Wednesday, September 28, 2011
A year after graduation
Well it's official it has been a year since I graduated and I am still working at the same place before graduation. I have been trying to see the skill set I have learned from this job, but it is hard to know I worked hard at school and am now only working part time. It is interesting the emotions you feel from constantly working on something to having a ton of free time. I have definitely enjoyed relaxing but know it's about time I throw myself out into the real world. Instead of feeling stagnant I want to have something exciting to look forward to. I do want to look into real estate and accounting but I need to find something else to do so I am not stuck at the same job I have had for the past 2 and a half years.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
A month of updates? Not quite
Get ready for a long post since it's been so long since I have posted!
So lately I have been watching a lot of home shows which just makes me excited to go house hunting. We are a long ways away from buying our first home but i definitely enjoy watching home shows and looking at homes for sale. I have always been a well rounded person and always interested in many different things. I usually have multiple projects going all at once. Most of these projects have to do with design or style in some way.
Current Projects
Wedding Blurb Book! Yes I love blurb i have used blurb and mypublisher to create my own photo books. Blurb is by far my favorite although i did get an almost free mypublisher book with one of their coupons. Please alllow me to go off on a tangent since i will do this a lot....Growing up I was a huge scrapbook fan but of course times change and people end up having less time to work on scrapbooks. I have 3 scrapbooks that I am still "working on" I actually doubt I will ever finish them....well maybe if I end up pregnant and stuck on bed rest! So with the beauty of publishing your own book or scrapbook you do not have to pay for all of your photo's to be printed and than for the cost of all of the scrapbook things. Let me tell you the price you pay for the published book is a decent price considering you are still able to work on the book. If there was one complaint for Blurb is that it is better to use if you are looking for a professional type book. If you are looking for a book that has stamps than you should try out mypublisher.
Knitting a baby blanket: I am in the process of knitting a blanket for my hubby's coworker. Of course I found out about the baby shower and decided to knit the blanket a week before the baby shower. The baby shower came and went and I still am not done but thankfully the baby wont be here for a couple months. Hopefully I can finish the blanket soon. A little background info on me I learned how to knit last christmas and taught myself how to do the pearl stitch.
The Guest Room: That's a given considering we still have boxes that need to be gone through. We were fortunate to have my bestie and cousin come and visit which forced us unpack/go through about 10 boxes and somewhat set up the guest room for guests. We only had about 2 days to get everything done and it was amazing the progress that we got done. I unfortunately only snapped a few pics of the cleaning process but to give you all an idea there were boxes lining the wall on the right side about two boxes wide.
I ended up spending the final hours before they arrived hanging up the curtains and adding a few final touches to make them feel more at home.
I read a few tips when it came to decorating a guest room. A few suggestions included getting rid of the personal touches. When decorating a guest room think of what you like about hotel rooms. I made sure the sheets were clean, placed extra pillows and blankets in the room just in case, and hooked up the alarm clock so the guests would know what the time.
There are still plenty that we want to do with the guest room, but for now that project is being put on hold. I am planning on taking the boxes of yard sale stuff out of our place so that will provide some more storage for us.
Fashion: I had been taking a break from the fashion scene for awhile since I was burned out from it after spending six years studying I need a break. So I have been slowly working my way back into the fashion industry. Although I am definitely ready for a new style to emerge since we have seen every decade over the past few years and the years of anything goes is getting old. Over two decades of the same thing and a visit back to the 80's and 70's.
I love the colors for Fall 2011 that were released from Pantone. I am looking forward to finding some pumps in nougat and a cute top in the deep teal.
On top of all of these big projects it's also the end of September which means it's time to start decorating for fall. We were very fortunate to have a mild summer up until the first couple of weeks in September. It didn't get warmer than 95 degrees here and I am still hoping that summer wont be over but the clouds are back so I really should get started with decorating for fall. I will be looking for some halloween projects to work on the next couple of weeks and post what I create.
So lately I have been watching a lot of home shows which just makes me excited to go house hunting. We are a long ways away from buying our first home but i definitely enjoy watching home shows and looking at homes for sale. I have always been a well rounded person and always interested in many different things. I usually have multiple projects going all at once. Most of these projects have to do with design or style in some way.
Current Projects
Wedding Blurb Book! Yes I love blurb i have used blurb and mypublisher to create my own photo books. Blurb is by far my favorite although i did get an almost free mypublisher book with one of their coupons. Please alllow me to go off on a tangent since i will do this a lot....Growing up I was a huge scrapbook fan but of course times change and people end up having less time to work on scrapbooks. I have 3 scrapbooks that I am still "working on" I actually doubt I will ever finish them....well maybe if I end up pregnant and stuck on bed rest! So with the beauty of publishing your own book or scrapbook you do not have to pay for all of your photo's to be printed and than for the cost of all of the scrapbook things. Let me tell you the price you pay for the published book is a decent price considering you are still able to work on the book. If there was one complaint for Blurb is that it is better to use if you are looking for a professional type book. If you are looking for a book that has stamps than you should try out mypublisher.
Knitting a baby blanket: I am in the process of knitting a blanket for my hubby's coworker. Of course I found out about the baby shower and decided to knit the blanket a week before the baby shower. The baby shower came and went and I still am not done but thankfully the baby wont be here for a couple months. Hopefully I can finish the blanket soon. A little background info on me I learned how to knit last christmas and taught myself how to do the pearl stitch.
The Guest Room: That's a given considering we still have boxes that need to be gone through. We were fortunate to have my bestie and cousin come and visit which forced us unpack/go through about 10 boxes and somewhat set up the guest room for guests. We only had about 2 days to get everything done and it was amazing the progress that we got done. I unfortunately only snapped a few pics of the cleaning process but to give you all an idea there were boxes lining the wall on the right side about two boxes wide.
I ended up spending the final hours before they arrived hanging up the curtains and adding a few final touches to make them feel more at home.
I read a few tips when it came to decorating a guest room. A few suggestions included getting rid of the personal touches. When decorating a guest room think of what you like about hotel rooms. I made sure the sheets were clean, placed extra pillows and blankets in the room just in case, and hooked up the alarm clock so the guests would know what the time.
There are still plenty that we want to do with the guest room, but for now that project is being put on hold. I am planning on taking the boxes of yard sale stuff out of our place so that will provide some more storage for us.
Fashion: I had been taking a break from the fashion scene for awhile since I was burned out from it after spending six years studying I need a break. So I have been slowly working my way back into the fashion industry. Although I am definitely ready for a new style to emerge since we have seen every decade over the past few years and the years of anything goes is getting old. Over two decades of the same thing and a visit back to the 80's and 70's.
I love the colors for Fall 2011 that were released from Pantone. I am looking forward to finding some pumps in nougat and a cute top in the deep teal.
On top of all of these big projects it's also the end of September which means it's time to start decorating for fall. We were very fortunate to have a mild summer up until the first couple of weeks in September. It didn't get warmer than 95 degrees here and I am still hoping that summer wont be over but the clouds are back so I really should get started with decorating for fall. I will be looking for some halloween projects to work on the next couple of weeks and post what I create.
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