I can't believe Thanksgiving is in less than two weeks

I totally dropped the Halloween treat bomb this Halloween. I never made any Halloween treats for my clients, and that made me feel badly, since last Halloween I made them all Mummy Pops:

Yeah, I never actually took the time to make any spooky treats this year. I was busy and just couldn't find anything I really loved that I wanted to make.

Fast forward to November 2012:

I decided I had to make a little somethin' somethin' for Thanksgiving....

 Little baby cornucopias!!!!!!

Aren't they so cute?? I found them on Pinterest and just HAD to make them. And I have to say, they were so much more difficult than I ever imagined they would be. But THEY MAKE ME SMILE BECAUSE THEY ARE SO STINKING CUTE!

I used waffle cones, M&Ms, plastic wrap and ribbon. 

To get the waffle cone to curl I had to steam them until they completely went flat, and then quickly roll them up again and curl the bottom. My first few were disastrous... but by the end of my box of cones I had gotten the hang of it.

Seriously... these were just too cute to pass up. Yay for Thanksgiving treats!

My new obsession

It all started with Pinterest... which, of course is everybody's obsession these days. But I found a picture of a "T-shirt scarf" that required such little effort I thought, "I could totally do that."

I now have about 12 T-shirt scarves hanging in my closet.

They are so easy to make, and so stylish that I had to share.

I bought my T-shirts at Goodwill. I made sure that there wasn't too much stuff on the front and the back. And the scarf will never look as good if the logo on the front is that really thick plastic, just FYI. Also, for this scarf I'm using a MEDIUM sized men's shirt.

1. Cut your shirt from armpit to armpit

(Save the top part, we'll be using it later)

2. Make sure the shirt is lined up properly and cut off the bottom hem. 

3. Begin to cut your shirt into strips.

4. Stretch each your strips out so they curl around the edges. I found that the strips stretch better when you stretch them one by one.

 Once you have all your strips stretched out to the length you like, cut a piece off the top part of the shirt and tie it around all the strips to hold them in place.

Aaaaaaand presto! You have a scarf! I like to wear my scarf doubled up like the picture above, but you can also let it hang loose like below.

Consider yourself a pro. Way to go! I seriously made about twelve of these the other day when I had nothing to do. They are my new favorite accessory! Easy too!

Husband shaming

Did you know Wal Mart doesn't carry sugar cubes?

A couple of weeks ago I was in charge of our Young Women activity for my Mia Maids (ages 14 and 15) and I decided we were going to make temples out of sugar cubes. I found the idea online somewhere, probably sugardoodle.net, which is an amazing site for activity ideas.

I had the HARDEST time finding sugar cubes. I mean, really, no one uses sugar cubes anymore because the sweeteners come in those little packages now. I went to three different stores and FINALLY found them. 200 count for about a $1.50. Deal.

Also, I chose to use the yellow/clear gummy bears for our Angel Moronis. That was my own idea. I did not find that on the internet. Just wanted to throw that out there...

 There is a gummy bear couple inside getting sealed for time and all eternity. These girls crack me up.

They totally look like little temples! Don't they?

I put this here for comparison. This is the temple that Ander and I were married in.

My girls! Naomi, Jordan, Brittany, and Mary. Becky is in the back but she refuses to be in any of my pictures. Look at those beautiful ladies! I love them so much.

 Jordan. As always, the peace sign. She was the one that put the gummy bear couple inside her temple.

 Mary told me that after this activity, she knows she is not an architect.

 There's Becky!! All the way in the back! Apparently she had no clue I was taking a picture.

 Naomi. Reminds me of me when I was this age.

This activity turned out great. All the girls enjoyed themselves, while getting to eat sugar cubes and gummy bears. I thought all of their temples were darling. 

I consider myself so incredibly lucky to be able to spend my Tuesday nights with these lovely sisters. They have brought so much joy to my life in the past year. I hope I stay in Young Women's for a while.

We didn't get a single trick-or-treater last night for Halloween

Here's that Thriller video I promised you all. It's much better than the one at the dance. Better lighting and such. Ander went the wrong way halfway through the line dance in the middle, but that's okay. After all, neither of us had done the dance in over two weeks...