SUNDAY SNAPSHOT: FOUND PICTURES {FLASHBACK}

I was cleaning through some of my computer files this week and found some lost passive bulletins on my iMac and found some old pictures of my very own floor on my old laptop!

I have a soft spot for glitter and pumpkins. Mm fall.

So cute! Finding Nemo themed floor.

Residents wrote down their names for classes they were in
then they could connect on the floor to study.

 The number one reason I wish I could be an RA again? To decorate. I love decorating like no other, so much that I changed my floor theme 4 times my senior year.. (500 Days of Freshman Year, Sweet Girls , Alice in Wonderland, and Zenon.)

One side was decorated as the tea party.

The other side was decorated as the queen's garden.
Thinking back, I wish I had had those little furry
creatures used to play golf!

xoxo e

Office Tour: Tim Burton Programming Board

School is simply crazy this semester! Constantly keeping busy with presentation preparations and readings so I apologize for the lack of blogging. One of these days I really am going to get the hang of updating regularly!

This semester I had our RA staff vote on the programming board theme. Battling against TGIF (Full House, Boy Meets World, Step by Step) and Recess (the cartoon), Tim Burton ultimately came up triumphant.

Our RAs make "passive activities," informative/interactive bulletin boards, for their residents each month. This semester I decided that I would jump on that train and create something the RAs could participate in as well - Tim Burton themed of course!

Enter sign crafted to be similar to the Tim Burton Museum of Modern Art entrance. In the past the programming board (the fun and creative way we keep track of RAs' programming progress) is on the wall where it says enter, but keeping in line with our theme semester, I decided to put the programming board in the closet - like its own little world.

These are the envelopes on our encouragement board (fill your bucket concept.) If anyone is curious, the font is Alice in Wonderland. 

I didn't want to pick one particular movie of Burton's so I made up my own little world and just tried to stylize it in a Burton manner. House of Doors was the name I came up with. I might write a story to go with it closer to the end of the semester to elaborate the idea - keep your eyes out for that if it happens!

Voila! The House of Doors. There is a door for every RA and Pro-Staff member. 

Think The Others + Tim Burton, and that is kind of what House of Doors is meant to be like. A large emphasis on doors, keys, old manors, and the late 1800s/early 1900s. 

Instead of making an actual board, the "board" itself is this book. Each RA has their own page and their progress is kept at the bottom of each page. Creating the book was probably my favorite part - I gave every RA an old-timey job that fits their major or personality, and some of their names got Burtonized (made kind of kooky!)

This is an overall view. The reveal was really fun because we turned off all the office lights and played Tim Burton's Corpse Bride theme song to enter the room! One of the funnest projects I've worked on in some time. 

Until next time, xoxo.

Sunday Snapshot: Floor Themes

I am apparently really bad at updating. A lot worse than I ever imagined I would be.
But, as much as it shouldn't be an excuse, I've been really busy...
ResLife is busy as always, graduate classes are in full swing,
it is most definitely spring semester on our college campus.

I thought I would sneak this quick update in to share some of the floor themes the resident advisers are doing in our residence hall (and this post mildly supports my excuse of 'see?! ResLife stuff! I told you!')

Sour Patch Kids! Love the peekaboo guy character!

A completely decked out Harry Potter floor, complete with acceptance letters and chronological retelling of the books.

Even Hank Hill (and Boomhauer) have a home in our residence hall!

Super legit Indiana Jones on the Harrison Ford themed floor.

One RA chose cats and the other chose dogs! #cuddliestfloorever

Rapunzel has an appropriate home on the 12th-floor themed Tangled! Pascal is my favorite!

KEVIN. So cute. 

This is truly only a sneak peek of all the amazingness that is my RAs' decorations - other floor themes include The Emperor's New Groove, Oh! The Places You'll Go, Star Wars, Toy Story, 7th Heaven... and even more. I work with some outstanding, dedicated, and talented students and I am so thankful for all of them!

Sunday Snapshot: Belated Christmas

Forgot my connector cord for my camera at home, so didn't get to share the decorations!
One of my favorite feelings in the whole wide world is coming home for break to a warm and cheery home with new Christmasy candle scents. Mmm.

Hope you all had wonderful holidays - which holiday are you decorating for next?

it's christmastime in OOOOOklahoma!