tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82405456043870753502024-02-19T03:34:28.325-08:00Kellie Thiem BlogKellie Beardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10629475126330763419noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240545604387075350.post-57527389068906157972016-06-17T19:32:00.002-07:002016-06-17T19:32:59.226-07:00Nursing School Update #2<div style="text-align: center;">
Well hello there everyone! (AKA, just my mom, Hi Mom! You're probably the only one reading this.) </div>
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So I'm on my second semester of nursing school. Almost halfway done with school! Just finished up my second round of clinical rotations, and it was actually, surprisingly, a blast. I always thought I would hate caring for adults and it turns out that I was completely wrong. I thoroughly enjoyed going to clinical each day, even though my clinical were 6:30a-6:30p on Saturdays and Sundays. Even though back to back days were rough (especially since they were the days before class and exams) I'm genuinely going to miss my time at the hospital. I still have psych clinical this semester, but I won't be in a traditional hospital setting again until September. </div>
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This is what my days consist of now. Lots and lots of notes, colorful pens, and studying. And coffee, as you saw in the first picture. </div>
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I am also officially DONE with all my skills validations for the semester. It's crazy how much we learn and how quickly. Not really sure what possessed me to take a selfie with this mannequin during a skills test while my evaluator went to grab more supplies but i think it's such a fun representation of my life right now. </div>
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How amazing is my husband? He volunteered to let me practice IV starts on him, and vice versa. I mean seriously, the couple who starts IV's on each other together, stays together right? </div>
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This also goes down in the hood on Saturday nights. *Woah, jump back!* We are living the crazy life over here. :) </div>
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Long story short, I'm still spending most of my time studying and dreaming of the day when I will once again have free time to craft, build and share our creations with whoever cares to see them. Until then, I'll be stuck in my burnt orange scrubs, telling everyone who will listen that I really am an Aggie. Thanks and Gig 'em! </div>
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P.S. Last weekend, at the hospital, a patient's family member said to me, "Young lady, are you a t-sip?" And I assured him that I am absolutely not. Obviously he was confused since I was dressed as a giant burnt orange blob. After explaining to him that I'm forced to wear these scrubs as a UTMB student, he asked me how long I had to wear them and after hearing that I have 1 year left he said, "My condolences." So basically that's a snapshot of my life right now. :) </div>
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Well. It's been quite a while since I posted. One of the reasons is that I haven't had the time to do any crafting, which is what I prefer to post about. Another reason is that when I do have time to do little projects around the apartment, I don't have the time to post about it. Even now, I could post about my Valentines wreath that I made, but it's definitely the end of March. </div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Someday I will have the time to do things like that again, but for now I'm 100% ok with devoting all my time to learning to be the best nurse I can be. After 7 major exams, 3 skills validations, and 6 days of clinical at the hospital downtown, I can confidently say that nursing school is where I'm meant to be. </span></div>
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I started nursing school at the University of Texas Medical Branch in early January. It has been the craziest, more frustrating and rewarding experience ever.<br />
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Can you tell I'm an Aggie? Every single week at clinical someone compliments my scrubs or makes a joke saying sarcastically, "So I see you're an Aggie, huh?". When I have the opportunity, I tell them, "Actually, yes, I am. This is torture." Also: please note the difference in my smile at 3 in the afternoon vs. 4:30 in the morning. One of those is 100% fake... I'll let you be the judge. ;) </div>
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UTMB held a White Coat ceremony to mark the beginning of our nursing school journey and it was definitely a great, welcoming experience. I cannot wait to graduate in the same auditorium in just 13 more months!</div>
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I've read a lot of nursing school articles about "typical nursing school" struggles and how I'll have no social life, cry every day, and never sleep again. However, my experience hans't been quite that dramatic. I've learned that even though there is SO MUCH information being thrown at us, with very little time to learn it, it's doable. I've definitely lost sleep over school and studying, and I've had a major case of the grumps, but I've also learned that starting early and being proactive is worth it. Everyone from former students to our instructors has been telling us over and over again how difficult one thing or another will be. But heres the thing. It doesn't actually matter how hard it's going to be because we are all just have to do it anyways. So I can either sit here and panic over what I have to accomplish, OR I can just get to work. Worrying myself isn't going to do a single thing for me. Redirecting that anxiety towards productive tasks will. </div>
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Most importantly though, I learned that if you spend 2 consecutive weeks sitting in a wooden kitchen chair studying, you will literally bruise the muscles in your butt. Please, if you're reading this, if you plan to sit ands study for hours and hours on end, do yourself a favor and SIT ON A PILLOW.<br />
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Clearly Swarlie is an excellent study buddy. However, I wouldn't be able to get through this chapter of my life without my amazing support system. My husband, family, and friends have been extremely important to my sanity these past 2 and a half months. The amazing people I've met at UTMB have become near and dear to my heart in such a short time and I am beyond thankful for them. (If ya'll are reading this, love y'all!) </div>
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DISCLAIMER: I am <b>definitely </b>not trying to say that the constant studying isn't crazy difficult, that I don't complain every single day, (shoutout to those of you that get to hear my whining all day erry day!) or that nursing school isn't hard, because trust me, April 2017 can't get here quick enough. :)</div>
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Well here we are! I made it through my second month of blogging without getting bored and completely ditching this whole thing. I've honestly enjoyed having a reason to write, and I'm so appreciative of everyone who has taken the time out of their busy lives to catch up with Landan, Swarlie and I. :)</div>
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This month I took my bridal portraits on the TAMU campus. There's really nothing quite like walking across campus in your wedding dress, so if you want to feel ridiculous, give that a try! ;) My mom and I made a bouquet together, and with the leftovers, our dog Honey just HAD to model them. Doesn't she look beautiful?</div>
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That morning we picked up my wedding dress from our (amazing) seamstress and we took her my mothers veil to look at, because I want it altered (80's "cap" situation, in addition to it being way too long for me) but obviously I couldn't get it done in time for the pictures since they were that same day. Right? Wrong. She took care of it right then and there. Everything worked out so perfectly! So clearly I had to wear it home and pose with it. I'll be wearing it every day forever, it's not a big deal, y'all just go with it. </div>
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I did A LOT of crafting this month. Although, almost all of it was wedding or invitation related, and I don't want to share any of that until after the big day, so you'll just have to take my word for it. :) I can give you solid evidence after the big day! </div>
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Let's be clear. By "that time", I mean: the time where seasonal decorations are acceptable. I couldn't possibly care less about Halloween itself, but the decorations? So fun. Pumpkins, people. PUMPKINS. And I know that tomorrow is Halloween, so before I have to take down my Halloween decorations I want to show you. :)</div>
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We are in the middle of creating an entry way table, (which honestly isn't even painted, and could really fall over at any moment because its' not finished, but is DEFINITELY decorated anyways, oops.) and a TV stand as well! We have been planning on building the TV stand for a while but I would be lying if I wasn't suddenly motivated to get started on it because with that done, we will be able to install a shelf above it to act as a mantle. Cue the heart eyes.<br />
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<i>LOOK. I'm so pumped about our new door decoration courtesy of my BFF's mama! Stay tuned because I can guarantee you that all of the seasonal door bows/wreaths that she made for us will make their way onto this blog because they are absolutely adorable! Two days until time for the Thanksgiving wreath day... I've been WAITING!</i></div>
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When it comes to seasonal decorations, beyond Halloween, it really only gets better. Thanksgiving stuff is even better than Halloween, and then CHRISTMAS. Stop it. I can't WAIT for it to be acceptable for me to listen to Christmas music on the reg. </div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">PS: My friend Kate, her mom and I created this a few weeks ago. We are pretty proud of our handiwork! </span></div>
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Also, I saw this and it could not be more amazing. If you know me AT ALL you know how I feel about khakis and how much love I have for my boy Jake, from State Farm. I actually had to talk to a State Farm rep on a few occasions and I consider it one of my biggest achievements in life that I never once asked: <b>"What are you wearing, JAKE from STATE FARM?!?!" </b></div>
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Kellie Beardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10629475126330763419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240545604387075350.post-59602702404680249912015-10-27T15:54:00.000-07:002015-10-27T15:54:42.071-07:00My First Erin Condren Planner - The Love Story Begins <div style="text-align: center;">
I have a problem. It's been lying dormant for quite a while and with school starting in a few months it's back in full force, so I'll just admit it. </div>
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I am obsessed with planners. My planner is ALWAYS color coded. It's pristine. It's my lifeline, and it's on my person at. all. times.<br />
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My last semester at TAMU I downloaded the syllabus for one of my classes before the semester started (because putting the dates in my planner is just enticing and I couldn't stand to wait any longer) and it turned out that the dates "weren't final" and all changed before the semester started. All the (now incorrect) dates were in my planner. In ink. Green ink, because that's the color I assigned that class. I wrote an email to the prof asking in the least sassy way I could manage, if the dates were going to change again and he wrote back (in full-fledged sass, lemme tell ya) that they never changed. Well, I have a hardcopy of your original syllabus and a planner full of white out tape that proves otherwise, buddy. But <i>clearly</i> I'm not bitter about it or anything.</div>
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I've been this way forever... I remember the ones they gave us (that we were forced to use) in Elementary and everyone hated it, but I loved those planners so much that I literally couldn't even throw them away until last Christmas when I was <strike>forced</strike> asked nicely to clean out my bedroom back home. (Hi, Mom!)</div>
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All of that is just to explain how much I love and rely on my planner, mostly so you don't judge me for what I did the other day.... I bought this. </div>
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Now before you think that I've gone off the deep end, buying a freaking 50 dollar planner, please understand that I had a $10 off coupon. Coupons make everything better right?? (Which, P.S. if anyone wants a $10 coupon you can click <a href="https://www.erincondren.com/referral/invite/kelliebearden0318-7552">THIS LINK</a> to sign up and have one emailed to you.) And think about it. I'll be using this for 14 months, because I ordered it to start in October. So I'm paying around $4 a month for something I'll use all day everyday. Not bad right?? Plus it's so pretty and it will have my name on it! (Seriously, all the heart eyes.)</div>
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Those are stickers for the planner, to/from stickers for gift giving, thank you cards and so on. The cute washi tape is mine, (50% off at Hob Lob, wuddup), but it was so adorable I had to include it. </div>
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There's a folder in the back and a pouch for holding stickers, invitations or anything else you may need to keep up with. Mine is currently holding my poop stickers that I plan to mark exam dates with next semester. Standing in line at Michaels with two packs of poop stickers and nothing else pretty much sums up my life, honestly. </div>
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Side note: "Keep it together" was on my wall in french back in my college days, (aka like two months ago) so I thought it was <strike>fate</strike> a cool coincidence that it showed up in my new planner. </div>
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P.S. This Winky Poop was literally calling my name. There was no possible way I could wait until my first exam to put him into my planner so I put it on the day my immunizations are due for Nursing school. Because I'll be in deep Winky Poop if I don't get them in on time. ;)<br />
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Don't judge me for how long this took, Okay? It's the end product that matters and I'm pretty pumped about the end product, if I do say so myself!</div>
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Everything has a happy, happy home. :) The necklaces are on smaller drawer knobs, with space left for the longer lengths. The earring each have a hook, and when I inevitably get more jewelry the hooks can each hold a set of earrings if need be. </div>
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The lace is PERFECT for studs. Plus, these knobs were originally over 9 dollars at Hobby Lobby and I got them for less than 3 dollars each on clearance. Be right back, y'all, I'm currently taking a bow and patting myself on the back. Of course they required some handiwork, the screw on the back (official word for it? anybody???) was about 6 bajillion times too long so I sawed it off (whoop!) and BOOM! Perfect. </div>
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Bonus points if you can spot both Landan and my high school class rings. Now they aren't stuffed in a mystery drawer anymore and many many years from now we will actually be able to look at them and think about the memories and all that sappy crap. </div>
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I cannot believe I have actually kept up with this blog for a month now! It's been in existence for about 2 years, but I haven't exactly been posting regularly... Or at all, at any point during those 2 years. </div>
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I know that I mostly post about our DIY's and crafts but I also want to take the time to post a little update on our lives. This snapchat form my other half pretty much sums it up.<br />
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When we moved here, Landan had been working for the fire department for a few weeks doing training and orientation, but was just starting on an actual shift. One month in and he finally caught his first actual fire yesterday. Obviously not a great day for the car owner, but it was a great day for Landan to finally get to put his skills to use!<br />
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I have visited him at work a couple of times and I won't even start to pretend that I'm too cool to sit in the fire truck and turn on the sirens. It was really freaking cool. Obviously I had to wear Landan's helmet the whole time. I'm so grateful to everyone at the department for being so kind and for eating all the baked goods I've made for them. I am a person who hates baked goods but loves to bake, so it's really nice to be able to make pumpkin muffins on a whim and not have to eat pumpkin muffins for the next 12 breakfasts in a row. </div>
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I've been working at Justice for the last four weeks as well. This was my high school job and although this time around I'm in a management position, I still felt like it would be the perfect, peppy place for me to work during my next year and a half as a nursing school student. </div>
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<i>(PS if you saw Landan's Facebook post calling me out for being a huge diva about boots, those are them! Now you understand why I was so hell-bent on finding them. Between the boots and the good hair day I was having I felt a work selfie was justified.)</i></div>
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Soooooomeone decided it was a good idea to wake me up at 6:30 am last week to go watch the sunset from the Seawall. There was a promise of coffee so I was totally on board. I'm so glad he thought of this because it was absolutely beautiful, and also COLD. </div>
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I have really enjoyed these past few weeks of sharing my little projects and fun day stories with every one! I'm so grateful for anyone who takes the time out of their busy day to check on Landan, Swarlie and I. Please keep coming back to see how and what we are doing!</div>
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Another one of my favorite DIY's for the engagement photos was our sign. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do exactly, because while chalkboards are fun and cute, I feel like I've seen them EVERY WHERE. I don't know about you but there is only so much room for chalkboard paraphernalia (definitely had to spell check that word, no shame) in my life. I wanted to be a little different so I'm steering clear of all wedding things involving chalk. </div>
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I was lucky enough to be able to find this sign already put together at Hobby Lobby in the wood section. </div>
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I'm not talented enough to freehand lettering, so I had my mom cut out a stencil for me with her Silhouette. That thing is magic, I tell ya. I was able to use it to paint the lettering on. I should have sanded the wood some in order for the paint to go on smoother, but I liked the color and was afraid of losing some of that aged quality. </div>
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Of course, I had to get my Swarlie cat involved in the pictures somehow. (First cat our photographers ever had at a session! Not sure how proud of that I should be...) Unfortunately I was unable to find a small version for her to hold, (ha), so I purchased some of Hobby Lobby's precut tiny, little, wood strips and hot glued them in the exact style of the larger one. It's pretty obvious in the picture that white was NOT the color to go with on her sign, it's almost illegible. If you can't read it, it says, "Me Too!"</div>
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This is one of my favorite parts of our shoot, because it has my guy's name on it, which is almost my name (eek!), and it's something I was able to make. Even if anyone takes my advice and makes their own, we will all end up with unique keepsakes that are special to us alone!<br />
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I also want to take a moment to talk about our photographers. First of all, as you can see by these photos, they are beyond talented. However, they are also two of the kindest people ever. From the first time I met with them for a consultation, I knew we made the right choice. Tony and Elena made the engagement pictures so much fun, which is really saying something, since we took these photos in a semi-crowded town, on Easter Sunday, with people literally staring at us the whole time. (Granted, we wanted to do them early in the morning when we could have the town to ourselves, but Landan and I were in the middle of school/EMT rotations in College Station so Tony and Elena were nice enough to meet us there on Easter while we were both in town.) Neither of us had any experience with professional photos but we felt comfortable through the entire experience. My bridal pictures are coming up next week and I can't wait to see Tony and Elena again! For their website, click <a href="http://www.smithphotographykyle.com/">here</a>. If you want to see our entire set of engagement photos, they can be found (along with all of their other amazing work) at their blog, <a href="http://www.smithphotographykyle.com/blog/2015/5/kellie-and-landons-engagement-session-in-gruene-tx">here</a>.<br />
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If you have any questions about how this sign was made, please don't hesitate to ask! What have you made to use as a prop in photos?<br />
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Kellie Beardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10629475126330763419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240545604387075350.post-81799374724047874822015-09-25T16:00:00.000-07:002015-09-27T07:03:41.014-07:00Throw Pillows<div style="text-align: center;">
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It's a short story because it was a super extra simple project.</div>
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P.S. I really need to retake this picture now that my diploma is on the wall too, but what are the odds I can get Swarlie to pose so perfectly again??</div>
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Aren't they pretty???</div>
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This was the easiest project ever, I promise! It was also crazy cheap, especially considering how good they look on our couch now. If I do say so myself. ;)</div>
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I sewed around the edges, being sure to backstitch on the corners for stability and then I turned them inside out and stuffed them. I butchered old pillows that we were going to throw out anyways and used the fluff as filling for our brand new happy pillows. I sewed up the remaining hole in the pillow by hand and that's it! So easy, and so fun. And SO cheap. We got the fabric 50% off and since the old pillows were FO FREE it came out to $25 for 5 pillows. And we still have fabric to spare! </div>
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Although if you take a nap on them your face will look like this. Well, not this handsome, but you get what I mean. ;)</div>
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-<strike>Hang My Diploma</strike> Done!</div>
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-Build a side table for between the couch and chair. (Preferably along like the one I talk about in <a href="http://kelliebearden.blogspot.com/2015/08/speaks-to-my-soul.html">this post</a>.) Our lamp will live on that table and I hope that our marquee letter T (this post) will look good up there too. It's currently standing in a corner. <i>No one puts baby in a corner. </i></div>
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<b>Completely irrelevant but important sidenote: Does anyone else discuss the fact that Baby is reaaaally not actually in a corner, EVERY time they watch that movie? Or is that just the Beardens....</b></div>
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Its done! To be honest, it was done before I even posted the first page about it, but we didn't have all of the knobs, so I couldn't post an after. :)</div>
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Of course, the day after the knobs at Hobby Lobby were 50% off, we picked out what we wanted. Being me, I couldn't pay full price RIGHT after they were on sale so I made Landan take a million trips to Hob Lob with me so that we could each use a 40% off coupon. You know how I've said in the past that he's a wonderful man? This man <i>somehow </i>made it through the line three, THREE different times at the same store with a coupon. </div>
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<b>Ladies, if you ever meet a man that can use five 40% off coupons (yup, two different stores, 5 coupons) in one day, marry that man.</b> </div>
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But not this one, because he's taken. :)</div>
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So we left off without any paint, <a href="http://kelliebearden.blogspot.com/2015/09/dresser-repaint-part-one.html">in this post</a>. </div>
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Also, before I go any further, I have an update on our sweet little dresser's history. My mammaw informed me that my great grandparents bought this (and the bed and desk that goes with it) when they married. IN 1930!! How cool is that? I'm even more in love now that I fully know this little guy's story. </div>
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First we did the drawers. In this picture, they may not look different to you, but TRUST ME. So different! The old color was off white, dingy, and chipped. It is now bright white, with a satin finish that I love more than life it self!</div>
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Here is the top after just the first coat, we had to do a few more on it but it turned out so nicely. Also, we butchered all of our moving boxes and taped them together so we could have a place to spray paint them at our apartment. I bet our neighbors all hate us, between the painting and the power tools, (<a href="http://kelliebearden.blogspot.com/2015/09/upholstered-headboard-diy.html">in this post</a>). ;)</div>
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This picture has terrible lighting but it's what we *almost* chose for the knobs. The top is a smallish glass knob, and the rest of the drawers were going to be this really pretty dark gray. We brought home two to see if we liked them, and I'm glad we did. The more I looked at it the more I felt that there was too many different shades of gray going on. So we went back to Hobby Lobby and came home with THESE!</div>
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I know I have two unfinished projects to update you on, and I promise I will. But, I am way too excited to wait to show you this! Even though both the dresser <a href="http://kelliebearden.blogspot.com/2015/09/dresser-repaint-part-one.html">(here) </a>and the jewelry box <a href="http://kelliebearden.blogspot.com/2015/09/jewelry-box-part-one.html">(here)</a> are finished, my impatience is getting the best of me for now. </div>
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Let me just try to contain my excitement long enough to get some words out about this project. This was so much fun. I saw this tutorial on my favorite blog ever, <a href="http://www.viewalongtheway.com/2013/06/how-to-build-an-upholstered-bed/">here</a>. (Seriously I think we should be best friends, we are both named Kelly/Kellie and I totally get her humor, and I love almost everything she does) We literally just copied this exactly. I was nervous, because she said this was a rough shape to upholster, but whether it was her warnings and tips, or just luck, it was not bad at all. We started this project and were done with it in less than 24 hours, including gathering all the supplies. </div>
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Landan measured and cut out the shape using the directions from the blog I linked to above. To me that looks crazy intricate and stressful but he did it with no sweat. On the back of his truck. In our apartment parking lot. While I apologized to people walking by for the noise. If they could only see how pretty it turned out I'm sure they'd forgive us. ;)</div>
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For the batting, we used a foam mattress topper as a substitute. It was far cheaper and it was already cut for us, so it was a win win. </div>
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With the foam stapled on, we did the same process and stapled on the white muslin as a lining fabric. Kelly from View Along the Way said that the lining fabric serves as a "practice" for applying the nice fabric. She was SO right. By the time we did the foam, and lining, the last piece of fabric was a breeze. We were a well oiled machine by that point and everything went beyond smoothly. </div>
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This part was a little stressful because we knew it would be very obvious if we made a mistake but we just measured each one (you only have to nail in 1 out of every 5 nails) before hammering it. But LOOK!</div>
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Not to brag or anything, but ISN'T IT AMAZING???</div>
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Doesn't it look like it belongs in a seven year old's room? Yup. That's because we painted it when I was seven. That's part of the reason I love this dresser so much. My mom and I (let's be real, I was a tiny child so it was probably all her) repainted all of my furniture when it was given to me by my great grandmother when I was little. It was peach colored when it lived in her home. And underneath all of the paint we found an olive green color, so we are not the first to strip off old paint and add new to this little gem. </div>
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I am SO excited about this. And only about 80% of my excitement is due to the fact that Landan did all the hard work and I got to do the fun parts. No, seriously, I got home from work and my dresser looked like this. </div>
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He's amazing. If you cant tell in the picture, he did all the hard parts and left me one super easy side to scrape the paint off, because it's fun. He also knew I would want to feel like I helped. Yup. He even got it started for me, that's what he's doing in the picture. Sorry, ladies. He's taken. </div>
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Oh! And did I mention he remembered to take these before pictures for me because he knew I would want them? I've got a real keeper. :) </div>
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I'm splitting this up into a couple posts, because it's just a lot of information. Or, it's because I'm just really excited to share it even though it's not done. Yup. That's it. </div>
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I made this jewelry box a couple of years ago and it did the job decently. But it definitely had flaws. </div>
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1. The way we hung it was stupid so I either needed new hardware or a different box. Wonder what won?</div>
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2. There was no where to put stud earrings. Sure, I could just throw them in the box but that's not very neat/tidy/effective. </div>
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3. My watches had no home, probably because at the time I had exactly *one* watch.</div>
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4. I saw some cute drawer knobs on clearance at Hobby Lobby and I really wanted them but had nothing to do with them. </div>
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I looked on pinterest some, but AS USUAL not one of them was everything that I wanted. So I laid out my (sad and small) collection of jewelry so that I could get an idea of sizes and measurements. I ended up deciding I needed about 14 by 20 of space. I wanted to construct a shallow box to hang on my wall, this time displaying the jewelry IN the box instead of ON it. </div>
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I stole all the hardware right off of the old box. I spray painted it gold, obviously, because I'm me and I have a genuine obsession with gold. It's getting out of hand. <br />
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To finalize the measurements for the hooks and knobs, I laid out all my jewelry again and used a tape measure (and my pitiful attempt at a ruler, as seen in <a href="http://kelliebearden.blogspot.com/2015/09/makeup-bag.html">this pos</a>t).</div>
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<b>-Paint (I lost my paintbrushes, so I either need to buy more or figure out where I packed them.) I'm definitely going to use the same paint I used two years ago because I still stand by that choice. As long as I have enough of it left. </b></div>
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<b>-Find new screws for the gold (formerly black) knobs. The original ones stick out from the back of my box and definitely will not work. </b></div>
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<b>-Actually buy those pretty drawer pulls I have my heart set on from Hobby Lobby. I'm crossing my fingers that they are still there.</b></div>
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Let me start this by saying: I'm not a very experienced sewer, so if I can do it SEW CAN YOU! (See what I did there??)</div>
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PSA: There are a lot of pictures here. A lot. Sowwy. </div>
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Being the extremely frugal person I am, (and was raised to be, Shoutout: Mom and Dad!) I am always looking for a less expensive way to get what I want. Maybe that's what makes DIY projects appeal to me. Or, maybe I'm too high maintenance to just buy something as is, even if it's not *perfect*. Probably both.</div>
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I looked for tutorials online and none of them were exactly what I wanted to do. Until I ended up finding one tutorial for a bag I liked, and it was LITERALLY just pictures. Now don't get me wrong. Pictures are great. 1000 words and all that crap, but ya girl needs more help than that. I attempted it on my own once and I got this. Can you see how small it is??? It's barely big enough for my (very small) collection of jewelry.</div>
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This sad, sad small tiny doll person bag. The whole point was to make something my Naked 2 eyeshadow would fit in. Not going to cut it. This is where WORDS and MEASUREMENTS would have helped me. Although I guess if I successfully made a bag, the tutorial couldn't have been completely bad. I'm probably just being a diva about it, to be honest, but here are pictures AND instructions for anyone else who wants to attempt this.</div>
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Zipper: 16 inch (you may be able to get away with a 14 but I need more room for error, oops)</div>
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Next, iron your interfacing onto the BACK of the INSIDE fabric. Trust me on this. If you iron it onto the outer fabric, it looks awful. (See above: mini makeup bag disaster) If you can't tell, the outside looks wrinkled and the inside looks beautiful. Obviously we want the outside to look the best so iron onto the inside.</div>
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Now. Take the outer piece. Lay it face up on the table. Put the zipper face down, on top of it. line up the TOP edge of the zipper, with the top edge of the outer fabric. Put the inner fabric face down on top of that, lining it up as well, so your ironed on interfacing is looking up at you, begging you to sew it into something pretty. </div>
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Laptop: Netflix, Parks and Recreation. Wussup.</div>
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Now put the outer sides together. They're faces should touch. Outer fabrics sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G. You will see the fabric side of the two inner sides sew along the bottom. By that I mean, parallel to the zipper, but on the opposite end of the bag. </div>
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Next, measure 2.5 inches down on each side. Draw a line between those points and sew across it. Then cut off the point. I only took one picture of that process, for efficiency. (Meaning: I forgot to take other pictures.)</div>
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I'm going to use the first one I made to show you the finished product because it has the pretty monogram (made with a Silhouette machine, will post about it in the future), and this one doesn't. Maybe I shouldn't live 3 hours away from the person with the Silhouette machine. (Hi, Mom!) </div>
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Disclaimer: The bag I just made is definitely going to be a gift so if one of you reading this post receives this gift, pretend to be seeing it for the first time. (Another reason the monogram isn't on it yet... I don't want to spoil the surprise!)<br />
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Since I've been working on so many projects for decorating and organizing our new home, I thought I would take a moment to post some pictures of what it looks like completely bare. These pictures aren't the greatest, I literally snapped them in about five seconds between bringing my cat up the stairs and starting to unload the trucks/trailer. (Which was awful. Texas heat: You Suck.)</div>
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It will be so fun to look back on these as we get more and more settled in, to see how far our first little home together has come. </div>
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When you walk in, you see this ADORABLE little archway cutout. Our TV stand is there currently, but it doesn't fit right so it looks ridiculous. Landan has drawn up a plan for what it will look like, all we have to do is make it. One drawback of an apartment is that we have much less space for DIY projects.</div>
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Next to the arch is our breakfast nook. It currently houses the table and chairs that we repainted and they look AMAZING. They fit right into the space and look even better than I hoped they would. I plan to do a post on them soon! </div>
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Opposite the breakfast nook is our kitchen. It may look small, but compared to Landan's last kitchen, it's huge. We enjoy cooking together but it was legitimately difficult to even stand in there together, so to us this is a giant upgrade, whoop! </div>
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Now turning around, if you are facing the TV cutout and turn to your left, you'll see our sunroom. It's amazing and I love every thing about it. We put my desk there so it'll be a nice little cubby for me to study in when I start nursing school in January. </div>
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Now I didn't take any pictures of the bedroom for some reason, but I did snap one of the closet. Isn't it pretty?!?!?! If you saw my <a href="http://kelliebearden.blogspot.com/2015/08/scarf-storage-for-under-10.html">scarf storage post</a>, that space is the wall you can't see in this photo. It's to the direct left of the doorway that this picture is being taken through. You can see my side in this photo, Landan's side is the same, except not quite as deep. We really want to add more shelving on that back wall. It's not very functional this way, and we could both use more storage space, we just haven't figured out exactly what we want just yet. </div>
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Well that's it! I hope to keep you guys updated on progress of our decorations and furniture. Hopefully there are lots of DIY posts to come!</div>
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I don't know what it is but every time I move, its almost as if my entire decorating taste changes. Even in college, when I moved three years in a row. Each time I had a completely different idea of what I wanted my home (aka dorm/apartment) to look like. This year was no different in that respect, but since I HAVE TO LIVE WITH A BOOOOOY (<-- Monica on the show, "Friends") I definitely wanted a more neutral look. </div>
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We've made several things for our new home but we are currently on the hunt for several more pieces of furniture including: </div>
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<b>Bed that's not ugly. Headboard. Nightstands that aren't tiny. Side Table(s). Tv Stand. Decorations for pretty much every room. Because mine are all girly/glitter/flowers. And his are all sports themed. </b></div>
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We wouldn't be us if we didn't plan to make them ourselves so I wanted to share some of my inspiration before we actually tackle them ourselves. </div>
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<a href="http://www.shelterness.com/diy-rustic-mason-jar-sconce/">This</a> mason jar sconce. Did anyone else know the word "sconce" before today? Yeah, I didn't either.</div>
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What do you do when you are awake at 6:30 am with nothing to do? Obviously, go to Home Depot. Oh is that just me? Yup, ok.<br />
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Our new closet is huge and amazing and my happy place, (it walks through between the bedroom and the bathroom with double doors). However, I've never been satisfied with any type of scarf storage. I've seen so many ideas, most of them using shower rings, but those don't work as well for infinity scarves, which I happen to have <strike>a lot</strike> too many of. I could always unclick the shower ring and re-click it to put the infinity scarves on, but then they'll just slide around on whatever hanger I put them on. I'll let my girl below tell you how I feel about that. </div>
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I have this pretty large empty wall that was just BEGGING me to hang some sort of accessories on it. Can't you hear it? It has my favorite paintings on it now, but I plan to raise them a little higher and put both a jewelry display (currently in the works), and the scarves, in three rows. </div>
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I started with 3 pieces of wood that are 3/4" thick, 1.5" wide and 12" long. I measured out my hooks, each 2 inches apart, before I painted so that I wouldn't leave any marks. I tapped the pointed edge of the hooks in so that I would be able to see where they belonged once I painted. </div>
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I painted it gold before I realized that gold would look terrible with the gold hardware I bought. My first layer of paint really thin so it still shows quite a bit of the wood grain and I actually loved how it looked with the solid gold hooks. Happy Accident!</div>
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This is what it looks like with scarves on it! I'm beyond please with my project. It was crazy easy and quick. Although I say that now, while one row is finished and the other two are staring at me from the coffee table begging to be created. I can't wait to get these 100% completed and on the wall. Just in time for scarf season!</div>
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Found <a href="http://www.therustymarquee.com/products/rustic-36-letter-t-marquee-light?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=googlepla&variant=1169114516&gclid=Cj0KEQjw_9OoBRChj9vMo5CHrdUBEiQAJ6YRPSChr7Tkis8-eb_gJ2GE7mDheFlaTRMnmQjCslZck9YaAj6y8P8HAQ">here</a> for $300.</div>
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While these are crazy adorable and I would absolutely love to own one, I'm a poor college kid, and they are just so far beyond my price range that it's comical. I gave up on the light up idea completely, lowered my standards and headed back to Hobby Lobby. </div>
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We were going to use one of the chipboard letters and as I affectionally say, "glitter the crap out of it", but then my parents and I stumbled across some battery operated lights in the chipboard letter aisle. It is apparently impossible to find these on their website, but we got two packs of them for $7.99 each. If you're anything like me you will be ALL OVER that Hobby Lobby coupon and they will come out a little cheaper. The original plan was to use them on the chipboard letter, until I lucked into seeing this much larger, metal letter T. </div>
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From there, my dad and I drilled holes for each light. We found that if we drilled a small hole and then used a larger drill bit to widen the whole that it worked a lot better. With the holes drilled, I went outside to spray paint. We used a flat black for the entire inside, and a gold for the outside. LOVE. It turned out SO pretty! (If I do say so myself.)</div>
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I slipped the lights back into the holes we drilled and secured them with a little hot glue. Most of them were pretty solid with out the glue, but I'd rather it not fall out. :) Here is the final lit product and I think it's going to look amazing, not only in our pictures, but at our wedding and in our home in the future. :) Also who let me take pictures in front of all the wild TV/Wii cords?? None of those cords belong to this T, I promise you. </div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: #20124d;">Just imagine that the Jeapordy song has been playing for the past THREE months while I <strike>was lazy</strike> took a hiatus from the blog. It's been a wonderful and exciting time over in Kellie land, so before I catch you up on my knitting (oh yes, there has been plenty of knitting) during my blog vacation, I wanted to catch you up on my actual life. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">This wonderful man </span><span style="color: #20124d;">asked me to be his wife on Christmas Day, our five year anniversary. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Obviously I said yes, and now we are officially planning our wedding. WHOOP! The process has ranged from crazy fun to "is this over yet?", but I am determined for it to be stress free. (Disclaimer: It hasn't been all rainbows and sunshine, but aside from one hunger related moment of irrational snippyness, it's been really fun.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I started my very last semester at Texas A&M University, and he started his EMT clinical rotation. It's been a busy semester but that's not really anything new for us. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I turned 22 last week and my Swarlie turned four. As a little girl I always wondered what age I would be when I got married and here I am. 22 it is!</span></div>
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But really, is it? I feel like this blanket is never ever ever ever ever going to be finished. Thankfully I've finished all of the full sized hexagons, (except for the aqua, mail is slow) and now I just need to crochet a few of the halves, in order to even out the sides. I feel like I hit the jackpot because I found <a href="http://imhooked25.blogspot.com/2013/08/half-hexagons-in-two-ways.html">this pattern</a> that explains how to make halves exactly like the full sized hexagons I've made. </div>
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After lots and lots of what I call "knitting anxiety", finally learning that they are called knitting <i>needles, </i>not knitting <i>tools, </i>ripping it out and starting over countless times because I couldn't remember how to cast on, and finally finding out that youtube is a miracle in the knitting world, I made this baby. I was so excited about this yarn back in good ol' 2013, but now, to me it just looks like I made this yarn out of funfetti cake mix. I straight knit this bad boy on size 15 needles and I was on top of the world.<br />
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This is another scarf I made in those early days, and as basic as it is, to this day it's the scarf I get the most compliments on. I liked the way that arm knitting looked for the most part, but I thought it was just too open. I didn't like how large the gaps in the yarn were so I got some chunky yarn and knit this sucker on size 17 needles. It literally took an hour so it's perfect to knit as a gift. It looks super fancy but in reality it could't be more basic.<br />
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Crocheting scared me for months, but I finally decided to take the plunge. I didn't have a pattern really, I just made three long strips, chaining (Don't hate me if my crochet lingo is off) until the strip was long enough to go around my neck and hang like I wanted it to. I did 5 rows of double crochet for each, but I would recommend doing 7 or 8 because it wasn't quite as fluffy as I was hoping. Next, I braided them together and BAM! You've got yourself a scarf. It's quite the crowd pleaser too. I asked my boyfriend if he liked it and his exact words were "It's proportional to your body." I guess that's a compliment?<br />
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I took my Nursing school admissions exam last week (Swarlie helped me study), as well as submitting about a thousand applications, (i counted), so I think a bunch of knitting and crocheting is exactly what I've deserved. I browsed pinterest and instantly fell in love with <a href="http://knittingunlimited.blogspot.ca/2014/04/knit-purl-combinations-create.html">this</a> pattern. It's a pain and a half to knit, it's not easily remembered so I have to stare at the computer screen the whole time but with Gilmore girls on in the background it's totally worth it. </div>
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Here's the little baby scarf, you can't tell the pattern as well in the first picture, but it's really coming along now. I love it so far, but it is definitely a time suck. I'm hoping that it'll knit up more quickly once I get more familiar with the pattern. Either way it's SUPER pretty. Whoop! Bonus points because the yarn is green and the needles are red. So festive. Theres a 100% chance I chose the needle size based on the color combo alone. </div>
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Completely irrelevant but I've decided to come up with a code name at Starbucks. I'm completely over the idea of yelling, "Kellie!!! With and "I" "E"!" eighteen times over the noise at the counter, but I'm equally tired of feeling like I'm stealing some poor girl named Kelly's coffee in the morning. Sorry Kelly, but you should have ordered something less delicious if you didn't want Kellie with and i-e to take it from you. </div>
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I feel like I've crocheted miles and miles, but alas, my blankets are not finished. </div>
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Nevertheless, they are coming along. My hexagon blanket is coming along more slowly because the idea of sewing the pieces together makes me want to do anything and everything else instead. It's coming along, it really is, but stacks of hexagons are not interesting enough to post here no matter how beautiful and expertly crafted they are, if I do say so myself. ;)</div>
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Clearly I decided too late that I wanted to add the brown yarn to this blanket but it's my blanket and I'll do whatever I want with it. :) So I added it in. I love it, even with it's imperfections. Swarlie does too, and if we are being honest it's her opinion that matters the most anyways.</div>
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The blanket I'm using as a, you know, blanket, is the blanket I'm using as my inspiration for the one I'm creating now. My great grandmother made it way back, so I know my mom will appreciate getting a cozy new one from yours truly for Christmas. It's all I can do not to text her every day with updates of how it's coming along! </div>
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As far as patterns go, this one isn't exactly the most fun to do but it turns our absolutely adorable. This pattern was found in a pretty generic pattern book, so I'm sure it's super common. A friend knit this scarf last winter, so of course I begged for one of my own, and in turn a coworker requested that we make six for her to give as gifts. An excuse to knit? Don't mind if I do. :) </div>
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These are knit on size 15 needles, with super bulky yarn. I'm using Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick and Quick (which never fails to make me laugh.) The color may or may not be claret, there are lots of words on this label but that one sounds the closest to english so I'm going to go with it. </div>
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This pattern turns out absolutely beautiful, especially on this yarn (arguably because it's maroon and anything maroon automatically gets my vote), I love that it's not exactly a solid color, it shows the pattern really well. I've been making them long enough to go around the neck once, it turns out great since the scarf is so wide. </div>
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I only have one of these beauties left to knit and as much as I love them, I'll be glad to have one more project wrapped up! Whoop!</div>
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I'm not a blogger. I want to be, but I'm just not. Now, almost an entire year since my last post, (that was probably read by literally only me and my cat) I'm back. I've decided to use this blog as a place to document and show off my crafting/knitting/crocheting. </div>
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I read about a knitter who kept a journal with needle size, yarn types, patterns, etc, in case she put it down for <strike>ever</strike>, a month or two and picked it back up again. Obviously being a person who has an infinite number of projects going at basically all times, this appealed to me. Since my patterns are basically all on pinterest/other people's blogs, it made more sense to me to keep a record here. </div>
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Now I'm not trying to pass any of these knitting/crocheting projects off as my own, lets be real clear. I am all but incapable of making up my own patterns so I rely entirely on the amazing help of others for inspiration. </div>
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I started a blanket. Not only did I, (arguably the least patient person on this planet) start a blanket, I started it in crochet, which I have very little experience with. And oh yeah! I started two. TWO. I'm ignoring the red flags going off in my head right this second. </div>
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I have quite a few sources for the first one, my original inspiration came from <a href="http://crochetincolor.blogspot.com/2013/08/hexagon-pattern.html">here</a>, but I failed miserably at trying to make this hexagon pattern, so I googled and googled and finally found <a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/hexagon-howto.html">this gem</a>. I decided to mix the two, I'm making solid colored hexagons and joining them to make them look like the first pattern. </div>
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I love it so much so far. These pictures don't do the pattern or the colors justice. </div>
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The second one is one I've been wanting to make ever since I started knitting/crocheting. I have a blanket made exactly like this that my great grandmother made and I couldn't possibly be more excited to recreate on to give to my mother. (G hook, random yarn from my drawer that I believe is red heart. Ballin' on a budget here. Get it.... Ballin... like a yarn ball. No? Ok.)</div>
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Although I know this is a very common pattern, I definitely want to give credit where credit is due. I found <a href="http://daisycottagedesigns.net/free-crochet-pattern/free-crochet-patterns-granny-square-baby-blanket/">this pattern sent straight from heaven</a> because let me tell you, I understood what I was supposed to do THE FIRST TIME AROUND. First time ever in my crocheting experience. (H hook, Random Maroon Yarn from my drawer that I really hope I don't run out of halfway through. Although my great grandmas blanket appears to have two different dye lots so maybe that would be even better.)</div>
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<b>And this is the part where I pretend I'm not also in the middle of three scarves too. </b></div>
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