Spooky Soiree

Halloween is definitely my all-time favorite holiday. FA-VOR-ITE. So of course I'm having a Halloween get-together with all my young couple friends, and I'm so excited! So excited, in fact, that although I'm not having the party until October 12th, I have already created the invitations....which are adorable of course. That's the perk of being a CTMH consultant. Suddenly all your greeting cards, thank you cards, invitations, and church handouts become super cute. :)

So I just used an off-white cardstock for the actual card, and the Moonlight Paper Pack for the rest. If I had had the materials I think I would have used the Smokey Plum cardstock as the card, but whatever. The stamps are from this month's Stamp of the Month and I used Slate ink. What do you think?

Backpaking Hair

Yeah, this post has a ton of pictures, but to be honest, if a blog doesn't have pictures, I'm not interested. Like recipe books. The pictures are the good stuff! Anyway, my husband and I are backpacking fools--we just got back from trip to the Wind Rivers.

(I couldn't help but add this adorable one of my handsome princes) And yes, the third one down is of me looking very lovely in my hat to cover up my gross backpacking hair....which is actually how this post came to be. Don't you think everything you know about camping and backpacking would change if you could find a way to be gorgeous the whole time? Well it's possible! Meet Mallory

She's my little sister and she has amazingly long hair

therefore she is the perfect candidate to experiment on.
What we came up with was a super cute big-bun that keeps the hair out of your face, and works with my favorite visor.

How to Create This Do:

Step One--Bohemian Twist

The cute twist in the front is a Bohemian Twist. To create it, simple take two sections of hair at the hairline in the front of your face and twist them around each other, picking up a small section with each hand each time you twist. Do this until the hair from one half of your head is done and secure with a small, hair-matching elastic.

Step Two--Rope Braids

Secure the other half of your hair alongside your first elastic at the back of your head. These two pigtails become rope braids. Take pigtail and divide into two sections. Twist these two sections around each other until you reach the bottom and secure with an elastic. Do the same to the other pigtail.

Step Three--Bun

Wrap those babies around and pin! Don't forget to hide the ends. If your bun isn't as big as Mallory's, pull the rope braids a bit to loosen them and make big loops.

 

Free Dinner!...Well, almost

I LOVE trying new recipes! Of course, we're poor college students with a new baby, so the grocery budget isn't exactly limitless, but I am admittedly a food addict. So last night for dinner I thought I'd do stir fry since it's summer and there are tons of free veggies from the fam. I chopped up some peppers from Phil's grandparents, some onions from my grandparents, and some beef from my parents--they raise their own beef and let us raid their freezer which is ah-maz-ing! Saves us sooooo much money--and fried it all up with some curry powder, sugar water, olive oil, salt, pepper, and those cheapo stir fry noodles you can get from Walmart for a buck or so. It was delicious and fantastically free!....Well, almost :)