More flowers too!

After I found all of those pictures, I ran into these, which I think I like even more :) What do you think of these?

Wedding Flower Ideas

I promise I will post a Christmas update soon, but in the meantime, I am up to my head in wedding planning which includes flowers. And per a special request, I am going to post lots of pictures and I would love to know what you think. I am working on a color palette (I know a bit belated) and I would LOVE FEEDBACK so be sure to leave it. At first I thought I would go with mostly wildflowers as opposed to roses, but the more I work, the more I like the look of roses paired with a bit of a wildflowery vibe so check these out. Note: The bridesmaid dresses are a dusty navy chiffon so not too dark and not at all shiny like a lot of bridesmaids dresses. They are very airy. Let me know what you think about these combos of navy dresses with these blush pink and ivory bouquets. This first one is my favorite. I like the wildflowers with the roses. I would probably do an ivory rose instead of the bright white that is listed here.

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

I will have to post some Christmas updates soon. In the meantime, I hope you are enjoying a blessed Christmas full of family and friends!

Semester Wrap-Up.

The semester came to close with a few birthday parties, a downstairs friend, Greg, and my roommate Chelsea. We ended up with lots of great photos for sharing taken mostly by Andrew. What a great photographer!

1) Our room got Chelsea a Chi Hair Straightener.
2) We made a cake for Greg. It's upside down but can you tell he's a UT fan?

3) The cake we made for Chelsea. It's an ice cream cake. Tasty!
4)Chels blowin out the candles.

Lots of friends taking part in the festivities.

Me indulging in some cake and me and Jackie.


And our lovely roommate Bridget.

It was a great end to the year. Happy Holidays everyone!

drool.

Le Blog de Betty

Currently drooling over the styles in this blog, which make me want to run away to Europe where I would dress this way everyday (and heading home as soon as I get my car loaded!).

Holidays in the Apartment.

Over the past few days, Andrew and I have made a very tasty brunch.

and my beautiful roommate, Chelsea, has thrown a holiday cookie decorating party. So fun and delicious! My cookie has a snowflake on it if you can't tell. (And her birthday party is tomorrow... so fun!!)

Wonderfulness.

This most wonderful of boys has come to visit me for a few days
while I wrap up exams and such.
Wonderfulness.

Nerd.

Most of the time I'm wearing contacts, but sometimes I just have to rock my glasses. I think they have superpowers.

Finals

Though my life may look like this

And this.... is that english?!? (no... sigh....)

and a line of coffee/tea mugs and towers of books (amongst other things)...

We are trying to add a bit of holiday cheer to our cheery apartment :)

RAW Truffles

The past week has been filled with finals, well studying/writing for them that is so apologies for the lack of posts. In the meantime, I had a new event for a new "Simple Living Series" I am starting on campus. At my first event we made RAW Truffles courtesy of a recipe shared by my cousin Jessica. I am running/funding the series through the community service group I am part of called Kinney. I am in charge of "Faith-Based Ministries" so I plan events that have to do with some sort of religious background. This "Simple Living Series" is a place where people of all beliefs or lack of beliefs even come together to discuss the importance of simple living to our faiths (think anti-consumerism, anti-materialism...) and we put these beliefs into action at least for one hour by doing/making/learning something that has to do with simple living. It is very similar to the group I was running earlier, but instead of one group that meets once a week, these are events open to everyone on campus once a month.

That said, we talked about simple living in the context of more sustainable, local foods this month. It is great for the environment to eat local and eat more sustainable foods like more fruits and veggies and it's great for your health too! We made RAW (As in uncooked) Truffles this past Monday.

We combined 2 cups dates, two cups pecans, 1 tsp of vanilla, and 2 tblsp of raw carob (it's a chocolate alternative) into a food processor, blended and rolled it into balls to make tasty candies. SO EASY! You can also roll them in ground carob or coconut to add a little something special.

I thought I would be lucky to have 5 people with exams and everything going on, but to my surprise and delight I had a whopping turnout of 27 people (which is a big deal for a Faith-Based organization at Rhodes) who sat around discussing their beliefs while I was able to share my own and made tasty candy that was earth friendly. If you try the recipe let me know how it goes. Feel free of course to change up the recipe if you like carob more than dates, etc. Hope you are all enjoying the holidays and aren't too busy with all that is going on. Wishing you peace and love, enjoy the truffles!