gracie!

Happy Birthday G!

I hope you had a fun birthday!

Life Lately

I still can't believe that it's December already and that Christmas is only a few days away! I feel like it was just October. This month has been a good one so far, which makes me excited for January [I also can't believe it's gonna be 2014]. Here's a look at what I've been up to this month.

I saw this shirt at Hot Topic and I knew I had to buy it. 

I learned how to make bows, which I've been wanting to do for a long time.

My outfit for work. We had a Polar Express/Pajama Party. I also bought this shirt at Hot Topic, I made the bow in my hair & I painted my nails [they're supposed to be snowflakes]. 

Gifts from the kids.

My mom had her 49th bday on the 18th, so we took 49er pictures [we also did this for my dad when he turned 49]. This is our goofy picture.

This is the gift I got from my friend Favi. She made me a Gryffindor scarf and bought me a Time Turner necklace!
Hooray for Harry Potter gifts!

Favi's sister Jenny also bought me a gift. She gave me this bracelet, which I love!

20th Birthday

Friday was my 20th birthday! Usually for my birthday I have themed parties [excluding last year when I had a surprise party], but this year I had a very low-key birthday. I went out to lunch with my mom, I watched a How I Met Your Mother marathon, my friend Favi came over for awhile and we skyped my friend Jennifer. Then I watched the Giants & the 49ers game [they both won!] with my parents. After the games, I went to the park with Vern and around 11 pm we went to Denny's. I got a free grand slam at Denny's,which Vern and I shared, and a brownie a la mode [spelled right?]. We stayed for about a hour and laughed over ridiculous things. It wasn't anything special, but I did have fun on my birthday.

Oh and one more thing.
One of the Giants players tweeted me happy birthday, which was awesome!

Look how much I've grown.

George Kontos tweeted me! He is so good looking. Just saying...

The card my mom made me. It's Draco Malfoy!

My brother Tony's first gift to me.

Tony's second gift to me.

                  

My friend Favi's gift for me.

                 

Favi's other gifts to me.

                 

Vern's gift for me.

Furry & Fabulous: Gracie's 3rd Birthday

Today is my dog Gracie's birthday! She is 3 years old! It feels like yesterday when I first got her for my 17th birthday. My brother Kevin's girlfriend at the time gave me Gracie. During my party there was a knock on the door, but when I went to answer it there was no one there except for a bag. In the bag was a puppy and the tag said it was from Elvis [I had an Elvis Presley themed party that year]. At first I knew my dad was going to say that I couldn't keep her, which he did at first. My mom had to convince him to let me keep her. It took a few days to figure out what to name her. At first Kevin and I chose Lucy, but Dad's grandma's name was Lucy so that was a no. Then while we were watching a Giants game, Derek suggested Posey [after Buster Posey], but she didn't look like a Posey to me. My mom thought a name that associated with Elvis would be a cool idea and I agreed, but I couldn't think of what. I thought Presley, but that seemed more like a boy's name. I can't remember but I'm pretty sure my mom came up with Graceland. We decided to call her Gracie for short. As for her middle name, Lou, it came from the movie Miss Congeniality. You know Gracie Lou Freebush? Anyways that's how she got her name: Graceland "Gracie" Lou Durham.

I covered her dog treats in red candy melt. I made her some this past Christmas and she loved them.

I made her a crown this morning. She absolutely hated it! She doesn't like wearing things. She also tried to eat it when I first put it on her.

Just some random pictures of her. The bottom two photos she's wearing this fairy princess dress that one of my stuffed animals was wearing. I couldn't get a better picture with it on her.

She's licking the candy melt off her face.

Me and the birthday girl!

Gracie wearing her crown. I had to hold up some bread so she would stay still for a picture.

ATC Cards

Yesterday was my friend Crysalyn's birthday. I made her 6 ATC cards awhile ago and I framed 3 of them [only 3 would fit in the frame.] I did all the writing for each card except "don't", "over", "something" & "you". The writing was difficult especially the smaller ones, but I think it was worth it. She really liked it and couldn't wait to put it in her "Carly Corner" [yeah she has a section in her room with stuff that I've made her.]