You are one college memory that I am NOT going to miss.



However, I will not allow you to ruin my day. Because I have a great husband, a great family coming to help us move, some great friends I get to photograph on my study break, some great coffee from my sweet husband, and one more semester before I'll never have to see you again. Woop woop!

Chris and I have been trying to make various things from scratch to save money AND to have fun crafty time because we're nerds like that. ALSO, everything is so much more sentimental that way. Let's just be real, who doesn't love home made objects. I hope we can always make time for stuff like this. Especially things like Christmas stockings and ornaments. SO, look what Chris made for the top of our Christmas tree!! It's about a foot tall and directions can be found here: Origami Star

Disclaimer: this takes a couple hours..and when putting the final star together it was easier with two sets of hands.

1. We're moving in ONE WEEK! :)
2. Jordan is done with classes, only 3 exams left!
3. Nicaragua is happening in less than 3 weeks!!
4. We can finally get our Christmas tree once we move :)
5. After Nicaragua, our family will be expanding by ONE!...one dog. :)
6. Jordan gets to finally do all the crafty things she wants to do over Christmas break :)
7. Marriage is awesome!!!!!
8. Swing dance tomorrow!

Holla, holla! :)

Oh! And. Now that we have a tablet, we have made a (silly) commitment to start taking videos every now and again. We want to get in the habit long before we have kiddos so we can upload them to a youtube channel and share hilarious things with you. Never thought we'd join the youtube train...

That is all. Have a fantastic Friday.

Chris and I can't have a Christmas tree until we move into our apartment in a couple weeks=bummer. So I decided to gather some sticks from outside and make this little guy. I wrapped it with an 18ft pine garland that I found for two dollars. So hooray for our little baby tree.



Also, we thought it would be fun to make each others stockings this year. Photos of the finished products coming soooon! :)

Okay. LOVE. Helllooo Christmas Gifts!
It's hard to see in the pictures, but these are two different sizes. The one on the right is about two inches shorter. Also, the one on the left is made out of a recycled jelly container! We have tons of them. The shorter one was just a small candle holder we had. I used a hot glue gun because it was faster than waiting for other glue to dry, and I knew I'd be wrapping them with the leather strips I had, so I figured those would reinforce it! The hot glue is really sturdy though. Because I'm using tiny tea-lights in them, I'm not worried about the heat messing with the glue. I love the way these look with our burlap table cloths!! So easy.

My mom found this idea on This awesome blog, and I had almost the exact same pair of white shoes from when Chris and I took a Nurse Aide class together in the summer. I definitely wasn't planning on wearing them again and the white was already fading! These shoes can usually be found at Wal-mart, Target, and I've even seen them at the Dollar Store for really cheap. All you do is:

-Remove the laces
-Pick your dye! (I got mine at Wal-mart for less than $2.
-Rinse the shoes with cold water while you heat up a pot of water
-Once the water is steaming, add your dye, then add your shoes!
-If the pot isn't big enough, dye them one at a time, just be sure to time it so they end up being the same shade
-I left mine in for about 10 minutes as I didn't want them too bright.
-Rinse well, and let air dry (or throw them in the dryer!)
-Sew a short piece of a elastic under the tongue of the shoe to prevent a loose fit from the lack of laces. (For more specific directions on this, go to the Sweet Verbena blog listed above.)
-Enjoy your new kicks.