My creations

I made these headbands the other night. I saw this ribbon at Michaels and decided I had to have it. I think it made a pretty cute Christmas headband.

It says Holly Jolly on it in case you can't read it.

The other one I was making a gift for someone and decided to make one for myself too. I think it turned out really cute.

I just covered the headband with brown ribbon and then put the buttons on. So there you go. Also, here are some pictures from when we got our Christmas tree. They were on my mom's camera and she hasn't done anything with them.

I meant to post...

This post is dedicated to a few things that I meant to post and for one reason or another never got around to it. I really don't have any excuse for not updating I just haven't. So here goes...

I like my new apartment a lot but there are things that are worn out and not very pretty. The lamp shade in my room was one of those things. It was hideous! One day I just got sick of looking at it and I was feeling crafty so I transformed it into this...

Sorry it is slightly blurry but you get the idea. It matches the plastic drawers in my room that I covered to make it look cleaner.

Next, a few weeks ago I got an email from the man I interviewed with for an internship with the LDS Church offering me tickets to conference. I may not have gotten the job but I did get good seats. So Jonny, Karleigh, Kirstin and I went out for the Sunday afternoon session. It was really cool to be there, I had never been before.

This was taken from our seats.

This last one is from tonight. I had leftover pumpkin filling from making pumpkin cookies so I decided to make muffins. I just went to the internet to find a recipe and I was very happy with it so I thought I would share. I got it from this website. It is really easy and really yummy! The only problem with this recipe is it only makes 12 muffins!

I would also like to add that I'm really happy Fall is here. I love making all these pumpkin things and having the smell of spices. I like getting to get out my long-sleeved shirts and sweaters. The trees are starting to change and Halloween is coming. My only problem is this year it got really cold, really fast. It was literally 85 one day and 45 the next and it hasn't gotten above 65 since. So basically I feel like there are some in between clothes that I missed out on wearing but that's ok I guess I'll adjust.

Before and After

So I am a little behind with the blogging so here is an update of some of what has been happening, as before and afters.
So first is moving. Ok, so here is the before.

We had our beautiful tree and they painted over it while we were trying to move out.We stayed up VERY late and then woke up VERY early. Which lead to me wear rain boots with shorts (I don't know why I'm holding detergent). It was a very long process and it was very tiring but now I have a nice new place with my own room and bathroom and a nice big bed.
So here is the after. My new room and a wall in the dining area.

Another quick before and after. Below is our quote board that is now a picture wall.

Next...
Before... This big hunk of raw pork (12 pounds to be exact) was cut down into pieces and all the fat was cut off (not a fun process)...After it became a delicious Cafe Rio style pork salad...So this one isn't the one we actually made but I forgot to take a picture so you get to see this one.
And finally...
Before I was really excited to watch these teams play and was even more excited when BYU won. It was pretty much amazing. I love college football and it is even better when the Cougars win. It was a great game and BYU totally dominated even though the score doesn't really reflect that. And after the three of us went to the Provo Airport at 1:30 am...and joined all of these people...
in welcoming home these guys...It was really fun to be there with a bunch of people. Everyone was cheering and when the plane doors opened it was insane people were chanting BYU and Bronco and singing the fight song. We got to give high fives to lots of the players and Bronco gave a quick speech. Here's Bronco with his police escort. So glad he decided to go for it on fourth and four!
So that is an recap of what has happened over the past couple of weeks.

My wall

Last week I was sitting on my couch looking at the wall and how boring and white it was and said that I thought it would cool if we painted a tree on it. Then my amazingly artistic roommate Ashley decided to draw up a sketch of what a tree on the wall would look like, next thing we know we are al Wal-Mart buying paint to paint our wall. So now we have a beautiful blue wall with an amazing tree on it. We painted the wall blue one night and then Ashley used her skills to chalk on the tree the next day and then we painted it. We all love it, it is one of those things in life that just makes you happy for no real reason.