first day of work. i wish!

I've recently discovered Polyvore.

It's an amazing website - kind of like Pinterest - where you can collect your favorite things in one handy location.  But what's different is you can then piece them together!!  I made this outfit today - and you can expect to see a LOT more posts like this.

first day of work by Squyd featuring leather handbags

honest is the very best policy.

I don't have a job. 

But I like to sew things. 

I made this tote bag today.

 The lighting is funky in my apartment.  So the colors look weird here.  It's plain canvas with hot pink stripes on the pocket, back side, and straps.

please ignore the un-made bed.

Do you think it's cute?


Would you buy it?

Would your friends buy it?

Would you buy it for your friends?

I need to know.

I'd really like to start selling things on Etsy and/or at the Farmer's Market here in Rexburg.  But I'm a teensy-bit nervous that nobody will like what I make.  The tote bags are fun and really big.  They can be customized with all sorts of things...  different patterns, funky-fabric linings, buttons, monograms, phrases... the options are only limited to my artistic skills.

I also want to start making cute little half-aprons, but I need to stock-up on fancy fabrics first.

This isn't going to be my whole life's work.  I just think it would be fun to do on the side.  I'm not expecting to support myself and John by selling crafts on the internet. 

Anyway, please let me know what you think.  And be honest.

love scrabble.

This was our two-month-iversary present.

We play Words with Friends alllll the time, so I thought a real Scrabble board would be fun to have.

And yes, it rotates :)

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kentucky fried chicken.

Today, after standing in front of the counter at KFC for at least five minutes, one of the workers noticed us and said,

"I'm sorry.  I didn't hear you sneak in."

John and I are still trying to figure out how walking in through the front door qualifies as sneaking in. 

corn-on-a-stick!!

MMmmMmMMmMmmm.  Fridays are the best day to live in Rexburg.  This is why:

It's good.

Real good.

REEEAALLL good.

Someone told us last week that corn doesn't have a whole lot of nutritional value.  Whatever.  We'll be eating this every Friday until October.

After our corn-on-a-stick we headed down to the duck pond.  We love it there.  Especially in the summer when it doesn't smell like a bucket of duck poop.  We took our engagement pictures there.  And we used to make-out there a lot when we were dating.  And it's where I told John that I love him for the first time.

Can you see the duckies?!

It was SUCH a pretty day.

you love us, right?!

I really want a bike.  [I just decided this earlier today.]  I don't know what I'll do with it or where I'll ride it, but I need to have it in my possession.  So I logged on to Urban Outfitters and designed one with pretty colors and a bell. 

I think it looks pretty and spring-time-y and I especially think it will win me lots and lots of friends.

The UO Bike Shop customizer thing is really fun.  And since John has been telling me he should have a bike to ride to school since before we moved here - I thought I'd design one for him too.  [I'm such a nice wifey.]  This is the manly one I made for him.

You can only kind of tell, but his tires and hand-grips and chain are dark blue. 

Needless to say we would look smokin' hott riding down the street on these babies.  So, if you're feeling über generous, you should buy these bikes for us. 

I should probably mention that the last time I had a bike in Rexburg I never ever locked it up, which resulted in it being STOLEN.  [Right here in River City!]  But don't let that deter you from purchasing a brand-spankin' new one for me.  In my defense that bike was awesome and had Miller Lite stickers all over it.  So it probably would have been stolen whether it was locked up or not.

dear las vegas,

Rexburg is getting a waterpark.

Did you hear me??

REXBURG is getting a WATERPARK. 

This tiny little town in Idaho, that only barely gets three months of real sunshiney days, is getting a waterpark.  And you, you big metropolis, with your 100º mornings and seven month long summers, don't have one. 

That's all I have to say about that.

love, Syd