Snow day!

Ok, I know your thinking snow isn't that big of a deal. But it is to me! Being born and raised in Austin, TX snow is a very rare thing for me to see! Ever so often we get ice but snow not so much. The forecasters had been talking about an "arctic front" with a possibility of snow flurries :)  I got super excited!! I have a friend who does weather forecasting for the military so I kept bugging him about the changes of snow. As it got closer the chances looked pretty good. Although the weather did try to fake us out Sunday it was warm and sunny! I ran errands in shorts and flip flops but as the saying goes "If you don't like the weather wait a minute, it'll change". No really it will! By Tuesday it was getting cold and the arctic front was moving in :) As it moved in the changes of snow started getting better. They were guessing some time Thursday night we'd get anywhere from 1/2 to 1 inch and that was enough for me. I was so excited about the chance of snow I left the blinds to my sliding glass door open and I kept looking out the window for any signs of flurries (hope my neighbors didn't think I was crazy).  I started seeing rumors on facebook (don't judge me! You know you get half your news from fb too) about flurries just north of me.  I texted my sister but she said it was just sleet so far. I waited up as long as I could but since I had to be up at 5am I had to trust the forecasters that it would snow over night and still be there when I woke up. I think Friday was one of the first mornings that I've actually fully woken up when my alarm went off at 4:50. I looked out my window and everything was covered in snow!!! I was so excited!! All of the local schools had closed so I knew work would be canceled, bonus!

I have a 5:30am crossfit class on Fridays and I hadn't gotten a text from my coach, Nikki, saying class was canceled so I got ready and very slowly made my way to class. There were 5 of us that braved the weather and came to work out. We even went outside and did a few burpees in the snow to prove it :)

There is also a video somewhere, but I don't have it.
I then went back home to spend the rest of the day "snowed in". Because we had sleet fall before the snow the roads had a nice layer of ice as well. So as people drove around it packed down the snow and brought out the ice. I'm willing to admit that I don't have any winter driving skills so I stayed home till the snow/ice melted.

snow covered sidewalk at the gym

Snow covered cars even after driving

Snow covering the apartment complex.

Snow on my balcony!

 Being at home didn't stop me from enjoying the snow. I even made a small snowman on the hood of my car!

 

I didn't have the typical sticks for arms or coal for the eyes but I did have craft supplies! So my snowman had pompoms for the face and buttons, floral wire arms, ribbon scarf, and my nieces ribbon bow instead of a hat. Not to bad for a snowman made on a whim! I tweeted that picture with the hashtag #ATXsnow that the local paper had created it to track the snow shenanigans. And they asked me if they could post my picture on their webpage other other readers pictures from the snow day. It was kind of fun to see my picture among the other 300+ photos.
A little after lunch it started to warm up and I went to check on the fate of my snowman. I was a little sad to discovered it had slid off the hood of my car and was in pieces :( I might have lasted longer if I had made it in the shade but it would have melted no matter what. It was fun while it lasted though.

I bid the snow farewell and went back to my cleaning, movie watching, coffee drinking and nap taking. I love my snow day :)

Who doesn't love hair bows?

So a while back I saw a how to blog on Korker Bows & it looks so easy I had to try it! The blogger said she used 1/4 inch ribbon but I decided that was smaller than that I wanted. So I went with 3/8 and I liked how it turned out :)  Not to say that I won't make some smaller ones for babies/toddlers in the future now that I know how easy they really are to make!

I gathered my supplies
Ribbon
Lighter (to seal the ends of the ribbon)
Scissors 
Wire
Wire cutters (needle nose pliers saved me a trip to the store)
and 1/4in dowel rod (cut in half to fit in my oven)
   TIME FOR SOME FUN :D

 So I uncurled some of the ribbon from the roll, laid it on the counter and this is what it did! It made me laugh.












I wrapped the rod in ribbon, maybe it was a little bit closer together than I should have... it worked, but next time I'll leave more space.







Baking time! 20 minutes at 275 degrees... perfections!










Letting them cool off & fully set to keep their shape.











After I uncurled the ribbon from the rod I cut them down (in half, in half again etc) till they were the size I wanted.

For this bow I sewed the ribbon together, tied it to the clip and then hot glued it all together. It worked pretty well.

This bow I did pink and red (you can't tell in the picture) with a white button in the middle.














And this one I did for my niece Chandler- She wanted Gold & Red (her school colors). I hope she likes it! I'll post a picture of Chandler with the bow once I mail it to her. Man I wish that girl lived closer to me :(

For this bow stacked the ribbon curls and tied them with a string (so it could be tied tight) then I folded a piece of gold ribbon in half and covered the string. I then tied it onto the clip and hot glued it in a few places so it will hopefully stay put.

All the bows got a coat of Aqua Net to help them keep their shape and with that they are ready to be worn.

 I gave the first two bows I made to my other niece Isabella & she loved them. The other day she asked her mom for "Bows names is Aunt Kimber made for me" :)

I have plenty of ribbon left so I'll be making a bunch more bows! It's a good thing I have friends having babies!!