Welcome Back!

Welcome back everyone for another semester-or perhaps for your first one-here at Anderson University! If this is your first time on this blog, check out this post to find out what it's all about. I put this project on hold last semester with how hectic life was getting, but I can't help but come back to it for my last semester on campus.
I'm ready for a growing semester and wanted to get it started off right with, of course, gingerbread cookies! It's a simple project, but I hope it added a bit of richness to someone's first day. Here's what I did:
Cut out and hot glued some of these:Wrote this on them:Attached these:Made a few of these:Piped some of this:Put it all together and:Put them here*:

Hope your semester is getting off to a great start. Leave me a comment or email me at lifeinfullcolour@yahoo.com to let me know how things are going, share your ideas, or tell me how you are making life a little brighter:D (You don't have to have a blogger account to comment!)

*I was also planning on putting some in Hartung and the hallway of the Library; it was "one of those mornings" however. Every door to Hartung was still locked and I forgot my student ID so I couldn't get into the library! I also forgot my camera memory card to take pictures of the cookies after I placed them. And after getting back to my apartment, I realized it's 5:30am. Set my alarm an hour early. :D Yes. But I'm thankful the cookies made it to Decker. And then I put sprinkles on my oatmeal. So it's okay!

Night Owls!

Whew! What a crazy couple of weeks! And I know that I am certainly not the only one on campus who thinks so. So, in solidarity of my fellow sleep-deprived Anderson students, I made several plates of night owl cupcakes. The pattern was adapted from the delightful book "Hello, Cupcake" (check it out on Amazon.com-it has so many fun ideas!) My version was simplified to save time (I don't have a whole lot extra of that :D ) and I ended up using generic cookies instead of Oreos, which as it turned out was not the best idea. But it all worked out in the end despite skimpy icing and crumbly cookies! After decorating them, I delivered them in the evening to the library hallway, BOD and the hallway outside Mocha Joe's. I hope that the treats were able to late nighters a boost of energy:DLet me know what you think! I love to hear your comments, ideas, and thoughts. Email me at lifeinfullcolour@yahoo.com or just leave me a message here (you don't have to have an account to comment!)

Ole!

Wow-what a crazy couple of weeks! I don't know about all of you, but my life has suddenly gotten pretty busy. Last week I threw together a batch of cookies for the wonderful ladies of Cafe Ole. So many of my days have been made richer and better by their smiles, kind service, and cheerful laughter. It always amazes me how they remember my name considering they serve hundreds of people every day. Sooo, it was something small, but just something to let them know they are loved, appreciated, and out of this world!
Halloween is coming up! What are you going to dress up as? I would love to hear from you! Email me at lifeinfullcolour@yahoo.com or just leave a comment right here (you don't have to have an account to comment!) Have an amazing week!

Everyone Needs a Little Silverstein

What better to add a touch of whimsy to school hallways than pieces by Shel Silverstein? I thoroughly enjoy Silverstein's fanciful poetry and wanted to share the fun. Also inspired by the old Burma Shave Billboards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma-Shave :D ), I decided to break the poems up and put them in sequential order down halls. (Hence why you may see a Silverstein poem backwards if you are going in the opposite direction I hung them. It's still good that way-I promise!)Silverstein's poetry is one of those things I sometimes need at the end of a hectic day. Hope it at least tickled your senses. I would love to hear from you! Leave a comment here (you don't need an account to comment!) or send me an email at lifeinfullcolour@yahoo.com. :D Hope you're having a wonderful week!

All Around the Town

This week I ended up heading into town with plans to sit in the park and blow bubbles. I thought it might be fun to do something small in the community. As it turns out, 50 cent bubbles from Dollar General don't blow very well. After about five minutes I was sitting in a pile of sticky solution and had probably blown three bubbles. Ah, the best laid plans:D But the afternoon was certainly not a waste. I found some fun things in town. I just this semester found out about the Anderson Center for the Arts, so I headed down there to check out the Charles Schulz exhibit. I also discovered a hidden pumpkin patch behind some trees! And my favorite part of downtown-the dancing fountain in the town square. What are some corners of Anderson that make you happy?

Say It with Cupcakes!

Hi friends! This week I pulled out the muffin pan and the rolling pin to create a multilingual approach to inspirational cupcake art. I used sugar cookies to make letters that spelled "LOVE" in all the languages taught at the university (French, German, Spanish, and English), and after frosting and sprinkling them, I affixed them on top of chocolate cupcakes (a secret family recipe nonetheless :D !) This morning I carted them up to the Foreign Language/English lobby in Decker. There were a few minor mishaps-let's just say the 'M' in amour sustained some lost appendages-but that's what makes life interesting! A little improv fixing and BAM! it was almost as good as new! I hope the year is going well for everyone. Please drop me a note to let me know how things are going and what areas of your life could use a little colour. You can leave a comment here (you don't need an account to comment!) or just email me at lifeinfullcolour@yahoo.com. Have a splendid weekend!

Sidewalk Art!

Here is my lonely balloon collage at 5am on Friday morning. Fortunately lots of you exercised your artistic talent and so I found something much happier on Saturday morning (much later than 5am :D ) when I returned to take pictures! I found beautiful flowers, a thought provoking question, names, best friend proclamations, a friendly dinosaur, colourful peace signs, another balloon, cute thunderbolts, and a whole lot more! (To see a larger version of the picture, just click on it!) Thanks for being a part of making Anderson a little more magical!