In Arizona!!

So I'm back in Arizona visiting with my mom and having a great time. April was crazy with getting ready for move out and finals. This vacation is well deserved. We're riding bikes and swimming and driving around in mom's Miada. Life doesn't suck. Also been having the opportunity to take photos around the area. Here's a couple:

These are my turtle friends in their fountain in my mom's  neighborhood. I love their coloring and their calm attitude.

These next ones were taken at the local desert botanical center, which me and my mom adore. Very much worth the trip!(link to their website here!)

campus photos: spring edition 2!

So I took another trip around campus with the old camera, and got a couple more good/ interesting shots.

The next two are the inside of some tulips on campus that I thought were just gorgeous with their coloring.

Campus Photos spring edition!

So spring is here and we're having such lovely weather here in Ames, that I felt the need to go out for a pleasant walk. My camera tagged along to document the lovely world I was surrounded by.

Oddities of the day

So today started weird and ended well. I woke up to the balloons above stuck in the tree outside my window. Then me and my friend, Rachel went to the Residence hall carnival outside our dorm. It was super small, but had some Blank Park Zoo animals, including an alligator, a huge rabbit and a screech owl. Then we started filming a movie, its something we've been planning for a little bit. It's sort of a combination of all the different Hallmark movies combined. I was originally just supposed to do the makeup and costuming for it but was thrown in a speaking role when one of the other actresses didn't show up. I play the oldest child with mommy issues, LOL. It went really well and we're filming again next saturday.

Inspiration

So I put a little inspiration board together for the Alice Party. I found some great stuff to use in it including ideas for treats, outside set ups, and pics from the movies.

Flamingos!!

So for the Alice in Wonderland party, we decided to make flamingo decorations to bring in the aspect of the Red Queen's croquet party. Lisa helped me sketch out the outline on the first flamingo, and the second one I did myself. I got to cut, paint and detail them and I'm super proud of them :)

An obsession, or a passion?

So, I love old books. I've read Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, The Wizard of OZ, and both Alice's adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Of these books, my favorites always were The stories of OZ, Wonderland and Looking Glass-land. Modern day fantasy worlds have never held appeal to me, but these one's where everything's strange and nonsensical but still wondrous and magical in a sense, have always had my heart.

As of late, I've been planning a Mad Tea Party, like that featured in all the incantations of Alice in Wonderland.

The original from Alice's Adventures

Disney's Version of Alice in Wonderland

Tim Burton and Disney's Alice in Wonderland

I'm planning on having my tea party in the summer. I know you're thinking, "It's March....like barely...", my response being- I need a distraction. I have already started planning small things like the invites and made a possible menu, as well as starting to pass out parts to the guest list....yes this will be a costume party...it'll be deliciously silly and fun I think. I'll try and keep you updated on how the plans go :)