^^Notice: the $5 "wedding ring" from The Icing
 ^^My husband, the MODEL. (insert all the heart eyes)

watercoloring and framing (using a spray-painted frame from DI!) a little sign to complete our bedroom wall (thanks to the inspiration from Ashley !) (see picture above) // painting my nails the perfect fall shade // making ALL the hair bows and experimenting with my own patterns, maybe I'll post a tutorial if I can get good enough! // this year's "drive through the canyon" to take pictures with the fall leaves. It was AMAZING, perhaps the most beautiful yet (previous years: 2014, 2013). Plus, is there anything better than taking pics of & with that guy?? ^^ // making these cookies, eating some for breakfast, and not even feeling bad about it // doing a fall photoshoot with my friend Lauren and her cute family // the dreamiest baby shower for Baby Girl hosted by my friends Melissa and Chels (post coming soon!) // making serious progress on my t-shirt quilt (Aunt Lisa, you're a SAINT) // being able to see my friend Jess' NEW HOUSE // cuddling with Stephen and BabyGirl was kicking him in the bum hahhaha// reading through old blog posts and actually laughing because my life is hilarious (particularly here here and here <-- I'm blaming the pregnancy hormones but this one actually made me cry. Goodness I love that man of mine!) Sidenote: can you believe it's almost been a year since I cut 13 inches off my hair?! I can't!

Happy First Day of Fall! 
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This is the tutorial I used. 

You should absolutely read her tutorial because it has pictures and explanations and all the important stuff, but just to show how incredibly easy this was, I'm gonna give a quick run down of what I did:

Cut fabric around 5 inches wide, 17 inches long. (or longer)* (a rotery cutter would have been quicker and more accurate to use during this step, but all I had was scissors, so I just used the straight edge of a book and traced along it with a sharpie and then cut it.)

Fold in half.

Trace something round (I used the lid of a tupperware) on either end, then cut. 

Using a sewing machine, sew along the curved top and half way down the outside, then backstitch. (BY far the hardest part was trying to sew the round part with the machine. I have no clue how to do this haha, but even with my SERIOUSLY SAD attempt (in which I was constantly stopping and then readjusting the fabric) it worked okay in the end.)

Leave a little less than an inch gap, then sew the rest of the way down (backstitch again when starting and finishing to make sure it doesn't come undone.

Using the small gap in the seam, flip the fabric right-side-out. 

Tie it in a knot.

That's it! Notice: there isn't ANY ironing, or pinning. HUZZAH! You could go back by hand and close the small gap if you wanted, but it's barely noticeable so I probably won't. And, in honestly, I don't actually know if the ones I made will fit a baby's head, haha, but now that I know how easy it was I have every confidence that I will make more and experiment with different sizes. Also, just in case you were worried that Stephen had a polka-dot black shirt sitting around I'll let you in on a little secret:  I painted on the polka dots with some fabric paint I had on hand. HAHA. I'm sure if you look at the picture again you'll be able to tell because I was not particularly good at making them match, but I was still skeptical if what I was doing was even going to work, so I didn't spent too much time obsessing over it.

YOU CAN MAKE THESE HAIR BOWS. Seriously, call me if you want me to give you a pep talk :)
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^^made this cute gif of my parents at lake powell and 100% intended to put it in my lake powell post, and then I forgot! (#pregnancybrain?)

STEPHEN ACCEPTING A JOB OFFER (one that we are both really excited about! SLC we'll be headed your way come April graduation) // starting on a t-shirt quilt with the help of my very patient and helpful aunt (I literally don't have a clue what I'm doing.) // finally printing & hanging up some wedding pictures in our house (it only took two years..) // experimenting with recipes and having them actually work and taste delicious! (I made this fried rice, but used the sauce from this recipe. Success! I can guarantee that I'll be making it again.) // coming back from the mall JUST in time to see BYU's hail mary touchdown against Nebraska // getting a $5 ring from the icing to wear as a wedding ring since mine is currently a bit too snug (love wearing a ring again!) // face timing with my friend Bailee who moved to Texas // watching Stephen's first intramural game of the season (intramurals are so much more enjoyable to watch when the weather is nice!) // eating ALL the peaches because they were on super-sale at Lolo's

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^^We were pretty proud of our finished work. We knew it was going to look different after being in the kiln, but when we went to pick it up a week later, it was QUITE different than we were expecting (read: ugly hahahaha).