Cub Scout gift #2

For our second and final gift, we made these really simple ornaments-

Stained Glass Ornaments
Materials:
Acrylic paint (2-3 colors)
Glass ornaments
Ribbon

Directions:
1. Remove top. Pour small dabs of paint into each ornament. Swirl.
2. Allow to dry for 7-10 days (or however long your paint requires).
3. Re-insert top. Thread ribbon through loop and tie a bow.

During my search for ideas, I found some cool ornaments on...

... West Elm's website...

... and on apartment therapy...

... and on Better Homes and Gardens...

... and of course, on Pinterest.

But really, clear glass ornaments can be filled with just about anything.

I'm currently

 baking from these:

1. Taste of Home Fall Baking

Get it! I has a lot of really good recipes and tips in it.

2. Food Network Fall Magazine-

It's got a lot of really good quick meals in it as well as several little pamphlets

featuring ways to cook/prepare certain vegetables.

3. KitchenAid Best Loved Recipes-

I found this at a bargain book sale at the BYU Bookstore a year or so ago and I finally

cracked it open. Now that I have a KitchenAid, I've been trying out all sorts of things from it.

and loving these:

1. Walking day trip backpack from Modcloth via Beso

2. Modal plain tights in ochre via ASOS

3. Caslon stripe button shoulder sweater via Nordstrom

4. Heritage raincoat via Anthropologie

5. Kendzior leather oxfords via Aldo

PS... 

If you've never checked out ASOS, you really should (above is their website)...

...especially if you need style advice or want to keep up with the latest trends.

+ they've got a huge variety of clothes, jewelry and accessories.

Hip Hip Hooray, TODAY I'm 23!

"We turn not older with years, but newer every day."
~ Emily Dickinson

1. Rosie's beautiful cakes over at Sweetapolita

2. Paul Ferney's Let Them Eat Cake prints

3. Birthday cake in a jar via The Family Kitchen

4. Here's to Clean Air by Masha D'yans

(for the American Cancer Society's More Birthdays Contest)