Sweet Treats!

I love Candy! Pretty much every type!

When I went to my good friend Lacey's wedding last Halloween, she had a cute little "Candy Bar" (Seriously, that just came to my mind and I about died with excitement for my creativity. Of course, I'm sure someone else thought of that way before I did!) set up at her reception. Here's a picture of hers:

I decided to look online and see what other people had come up with for their own candy tables. Hope you like what you see...and then go out and treat yourself to some candy :)

Orange Themed Wedding

~I had read about the website Polyvore where you can put together different images of things you like and make collages or inspiration boards with them. I told my sister about the website and we both have been hooked making all kinds of boards. I will admit, lots of hers look so much better than mine...we just both have that very different eye, but they all turn out great!

~What's cool about this site is as you search for images to add to your "set," polyvore saves the information about the object, such as where it can be purchased, and for how much, so later on you will know where to go to find them! It's pretty neat. For instance, you can click on the image of this inspiration board, and it will take you to a polyvore website displaying my board. As you scroll your mouse over the picture, boxes will appear outlining each object. When you go to a certain object, another little box will pop up giving a description of it! It's like the computer has a mind of it's own. Oh, wait....

~Anyway, here is one of the first ones that I made, while watching Whose Wedding is it Anyway, which is why the first one was a wedding theme. haha. Hope you just like the colors :)

~*And I want the shoes!

Orange Themed Wedding by Mallory Pendleton featuring feather hair accessories

do nothing

This isn't a normal inspiring post. Nothing creative or crafty. Nothing at all like that. Yet, still stomething inspiring.

This past weekend, my family, along with 3 other families, went to Jellystone Campground in Luray, VA for Labor Day. I had been soooo excited to go and was glad that I was able to schedule my RA duty around these days. And let me tell you. It was so worth it. I almost made the mistake of taking my planner with me, because I take it everywhere with me. But at the last second, as I was packing up the last few things, I told myself, "I don't need this. Why am I going to take it?" So I threw it on my desk and it sat there until I got back to school.

I can count on one hand the amount of times I thought about school or the work I had to do when I got back. I knew I had right much to do, but I also knew that I already needed this break.

On the way to Luray, Matt and I listened to a wide variety of music, but I'd have to say that my favorite thing we listened to was my Phineas and Ferb soundtrack. Yes, I am twenty and that cartoon is my favorite show. I have no idea why, but that show always makes everything better. One of the songs on the soundtrack is called "Do Nothing Day." I told Matt that I seriously needed one of those days. He just said, "Well, that's what this weekend is for. To do nothing." And just knowing that I was about to spend the next 3 days with some amazing people and just relax felt amazing, and made me even more excited to get there (if that was even possible!)

And one more thing. When I first went inside our cabin, I took my phone out of my pocket, checked the time, turned it off, and left it on the table. It stayed off until I checked it Saturday evening, just to see if any of the RAs had texted me. No messages. It went back off. I checked again Sunday night. One message. And I didn't even care. I loved having my phone turned off and off of me.

So, this past weekend, and of course, Phineas and Ferb, inspired me to have more planned Do Nothing Days. Let's face it, we all need those days!