Cheap and easy way to hang the temple in your home

I made this 3x2.5 feet picture of the temple thats hung on my wall.


How I made it:

FRAME: bought a cheap picture frame (look at places like Michaels, Walmart, JoAnns) for frames on sale or this one was slightly damaged (with one knick) which made the $60 frame into $15.

MATTING: Matting can be so expensive. For this I spent about $4 on thick black stiff paper that I cut and glued to go around the inside of the frame. Make sure that the length of the paper is at least the same length or longer than the frame to make everything look good together. I used a deep red to paint the matting and then with a stiff brush I dabbed on gold paint all over which gives it more effect but still showed the red as the main color.

PICTURE: The Distribution Center is great to find cheap pictures of the Savior, temples, prophet etc. This picture is a good size and I found this for like $1.

BACKGROUND: Since the picture frame doesn't have a background, I found a tan piece of construction paper that was nice and still stiff so it wouldn't sag, but still be able to hold the picture.

WORDING: I have not mastered calligraphy.. but I do know what fonts I liked. For the saying on top, I found the font and size I liked from Word and printed it out. I placed the words on top and with a pencil I pressed through to see the writing on the tan construction paper. I then got a small tipped brush and traced it with black paint.

Illusion of Mirrors

$40 Target Mirror

A great way to add accessories and make your room look bigger and even brighter is to use mirrors. They can create an "illusion" to having your room appear larger and can be placed in any room at any size. A black border can help the mirror contrast and the silver gives more elegance in this case and shine. These are two that my apartment has in the front room.

$15 Roberts-
I added paisley scrapbooking paper to the sides and then placed some ribbon in to make it cute and not too busy

Great gift idea for a more usable Cookbook

So in the past I've gotten a cookbook or two and it usually has not been opened that much because I'm either unfamiliar with the recipe or think it will take too long so might as well just cook something I know how to make.

One of the things I got this year for Christmas from my fam was a blank cookbook to fill it with the recipes I want. The cookbook is blank but has tabs and sections for you to write down all the great recipes you want with it still being organized and not fall apart. Great present idea in my opinion!


Since I was home its forced me to get those awesome recipes my mom has cooked for me growing up and put them into the book so I can make those out here!

Hand-drawn floorplans I made for my Interior Design research

I'm wrapping up some research I'm doing this last semester for my Interior Design professor. BEDROOM 1


I've made a bunch of floorplans through CAD programs and drawing and have done a few sketches really quick. Usually they would take a lot longer but I made some basic ones and my professor wasn't here to revise it with her so hopefully I didn't leave anything out! KITCHEN


Finished product with color of the first picture (above) BEDROOM 1

$2 Interior Design Kits at Joanns

The other day I found these two Interior Design Room Spacing Kits on Clearance at Joann Fabrics. I found them for both the Living Room and Bedroom and they used to be over $20 but I found them for $2!!!

I'm wrapping up my interior design research that I did this semester for my professor, and finding these templates I made copies of them and was able to cut out the different shapes and dimensions and make a few floor plans.
Inside the kits are over 250 stickers (of furniture, accessories, etc.), graphing paper, cardstock, scale ruler for the floorplan, design paper, and tips and design instructions.

snow snow snow Snow SNOW!!

Aimee and I died getting to church today in the snow. It was the slushy kind of snow today and we got dumped with some overhead. Chris and I made bets when the first snow fall would be... he got it right (it was like Nov 14) and since the last week or two its been non-stop.

Aimee and I in the first snow fall of our Sophomore year two years back

This weekend was so fun. Got to go shopping for goodies, go out for dinner with Chris and see his mom's concert, and hang out with some of his siblings and their wife and kids. So fun hanging out with them!


It was dangerous too coming back to park by my complex. We have underground parking that you go down a ramp for. I was going down and back up to get to the parking lot behind my house and my car wouldn't make it. I let go of the gas and let my car slide backwards and as it did my car spun around and I missed the concrete wall by inches. Phew! I am so grateful me and my car were ok that's such a blessing. I feel really looked out for

I love to see the temple

When we were up in Salt Lake this last weekend we stopped by the temple to see the Christmas lights. To get people to leave they would shut off the lights at 10pm, and of course we got there at that very minute but we still enjoyed some lights and of course the beautiful Salt Lake City Temple.

Just some of the red lights lit up


Chris and I in front of the Salt Lake City Temple


Seeing all of the Christmas lights in front of the Salt Lake Temple