Fall College Adventures

I know it's been a while since I have blogged. 

This is because I have started my 4th year of college (crazy, I don't feel like I've been here that long...) and I have been really busy keeping up with assignments and practicum in the preschool and 1st grade classroom. It's a good thing I LOVE my major! 

So to catch you all up, I will start with where I am living this year. 

I am renting a house with 4 other girls. I am SO blessed to live in this awesome house with even more awesome roommates! 

These are my incredibly awesome roommates! Sadly, Marleah moved out mid-October to go to New Mexico for an internship. We will get another roommate in January. 

This is my room; complete with party lights and my roommate Jessica! I did not know Jessica before I moved in, but we have gotten along really well and it is such a blessing to know her! 

Angelynn came up to Logan one Friday afternoon for a quick visit. We went on a little hike on the river trail in Logan canyon. The fall colors were gorgeous! 

This is the view from our house! Isn't it a gorgeous view?? 

This is the first snow we got this year. 

I made a thankfulness tree for our house. You can see that we are thankful for lots of things! ;)

Paint Chip Calendar

This is my version of the paint chip calendar that I found on Pinterest. 

I bought an old frame at the thrift store and repainted it to match the color of  the paint chips I picked out. 
I cut the chips in 2 1/2 squares and glued them on a poster board. 
I wrote the days of the week on the scraps. 
I wanted to fill in the empty space, so I used my punchy things to punch shapes out of the scraps. 

This was my calendar before I made adjustments so that the dates didn't have to share a square...

 ...this is my calendar now! So much better, now there is more room to write! 

Here is my calendar in my new room up at college. Looks nice doesn't it?

Fabric Dyed with Ice Cubes

First, I mixed some fabric paint with water and froze it in an ice cube tray.

I found some white cotton fabric in the basement and decided to dye that.

When the ice cubes were frozen, I put the fabric in a plastic container and put the ice cubes in various places within the fabric.

I placed the container outside in the sun so the ice paint cubes would melt the quickly.

This is how the fabric turned out! Not too bad!

I made a skirt out of this fabric and I get SO many compliments on it! 

I was surprised that it worked because I had never heard of anyone doing this, so I didn't know if it was going to work. The paint even stays in when it is washed and doesn't melt when ironed! 

I think I will be trying this again. 

Crayon Melting

This is my version of the crayon melting craft from Pinterest. 

I made it for mom for Mother's Day. 

I used foam letters to act as a resist for the melted crayon. 

This is what it looked like before the melting...

...after melting and before peeling off the letters. 

Ta-da! The finished product! 

It didn't work as well as I would have liked. The crayon melted under the foam letters so I had to outline the letters with a black Sharpie. The next crayon melt will turn out better! 

(Yes, I know I messed up writing the reference of the verse too. It's really Proverbs 31, not Psalms) 

A cake wreck...

Well, every cake decorator has one at some point. Mine was for a cake for Fred and Rose's wedding reception in Erda. 

Apparently margarine isn't a substitute for butter in frosting recipes! 

Especially on hot summer days!

Yeah, we didn't stack the cakes like a real wedding cake. I was too embarrassed to show my wreck to everyone. However, we did serve the cake still so it didn't go to waste!

Baby Lambs!

 The Wednesday and Thursday before Fred and Rose's wedding was already filled with excitement, but had even more excitement when Sprinkles and Crumbles each had twin lambs! 

Crumbles had her babies on Wednesday morning; I woke up to two little surprises! 

 Crumbles with  Buttercream and Sourdough. Born May  23, 2012

Sourdough came right up to me and let me pet him! 

I was sad that I didn't get to see Crumbles lambs be born, but the next morning I woke up and Sprinkles was in labor. So I got to see those twins be born! 

Meet Gingerbread; one of Sprinkles twins. 

 It was a good thing that I was watching Sprinkles give birth because the second baby started to come out butt first (they usually come out head first like humans) and Sprinkles was having trouble pushing the baby out. So my mom had to put some gloves on and tug on the baby's legs to pull her out. I learned later that if the lamb was stuck like that for more than 15 minutes, then the lamb would have died. It's a good thing we were there to help save Creme Brulee!

These are Sprinkles twins: Gingerbread and Creme Brulee born May 24, 2012.

Here I am holding Gingerbread and Creme Brulee. Sprinkles is in the foreground making sure her babies are OK

Now here I am with Crumbles babies. Crumbles was a little nervous about me holding her babies. Can you tell? 

This is my favorite picture of  Gingerbread. Isn't he adorable?

Fred and Rose's Wedding!

It's about time I start updating my blog don't you think? Between moving out of my apartment in Logan, the sheep having twins, starting work, and getting ready for Fred's wedding, I have had barely any time to update my blog! So, finally, here is an update! 

Fred and Rose 

May 26, 2012

Aren't they precious? 

 

 I made their cake! 

The wedding party and immediate families

 The entire family!

It was an absolutely beautiful wedding! I am so happy that I was able to be a part of it and I am so excited to have Rose as a part of our family!