fall decorating {a little late}

it's been way toooooo long since my last post!  Once again I have been caught up in school work, clinic work, and grad school applications :/ ...I have decorated for fall/halloween at the normal time everyone does.. just have not had time to update you all about it :)  Here are a few photos of the fall decorations.  {all homemade of course} Halloween/pumpkin carving photos are next so check back again in a week or so (hopefully have some time this week!)  I should probably take my fall things down and start decorating for Christmas soon!!! 

P.S. my FAVORITE fall decor is pumpkins!! I LOVE pumpkins! {and pumpkin carving!!}

 This is the pumpkin basket I put together for my mom...due to my lovely friend Tesa {who grows pumpkins} I received quite a few pumpkins from her this fall.

 Jute covered pumpkins with my milk vase filled with sticks on our end table.

--more to come on milk glasses--

 the fall wreath I made out of beads, jute, burlap, and some sticks..

this is my pumpkin basket in our entryway.  the white and orange pumpkins were also placed outside on my doorstep..although they did not get to stay there long :(

Stay tuned for much much more!! I need to update with the TWO recent car trips I went on.  HALLOWEEN pictures, along with my antique finds from the last TWO antiquing adventures!!! I also am hosting a bachelorette party, therefore more decorating to do! So much to come!! Hope everyone had a great fall and is getting ready for Christmas... I must start Christmas shopping!

Mankato River Ramble

Hello all!! Once again school has gotten the best of me and have busy studying. I finally have a little time to myself.. (ok, so what if I'm procrastinating again??) Last weekend was CRAZY busy for this girl!  I went down to Rochester to study and take my GRE, I also order another maid of honor dress! Sunday, I participated in the Mankato River Ramble-a community bike ride.  Jessica and I biked the 12 mile route.  Due to all the biking I did this summer I was able to finish in just under 2 hours.  I wasn't hurting {too bad} at the finish line.  After the race I ran off to participate in WalkDo {a walk in Mankato for Autism}  It was a busy and active Sunday!  Here are a few photos of the River Ramble.

Jess and I right before our ride...

 At Minneopa State Park - 3.5 miles down

The trail led us out to Mount Kato--this is what it looks like without snow!!

We did it!! {love the porta potties in the background...}

 This guy was there to cheer me on :)

Me and my sweet shirt...

Well that is all for now! Hope everyone has a great week! Next weekend I'm off to Bismarck to visit family!!

P.S.--I've been decorating for fall--just haven't had time to update you all so stay tuned for those hopefully soon!! :)

more pillows

WOW!! I have not been good at blogging lately.  I have been busy studying and preparing for grad school.  Next weekend I will be taking my GRE (fingers crossed).  Two weekends ago I went antiquing and wine tasting with my mankato girls.  Wine tasting was awesome, I can't wait to go again sometime.  Antiquing was fun, but I had no luck finding anything.

As I mentioned before I made pillows for Geoff.  He had told me that he wanted some pillows for his room, so I let him pick out the fabric he wanted.. {btw Geoff does not know how to match} He chose striped pillows thinking that that would match his bedroom.

 He loves them so even though they don't match, that doesn't matter.

 The small blue one was one of the first pillows I made

 Geoff's early birthday gift...I believe he was more excited about this than the pillows I made him.

At Indian Creek Winery in Jainsville.  It was such a gorgeous night to relax on the patio and sip wine with these amazing girls.

Hope everyone has a great week!! I will hopefully have time this week {in between study sessions} to upload my recent photos over the last couple weeks.  Wish me luck on my GRE!! 

pillows

After receiving my sewing machine from my grandparents I have been practicing and trying new patterns.  I finally feel that I have mastered the sewing machine. {sort of} After moving I decided that my black and white room needed some accent colors.  SO I decided to tie in my latest obsession with my craft making! The latest obsession I have discovered is now pillows..so I decided to make some pillows and pillow covers!  My first pillow was for Geoffrey of course {that way his were the trial and error pillows ;)} I've been looking for purple fabric but I couldn't find any I really liked.  So I used some old fabric that I had to make mine.

 I figured they don't match my room....but I'm trying to get out of my matchy matchy problem!

 The lighting in my room isn't the best but heres what it looks like so far...As soon as I find the purple I want I will make more and update you all!  More pillow pictures to come of Geoffrey's!!

Still waiting to go antiquing and wine tasting on Friday! Hopefully I will find some great buys to show you all!

Iphone photos

I realized that I have not updated any of you with my recent photos.  I haven't been too busy with crafts lately.  My newest addiction is Netflix....which is not helping me get homework done.  {I'm waiting for it to do itself.}  Anyways...heres a few photos of the end of my summer.. :(

Meghan Ava and I hanging out at the pool after swimming lessons.

The jar filled with swedish fish and octopus that Ava made me for teaching her how to "swim like a fish." She also chose Little Mermaid stickers remembering how much I love those movies!

The notecards that I had made over the last two semesters of school...I'm hoping that I do not make nearly as many this school year.

My newest sewing project is pillows!!...more to come on that later!

Hope everyone has a great week...I know I'm already for my weekend.  I will be busy antiquing and wine tasting!!! :)

cork board part 2

Well its back to school again.  Therefore, everything is in full swing again.  So far I don't have homework...which is a surprise, but I'm sure I'll be studying soon. I have been able to do some crafts during this down time and really enjoying it. {my netflix is also getting a lot of use!}
As most of you know I have been working on a cork board {for what feels like a year now}  I thought I would all update you on the progress.  I received a bunch of corks one night from work so I glued them onto my board.  I was thinking that all these corks would get me at least 3/4 of the board finished....seems I forgot how many corks it took.. I got about 2 rows done so thats exciting!

Here it is....almost half way done...right??

I'm expecting to get a lot more this weekend so I will keep everyone updated :) I hope these get me at least 3 more rows!!

dad's birthday gift

Hello my people!! (If I still have followers...) I have been very busy working, studying to take my GRE :( and trying to get ready for school to start :(  I have had a very busy summer with weddings, events, being at the lake, and swimming lessons!  (tomorrow is my last day of swimming lessons for the year!!!) Anyways...yesterday was my dad's birthday.  Due to getting ready for school to start I am now broke and have no money to spend..so I decided for my dad's birthday I would make him something.  Of course I had no idea what to make him...I mean if my dad wants anything, he could probably make it himself.  So...I recently went to crafts direct with my best friend, Nichole and she showed me this cute quote that she put on an old piece of wood for her dad for father's day. It said, "Any man can be a father, but it takes a special person to be a dad."  I then knew I needed to do that for my dad.  Of course crafts direct had a sticker of it, but it was $15 which I was not spending considering I could just paint it myself.  I decided that I could just find a piece of wood in the garage and paint the quote on it.  It turned out great and my dad loved it.  I'm just curious where he decides to hang it.  I'm thinking he will hang it up in his garage...I'll post pictures later of where he decides to put it :). 

Its such a perfect quote for such an amazing father.  I'm truly blessed to have him in my life and could not have asked for a better father.  He's such a great man and I have learned so many valuable lessons from him. (I'm sure I have many more to learn as well)