Things I love...

1. It's my birthday month! I finally turn the big 2-0! Two decades old and I will beat out teen pregnancy and still be car accident free (hopefully! eight days left)! Also, time to start up school and BGR is finally here!2. I would pay for this manicure, and I never get my nails done professionally!3. This is such an adorable craft, it reminds me of when I made a camera out of felt for my all time favorite teacher, Mrs Jared. It even has a cord to connect the controller! They did such a fabulous job.4. Something tells me that these are engagement photos, and I just love the whole composition, but I want her whole outfit! I actually am out on a hunt for some nice patent leather nude heels right now.5. Seven deadly exes! I love love love love Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, I think I have seen the movie about twenty times now and I own all of the graphic novels too.6. I am an eternal optimist and this picture just makes my soul smile. : )7. My bed is covered in pillows, body pillows, a giant heart pillow, pillows made by my mom and a giant care bear. They help me feel safe at night.8. Paper art can be so beautiful! I would frame this and hang it above my desk as constant inspiration! 9. I just got my Pottermore account this morning! I will always stick with Harry Potter.10. I think red shoes are one of my weaknesses and heels with bows are another. I wish I could own these!11. They have this print at Target and I want it oh so badly!12. I just re-watched Easy A with my girl friends the other day and Emma Stone still makes me laugh every time.  13. Does this need any explanation?

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Makeover Mondays

I'm trying to get back into the daily grind of posting blog posts, my math class ends tomorrow and I really have missed this creative outlet for sharing my favorite things! I've been quite humbled by hearing from lots of friends and acquaintances about how much they enjoyed my random blogings, and as promised I am trying to resume with my posts! I've been plenty busy trying new recipes, crafting and working on my room at Shoemaker, so I will try to catch everyone up on the different things I have been doing. There will definitely be a Makeover Monday post covering our Shoemaker room as we have done quite a magnificent job on redecorating it! As for now you will just have to deal with looking at some of my favorite new makeover ideas!I am not quite sure what what type of wallpaper has been used on this wall, but it is ridiculously beautiful! I think I may have to leave behind the idea my mom put in my head about all wallpaper being evil since this is gorgeous! I especially like the color scheme and the semi metallic look of the paper!, it reminds me of my mirror project!Would you not die if your backyard looked like this? I definitely would at least faint. I don't think its a coincidence that most of my favorite makeover ideas use christmas lights in the design. Window seat? Check! Twinkle Lights? Check! Fun Colors? Check! Bookshelves? Check!Now this is a room I think we need to have in Shoemaker! If we just got each member to donate one pair of shoes we could easily have an amazing shoe closet like this one! Then we could just check them out like books in a library. The perfect idea to complete Shoe!I love how light and open this room feels, the lemon yellow makes the walls look so cheery! And I always love some red accents, everything about this room makes such a nice office!So I am like a hundred and ten percent positive this is a dorm room, and that makes me jealous because it is even cooler than how I decorated my dorm rooms! I did the same clothespin photo hanging in my last room (such an easy and nice way to add photos to a room! I am definitely doing it again this year) but I love how they decided to put their dresser in the closet and hang up their own curtains. Such a nice touch! Ahhh book nooks. Will I ever have enough of them? I would take it them in green, black, beige or hot pink, as long as I could have a book nook.I barely notice the white walls with all of the color going on elsewhere! This is such a good example of how you dont need to paint your walls to add lots of color to a room, and I love the blue/pink combo. Haha the first thing I notice looking at this picture is The Waltons playing on the television! While this room is a bit overdone in the girly/grandma design, I do like elements such as the (twinkle lights) wallpaper and robins egg blue trash can.Electric blue curtains I want you! Everything about this room is adorable, especially the mix-matched fabric prints.
And maybe I will jinx myself again, but I am going to try and make sure to post more frequently again. I will be pretty busy pretty much ALWAYS but I will try to make less excuses and make this blog happen!

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Banana Split Shooters

I've been wanting to do something special for my mom for a little while now, and after I found this recipe I knew this was a perfect match for making her happy, bananas, chocolate and simplicity!

There isn't as much a recipe as there is a few simple instructions which you can follow after the photos!

I had to take my photos quick, they were melting fast!My mom enjoying hers. : )

I liked to get all of the ice cream out before eating the bottom half.Notice my sister, Leigh, sporting her Purdue shirt? And my sisters's boyfriend enjoying his shooter.

You will need:

Bananas

Chocolate for dipping

Sprinkles

Ice Cream

Whipped Cream

Cherries

So the steps are rather simple, cut bananas into one inch sections with the peel still on. With the peel on, hollow out some of the center for ice cream. I used a grape fruit spoon, but a small melon baller would be ideal. Take off the peel and dip bottoms into melted chocolate, then dip in sprinkles. To solidify the chocolate quickly you can freeze them for a few minutes on wax paper. Take the bananas and then scoop in a small portion of ice cream to fit the carved hole. Top with whipped cream and cherry and you are done!
Pardon me for not posting a printable recipe, these instructions are so simple I feel like its not needed! 

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Makeover Mondays

You can blame math for sucking my soul dry and making me feel like not blogging for the past month. I've been so busy working on math (and failing at it) that I haven't had anytime at all to do things that I like such as baking, crafting or blogging! I am trying to reclaim my summer by getting back into everything, and trying to get my math done by doing little bits throughout the week. For this Makeover Monday I decided to focus on where I have been spending most of my time (working on my math), my bed! I sleep in a lovely brass bed that has been in my family's possession for generations but I love the idea of sleeping in a canopy bed, or having the chance to eventually build in a bed in one of my future homes. Here are some of my favorites that I have found around the interwebs:


I adore the cute color combination of red and robins egg blue in this cute canopy bed! Robins egg blue is the color that I want to paint the room I will be sharing in Shoemaker this year. I just really think all of the details that they brought red into this room makes it pop!This bed looks so elegant yet comfy! I don't think I could ever actually survive in such a white, clean setting (I would somehow get EVERYTHING dirty) but it always looks so nice when people use it as the color palette for decorating. I really like the photos they have hanging over the bed, it makes this space seem even more personable!I think this comes from a hotel (maybe?) but I would die to have half of these details in my own room! I especially enjoy the hello kitty bed frames and the ceiling! I wish I could do this in our room in Shoemaker, I recently found out we don't have a light in the room (its wired but we need to get a fan or something) and I think this would be a fun solution to lighting the room. The ultimate loft bed. : ) Haha its actually in a loft! I hate climbing up ladders because of my short legs and t-rex arms but I would gladly climb up to enjoy such a beautiful view! I also like the bookshelves, in case you have forgotten I want bookshelves everywhere in my house!What a crazy awesome bed in such a gorgeous room! I love love love every single detail in this room, from the canopy to the 360 view, the mixture of carpets and blankets!I love using lights to add an extra element to rooms so I think the twinkle lights make a very interesting bedframe/ canopy.This isn't my favorite bed of the set but the colors make me smile, along with the stars. Once again so much white! Yet this really works for me with the pull out drawers, sheer canopy and the hanging light. It all seems so functional yet beautiful!I think this is such a creative idea for a grandparents home, vacation home or a guest bedroom! I just want to climb into one of these beds, pull the curtains closed and take a nap.The most interesting element to me about this canopy bed is the way it is connected to the wall. I like how the designer connected the molding as the attachement for the canopy, though seeing a bed sideways with a canopy is quite funky!
So hopefully now I can keep up with blogging easier, I've felt so guilty about not blogging! 

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Time is flying by!

Alas, I totally have been slacking again. Woops. I have been busy babysitting (yay!) and hanging out with some friends. The weather has been pretttyyy nice out (sorry I am like an old person constantly talking about the weather but it plays such a big part of my summer activities!) and I got to go to the pool with my friend Kelly the other day. Later that night we went and saw Bridesmaids along with our other friend Katie. That movie was hilarious! I am hoping to go see Super 8 tomorrow with my friend Danny, it got an 82 percent on Rotten Tomatoes so it must be pretty good! Tonight for dinner I made this delicious alfredo tortellini for the second time. Everyone really seems to like it and I appreciate the fact that we already have all of the ingredients. It is a really easy meal, great for college cooking! Here is how mine turned out,


  I like to add peas to mine and we use both tortellini and ravioli. 
Some other things I have been up to were stopping by for a visit to Lowes to see my friend Clay, who works in the garden section, and the bwaybway birdies that hatched this week! He has been looking out for the little fellers since he first started about a month ago, when they were first eggs. Apparently the mother bird keeps an eye out on them as she flys around and socializes with the other birds living it up at Lowes.   Aren't they so cute!? One of the other workers moved the grass when I took this shot and I am pretty sure they were hoping it was their mother showing up to give them a snack. 
I also made pancakes today. Chocolate chip pancakes of course! I felt like making them in cool shapes so I found our heart cookie cutter and a square cookie cutter and made delicious pancakes! Here is the most perfect square, I am rather proud of it.  Ahh yes, I know you are all just reveling in what an amazingly interesting life I live aren't you? : P If anyone ever want to join me on my fantastical adventures just let me know!

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Whimsical Wednesday

Well I haven't gotten a full time job yet but I have been lucky enough to find some babysitting jobs. Getting to spend some time playing hide and seek and cooking for kids has made my week so much better! Tomorrow I will babysit a bit in the morning and then go swimming with my friend Kelly later in the afternoon. I would have posted last night but my computer was having some R&R time at the Apple store while they tried to figure out why my computer keeps blacking out. Sadly they couldn't find anything but I updated to Snow Leopard (finally) so maybe that will fix it!

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