A little creative!

This is a little random but I did a lot of homemade Christmas presents this year because I was feeling a little creative. It wasn't necessarily the smartest thing to do during finals (I didn't actually do any of them during finals BUT I thought about them a lot and really WANTED to do them during finals). AnyHOO! I just wanted to share the finished products with you! I was very proud of myself.

These first things are just cans that I emptied and put other candy in them and they were given to different people, I made them for all of my co-workers as well as for some family members. They are really cool because they are pop top and I emptied the contents from the bottom so you really got to "pop" the top off!

These were essentially the same thing but with different containers and they were for two different grandparents. The balls inside the cage and the bowl were all made by hand, that is what took the longest but I think they turned out REALLY well! I loved them! They are made with styrofoam balls and some have twisted strips of fabric around them and others have twine, some regular and some spray painted black. (on a side note...styrofoam is EXPENSIVE, I had no idea!!)

The next one was for my sister, Ashlie. It is my SECOND favorite one. It was super easy, just a cork board and close pins and then put cute paper on them! I was nervous for how this was going to turn out because I kind of made it up after seeing the close pins that I thought were just adorable but I think it turned out very well!

Last bu certainly not least is my mom's present! I LOVE this I combined a few ideas that I got online and used the same balls from before except they were now strung onto this awesome ribbon and hung in an empty picture frame! The middle two are done with fabric and the outside two are twine spray painted black. I was so excited for her to see it and she loved it just as much as I did!

Christmas in February

My roommates and I got each other Christmas gifts this year and we all had them way before Christmas but we didn't exchange until Saturday night...I can't believe we waited this long! I love my roommates they got me the best gift ever. I was talking to one of them and telling them that I have wanted Adidas sweats for years. Kind of a random request but they were always something that I wanted (I wasn't telling her that I wanted her to buy them for me but she was wearing them and we were just discussing them! lol). Anyways, she is so sweet and remembered and I FINALLY got my sweats I have been wanting! I have worn them everyday since! They make me so happy. I was literally giddy and couldn't stop smiling when I opened them...it's the simple things right?!

Bump It!

I went home for Ashlie's bridal shower this last weekend and learned that my own mother has a BUMP IT! Now you can understand how traumatizing this experience was for me, my own mother has a bump it. Luckily she has yet to use it but nevertheless still owns one. She told me that she was going to find pictures of people who have bump its in their hair that look good (quite a task if you ask me) and blog about it. Well I told her that I would come up with a counter blog for her...a blog war if you will! So I decided to go to you tube and see if there was a bump it video just making fun of it and I found quite a treasure! It has a some language in it so I don't want to endorse it BUT oh my, it is quite hilarious. She talks about how we should just start putting random crap in our hair to make it stand up instead of buying a bump it. She puts markers in her hair and some sunglasses. It is really good. If you want to watch it here is the link just be prepared for some language (its not really that bad but she says it like a million times)

Bump It

It's been a while!

Thank you to my ONE dedicated blog reader (Leslie...I'm so glad that you still love me even from Canada!). Here are some of my random thoughts and updates on my life. Enjoy!

I am taking a snowboarding class and it pretty awesome! I'm learning a TON...still not good but someday...I hope!

I have some confessions/new found loves!

1. Tostitos Lime Chips...my roommate got me hooked on them! I'm kind of addicted
2. Cuties...those little oranges...I eat like 5 a day (not really but I LOVE them)
3. Lastly, country music. I hate to admit it but I think you should all know the real me...I have this weird love for it recently!

That is really all I have to say! Hope you are all doing well with your new years resolutions and enjoying 2010 so far!

Happy Day!

So today is my last day of working before CHRISTMAS! Yay! It is seriously dead on campus. The building I work in is locked. No one can come in for me to help them and if someone calls and needs my help I can't leave the building because then I couldn't get back in...basically I am no good here. Anyways I was looking for something to do/watch. I went to hulu and I was all caught up on my shows so I started browsing through other things I could watch. And it turns out that Miracle on 34th Street was on hulu! Yay! That is one of my favorite movies. I used to watch it all the time when I was little. Not the old black and white one but the one with the little girl from Matilda! I LOVE that movie. I felt really stupid I was really emotional when the streets were filled with people cheering for Santa...so moving! Seriously!

Now that I've been on a blogging kick for two days...I don't know how good I'll be over the holidays but just wanted to wish everyone a

Merry Christmas!

The Spirit of Christ!

I am a BIG fan of mormon messages...short, sweet, and uplifting! This one really emulates the meaning of Christmas! Enjoy!

Shocking

So this is so shocking to me I couldn't put it with the other post. It deserved its own. For a little history on well...me...I am not a huge action movie girl. Mostly I just like romantic comedies...not very adventurous in my movie choices. Any ways...this weekend my sweet sweet roommate invited me to spend the weekend at her house in Kaysville. On the way down she asked me if I wanted to go see Avatar with her family. I chuckled a little and was like...um...ok sure! I didn't know what the movie was. I thought it was that cartoon thing that people watch. I was not prepared for the most amazing movie EVER! Holy cow! I am pretty sure I felt every emotion that is possible! It was incredible! I loved it! The whole movie made me kind of hate the human race and want to be a blue person but that is ok! And the planet they lived on was called Pandora so now every time I go to Pandora to listen to music I am reminded of the kind blue people that lived on Pandora! If you haven't seen it...go see it!