Bridal Shower!!!

These were a great idea. But they so did not work. The sherbet didn't stay hard... I'll have to work on that.

Somehow I managed to get umbrellas that were twice the size of normal drink ones. Totally thought they only had one size. Haha.

Love this one of me and my sister!!!

The magic is in the pouf.

Here it is. That sign in the back says congratulations in Hawaiian!

LOVE this alternative to a guest book. I mean, what can you do with a guest book anyway? Just store it away and look at people's names. This is cool because it's like a piece of art;-)

Now that's funny.

Besides the weird face I'm making, I like this picture;-)

And this one of me and my grandma!!!

Barb reminds me of the Statue of Liberty.

And the magic behind the party. Haha.

Mom & Jerri!!
Mint water is great.

The Schwager-Tebeck-Bowlby-Slaght clan.

Love this handmade garland!

All this = fun!

When
I
am
done with the actual party. I'll show you what this is all for!

Recent Projects

Later you will see what this is all for;-)

I heart Pom Poms

So I really dislike ordinary streamers and those cheesy centerpieces you get from the dollar tree. So, I saw these at Powells, but they were rather spendy. So Martha shows us how! And here's the link if anyone wants it:-) So I whipped these bad boys up for some practice!

Me

Hey there. Thanks for stopping by. Here's that great pic again, taken by ASH Photography. I am Maria Tebeck. I am married to the most wonderful man, Shane. And we live in a small town in northeast Oregon, however we are both from the beautiful city of Portland. We came here to study under a great mentor/pastor. We both work for him at our church, Living Faith. I am the administrator, and my husband is the Youth Pastor and runs Underground Church. We love it alot. You can check out my facebook here. Also, you can check out my facebook page for the jewelry business I own called Bittersweet Bling by clicking the tab "Bittersweet Bling" on the navigation bar, or by clicking here.

Here I am with my best bud, Megan. This is last summer when we had to get all decked out for our church's VBS program.

I am not sure why I like this picture... probably the incredibly blue eyes, which I don't actually possess.

There is probably a ton about me that you can figure out from my posts/pictures. I love to make jewelry, do crafty things, paint, write, blog, shop, go on vacation, visit my family, give gifts, etc.
Here is a picture from my sister-in-law, Adrey and Brice's wedding. Here I am with my other sister-in-law, Allecia.

I have the greatest family on the planet.
Here is my family on our vacation to Mexico in September 2009. That was so awesome. I love the heat, and the water, and seafood, and infinity pools, and the fact that Troy was filmed behind us, etc...
I love this picture alot. It's right before we left on our anniversary to Joseph, Oregon. Such a great time!

What do Shane and I like together, you ask? Hummm... trying out new restaurants, serving at our church, watching House MD, The Office, King of Queens, and the Twilight Zone, talking walks, playing board games, hanging out with friends, etc...
Shane's family at Brice & Adrey's wedding. It was so beautiful. I like how all the men are pretty much the same height, and so are the women. Except me. Hahaha.

Here I am being crazy. I like funky photo edits sometimes. Green eyes, cross process, whatever.

I am so weird sometimes. I like a very wide variety of food, clothing styles, music, movies, artsy stuff, etc.

Here I am on Christmas 2010, with my new little nephew Nathaniel!

Aaron's Cake

If you tilt your head to the right a bit, you can sort of see that it's a mac apple. I think this might've been the first time I did a cake that wasn't a circle or square...so it was a little hard, but ahhh...it tasted good;-) As you can see, when I took this pic I totally misspelled birthday (what a dork!!!!) So I had to scrape off the "y" and fix it. Hahah.