Author: Lauren
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Technique Thursdays: Custom Graduation Announcements
If you, or a loved one, are graduating you’ve probably been thinking about all the social stigmas associated with graduation invitations and announcements… Who should I be inviting? Am I responsible for housing them? How many is too many? What if I come off as if I’m just asking for money? If you’re not asking these…
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Manicure Mondays: Teal, Pink, Glittered Nails
I had an amazing weekend! Last night Kristofer and I ordered Stevi B’s hot wing pizza and watched rom-coms (specifically Silver Lining’s Playbook and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days). Saturday night I went out with friends, and all day before I was in Jacksonville spending time with Kristofer’s sister and shopping. That’s…
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Fitness Fridays: 5 Tips To Start Working Out
Faced with the prospect of thousands of free hours this semester I’ve been doing one other thing besides celebrating: panicking. I’m so bored! So I’ve decided to do what I’ve so often scoffed at: work out. “Me? I weigh approximately nothing. Why would I care about fitness?” Well, because it makes me feel great to…
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Wisdom Wednesday: Maya Angelou
Now that I’m done with the most hellish semester of my career, I’ve been sitting back and deciding what I want to do with this blog. It’s become apparent that I need better direction. So I’ve come up with a cheesy theme for every day of the week! And while I knew some of them…
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New Year’s Photoshoot: tips and tricks for taking group photos
Every year my friends and I head out to the beach for the first sunrise. Three of us have been doing this for three years, and we try to invite anyone else who is willing to get up that early – or stay up that late! I’ve learned a lot through the years about my…
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Flashy New Years Decor
For the past 3 or 4 years, my friends and I have had our own New Year’s tradition – make plans for midnight, celebrate, stay up and hang out until sunrise, then head out to the beach and take a group photo. Of course, after we pass out for the entire day. With the excitement…
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Custom Christmas Ornaments
Since I’ve moved off to college, I’ve realized how much I don’t want to spend money on items with a short life span, plus how little room I have! So, my first year at school I got a small fake tree from CVS (only $15!) and have held on to it for a loving 4…
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Christmas Light Wine Bottles
Not too long ago, I took on the project of putting a string of Christmas lights into a wine bottle. Now that it’s Christmas time, I bought some 50 light LED strands (about $6.50 each) and made a whole set of Christmas light wine bottles! They’re sitting on my window sill, circled with garland and…
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Sunset on the Prairie
I went out to the prairie early this week with a friend, and was lucky enough to get some really great shots of the sunset on the prairie. Because Christmas is all about giving, I’m sharing some freebies with you! Click the images below to download some beautiful desktop backgrounds! Just right click on the…
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Santa Hat Christmas Cookies
Kristofer and I are keeping up with his advent calendar – so far we’ve made christmas crafts (wine bottles with lights), decorated our tree (it’s tiny), watched a movie together (he chose a horror movie…), and gone to see Christmas lights (which actually was a little bit of a lie – there were hardly any…
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Advent Calendar
In a burst of romanticism and creativity, I decided to make Kristofer his own advent calendar. After all, I’ve always loved them (though last year was the first time I ever had my own). So, I got out a bunch of leftovers (because the best projects are free) and got to work. I took one…
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Did you know doodling improves cognitive capabilities?
It’s not that I don’t remember to visit my site, and update it with all the awesome things I’m doing, making, cooking. It’s more that I’m so busy I don’t have time to do awesome things, let alone write about them. It’s actually depressing, because it’s not like I can look forward to an easy…