MALDIVES

This is the boardwalk we walked everyday from our hut (the VERY LAST one on the left!) to the main lobby of  the hotel. They offered buggy rides for guests but we enjoyed our time just walking and enjoying the view and sunshine.  We stayed at the  W Retreat & Spa Ocean Oasis Lagoon View. It was AHMAZINGGGG!

1. Hotel bedroom/living room has a see through hole where you can see the fishes. It also opens up to the patio and has views of the ocean.
2. Bathroom
3. Outdoor Patio where you can just dive right into the ocean. Also comes with the jet streamed infinity pool!

After traveling/flying for over 60 hours total for a spring break honeymoon, we don't EVER want to fly again. Though it was a long trip, it was a perfect, romantic, private honeymoon spot. After experiencing a life of relaxation and not having a care in the world, we will definitely be back again. The service there was phenomenal, we felt like Millionaires. Oh one day.... :) We are almost there.

The Seaplane from the airport to our island resort

The hole in our living room where you can see fishes ....or just us :)

Our activities consisted of snorkeling, receiving some love and care at the spa, and lounging out on our patio to get some sun. Mostly we were looking out to the big open waters thoughtfully contemplating about life. 

My favorite moment was after being stuffed from dinner, we went outside and laid put on the patio couch and stared up to the stars, trying to googlesky what the constellations were; eventually just falling asleep under the night sky.

We felt like kings and queens, laying out on our patio we dreamt of a private island of our own and having a life like this forever.  I just wanna thank a very good friend of ours that was able to help us with a big part of the costs for our dream honeymoon so Thank You. And a shout out to SK for helping us with our car and picking and dropping us off :) and for your bag of rice! Now its back to reality. The first day back was the hardest and still a bit jet lag but on a positive note: almost closer to the end of classes forever!

<3

I Baked a Cake....

  

from scratch! 

It was difficult and long and most likely won't ever do this again because it was hard :(

Can you guess who it is?

My friends were guessing a dinosaur or a lizard. And they were right!

It was suppose to look like this ( the bottom right green one)....

......... I just told people that it was abstract yoshi
*** OPPS- The above was written September of Last year! I was so busy planning last semester that I forgot about this blog post. 
Here are the photos if your curious of what it eventually looked like. This was the recipe I used (HERE) Obviously it's not as amazing but at least I tried!

Us trying to make Yoshi's scales. We used chopsticks to make the small details when the ziplock bag trick did not work.

 

It's a little cute right????


There was a Colleges Against Cancer Bake Sale so I also made another cake roll for that. The pink ribbon was definitely easier to make. 

If you do try making this, let me know what you drew out and if you have any extra tips! 

Our Wedding: Doilie Envelopes

Envelopes wasn't as bad as I thought. Yep- we made our own envelopes out of dollies. This is what happens when I start pinning! I was never really a lace lover but once he put a ring on it, I've been in love with lace! Since my wedding dress was super lacey I thought adding dollies to the invite could incorporate that.

This is the tutorial I used: DIY Paper Doily Envelopes

To add some support we bought wax paper (can be found at Michaels and CVS!) as an inner liner and spray painted it with purple that I had leftover from another project. We went Jackson Pollock on that!

Becky (MOH) made a cardboard cutout to construct the dollies into envelopes. You can either leave it alone so it opens completely but we sprayed it with adhesive spray (had no clue something like this existed- SUPER COOL!!!!) so it stays in envelope shape.

Since these were too fragile to mail out, we bought outer envelopes on Amazon. I think this is a great idea if you love lace and doilies. Spray painting can be messy but I really love how the color pops and each and everyone's envelopes are unique! All made with lots of love <3

Dollies 10inch: Bought on Ebay 500 sheets for $25.00
Purple Outer Envelopes 5 x7 (HERE): $3.65
Adhesive Spray (Target): ~$8.99

My husband still yells at me today when he finds itty bitty purple paint in the crevices of our kitchen floor. Hes OCD like that.

Email Love

We are lame and corny, but I love it!
At the same exact moment I was about to text 'I miss you', I see a notification on my phone that I received this email from the Hubby. 

Does that ever happen to you? It happens to us a lot to the point where it can be creepy sometimes. Either that or we just say I Love You wayyyyy too many times and our best friends ( B & K) can attest to that!