Utah Art Festival 2010

On Saturday Jeff and I went to the Utah Art Festival in downtown Salt Lake! We had a blast, saw a lot of amazing local artists and a few from nearby states. I took pictures of some things, but wasn't able to take pictures of everything with respect to the artists who asked 'no pictures taken'.

This year the festival was packed! It was great to see all the locals come out and support local art!

Here are a few pictures of my favorites!

These first 2 pictures were an artist who made statues out of old stuff. I loved the creativity of the artist!

These 2 pictures were a booth with messenger bags made out of old billboards! They were soo cool and i would have bought one if i didn't already have 2 Timbuk 2 bags. I did want to buy the bag made out of burlap, but it was way too big for my smaller body. One cool thing they had at this booth was you could put your own messenger bag together. It was a pattern cut out of the billboard and you weaved the handle throughout the bag. They were simple yet cute bags!

This statue was beautiful! I loved how accurate the back looked and how the metal looked as smooth as skin. This must have taken along time because each piece was tacked welded together. I was impressed with the skill of this artist!

I apologize for not giving the artist the credit they deserve, i totally spaced it and forgot to grab the artists names! But each artist there was truly amazing and unique! Thanks for sharing your art!

A small update...

I just found out i passed my Licensed Practical Nursing boards and just had to scream it to the few who check my blog out! I was stressing beyond belief...as you know from my previous post. Now i finally feel like summer can begin, no school stress, no work stress, just me and the boat and the lake waiting for me to enjoy it's time! Can't wait! Thanks for everyone who expressed their support to me!

Even babies get their fashion on...

I love the Huggies Jean Diaper commercial! I think it's soo funny, i hope to see a kid come to my work with one on! That will make my day!!

Fun Little Outfit

Here is one of my outfits this week. This week Utah's weather has shot up to the 90's...whoa a huge change from last week. Lets just say i love the hot weather!!

Cargo pants are back with a twist!

I love the new style and design of the cargo pant, It's so fun and flattering! I thought I'd share a my 2 favorite pairs of them and hopefully I'll be wearing them soon!

Picture via Jbrandjeans.com

J Brand makes this cute little pair, i LOVE the color. I recently tried them on while i was in San Fran and   i was very sad i didn't walk out with them in a bag around my arm. Lets just say my wallet didn't want to agree with me.

Picture via Freepeople.com

Aren't these Free People cargo pants simply amazing! I love how these ones fit slightly looser than the J Brand cargo pants and look at the awesome color.

Simply love them both!

Nikki

A little stressed...

I don't usually express my feelings of anything other than my love for fashion and traveling on here but i need somewhere to get my stress out. I thought this would be a perfect place to do it. Hope i don't sound too retarded but I'm super stressed about this whole NCLEX boards!! This has been the hardest thing for me to prepare for and it's been an emotional roller coaster since April.

It all started with the fact that i didn't get accepted into the RN Completion program. That was a huge disappointment and i was actually extremely biter and didn't want to pick up a single book, i didn't even want to look at anything to do with nursing. I felt kinda betrayed by my school and everyone who said 'You'll be fine' 'You'll get in' 'Ogden campus students get first priority so you're an automatic in'. Well to everyone who said that Its not your fault, i should have expected the worse then maybe i wouldn't have been so disappointed because i know i did the best i could in class and all my tests.

From there It took a whole month to tell my classmates that i wasn't going to be joining them in the fall and pick up a book that was related to school and not feel sad about it. So after that month off i guess i started buckling back down and now I'm trying to get back in the groove of it all. Remembering all the maneuvers, procedures, and equipment would be a lot harder if i didn't have the job i have now.

My next stress with this test is that it freaking costs $300 to take! With that said i don't want to waste that money on a failing grade, if that was the case i could have used that money to buy some really great shoes or an amazing handbag.

Stress number 3: Everyone i have talked to that has taken this test has said it's harder than they thought it was and they all have gotten the least amount of questions 85.  I feel like there is a expectation for me to get the least amount of questions. I know i shouldn't think that, only for the fact that if i do get over 85 questions it's going to frustrate me that i might not be doing very good.

I think the last stress is that if and when i pass this test i get a promotion at work which also includes a raise! So there is another added pressure to this test.

Well thanks for letting me get that stress out. I'm going back to studying now! Have a great night!!

Guest Blogging

This week I am lucky enough to be apart of an amazing blog I read daily, Style Obsession. I'm very excited to be guest blogging and hope everyone will check it out. Check daily for the moment on Style Obsession!

Thanks Jessica and have a safe trip to Cali!

Nikki