Ornament Swap!!

Hey ladies! I'm going to host an ornament swap! If you want to play along, leave a comment on this post. {please leave your email with the comment}

Deadline to enter is WEDNESDAY the 25th, and then ornaments should be mailed to your partner by December 5th!

The more the merrier!!

I will match everyone up on the 25th and post the pairs that day!

Please spend between $10 and $15 & get creative!

{the ornament above is from here}

i love lamp

i absolutely LOVE this lamp...any idea where i can find it or one like it? i need two :)

test run

** edit -- so i just whipped a batch of these up and they are AMAZING! seriously, very very good! you all must make them! but, be warned, the recipe below makes WAY more than 24 cookies, idk where they got that!!**

I'm making these to take to the two thanksgiving celebrations i'm going to. one lunch and one dinner. i'm going to do a test run tonight or tomorrow because last year i tried to make a pumpkin ice cream pie with maple whipped cream. it didn't turn out too hot. so, this year i'm playing it safe and testing the recipe first! there are a ton of different versions of this recipe online, just google.

Pumpkin Cookies with

Cream Cheese Icing

{makes 24 cookies}

Ingredients
1 cup butter flavored shortening
1 cup unsalted butter; softened
2 cups white sugar
2 cups canned pumpkin (solid; not pie mix)
2 eggs
2 teaspoons baking soda
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon salt
4 cups all-purpose flour

Directions
1. Cream shortening, butter, white sugar and pumpkin. Add eggs and mix well.
2. Sift together the baking soda, ground cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, nutmeg, salt and flour. Add to pumpkin mixture and mix well.
3. Drop from spoon to cookie sheet. Bake 13-15 minutes at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Cream Cheese Icing

Ingredients
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons butter, softened
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste (extract will also work)
2 tablespoons milk

Method
Mix the cream cheese with the butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract, and milk in a bowl. Heat in a microwave for 15 seconds. Drizzle spoonfuls over the cooled cookies and smooth with the back of a spoon or a spatula.

{recipe and pic from here}

silhouettes

i love this wall of silhouettes i found over at IDiY.

i think i will pop a few into a couple of the frames on my gallery wall!

also, i seriously love these ornaments! i may just have to try to make one! how great would a tree look decorated with all silhouette ornaments!

{from etsy}

and i think these would make a wonderful gift for a mom or grandmother!

{found here}

Happy Monday lovelies! Hope you all had wonderful weekends! I did nothing, at it was amazing! The weather here has been unseasonably warm and gorgeous. It's hard to believe that Thanksgiving is NEXT week! crazy!

Need a good laugh this monday morning? well, while doing nothing this weekend, Ben and I had some fun playing with google. How random and hilarious are the search suggestion that show up on google?!

google is watching you!!

why don't women like me? hahaha. that is kind of sad!

even more sad... how come when i talk to girls on facebook they don't answer back? :( poor kid!

Did you know that if you google "where is chuck norris" and then the "i'm feeling lucky" button that this is what comes up? :

haha what?!

I also highly suggest googling "funny google street views." very funny!! ...

anywho... have a great monday!

are you watching?

are you all watching the CMA's??

What the hell was up with taylor's performance?! haha. i really like her, but that was just...uncomfortable.

can't wait to see all of carrie's wardrobe changes!

ohhh my, kellie pickler does NOT look good as a brunette!!

life sucks right now

so i have:

yea, shingles, and not the kind pictured above. what am I? A 75 year old man? ugh!! apparently these can be caused by stress. the doctor asked if i was under a lot of stress and i simply replied "i'm in law school," he laughed knowingly.

plus I have a 25 page paper (not including footnotes), upper level writing requirement due tomorrow. so yea, life pretty much sucks right now!