greatest time of year

guess what guys... my apartment = christmas EXPLOSION! :) it makes me happy. every time i come home, i get happy because i know that it's christmas at home. one of my roommates is kind of a christmas grinch... but i didn't let that stop me. so basically everything but a couple of the presents, the snowflakes, the star, and the santa was my handiwork! :P wanna be happy too? hehe.... ta-da!

the sign i made to go on the outside door of our apartment. :) don't you just love how santa is in a canoe, and how he's SUNBURNED! hahahaha! it looks good... if i do say so myself. :P

open the door, and it looks like this. it's a winter wonderland! :) we have snowflakes hanging from our roof, paper chain all the way around the living room, and colored lights hanging from the ceiling connecting to the kitchen! :)

our roommate stockings that i made with paper, cotton balls, and puffy paint. :)

since i'm such a pro at banners... haha... plus i had to represent hawaii in a bigger way! ;)

all out of paper... except her head. that's a plate. but let me tell you... curly hair... not the easiest thing to create with paper.

for my roommate becky. although, i found out that real mistletoe has white berries and round leaves... did you know that?

rudolph. in case you haven't noticed everything (all the decorations, except the lights and the santa) are made out of paper... by me. :)

the packers santa hat isn't mines, but i did the candy cane decorations on our lamp! :)

you can't really tell, but all those ornaments... yeah, those are made out of paper too. and that tinsel chain, star, and tree skirt are all 3-d! ha!

our presents... i decided to put our nice notes and things that we get from the ward on those... almost like a kind of bulletin board. :) cool, huh? i did the yellow one, and the bigger orange one.

of course, we had to have a santa! this is my roommate, becky's santa. isn't it cute??

definitely one of my favorites... and probably took the longest to finish... was this fireplace. like it? all paper... all by myself. :)

i had everyone trace their hands, and then i put it together to make a roommate wreath. yeah, you see that beautiful bow... i made it. with paper. not the easiest thing that. but doesn't it look so great! :)

the end! :) isn't it lovely!? it only took me two nights to do, yet it makes me so happy. but trust me... it looks so much better in person! come visit me, and you can see it for yourself! happy christmas! :)