gobbledigook

gobbledigook. or strawberry swing. that would be my favorite... ok two of my favorite songs to listen to while I am busy at work. (the first is sigur ros, the second coldplay) what have I been working on these past few months? let me show you... this is just a sampling of work.


two adorable boys from liberia, africa, in a series I am creating for the hunger banquet. (an event BYU does for NGOs and raising awareness of world hunger... really cool)






dan and I finally started our thank you notes... its about time. oops.


worked on invitations for miss jenne gammil.... she kind of has a bike theme-



took fotos of mike and greg surfing..... beautiful mexico. sure beats snow.



worked a trazilion hours for byu... this is one guide cover in progress....


took fotos and designed invite for miss becca plumb.... samples below....






so there you have it. you can always look at my website for more work, but I will warn you, I am still finishing some sections on that website.... (www.theburkstheburks.com)

don't worry I am still having fun in the midst of this work... I have become a swimming and biking addict, I still drag Dan to the opera/symphony/musicals.... and we even bought a table for our house! we were eating on the ground for the longest time....

much love
Fel

m.i.a. to m.m.b.

yes i know, it has only been a few months since my last post. but really i have an excuse.. well several. my list has been extensive the last few months- full time school, stressful job.. and oh yeah, that wedding i was planning :)

needless to say, i have just been in survival mode. but now that my finals are over, i am celebrating by making a blog, to say friends, i am not m.i.a... no i have just become m.m.b.- melanie monroe burk. no worries, i will be sure to post more info on the lovely wedding, and the hot groom later.

but for now, merry christmas. tomorrow morning in a short 8 hours, i will be headed to indiana. yay! and so to celebrate that snowy christmas i am posting this artwork i did.

oh and if you want to check out my website, i coded and created this whole website. it was the most intensive task i have ever undertaken, but it is exciting, and now i feel ligit.

happy christmas.

with love m.m.b.

engaged to a belgian...

So folks, yes. I am engaged!!!!!! But not to a belgian. I am engaged to Daniel Eugene Burk, and we are getting hitched on November 25 in the San Diego Temple! yay!!

So yes.. I guess inquiring minds want to know how he proposed.... on august 28th, he told me we were going to go hiking, and to pack a picnic dinner. I made dinner, and he came and got me and we were off... we went up to Pleasant Grove, where we hiked the Battle Creek Falls. It was a beautiful but steep hike.... we were having a grand old time, and I had no idea that he was going to pop the "question" that night. 

So we got past the main fall, and were in this beautiful field looking up unto Mount Timp, which we had previously hiked this summer... and as we looked up at the mountains we decided to take some pictures. We took some pictures, talked, laughed, and then he decided he wanted to take pictures with his camera. He got his camera out, we took some more pictures, and then as he knelt down to put his camera back into his backpack, all of a sudden he was kneeling with his hand outstretched with this beautiful ring... and then he asked me to marry him.

I did what any girl would do. I laughed.... 

And then of course I said yes, and laughed some more, and then started crying :)

It was such a beautiful moment, and even more awesome that we were alone in nature.. where we really did fall in love to begin with.  We never did eat our picnic dinner- we were too excited and had to get down the mountain to call and tell everyone...

so wedding plans are on their way..... we are getting married!!!!!! huzzah!!!

Fel and Sa

This post I would like to dedicate to my wonderful friend and former roomate.. Melissa. She is also known as "sa"

Yes this whole summer we became known as the "mel forces" because we are both always called mel... in fact, we realized that most of our friends never call us by our full names... and our initials are both "M.M" which also caused confusion in the fridge. 

Luckily, we found a solution to that. I resorted to my high school nickname "fel" an abriviation of "felony melanie" and Melissa we turned into "sa." It was hysterical actually writing "fel" on my food in the fridge. Melissa has moved now... but all of my food still says fel. It makes me miss her less.

But thanks to Melissa-

I had a great movie goer to see awful movies such as the Hidden Kingdom. We laughed the whole way through and annoyed all those around us. hehe.

I became more grateful... we made a grateful wall with things such as "love sac, wikapedia, Nutella, and Batman... or just chrisitan bale."

I ate amazing italian food. yum. And became jealous of her fluent italian. 

I learned to love nutella more deeply and eat it with italian cookies... perfeito!

I learned to laugh hysterically at nuns and their antics...

I always had someone to council with over my latest idea or craziness.

I got to live through her 500 summer vacations (new york, colorado, arizona, colorado, new york....you know..)

I got to hear hilarious stories of work experiences.

Really... the summer went by way too fast. It was a great time.... thanks "sa" for it all! love you!

The Absolute Best Thing About Summer...

biking with him...

swimming with him...

hiking with him...

sporting events with him...

The best thing of all about summer?

Daniel Burk. 

And yes. I know this is the cheasiest post. hehehe. 

Things I love about Summers in Provo

Frozen Yogurt

Camping in Zions or Strawberry... amazing

Hiking Timp... in the middle of the night

A pass to 7 peaks

going multiple times to 7 peaks in one week

spa hopping

riding my bike up the canyon- beautiful!!!

having roomates to come get me when I have a flat tire while biking up the canyon

summer storms with lightning

indian palace- the best indian food ever!!

late night walks

car trips

time to read books!

sunflowers and wildflowers

yes. i love summer. one month left to enjoy it!!!

10 Things I never have and wish I did because I always forget to buy them

wrapping paper

spices

vitamins

dryer sheets

envelopes

stamps

contact solution

409

batteries

glue stick