masquerade

My friend invited me to a masquerade party.

I jumped at the chance of making a mask.

Gotta try my hand at being crafty sometimes...

I have been inspired by this picture for awhile.

So I created a mask like it.

noon

Today I woke up at noon.

NOON!

This is crazy for me.

I haven't done this since I was a sophomore in college.

Don't worry...

It's only because I have jipped my usual sleeping routine.

Call me old fashioned, but I love going to bed early and waking up early.

During this Christmas break, I have consistently gone to bed at 4am.

Life is interesting now-a-days.

Here's a couple things scheduled to happen in my life for the 2012 year:

I'm GOING TO FIJI!

Don't get too excited.  It's definitely not a vacation.

I'm doing humanitarian work all summer long.

Remember how I teach nutrition in Jr. High?

(Maybe I haven't mentioned this, but I do)

Well I'm going to be teaching nutrition to Fijian women and children.

And I'm connecting this experience with my thesis for grad school.

Did I mention I'm a grad student?

So...... I'm going to be fundraising the shiz out of these next 6 months. 

I'll keep you up to date, cuz I will be creating a separate blog to inform people on what exactly I'm doing...

I'm GOING TO NY, LONDON, and MOSCOW!

Well we will see.  Fingers crossed...

My sister, Rauni, is randomly moving to Moscow in a couple days.

Listen to how cool she is:

She is going to teach 3-5 year olds english through this really cool program.  She is going into Elem Education, so it's the perfect experience for her. 

After looking into flight costs, I discovered it's about the same to fly to NY, then London, then Moscow.  So I decided I'm doing everything in my power to go pick my baby sister up.  She's done in June, and I'm done teaching then too.  Me and Mandie are DYING to go, and stay with her in her flat.  The only hotels we will need will be in London because I have friends in NY.  By that time, Rauni will be an old pro in Moscow and will show us a good time.

Do you think I'm crazy yet?

Here are some of my goals for the new year:

Make my job full time.

Move out of my parents house.

Pray that the car since I've had since I was 15 won't die.

Raise at least 3,000 dollars.

Really go to the gym, and make it a habit.

Read my scriptures, and like it.

 I want to take a picture like this

 Love

 Words to live by

 New Years...

  Fun right? Besties

Marie Antoinette

Here are some pictures from the shoot a couple of weeks ago.

I talked about it here.

It was so much fun to dress up like Marie Antoinette

with my girl Chhhheeeeewwwwseeee :)

Marie Antoinette Inspiration

Shut up is this not gorgeous and so cool?

LET THEM EAT CAKE!!

Too bad she got beheaded by her own people....

And here are 4:

There's more I'm waiting for.

I'm really looking for the ones I did with Chels and cupcakes:)

Here's the whole team...

Can you believe Megan Moore sewed and thrifted all the girls looks?  She is awesome.

A lot of HAIR, but a lot of FUN

I was very busy this Saturday with my girlfriend Chelsea

We were getting all dressed up and dolled

THE WHOLE DAY...

Sounds fun right?

Well yes, mostly.

But my hair probably weighed like 5 pounds

And it was all one side of my head.

You can see here that I helped hold the weight with towels.

P.S. Is that not the most gorgeous mirror?

We were helping out

Moore Hair Design

A fabulous salon in Salt Lake City

as they participated in SALON WARS

A runway hair competition

Our theme the salon picked was

Marie Antoinette

the best theme ever for a hair show!

We did a photo shoot for them a couple weeks ago

And then the actual runway show this last Saturday

I've never done a runway show so I was nervous but it was fun!

Here's a sneak peak of how the pictures turned out.

I'll post lots more later...

A make shift dressing room.

Last night was great fun. 

I love my girls! 

Who needs boys?

This is us primping 

before a mix n mingle 

in a chevron bathroom. 

Im prepared for anything with my tooth brush.

A White Trash Affair

I had to blog about this, because it was just TOO MUCH FUN

I will give in to any excuse to dress up...

even if it's dress up like white trash.

This is the kind of friends I have.

We don't just go to the Heber Derby.

We get 40 people, all DRESSED UP

And we make a show at that Heber Derby.

The pretend pregnant mother, and her "assumed baby's daddy"

I like to plan parties. Well I like planning anything at all.

Here is a banner I made last night. Simplest sewing project ever. All you do is cut triangles out of coordinating fabric. And best news is I can use it as a decoration for multiple parties. Im throwing My friend mandie a birthday party this weekend and I'm creating the cutest table spread you ever saw. Can I switch my career to party planning please? I enjoy it way too much. But I guess with teaching I get to plan too so it's all good.

If you haven't discovered homemade cream cheese frosting, it is time...

So It was my friend Chelsea's birthday last weekend and we decided to throw her a surprise party with the theme of "cupcakes".  Cupcakes are so fun to create, we had a glorious time decorating them.  I'm going to share with you how I made my favorite cupcake: chocolate raspberry cheesecake.  It's so easy!

Beforehand:
Make and bake a basic chocolate cake mix.
Make sure it is cool before you attempt to frost them!

Basic Cream Cheese Frosting:
1 package cream cheese
1 cube butter
1 bag powdered sugar (might not use the whole thing)
about 2 Tbsp milk, depends
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp almond extract

Cream your butter and cream cheese till you have a smooth consistency.  Add like one cup powdered sugar.  You'll want to add your milk after.  Keep adding powdered sugar until you have the consistency you want.  Add more milk if you need to.  Taste test!!  This is the most important part!  You'll know by the taste if it's done.  Add vanilla and almond extract at the end.

Most importantly making this frosting depends on your own objective.  You make it how you want it, that's what I love about it.

Add a raspberry to top your cupcake off.  And there you have it!  A cupcake surprise party in the making!  See the pictures of my experience.

ONE WORD: Karaoke

it really was too much fun.  I would suggest it to any girl that needs a night out with her girlfriends...