Thursday, October 13, 2011

Halloween Creativity

Halloween Time!!! First of all I added this picture because I thought it was so funny. Poor dog, he is very patient I give him that.

Here are some ideas for cute Halloween ideas, especially food. If you need more ideas check out Pinterest. There are so many clever people!
From: blog.tinyprints.com
From: radiobutlers.blogspot.com
From: bhg.com
From: imgfave.com
From: etsy.com
From: marthastewart.com
Foods that I want to make before Halloween:

Monday, October 10, 2011

Cute Fashion Ideas for Fall

Yay, it's the beginning of fall and its so fun cracking out the boots and coats. Now that I pinterest I love finding cute ideas of fashion ideas for fall. Here are some ideas:

I love the riding boots with the skinny jeans. Peacoats are timeless and come in so many cute colors and patterns. I also like the button down shirt.

Scarfs are also such a great accessory and come in so many different kinds. I love the thin belts in style and also black skinny jeans (I'm not sure if these are black or not to be honest).
I like Jennifer Aniston and most of these outfits are pretty modest. I like how classic they are from the colors and styles and it's the accessories she uses to make it pop.

Cute, I love the scarf and cardigans in the fall. I love the look of layering and even though skinny jeans are in, I still like flared jeans. Chandilier earrings are my favorite
I love baggy shirts and I like how this one is slightly fitted around the body. I love pearls and Toms with my outfits too!

Here is a cute outfit for work. I love the ruffled shirt and most things ruffled and lacy and I love the cardigan with this.


Cameron Diaz might have been caught off gaurd but she still looks so good. I love the longer shirt with the jeans and baggy shirt.


I love these lighter boots with the skinny jeans and blazer.


Rainboots with patterns are so cute. I love these Toille boots.


Frozen Food Facts

I was online reading an article about frozen foods and I have been curious about certain rules about freezing food. Here are some facts according to the article "6 Myths About Freezing Food" on Yahoo!:

The length of time you can keep items in your freezer:


Soups, stews and casseroles: 2-3 months
Cooked meat 2-3 months
Uncooked steaks, roasts or chops: 4-12 months
Cooked poultry: 4 months
Uncooked poultry: 9-12 months


Freezing does not kill bacteria but just keeps it inactive.


Sometimes frozen fruits can have more nutrients than fresh fruits because they are processed at the ripest point and frozen that way (the more ripe the more they have nutrients)


It is best to avoid refreezing an item, but it is usually ok to refreeze if the item has been out for 2 hours or less.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Halloween Banner with Tulle Spiderwebs

I am so excited to share my Halloween banner!!!! I've been looking online for cute ideas and when I went to Hobby Lobby my ideas kept evolving until I came up with this:

As you can see I have an orange background, black letters, silver sparkly spider webs, and tulle that I used for underneath every other spiderweb.
I first started by laying down the paper in the right order. Making this shape for the banner was easy. I cut the paper into rectangles of 4x6 and created a template and cut out all of the other papers out.

For the letters with the tulle on it, I first glued down the letter.
I cut strips of tulle roughly 14x6. Along the short side I gathered the whole piece by folding it back and forth like an accordion and twisting the middle in place. I just easily used a hot glue gun for the center and let that dry.

I glued the tulle on top of the letter somewhere

I cut out these spiderwebs (and the black letters) with my Cricut. I used a silver polka-dotted paper with glitter circles which created a really cool effect on the spiderweb.

For everyother letter, I would glue the letter entangled in a spiderweb. After I was done with all of the letters, I layed them down on a sparkly black ribbon I found.



I decided that I didn't want to cut into the paper (especially since I used letters that were large) so I hot glued the letters on top of the ribbon.

I glued the 'flags' of the banner about 1/2 an inch apart.

The lighting in the room is soft so it might not be too clear but here is the banner that I put on the wall to take pictures.







Conference Weekend

What a beautiful weekend for conference!It was reall sunny but here we are on the conference deck.
It was wonderful to go to conference and be in the same room as our leaders. I was especially excited to hear at conference that the Provo Tabernacle we lived right by is turning into a temple!!!

:)

Emma and her friends came down so I met up and went shopping the day before and we went to a Sunday session together.

Chris by the fountains. It reminded me of when we got married and we were taking pictures on the temple grounds and we saw the fountain way in the distance (its not always on) and we booked it and I was in my huge heels.



One of my old roommates and I went to RS Conference which was also great to be at. The view was absolutely beautiful when we were leaving.


I was especially touched by President Uchtdorf's talk about "Forget Not..."

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Catching up...

Bella coming into my room wanting to go on a walk.

My sisters
Chris holding up a picture that Lucie and Brynlie liked
Me when I was in a bootcast. I borrowed it from a friend who blinged it out but I took the craziness off for work :)

Jane and I had lunch in my dad's office.



Chris' new grill! He loves it, he's been cooking some tasty things recently. (And I have been trying shrimp which he has cooked a few times)


Luci and Hallie playing together


Awesome shot of Whitnie serving in her tennis match.


Hallie watching Whitnie play


Coleman is in the background and the girls are walking their baby doll.


We found the console table we wanted and had to somehow fit it into the car. It was a major tight squeeze.