The Bethke Bunch

{pssssst...}

I am having site problems.  I am switching hosting, yada yada and it is down.  I hope to have it back up in a week or two.  Oh my that is a nail biter.

{deck your walls}

Here are a few things to help you hang with a few less fights.  I like to eyeball it and my very precise dentist husband must measure to the perfect millimeter.  So these rock our world and keep the situation calm!  Calm is important when hammers and ladders are involved!

A must in our humble opinion.  My husband can't do a project without it.  He has one at home and one hat his office.  We also have a huge level and a level that is about 8 inches long for ease of course, but this one is the daddy of all levels!  Stud finder/level/stress reliever-PERFECT! 

Black & Decker BULLSEYE Leveling Laser!

Hang & Level

I made one once out of a paint stick stir thingie they give you when you buy paint with a screw not all the way screwed in so you could hang the picture on the front of the stick and poke the wall with the sharp end of the screw so you know where to nail.  This is way BETTER and holds more weight than my flimsy paint stick!

Magnetic Attraction

 

Or how could I forget a trusty Pottery Barn catalog or this rockin book I have.  Honestly though it is a ton of pictures from the catalog, but they still rock!  Pottery Barn in my opinion has it mastered!

HAPPY HANGING!

MAY THE LEVELING GODS BE WITH YOU!
 
 

{uh oh who was a pacesetter?}

So for those of you who were on drill team with me in High School guess who this Kindergartner is?  That's right little Kelsey!  Can you believe it.  She is still very young at 20, but stunning, beautiful and in love with sweet Ethan.  Ethan and Kels dated in high school too!  Cool huh...

This was my first engagement, a present to them.  She wanted artistic, so fun.  I have to say it was really nice not chasing a child!  I took these about a month ago and I am just blogging them.  They have in my defense been edited for about a month.  Just doing some catching up. 

Oh yeah...come on people leave me some love.  I see you clicking on my site! 

Also remember you can click to make it bigger!  Ahhh they are so cute!

{it's over}

Thank GOD!  My auction at the girls school was last night!  Over, over, over!  SO EXCITING!  I am exhausted and trying to catch up on a few things!  I will post maybe some auction pics in a few days.  I don't even have the desire to get them off my camera!  We raised a ton and had a blast!

Garrett is still installing floors in our bedroom!  Good God!  Hopefully soon I will be able to walk in my room!

Finally I am very aware that my site is very mixie matchie!  We are working on it.  So the new logo on the left is my new look.  More fun, modern and colorful.  I did the shabby chic thing and well, I guess it isn't for me!  I know I need to post a  picture soon, I have a ton, just honestly no energy.  So yall will have to deal with my rambling.

Oh and for those who are wondering my diet is going well.  Garrett and I are sticking to!

{have you figured me out yet?}

About 2 weeks ago I called my husband at work at about 5:30 pm and asked. 

L: "honey do we have a crow bar?"

G: He quickly and patiently responded with "why do you need a crow bar?"

L: Oblivious..."Oh I just need a crow bar"

G: repeated patiently "Lane, Why do you need a crow bar?"

L: Confessing..."Well I smelled dog pee in my sugar shoppe {craft room} and I got mad and took an exacto knife to the carpet and tore it all up, but don't worry i got most of it in the garage."

G: Confused..."What?  How did you move the furniture?"

L: Innocently..."Oh I didn't, I just cut around it!"

G: A tad irritated..."Ok I will look at it when I get home."

He know me better than to think I just need a crow bar.  We are not people to let the grass grow under our feet.  We are MANIACS! 

So Garrett came home and pulled up all the tack strips and helped me move the furniture.  Then I rushed out to Lumber Liquidators and bought some really light laminate {durability is key in the crafting area} and we got to laying.  Well he did.  I just supervised and fed.  It took him about a day and it was done! 

So long story short due to his extreme allergies he pulled out the knife and ripped up the 500 square foot master and closet yesterday.  So we are in disarray yet again!  I think I am nuts Sadie Grace seems as of yesterday afternoon to be a sick chick, Wednesday I am going to an intense class at Methodist Hospital to get started on a very healthy diet and Friday is the enormous Dinner Auction that I am IN CHARGE OF.  So our week is ridiculous, but oddly enough I am not even stressed!  Go figure!

{a new look is upon us...}

Yeah I am working on new "branding".  I am stoked.  I want something a bit more modern to match my photographic style.  Here is a little glimpse of what we have been working on. 

 

I started out with an odd pelligrino bottle obcession as my inspiration, but we moved to this and I couldn't be more excited!  I think it is pretty cute.

 

So thanks Vanessa for working so hard with me!

On a personal note, we are nuts.  Our week is insane.  I will fill yall in later!
 

{mums}

My husband's little cousin in Jr. High needed a mum for the Homecoming game at the last minute, like the day before.  He told his mom {Garrett's aunt} that he was in a jame.  Given that Marg gave deadlines to the boys to get mums and clearly he was way past the deadline.  So given that I know how a mum can make you feel cool I proceeded to make a precious little mum for him.  It was so cute and age appropriate.  They use the tiny mums, well I couldn't have the smallest one so I bumped it up a size.  Then They only make them 12 inches long, so I made hers 18.  When I was in High School mums were a "status" symbol.  The bigger the better!  The louder {with cow bells} the cooler!  Loved it.  I giggled the entire time I made this!  Next year I will be prepared and get our little cousins to get on the ball and ask quicker.  It took me all and all 20 minutes and I couldn't stop giggling.  I wanted to plaster this poor 6th graders mum with hearts but I just couldn't do it.  I knew it would embarass them!  Next year I will do a tutorial.  Easiest project ever!

{ethereal}

That is the word that comes to mind with this picture of Cambry ~ ethereal.  I love it.  I know it isn't focused perfectly, but I just love it.  I love the curl, I love her eyes and I love her super soft lips.  She was so mad at me and didn't want to have her picture taken, but I just love it!

{MIA}

Yes that is me these days MIA.  I am on a mission to get through the huge fundraiser auction dinner thingie I am in charge of at my girls school on the 23rd.  I am almost there and then I can return to the land of the living.  So fun news...I am rebranding and getting everything turned upside down in my little photography venture.  Basically I am starting over.  Live and learn right?

{about to make a mess}

I am about to make a total mess of my blog moving stuff around.  If you can't click on a link it is because I am working on reorganizing.  It will be back up soon.  I am working feverishly to get all my photography stuff edited again and get a client site up and running.  I am almost there!  Wahoo!