It's Christmas Time

Merry Christmas! 

Wishing everyone happy holidays.  

For Christmas I got the iPad Mini, unfortunately it won't be here until the first or second of January but that's definitely all I wanted for Christmas!

I'm spending the holidays in D.C. Unfortunately my dad and sister and I have all been super sick with a stomach bug.  

My sister and I went to the Holocaust Museum the other day and tomorrow we'll be doing a tour of the capital and going to some of the other museums around D.C.  My dad lives about 2 miles from the monument mall so we'll be hitting up some of the monuments to.

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

We finally have some legitimate snow in Wyoming!

I'm a little upset that it chose to snow the day that I was planning on going home but I'm still excited nonetheless.  

Roxi was pretty excited to until she got to cold and practically dragged me back inside.

I took advantage and broke out my awesome berry colored infinity scarf from Target.  I had a work meeting today so I wore a sweater dress and my denim jacket. I looked super awesome shoveling snow in my J.Crew and riding boots.

Hopefully the weather will behave tomorrow so I can finally get out of town and start celebrating! I'm flying out to Virginia Friday morning with my sister so we can spend Christmas with our dad and grandparents.  Friday is also supposed to be the end of the world....call me paranoid but nothing better go wrong with my flight.

D.I.Y Mustache Mugs

Do It Yourself Mustache Mug.

What you need:

Acrylic Paint

A Ceramic Mug

A Mustache For Reference

A Sharpie

Paint Brushes

Mustaches are a huge inside joke at my internship.  Everyone has a little bit of an obsession. 

So my roommate and I were looking for an easy and cheap gift to get everyone we work with and we came up with the mustache mug!

I've seen tutorials for these on Pinterest using a sharpie but they DO NOT work, unless you are using an acrylic sharpie and then in that case they do.

We opted for acrylic paint. My roommate is an art major and she just had a lot of this stuff lying around. I think they can be a little expensive depending on the brand but she said that if you buy the tiny bottles then it's super affordable.  You can get them at any craft store.

We just googled Mustaches and found an image for reference and then used a sharpie to draw a basic outline on the mugs. If you mess this part off all you have to do is rub really hard with your thumb and it will come right off, this is why regular sharpies don't work!

Then we just colored in the lines with the paint.  If you mess up on this part, the paint will scratch off after it dries or you can just rub it off with a paper towel.  

We also added a funny phrase on the back of each mug to make it more personal. This part might look better (and be easier) with an acrylic sharpie but oh well!

Please note that with these mugs you have to wash them by hand or else the paint will come off.  We could have added an acrylic top coat but we didn't have the time to go search for one.

So here you have it. The finished products.  The bowl on the end says "My Stache" on the back. We made this one for our Director Of Operations. She can write down good things that happen to her throughout the year and put them in there to read later on. 

The rainbow one is for our Theatre Manager (my boss). We asked him if he could have a mustache in any color what would it be and he said "is rainbow an option?" On the back it says "Mustache Man". Right before November he grew a handle bar mustache. It was epic.

Enjoy these super easy (and super cute) holiday gifts!

Winterlicious

Favorite Winter Nail Polish?

Millionaire by Nailtini

Favorite Winer Lip Product?

Maybelline Baby Lips in Pink Punch

Most Worn Winter Clothing Piece?

My black Old Navy vest

Rockin the vest & flannel

Most Worn Winter Accessories?

My bow necklace from Forever 21 and CZ earrings

Favorite Winter Scent?

Anything that smells like vanilla or cookies

Favorite Winter Beverage?

Hot Chocolate

All Time Favorite Holiday Movie?

It's A Wonderful Life

Favorite Holiday Song?

All I Want For Christmas Is You

Favorite Holiday Food?

Christmas Cookies!

Favorite Christmas Decoration?

Christmas Tree

The Christmas Tree I decorated at work!

What Is At The Top Of Your Christmas List?

An iPad...or my rent being paid

What Are Your Plans For The Holidays?

Traveling to Virginia to visit my family and relaxing in Colorado

All I Want For Christmas Is You, And You, And You....

Christmas is coming! I'm taking this opportunity to procrastinate and make up a Christmas wish list.  It's a bit excessive and I doubt Santa has any of this stuff for me in his giant red bag but a girl can dream right?

The Makeup Forever HD Complexion Starter Kit.

Found HERE at Sephora, the kit is $79. I'm thinking I might really treat myself and order one after finals week as a reward for making it out alive (hopefully).

Kate Spade iPhone 4s case.

It's currently on sale at Nordstrom for $24 and would make my iPhone look so pretty!

UGG Bailey Button Triplet Boot

It's $230 at Nordstrom but I really do need new a new pair of UGG boots and I don't have any black ones....

A Michael Kors Chronographer Watch

It's practically a steal at $250 from Nordstrom! Ok maybe not really but it's so amazing!

I'm hoping to actually get one for when I graduate!

I mean that list might be a bit much but go big or go home right?