tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53908564046830634512024-02-20T03:45:35.897-06:00The Alexander CollectivePagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399234581961889306noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390856404683063451.post-77290454826624928372013-10-14T17:30:00.000-05:002013-10-14T17:30:28.896-05:00Wedding-palooza: cakes!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have <i>a huge </i>sweet tooth, so cake is always one of my favorite parts of weddings. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our were done by <a href="http://www.finalebyglenna.com/">Finale by Glenna</a> and they could not have been more beautiful or more delicious! My mom and I met with them several times before making our final decision and they were always nice and had great input. We were so pleased with the final product!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The groom's cake was Cubs themed cheesecake--adorable! I didn't actually eat any of it in all the craziness, but I heard it was yummy :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.pier1.com/White-Scalloped-Cake-Plate/2490733,default,pd.html#q=cake-plates&start=3">scalloped cake plates</a> are from Pier One and I still use them today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think we found the three tiered cake stand at <a href="http://www.michaels.com/">Michaels</a> (<a href="https://www.google.com/shopping/product/16867319774092369832?q=three+tier+cake+stand&espv=210&es_sm=122&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.53899372,d.eW0,pv.xjs.s.en_US.E_HR746bqA4.O&biw=1920&bih=955&dpr=1&tch=1&ech=1&psi=OMtaUsWYKsujkQevhYHwDQ.1381682021069.3&sa=X&ei=ZctaUqWzNYKnkQfFg4DoCA&ved=0CHMQ8wIwAQ">similar here</a>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We ate the top tier of one of the cakes last night to celebrate our anniversary :) It kept really well in the freezer and I used <a href="http://www.tinytestkitchen.com/2010/09/how-to-defrost-wedding-cake/">this post</a> as a guide to thaw it out.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The flavor, almond poppyseed, was out-of-this-world. I forgot how much I loved that cake! I'm overall a huge fan of almond extract, so I see <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/317120/almond-poppy-seed-loaf-cake">this loaf</a> in my near future.</span><br />
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Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399234581961889306noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390856404683063451.post-85928344489597743042013-10-13T11:04:00.000-05:002013-10-13T11:04:37.872-05:00One year ago today<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One year ago today we embarked on the crazy journey of marriage, and what an amazing year it has been! I couldn't be happier to be doing life with my best friend and main squeeze.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I take you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to be my lawfully wedded husband,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to have and to hold</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for better, for worse</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for richer, for poorer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in sickness and in health</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">until death do us part.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will love you and honor you all the days of my life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After all the hype about wedding-palooza and organized blogging...silence. I know. I have a good reason. Our computer got a nasty virus last week that put a halt to blogging (or anything on that computer). Originally, we thought we'd take it to Best Buy or somewhere to get it fixed (I did NOT want to lose all the pictures I have stored on this computer), but I spoke with an IT guy at work and he gave me a few options to fix it myself--for free!! And guess what?? It worked! I'll share the resources he gave me at a later date.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello, October!! Hello, fall. Hello, boots and sweaters. Hello, birthday. Hello, 1 year anniversary!! And hello, wedding-palooza on the blog!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Introductions all around, yall! It's that time of year again, and I'm so excited to share some moments from our wedding. How was that one year ago?? Looking through the pictures, it feels like yesterday... if yesterday was absolutely perfect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The morning with the girls was so much fun! We loved getting pampered at <a href="http://www.eviaspa.com/">Evia Spa</a> and the set up was perfect for our group. They have a long bar area and we brought in food and set up shop for the day. Most of my bridesmaids didn't know each other, so it was fun for everyone to hang out and chat in between hair and makeup. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For their gifts, I ordered </span><a href="http://www.ballarddesigns.com/ballard-tote-bags/42338" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">these</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> cute monogrammed totes (seen above on the left). They are a great deal for the price and I still use mine fairly often. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had such a fun group of guys! Many of them traveled from out of town to be in our wedding (one even came from Brazil--thanks, Maurillio!) and we were so thankful to call them friends and family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The guys started the day off with a round of golf and then got ready together at the country club before heading to the venue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Happy Friday, friends! I'm linking up with <a href="http://www.thelaurenelizabeth.com/">The Lauren Elizabeth</a> for High Five for Friday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">3. I read a series from <a href="http://www.atypicalenglishhome.com/2013/02/organised-blogging-planning-post-content.html">A Typical English Home</a> on organized blogging
and time management. I don’t consider myself a super organized person, but I’m
not total chaos. I find that most of the work is getting organized; after
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">As far as the blog goes, I’m trying to plan posts ahead of time
and have several in the works at once. I have plenty of topics to write about,
but coming home from work and finishing a full post from scratch sounds
stressful. However, sitting down and writing for a while, maybe editing some
pictures without the pressure of hitting “publish” at the end is really nice. I
have more time on the weekends to plan and start posts, so I can just tweak,
proofread and add pictures to publish content during the week. This is the
first week of this plan and so far I love it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This project is the epitome of quick and easy and can be made to fit in
any space. We needed a long, skinny sofa table and when we saw this fabulous
piece of mesquite ON SALE at </span><a href="http://www.clarkshardwood.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Clark’s Hardwood</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> we went for it! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Yes, lumberyards have sales! Who
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I originally envisioned it with a fancy wrought iron base and wasn't too keen on the industrial pipe look. It took some convincing, but I
decided to give it a try—and I LOVE it! It’s also a tiny
fraction of the cost of a custom wrought iron table base (holy $$$). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_313574-185-315+34X120_4294822022__?productId=3538966&Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNs%3Dp_product_qty_sales_dollar%7C1&facetInfo=">Galvanized pipe</a> for legs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_22220-185-313+LT-34_4294822022__?productId=3463990&Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNs%3Dp_product_qty_sales_dollar%7C1&facetInfo=">Tee fittings</a> (X6)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.homedepot.com/p/Minwax-1-qt-Satin-Fast-Drying-Polyurethane-63010/100201939#.UkSy64asg18">Minwax Polyurethane</a></span><br />
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cleaned up the edges a little by pulling off any pieces of bark that looked
loose or scraggly. Rhett applied a clear coat of polyurethane in a satin finish
on both sides to seal it and bring out the natural colors. When applying poly,
use long continuous strokes and follow up with a rag to smooth out any bubbles.
Each time you lift up, small bubbles form, so you’ll want to avoid lifting up
as much as possible. He used a foam brush to press some poly into the edges to
seal those as well. Let the poly dry according to the can—we left ours
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various sizes. If you can’t find the size you’re looking for, Lowes will cut
and thread pipe to your particular dimensions (more on buying pipe <a href="http://www.vintagerevivals.com/2013/03/how-to-build-table-out-of-metal-conduit.html">here</a>). We also got floor flanges and tee joints for the bar across the bottom. I wasn’t super particular about
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spray it down with Rustoleum Oil
Rubbed bronze spray paint (or don’t to make it look even more industrial). When
the paint’s dry, screw the base onto your top and you’re good to go! Make sure
you use the right length screw—if they’re too long, they may poke through the
top of your table!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Note: In order to connect the base to the top, you have to put floor flanges on the top AND bottom of your base.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once the top is dry, this is definitely a 1 afternoon project! Which means it's less likely to be 80% finished and sitting in the garage until you get back to it--someday... (I'm talking to you, kitchen table)! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.theshabbycreekcottage.com/2013/09/transformation-thursday-223.html">The Shabby Creek Cottage</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has been crazy around here lately, folks! <i>Do I start every post with that statement?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The past two weeks have been especially busy, but I think
things are settling down a bit so hopefully more frequent posts are headed your
way! I have some projects that I’m dying to share and even more that I can’t
wait to pick back up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First things first—remember the little <a href="http://thealexandercollective.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-backyard-orchard.html">backyard orchard</a> we
planted in the spring? At the end of that post, I made a comment along the
lines of <i>I hope they don’t die
immediately</i>. Well, I come bearing good news! They are not only living but
thriving—they all have tons of new growth, especially the avocado. I got a bit
more proactive in taking care of my little orchard and, in my research, found
<a href="http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/citrus/">this amazing citrus forum</a> (and tons of other garden/home/nature related forums from this site for all your
plant & yard needs!). You can search by your particular plant and save threads
that you like for later reference. In fact, I felt so empowered by the knowledge
gained from this database that I expanded my orchard from three (blood orange,
page mandarin, lula avocado) to six (+rio red grapefruit, meyer lemon, & mexican lime)! As the end of summer neared, all citrus went on major sale, but
since it’s still relatively hot here and we don’t expect <i>cold</i>
temperatures for quite a while, it’s fairly safe to plant this late in the game
(I searched the forum first just to make sure-ha!). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is my Rio Red Grapefruit--It may look sad to you, but that's only because you didn't see it when I first bought it. This little guy is on the up-swing!</span></div>
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once we decide on a master plan and start a major backyard overhaul. For now
they are both happy in containers, and if we have a freeze this winter, I can
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year. Nearly every one of my new baby leaves has some damage. From what I’ve
read, the damage is mostly cosmetic, but I’d like to get a better handle on it
next year. I bought a spray, but it didn’t work at all. I need to go talk to my
friends at <a href="http://wabashfeed.com/">Wabash Feed Store</a> for their recommendations. Anyone have a
fool-proof cure for CLM? I’d love to know your tips & tricks! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moving along… We went night fishing in Kemah with some
friends a few weeks ago and it was a total blast! I’ve never considered myself
a fisherwoman, but it was a lot of fun AND, as an added bonus, we caught a ton
of fish! We fished into the wee hours of the morning (we got home at
5am) and spent the rest of the day lounging around and taking naps. I think I
enjoyed the lazy day with my man just as much as our night fishing excursion!
Those are the best sometimes, <i>amiright</i>?</span></div>
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Friday! This is a HUGE day at A&M—I think I looked forward to my ring day
more than my graduation day! We went up to celebrate with everyone on Friday
and went back for the game on Saturday. It’s so nice to be on campus and NOT
have to go to class! I don’t miss college at all (if you couldn’t tell from
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One last thing: Our 1 year anniversary is in October!! I
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can you believe it's <i>late August???</i> We've been soaking up the last bits of "summer" summer and gearing up for "fall" summer here in Houston, Texas (it will be warm until approximately December 20th, so we aren't packing up our shorts or anything).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two summer musts around here are fresh fruit and ice cream, both of which I've used recently used to make fabulously easy and delicious desserts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first is <a href="http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2013/07/hot-fudge-sundae-cake/">Smitten Kitchen's hot fudge sundae cake</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a crowd stopper, yall. I made it for a family get-together/birthday party for my MIL. We had about 20 people, so I decided to make this cake and supplement with fancy cupcakes from a cute shop nearby. Guess what? No one ate the cupcakes. Because summer is about ice cream. And it's pretty rich so it fed more than expected.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's the birthday girl in the middle :) with my SIL, Brennan, and my grandma, Nan. I <i>love </i>that we live close to both of our families and I LOVE our mixed get togethers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wow. I mean, I bought a skillet just to make this. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What kind of southern girl doesn't have a cast iron skillet? I don't know. Let's move past it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't peel mine. Mostly because I was already hungry and didn't want to spend X amount of time peeling peaches (aka lazy). We couldn't tell a difference.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This cobbler is soooo good. Crunchy on top and gooey inside--with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream, it's summer dessert perfection!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we moved into our house in March, we decided to do a few things to the inside and hold off on the yard and outdoor area for a little while. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BUT THEN, our neighbors peach tree started to grow delicious, beautiful, tiny peaches (approximately 80% of which fell into <i>our backyard). </i>And we were bitten by the fruit tree bug!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm not 100% sure why their peaches are so small, but from the knowledge I've gained after researching for our own fruit trees, I think it's because they only have one tree. If there were another peach tree close by, they would cross pollinate each other and their fruit would grow larger and for a longer period of time. <i>I think.</i> We contemplated planting a peach tree on our side of the fence, but that didn't really work out in the grand scheme/our backyard master plans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spring is typically the best time to plant so we went to <a href="http://www.wabashfeed.com/">Wabash Feed Store</a> to get started. The staff there is very knowledgeable and were able to talk us through the fruit tree buying process! We landed on a Lula Avocado tree (we eat avocados like crazy around here), and two citrus trees (cross pollination, baby!). We chose Blood Orange and Page Mandarin because both grow well in the area and aren't readily available at the grocery store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We haven't done a whole lot to them besides water them like crazy to keep them from shriveling up in this Texas heat, but we did pick up a few tips for new tree growth from online research and talking to the folks at Wabash. First, we painted the trunk of our little Lula with a watered down white latex paint. The trunk has not yet developed bark, so it has no protection against the sun. We made sure our Lula never leaves the house without sunscreen. Tree parenting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Secondly, we <i>pinched</i> our blood orange! Pinching a fruit tree means you pick off the fruit it makes it's first season so it can focus on growing roots, branches and leaves instead of putting nutrients and energy into making fruit. We only had one little blood orange and no mandarins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are loving our little trees. Hopefully these pictures will be a reminder of how small our trees were when we planted them--not a reminder that we <i>once thought we could grow trees.</i> Ha! Wish us luck!</span></div>
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tree. I started on Amazon and quickly moved to Craigslist where I
found this beautiful 12’ pre-lit Elizabeth Pine for next-to-nothing. And when
you buy a 12’ Christmas tree on Craigslist for next-to-nothing, you must put it
up immediately…you know, to make sure all the lights turn on and that it’s not
missing a huge section in the middle. Plus, I wanted to see her in all her
glory standing tall in our living room! She needs some fluffing, but is
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tall, but also has a very large diameter?? Wrap it in tinsel? Do you have any
great DIY tree decorations up your sleeves? I don’t want her looking all bare
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cords? My sweetest, biggest bear, Banks, chewed mine last year NOT ONLY where
it connects to the wall, but also in several places inside the tree itself
making it impossible to fix. We will definitely put cord protectors over the
main cords to the wall, but what about the inner ones?? I read online to put
plastic straws out for them to chew on and that seems to have helped, but I
feel like the Christmas tree may be so tempting that even the most desirable of
straws may not distract from it. Tips? Tricks? </span></div>
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cardboard scraps and smelled of musty storage unit, so I went out searching for
plastic containers as a replacement. I went to the container store and couldn't find anything big enough on my own, so I talked to one of the sales reps who
pointed me to <a href="http://www.containerstore.com/shop?productId=10008443&N=&Ntt=storage+bag">{this}</a> storage bag which is perfect (I bought 3). Definitely worth looking into if you struggle to get a large tree back into a small and deteriorating cardboard box each year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’ve seen so many tutorials on how to
make fabulous blog headers using pictures or backgrounds, but I really wanted
something simple and white—and seamless! I can’t tell you how many white
rectangles I downloaded for my header and I could always see the
border against the white background of my blog. They never looked crisp and
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but I don't want pictures in my header, so I started doing some hunting around
the site. I found <a href="http://blog.picmonkey.com/2013/04/23/cool-tips-nobody-knows/">this blog post</a> from their site on tips and tricks, and one was transparent backgrounds—bingo!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This tutorial is really easy and makes for a sleek looking blog header.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we first viewed our house with our Realtor in January, there were many things we loved and also many things we said we'd like to change (which, in my opinion, is the perfect combo!). Some needed immediate attention, like the canary yellow walls, and some fell into the <i>wouldn't that be cool eventually</i> category. The kitchen, however, wasn't on either of those lists--I liked it just the way it was. In fact, I'd say it was the main selling point (or at least top 3).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, naturally, we got to work on it right away! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You know how when you move into a house, especially one that was previously owned by someone with drastically different taste than you, it feels like you are living in <i>someone else's space.</i> I think that was one reason we decided to paint our kitchen cabinets--we needed to do something with impact. We had the yellow walls professionally painted, along with several other rooms, but since we didn't do that ourselves, it didn't satisfy. It felt like we lived in someone else's house, only they let us pick the paint color this time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We did get our painter to give us an estimate to paint our cabinets (just for giggles) and he came back at $1700! He said the price was mostly for labor, and after doing it ourselves, we totally understand. This is a huge undertaking, but we did it ourselves for around $250 AND we added things that our painter wouldn't have done, like beadboard wallpaper insets!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I should mention, we weren't living in our house at the time which made this project MUCH easier to tackle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is our kitchen before (picture from the listing):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not too bad, right? With the table gone, it's really open and we have a ton of counter space! But think of what it <i>could be</i> with a little paint and about 1.5 million hours of labor?!? Let's do it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First, we took off all the doors and pulled out all the drawers. I cleaned them all really well before we got started.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Instead of sanding to rough up the surfaces (that would have taken forever!!), the folks at our home improvement store recommended <a href="http://www.valsparpaint.com/en/find-the-right-product/contractor-products/interior/primer/interior-exterior-bonding-primer-ir.html">Valspar Bonding Primer</a>. We brushed it on to make sure we got in all the creases. It creates a rough, matte surface, as you would expect if you roughed it up with sandpaper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was so nice to use our empty living room at a makeshift workshop!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now for the fun part...<a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_350745-37364-10-103_0__?productId=3379098&Ntt=paintable+wallpaper&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Dpaintable%2Bwallpaper&facetInfo=">paintable beadboard wallpaper</a> insets (great tips in <a href="http://homestagingbloomingtonil.wordpress.com/tag/beadboard-wallpaper-on-cabinets/">this tutorial</a>)! These are so incredibly easy to do and they add so much to plain kitchen cabinets. I bought two rolls from Lowes (at $20 each, they're a steal!), and only needed a couple feet from the second roll (each roll is 56 square feet).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cut your pieces before you wet the adhesive. I had 4-5 different sizes of insets, so I'd cut one and use it as a template for the rest of the cabinets of that size. It's not too important to cut them exactly the right size because you'll caulk around the edges which will cover any spots where you are a little short/long/wonky.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm a measure once, cut once type of girl. <i>Aint nobody got time for </i><span style="font-style: italic;">measuring 8000 cabinet insets twice.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The back already has adhesive, so I used a spray bottle with tap water to get the back pretty wet. Since the cabinets are horizontal, it's okay for it to have a little excess water on it. If you don't have enough water it won't activate the adhesive as well and you'll get some areas around the edges that don't want to stick. You can fold the edges into the center and let the adhesive set up for a few minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That step also falls into the category of things I stopped doing once I realized how long this project was going to take :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You don't have to worry about the back being too wet because your cabinets will be horizontal until it's dry.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When you put the insets in, you should be able to slide them around and get them into place. If you are having a hard time sliding, you may not have used enough water, or you may have let them set up too long. Just re-wet and stick again. Easy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can see that my edges are a little wobbly--but that's totally ok. I was told that you should put the most effort into the last 5% of a project, because that's all anyone will see, and that totally applies here. No need to be a perfectionist at this point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once they were dry, I went around the edges of the wallpaper with a bead of caulk. Then, I wet my finger and ran it along the edge that I just calked, smoothing out the caulk and pushing it into the edge of the cut-in, so there was no seam between the beadboard and the wood.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We also put beadboard on the back of the open areas and where we have glass cabinets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While I worked on the cabinet doors, the hubs primed the cabinets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the caulk dried, we started on our first coat of paint. We used <a href="http://www.valsparpaint.com/en/find-the-right-product/interior/paint/ultra-kitchen-bath.html">Valspar Ultra Kitchen and Bath</a> because it's made to be really durable and cleans really well. We did two coats over the whole cabinet door--even the beadboard. We used a brush on the insets because they are fairly narrow, and we used a foam roller on the edges. We also used the roller where we could on the cabinets. The paint is fairly thick, so I think the coverage and texture is really similar with a brush or a foam roller.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I ordered <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cosmas-783ORB-Rubbed-Cabinet-Hardware/dp/B004AXOOBO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374108216&sr=8-1&keywords=brushed+bronze+drawer+cup+pulls">these</a> bin cup drawer handle pulls (X19) and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cosmas-4950ORB-Cabinet-Hardware-Mushroom/dp/B003V0LR08/ref=pd_sim_hi_2">these</a> matching knobs for the cabinets (X24). Including shipping, I replaced my entire kitchen hardware for under $75! I was a little nervous ordering sight unseen, but it worked out. They are high quality, heavy, and didn't have any dings or imperfections! I also sold our old hardware on Craigslist for $30, so I netted $45 for new kitchen hardware!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We put the doors back on and put our new hardware on and called it a day! I'm so pleased with the outcome. The hardware and beadboard make all the difference!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It took us several weeks to complete, but we were not living in the house and were mostly working on the weekends.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We love how open and airy it feels now!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, I imported all the old blog posts, so we aren't starting again <i>from scratch</i>. It should be easy to navigate all the content. AND I'm planning to become a little more computer/blogger savvy to make my blog as user friendly as possible. As for the Picasa memory issue, I believe they changed their policy in May to include more memory space that is shared between all google services. I've done a few test posts with high resolution pictures, and it seems to be working fine! Just to be on the safe side, let's all cross our fingers, knock on wood, say a little prayer, etc.</span></div>
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Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399234581961889306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390856404683063451.post-43601210529770096522012-12-02T20:51:00.000-06:002013-07-10T17:13:17.237-05:00out of picasa memory??<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a sad day here on MM. As I went to upload a picture tonight, I got an error message telling me I have run out of memory in my picasa web album--which means I can still write posts, but I can't add any pictures to them. I didn't realize there was even a limit! So now I have to choose whether I want to pay for extra memory or give up blogging. I don't get huge (or even medium sized) hits on my blog, but I really enjoy blogging. I love the process. I'm not sure yet what I'm going to do, but if you have a blog, I suggest looking up how much memory you have on picasa and understanding how the behind-the-scenes stuff works.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">:( </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399234581961889306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390856404683063451.post-48260398334841914292012-11-28T18:58:00.000-06:002013-07-19T09:16:41.001-05:00kittens<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kittens and I lived with my parents for a few months during the gap between finishing school and married bliss. I loved it, but kittens (specifically Benson) didn't coexist well with my parents small *but loud* dogs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Needless to say they are loving apartment life. I think they actually like how small our place is--they can see and hear everything at all times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We've been waiting and waiting for some colder weather here in Texas and we finally got some this week. I love the cozy weather, and so does my Benson :) This morning he wanted to snuggle with Banks--I'll let you see how it turned out.</span></div>
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Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399234581961889306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390856404683063451.post-46757959150051169442012-11-19T18:22:00.000-06:002013-07-19T09:17:24.102-05:00wedding: photo booth fun!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do photo booths take you back to trolling the mall as an awkward jr. high kid?? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was one of the most fun parts of our wedding! <a href="http://www.jplentertainment.com/" target="_blank">JPL Entertainment</a> did an excellent job. The props were hilarious. The booth was open and huge, so big groups got pics together. They created a personalized photo strip for us, AND I got digital copies along with hard copies of each strip!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hellooo!! We are back and semi-settled in, so it's time for an update!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <i>hubs </i>is working nights (aka sleeping days) so kittens and I are trying our best to be very quiet so he can get some quality shut-eye (not super easy in our tiny apartment). Ben helped me bake muffins this morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Banks was more concerned about when they'd actually be ready to eat :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, before we talk honeymoon, I have to say that the wedding was perfect. Thanks to many family members and friends that helped set up the reception area and the chapel in our time crunch! It looked gorgeous--but I'll share more about that later when I have pictures to prove it! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Okay, honeymoon. St. Lucia. Wow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I mean, this place is straight out of a magazine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Seriously?? Yep. Picture via the new iPhone panoramic feature! We spent many hours of each day soaking up the sun and this gorgeous view.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I could talk forever, but how about a picture dump and a few comments along the way?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our resort, <a href="http://www.viceroyhotelsandresorts.com/en/sugarbeach/" target="_blank">Jalousie Plantation</a>, was over-the-top amazing!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hanging on our private patio :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We <b>loved </b>our villa!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sugar beach was amazing!! That's Rhett in the ocean--we snorkeled every day right off our beach!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They had a movie night on the beach one night :) We sat in bean bag chairs and watched Pirates of the Caribbean. It was a little drizzly, hence the umbrella.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And did the sulfur mud bath. The volcano creates natural hot springs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We hiked the Gros Piton--that would be this guy:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It kicked our butts, but we made it to the top (with a few bumps along the way..)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Half way up--we're hurting!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the top :) Not ready for the long trip down...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elias, our guide, hiked it barefoot!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you're going to St. Lucia, this hike is really cool, but not for the faint of heart! Do it at your own risk ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dinner on our last night. We were so sad to leave!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello, hello! Happy Friday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are leaving tomorrow morning for a girls getaway weekend/bachelorette party :) If you haven't checked, the wedding is <b style="font-size: x-large;">15</b> days away!!! WHAT? We are so ready.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, we found out that some of our <a href="http://www.modernmapper.blogspot.com/2012/05/engagement-pictures.html" target="_blank">engagement pictures</a> are going to be featured in the <a href="http://www.davidgardnersjewelers.com/" target="_blank">David Gardners Jewelers</a> magazine!! We absolutely loved working with them and couldn't be happier with our rings :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, I sent my bridesmaids a fun info packet a while back and just realized I never posted about them! These were so fun and easy to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The downloadable PDF is at the bottom. I left it mostly blank so you can fill in your own info, and I included a blank one at the end. The font I used is <a href="http://www.dafont.com/search.php?q=sunshine+in+my+soul" target="_blank">sunshine in my soul</a> which you can download from dafont! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'd been in contact with my girls, but it's always nice to have a paper copy to refer back. I made the template in powerpoint and printed it on heavy cardstock. I also made the oversized confetti using tissue paper and a shape puncher from Hobby Lobby. This is so easy and cheap! A great way to spice up a party, package, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The envelopes are 5X5 velum and I love how you can see the confetti through it! I cut the cardstock to fit once they were printed, and voila! Cute bridesmaids packets that you can send through regular mail!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I may or may not be obsessed with confetti right now.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How stinkin' cute is <a href="http://kojo-designs.com/2012/09/sprinkled-with-love-birthday-party/" target="_blank">this</a>?!?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399234581961889306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390856404683063451.post-86148447746672984512012-09-24T18:53:00.000-05:002013-07-10T17:13:17.270-05:00scarf swap!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZGRMNXyNXqTKtXba1DPpdheNqris20ICT7RHdf5caY8Ja4ef99kavR8NoZtypUHT5osnXfNfaBXEzMyUMYWFzXq9qjqgWJw3fkBSJV7vEyH_b-IwW4KIT2TDUS7oHt8NQTA62sUPcPw/s1600/photo+(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZGRMNXyNXqTKtXba1DPpdheNqris20ICT7RHdf5caY8Ja4ef99kavR8NoZtypUHT5osnXfNfaBXEzMyUMYWFzXq9qjqgWJw3fkBSJV7vEyH_b-IwW4KIT2TDUS7oHt8NQTA62sUPcPw/s400/photo+(1).JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Seriously, how fun is a blogger scarf swap?! <a href="http://www.thetichenorfamily.com/" target="_blank">Meredith</a> is so awesome for hosting, and my partner, <a href="http://tutusandbluejeans.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Miss Jama Lee</a>, is the best. She sent me this gorgeous scarf from Loft, which happens to be the same one Meredith got! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's still pretty stifling here--maybe if I wear it, Texas will take a hint??</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks, Jama and Meredith!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399234581961889306noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390856404683063451.post-50212909179006283092012-09-21T12:13:00.000-05:002013-07-19T09:18:45.021-05:00favorite things: office attire<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not a morning person. My body is slowly adjusting, but there's just something about waking up when it's still dark outside that really rubs me the wrong way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But take heart, a cute outfit and a cup of coffee are just the right combo to chase my morning blues away. :) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm going to do a series of "favorite things" posts about my current business casual loves. I'll try my best to post about items I actually own, but since I'm a bargain shopper, that's not always possible--it'll be a mix.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have <a href="http://www.thelimited.com/High-Waist-Colorblock-Skirt/7053360,default,pd.html?dwvar_7053360_colorCode=175&start=27&ppid=c27&cgid=skirts" target="_blank">this one.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I have one similar to <a href="http://www.thelimited.com/Striped-Ponte-Skirt/7223548,default,pd.html?dwvar_7223548_colorCode=598&start=16&ppid=c16&cgid=skirts" target="_blank">this</a>, but the stripes are navy and hot pink. Love!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Navy and orange is one of my favorite color combos for the office. Bright but not overwhelming. (<a href="http://atlantic-pacific.blogspot.com/2012/07/summer-mix.html" target="_blank">this is not me</a>)</span><br />
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Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399234581961889306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390856404683063451.post-42653342965896469622012-08-27T20:49:00.000-05:002013-07-10T17:13:17.281-05:00The Inbetweeners<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blogging on a Monday night? That's unusual.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yep.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Must be important, right?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">RIGHT.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In true modern mapper style, I'm squeaking in about a week late on this one, but it's super exciting, thus worth a belated blog post.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SO, one of my bff's from high school, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4050123/" target="_blank">Alex,</a> is a big time actress in LA. Being an actress is no walk in the park, but she's dominating already--making it look easy. She scored the lead female role in MTV's remake of the British phenom <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798695/" target="_blank">The Inbetweeners</a> that premiered last Monday to rave reviews! AND, if you read this and run to your TV as soon as I push publish, you'll be in time to watch the second episode on MTV at 9:30pm central!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, HURRY! You'll laugh, promise. And cringe. Then laugh again.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKuu4N1n4DiouLIxcCeUgqruKMjkiltWaKJ1tGI2KMtJgcfLRTzNcYLA8HRwIBgv1_h7zahhXqvn4KObsgYHY_KUOprLqYA4YixgdSEjEb2IpNpC6cltdgYtwDhGqk4rGeciLLDYhrMX4/s1600/alex.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKuu4N1n4DiouLIxcCeUgqruKMjkiltWaKJ1tGI2KMtJgcfLRTzNcYLA8HRwIBgv1_h7zahhXqvn4KObsgYHY_KUOprLqYA4YixgdSEjEb2IpNpC6cltdgYtwDhGqk4rGeciLLDYhrMX4/s640/alex.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> That's Alex! Front and center! We are so excited and proud of her!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399234581961889306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390856404683063451.post-16885357731764780542012-08-16T20:54:00.000-05:002013-07-19T09:19:02.968-05:00graduation: take 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Friday, August 10th, after six years and two degrees, I officially graduated from Texas A&M (and school in general). Like, forever. Not going back. Thanks for the awesome job, fun memories and a super hot fiance. Now, BYE.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Overall the day went really smoothly, mostly because the commencement part was the night before (Thursday evening?? Really? I'm sure all 13 people that can make it to College Station on Thursday evening really enjoyed it). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All the grads walked in, the pres gave a cute speech about how he has to shake 1,800 hands in one day, so be gentle and they started calling out names...shuffling us across the stage and down to a green screen to take our last cheesy school picture. We were in and out in two hours (can I get an amen??).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, many, many of my favorite people were there including several members of the A-team (my soon-to-be in-laws). I wasn't particularly excited about walking, mostly because it's all about the experience and I've already had that. You do get to wear a "hood" and your sleeves have an extra long hanging down part, so the MS people are set apart, but eh. As you can see in the pic above, I rocked the hood as more of a choker and shamelessly waved at my peeps in the crowd so all the masters cool points were null. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, the day was exciting none-the-less especially considering that more times than not in the last two years, I thought there was a fairly good chance this day would never come! And my family was there to support me, which feels just as good as seeing a diploma in that tube when I got back to my seat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shoes are obviously the most important part of a graduation outfit since <i>everything else</i> is covered. Even doing your hair is somewhat pointless as it immediately turns to hat hair. SO, you have to have cute shoes. I splurged on <a href="http://www.anntaylor.com/ann/product/AT-Shoes/AT-Sandals/Greta-Patent-Leather-Bow-Heels-/280090?colorExplode=false&skuId=11234197&catid=cata000051&productPageType=saleProducts&defaultColor=7176" target="_blank">these</a> from Ann Taylor in black. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, I wear heels to work everyday. Like, 2"-3" heels. These babies are 4" with absolutely no platform or support for the ball of your foot. I'm not complaining. I'm a total believer that shoes are the prime example of beauty is pain and I almost never go for "comfort" over "WOWZA." Usually a few strategically placed band-aids does the trick if there isn't a huge amount of walking involved. However, if you are only slightly off target with said band-aid, disaster may strike. My right one was a little high and the back of the shoe had it peeled off before I even got into the building. My right shoe then made an impressive run at my achilles tendon (which narrowly escaped and still has the battle wounds to prove it). Needless to say, I was relieved to GET THOSE BABIES OFF.</span></div>
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Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399234581961889306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390856404683063451.post-91630675230061403762012-08-04T12:23:00.000-05:002013-07-10T17:13:17.292-05:00quick check in<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SO much has happened since I last checked in on my corner of the world wide web! It's exactly 70 days until the wedding! We are up to our noses in the wedding checklist, but every decision we make is fun and exciting :) I can't wait to share all of our special details with y'all afterwards!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since I last checked in with you, I have moved down to Houston for good! College Station (and Texas A&M) treated me very well, but I am so glad to be back, and, more importantly, done with school forever! I took the month of June off to get settled in and started my full-time job at the beginning of July. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm officially a Geologist! I mean, I ordered business cards and everything.. that's pretty exciting. AND I ordered them as Page Alexander (!!) double exciting.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am off to run wedding errands, so how about a quick iphone dump to catch up?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Moving day:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zZJu80-3qtp61TEe_EUYHnThv9Cl5M1KwaraF9HNqnBITEmepRFGXSlsKYpK156STW2beuXdFDKIaXGD4jXVyhhdPlb3WTviw0HCknTtmR_etkSZPaztnv_fuFHyWvB58xgvgIyQDwQ/s1600/IMG_1492.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zZJu80-3qtp61TEe_EUYHnThv9Cl5M1KwaraF9HNqnBITEmepRFGXSlsKYpK156STW2beuXdFDKIaXGD4jXVyhhdPlb3WTviw0HCknTtmR_etkSZPaztnv_fuFHyWvB58xgvgIyQDwQ/s320/IMG_1492.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pinterest project (found <a href="http://mariateorien.blogspot.dk/2012/06/tape-painting.html" target="_blank">here</a>)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaOWfYhzDHgLyEq0J4jclFamLK2uLZRFk5Olyp2zY18GC9At8puPzilCX3104O4kyLM0x_Tz_ejrZE01ymV_CDlBxkdKEjYjFECak0f5aLt_WO02ka0ftO8R6HQd8UIMxnJ8AuUOJEP6Y/s1600/IMG_1511.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaOWfYhzDHgLyEq0J4jclFamLK2uLZRFk5Olyp2zY18GC9At8puPzilCX3104O4kyLM0x_Tz_ejrZE01ymV_CDlBxkdKEjYjFECak0f5aLt_WO02ka0ftO8R6HQd8UIMxnJ8AuUOJEP6Y/s320/IMG_1511.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I may or may not be <i>obsessed</i> with my new monogram! Clutch ordered <a href="http://www.marleylilly.com/Monogrammed-Green-Luxe-Cross-Body-Clutch-_p_1833.html" target="_blank">here.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwsUX-ywHYYr9Pl9JbM7IpLjFnqT22H3VgTf2WNUodNz3AyXSVLSF1bcD7lA_QsjQSdfnBlkUgP9tPFYSFMk7C0YBVG3myBpQdjprGtNDZRNKBv7N2nL1It_4yPD9S02uINkHM1xPB5A/s1600/IMG_1533.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwsUX-ywHYYr9Pl9JbM7IpLjFnqT22H3VgTf2WNUodNz3AyXSVLSF1bcD7lA_QsjQSdfnBlkUgP9tPFYSFMk7C0YBVG3myBpQdjprGtNDZRNKBv7N2nL1It_4yPD9S02uINkHM1xPB5A/s320/IMG_1533.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I pretty much monogram everything. 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I'll be back soon to chat about how much I <i>love</i> work clothes :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399234581961889306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390856404683063451.post-13605835275825069242012-06-08T17:29:00.000-05:002013-07-19T09:19:23.582-05:00save-the-dates!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our save-the-dates have officially hit mailboxes! I ordered them from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/people/myaugustpress" target="_blank">My August Press</a> on etsy and we could not be more pleased with the final product.</span></div>
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Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399234581961889306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390856404683063451.post-15343411510204273172012-05-28T21:49:00.000-05:002013-07-19T09:19:46.391-05:00icy hot!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Summer is just about here. I'm still working to get my thesis formatted and turned in, BUT I do have a sunburn and hot pink nails (to compliment my bling), so I think it's safe to say my hot Texas summer has begun!</span></div>
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