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!

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?

[Insert Lame Monkey Pun]

Happy Thursday! For this week I again decided to make cupcakes (honestly, cupcakes are kind of the most wonderful thing in the world!), but this time they were. . .monkeys!

I'm sure the amazing ladies who clean the lobby in my dorm think I'm crazy-most people don't make cupcakes at five a.m.-but there's something nice about being up before everyone else. And surprises are the most wonderful thing since cupcakes! I sent a bunch to health services as well as counseling services/campus ministries as a way to say thanks for all they do for us. Decorating the cupcakes was way fun. I went a little bananas

(ha ha-no? okay.) trying to squeeze the frosting dots for pupils and noses out of a ziplock bag, and some of the faces got a little crazy:) Then I carefully arranged them in foil pans and paper plates and sent them off through campus mail!

I would love to hear from everyone. Leave a comment to let me know what you think, share any ideas you have, or just to say hi (you don't have to have an account to comment). For a way you can get involved, check out the last entry!

p.s. How do monkeys get down the stairs?

They slide down the banana-ster!

Let's do this!

Thanks to the inspiration of Katie Sokoler (find this photo and other wonderful creations at colormekatie.blogspot.com) I want to embark on a mission to make Anderson a more beautiful place this semester. I hope you will join me in adding colour to a grey world with magical ideas, lovely sparks, and whimsical touches of your own!