Saturday, November 7, 2009

My vacation to Yellowstone

So, I recently went to Yellowstone for the first time. Well, I've driven through it on the way home from Montana once but, I don't really count that time. I've chosen a few pictures and believe me, it was hard picking my favorites.

This is what happens when you plan a trip to Yellowstone in October and they have a record breaking early snowfall.

I know you're saying to yourself, "I've seen this picture before". It's not the same picture from Moab though. This was our first day in the park and they don't really plow the roads. I know, coming from Utah this shouldn't be a problem. Well, it was so icy and we were supposed to have chains on our tires and we didn't.

It really is as cold as it looks!

So, instead of taking pictures of nature and animals, I was mesmorized by all the weirdness in Yellowstone. I mean, do you feel like you are looking in to some beautiful tropical waters? It's like 130 degrees in there! And the smell!

And what about these next pictures. You might think I've landed on the moon. It was so crazy and weird and wonderful. I couldn't take enough pictures. Which is funny, because when we came home and looked at all the images, my husband was like, "what is this all about? Where's the forest and buffalo?" Ya, I don't know what happened.










Well, here are a few of the amazing landscape. It really was breath taking there. Even though we didn't get to see nearly close to what we had planned because of the weather, it was just so beautiful and gives us an excuse to go back again!

Friday, October 30, 2009

v.lou textiles at piper and chloe fall 2009

I'm so excited to be participating in the Piper & Chloe holiday showcase this November 6th and 7th! It's one of the best! Don't miss it. For more info and directions visit piper & chloe's blog.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

For the Holidays

I just wanted to share this info with everyone!

Twice As Giving Holiday Boutique. Get all of your holiday shopping done while supporting a great cause! Over 15 different vendors featuring handcrafted and unique gifts for everyone on your list. 20% of all sales will be donated to A Golden Dawn Adoption Assistance, http://www.goldendawnaa.org giving the gift of a forever family to special needs orphans. Saturday, November 7th, 10:00 am to 7:00 pm 695 N 2475 W, Layton, Ut 84041.Take the Hill Field Rd exit in Layton. Head west. Turn right onto 2200 West. Turn left onto 650 North. Turn right onto 2475 West.

I'm not participating in this boutique but, I think it's a really great cause and wanted to help spread the word.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Salt Lake Farmers' Market!

It's official! I'm doing it. I didn't sign up for the whole entire market this time. I'm doing Park Silly Sunday Market as well, and I'm not sure what to expect juggling both plus my website plus work. So I will post those dates a little later. I don't have them in front of me at the moment.

Also, for anyone who is going to the Sweet Tweets Boutique in Draper this weekend looking for v.lou textiles, I had to bow out of this show. We've got family illness going on and I just can't do it. But, if you are in Draper this weekend, swing by and support some local folk. I've left the address up in my earlier post just incase.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Spring and Summer Markets

Alright. Here some shows I am doing this spring and summer. I've applied to one more, however, I don't expect to hear from them for several more weeks. I'll keep you posted on that one. The first show of the season is with Sweet Tweets Boutique.

This is my first time working with them, I'm doing three shows all together. The first show is in Lehi, Utah Friday April 17th from 10:00 am - 7:00 pm and Saturday April 18th 10:00 am - 5:00 pm. The address is: Richmond American Homes Traverse Mountain 4792 N. Wisper Wood Dr. And here are some driving instructions: Take the Alpine/ Highland Exit 284, head East, Left on Triumph Blvd, Left @ the stop sign, Right on Chapel Ridge Rd and Left on Whisper Wood Rd.




The second show with them is in Herriman. That show is: Friday May 15th 10:00 am - 7:00 pm and Saturday May 16th 10:00 am - 5:00 pm. The address is: 5626 High Spirit Court Herriman, UT. Heading north or south on I-15 take the Bangerter exit and head west. Loop around until you get to 13400 S. and take a left. Go all the way to Smith's (5400 S.) and take a left. You will come to a flashing stop sign (that is High Spirit Court) take a right and it's the second house on the right in a cul de sac




The third show is in Draper. That show is Friday May 29th 10:00 am - 7:00 pm and Saturday May 30th 10:00 am - 5:00 pm. The address is: 12127 S. 300 E. Draper, UT.




I'm also really excited to be back with Piper & Chloe doing their spring show!This show takes place Friday May 8th 10:00 am - 8:00 pm and Saturday May 9th 10:00 am - 6:00pm and the address is: 46 Robyn Way (1195 N) Farmington Ut. I'm pretty sure they have a map on their blog. If not, I will find one and post it here.






Also, I will be at the Park Silly Sunday Market this summer in Park City Utah. I'll be back with the dates and times for that one.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

v.lou textiles dress comparison

This picture below is showing the three different styles of dresses I make all size 2. You can see how the first dress with the sleeves is quite short but fits normally through the chest. The second dress is probably true to size. The third, with spaghetti straps is roomer across the chest and is also a little longer.
Below are the size 4 dresses. Same thing.

One year anniversary

I CANNOT believe that it is March already and I have not written one single post in the new year! Crazy! Honestly, blogging is at the bottom of my to-do list and at the end of the day, I am usually too tired and too sick of the computer to write anything. However, I do want to show these pictures that I took on a recent trip to Moab to celebrate my first wedding anniversary.

Here are some pictures of anniversary flowers. I was trying to be artistic. They looked so pretty. Also, I was trying out the macro feature on my camera.
This first picture is in Canyonlands. We drove to Moab late friday and it was getting dark so we decided to wait until the next day to do a hike. When we woke up in the morning, it was cold and snowing. This picture is looking back on the road leading into the park.

This picture is taken from the front seat of the car. Scarey. We were wondering if we should turn around at this point.

Here we are, not half hour later and it appears to be clearing up. Yeah! This picture is of a bunch of ancient 6000 year old salt. The debate among scientists is whether a meteor hit here and exposed this salt from the ancient sea beds or if the salt pushed its way up from below.

This is our second hike of the day. We have scaled a cliff at this point to see ancient peoples food storage and this is a view below. Don't fall off the ledge. Yikes!

This is also from our second hike.


This was our third (and final) hike of the day. My mother-in-law gave us this very beautiful photograph of an arch, and we weren't really sure where it was taken. Well, we found the arch on our hike and this is a view looking over the arch into the desert below. It was such a great trip, even though we had to drive home the next day.