tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74525771685559637352024-02-19T10:33:45.543-06:00sunsets and city lightsmusings of midwest life, DIY, fashion, and martini's.AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-42687838195294258832012-05-09T23:22:00.003-05:002012-05-09T23:22:54.352-05:00i've got soul, but i'm not a soldier.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So I don't know about you, but I could use a little pick-me-up tonight.<br />
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We received some pretty, oofdah, disappointing news tonight that puts a
{hopefully temporary} road block in our *really exciting* plans that were going to unfold
this summer. The kind of road block that when you start pulling up to it, you bang on your steering wheel, throw out a word bomb, and post on FB how annoyed you are at it. What does this =? A blog of quotes. Boom. I know it's not as cool as a blog full of my own photos, but if a blog doesn't somehow also revive a little soul in you, then really... ;)<br />
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And I can't. I probably should have been blogging about this whole mess of a process we are in to some day be able to look back and scoff at the impossibilities...or maybe help someone trying to start something sweet...but, well, why the heck not start now! <br />
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There's some complicated stuff going on at my real job (like healthcare crazy, not Greys Anatomy crazy). My coworker said something that has stuck with me since Tuesday that, "in the midst of all of this, we still just need to live every day life, too, and enjoy it." Really, it puts it into perspective in a way I can never eloquently verbalize - that whether it's sad, or disappointing, or confusing, or the happiest thing ever - every day life will still be there. Waiting for us to {start some epic shit}.<br />
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Tonight I like that tomorrow is more of an every day life day in the way that it's like a momentary security blanket in the midst of this point of not knowing where to start next. I'll have some coffee. Make some phone calls. Probably get really frustrated at some point. And then do something awesome (like go to the simulcast of This American Life!).<br />
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So here's to every day life and all it's gracious curiosities and adventures while we drink another glass of Broke Ass wine and start all over again!<br />
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...oh man...start all over again!<br />
<br />AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-37379506669502924182012-01-16T22:27:00.001-06:002012-01-16T22:27:56.126-06:00Tread softly.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BL1PiXHI-oj1eeBdFy7CbxQtwsd6IIDeHLrOHkPzgX80ZknqhIRkqUtu5j9rX2burzP1wWalNmIPAqZUeZBdJ6Xu0a2MoDlufLY30J4HG596UWvB0T1wIePxRHjrSmLxZL_2gSNtGlBF/s1600/soireedance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BL1PiXHI-oj1eeBdFy7CbxQtwsd6IIDeHLrOHkPzgX80ZknqhIRkqUtu5j9rX2burzP1wWalNmIPAqZUeZBdJ6Xu0a2MoDlufLY30J4HG596UWvB0T1wIePxRHjrSmLxZL_2gSNtGlBF/s320/soireedance.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,<br />
Enwrought with golden and silver light,<br />
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths<br />
Of night and light and the half light,<br />
I would spread the cloths under your feet:<br />
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;<br />
I have spread my dreams under your feet;<br />
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>~ <span style="font-size: small;">W.B. Yeats</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The past few months since I had gotten all into blogging and then got out have been crazy. I know I can't keep up the way I did last year...but the inspiration and oomph to create and explore and discover that I found last year from blogging I'm really missing right now. If you haven't blogged for awhile, but know you want to, you should start again with me...make it simple and sweet, not too complicated and not over-committed. I bet you'll be glad you did! </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This past year was quite defining of dreams and to know that I had Justin by my side through it all...he treaded softly on my dreams and ushered them to become what they currently are evolving into. As did all of our awesome city friends and family...who are just awesome. Can't wait to see where these and your dreams show up this 2012. {there's quite a bit more to say of last year...but not tonight!}</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-2455950187622423352011-08-16T20:08:00.001-05:002011-08-16T20:09:50.683-05:00Blogging hiatus but we'll see ya soon!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpRdgO11-ycDyeNdrwJs31f12VCI9FXQcRnrxey9dMCLiEm84yEpH1ZXvu3I8uOdpNuhCJKuL-qFkKG_WaGJFg8uFPQ3kHSQu8mt25z8zU5ZApa_CkeuPO8vwWxZPECKBl8DHeGI_zzoo/s1600/16824035_nBPkpF4M_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKKeWi7ALXw574kI8qKS0hX30oq012y5zJGaRTYCTr1JIJD5mNAgtj1oAojLBAba0NgNThkknu68tZKdcvYwAbCJsqShPhfLAm_vo4NiXY2z2o5igXKJbaaL6SfQymjwcfXUFtic-w8Ip/s320/51498445_l5tvFAJU_c.jpg" width="320" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I've been just a bit tired lately. My dad is in the hospital and every day paints a new picture of how we feel we should feel about all of this. So here's to a little blog hiatus until then. Maybe. Unless I'm sitting in the hospital and get inspired and drink 2 pots of coffee!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">See you soon! </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">xoxo</span></div>AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-69132039587836970332011-08-12T07:25:00.000-05:002011-08-12T07:25:46.846-05:00Fashion Friday: Pretty Large Headbands<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ47SroyrAwDfKxhT-Gv9WnlRfIwfOOVo8tmL_YMEzz3u9m-A0iJcVNx9CavKaKwpIDintrAMCobLL8skiB9vqnEVLkDgV8AKU96Aclw92qVVAnywWzXbVz9QljL9T31rAIAV7is2L8QI4/s1600/2010-fashion-trends-headband-1930s-inspired.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ47SroyrAwDfKxhT-Gv9WnlRfIwfOOVo8tmL_YMEzz3u9m-A0iJcVNx9CavKaKwpIDintrAMCobLL8skiB9vqnEVLkDgV8AKU96Aclw92qVVAnywWzXbVz9QljL9T31rAIAV7is2L8QI4/s320/2010-fashion-trends-headband-1930s-inspired.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://createdbychicks.com/2010/01/fashion-101-for-2010-trends/">{photo credit}</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">I didn't really know if I could pull some of these off with bangs...but after seeing some of these pics I'm inspired to try! I love how you can wear them on your forehead or above and your look can totally change with the placement you choose...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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From elegant weddings using large headbands to just dressing up an outfit, they are so whimsical and fun!<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Classy and elegant...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><b>"DO</b> <b>Jazz up a special-occasion look</b> Just as wearing a ginormous hat is kosher so long as you're swigging back mint juleps at the Kentucky Derby, so is wearing a more dramatic headband for a big party, New Year's Eve, wedding, or other special event." <a href="http://www.lemondrop.com/2008/12/29/head-gear-how-to-rock-the-hipster-headband-trend/">Lemon Drop Blog</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">The <a href="http://www.recessionistaparty.com/2010/04/15/the-headband-trend-is-alive-thriving/">Recessionista</a> blog wrote, "Just like the scarves, headbands are a very inexpensive way to spice up your spring wardrobe. For under $10, you can completely transform an entire outfit. Just like every great trend, we have a Hollywood Elite to thank, and I’m sure we can give a generous one to the fictional Blair Waldorf <span style="color: black;">and her Upper East Side</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_East_Side" style="color: black;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="color: black;">posse for truly rockin’ the headband scene</span><span style="color: black;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Now don’t be mistaken, headbands <b>ARE</b> indeed for everyone. Think you can’t pull it off? Think again. Even the semi-plain, boring, non-fashion conscious people like myself can sport the do, and sport it well. In fact, I even go as far as sometimes sharing headbands with my 7 year old! How’s that for fashionable?" <a href="http://www.recessionistaparty.com/2010/04/15/the-headband-trend-is-alive-thriving/"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">A blog I've been following - <a href="http://www.thewiegands.com/">Casey Wiegand</a> - showcases some of her completely cute and awesome headbands from Etsy and other bloggers...and totally sweet mommy style...<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And how completely adorable...<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">So how about some <b><span style="font-size: large;">local love</span></b>?<br />
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From Danae Moran of <a href="http://danaemoran.blogspot.com/p/shop.html">This Earthly Tent</a>...lots of lace, vintage, and variety... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUhu3CN3GfhKo1JjvCU402qM8ttnVFIDjOzjARJchR8g1VvTzizcCtaqEGqi6si6Fg0pzXku26e0q7C34p2geDX_dAuEfcht0QpjkrZKCRb5QHjgEBPDzwPu1cY0bwFgpHQQ-1Y8and2Pl/s1600/il_570xN.197567198.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUhu3CN3GfhKo1JjvCU402qM8ttnVFIDjOzjARJchR8g1VvTzizcCtaqEGqi6si6Fg0pzXku26e0q7C34p2geDX_dAuEfcht0QpjkrZKCRb5QHjgEBPDzwPu1cY0bwFgpHQQ-1Y8and2Pl/s320/il_570xN.197567198.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/transaction/39556444">{photo credit}</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
From Amber Parsons with Midwest Mud and Ambrosian Design (you can find some of her awesomeness at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/beingecochic">EcoChic</a> off 45th St. Fargo...love that place!)...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsntZ-gZCCaqSDx5so8ojz0PTIZnoYz36gpRDhj-Q6Y2UGxLQzEUoSt_ovKnzCQ0Or0Xukka0TyRmG8_rpxunLQAYmMPWHZIXKLxTYlu1S43aPFFp3Yca0N-5pAhAwC8HMOjePWT0huCAc/s1600/198738_240686095951545_109906235696199_831484_6720374_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsntZ-gZCCaqSDx5so8ojz0PTIZnoYz36gpRDhj-Q6Y2UGxLQzEUoSt_ovKnzCQ0Or0Xukka0TyRmG8_rpxunLQAYmMPWHZIXKLxTYlu1S43aPFFp3Yca0N-5pAhAwC8HMOjePWT0huCAc/s320/198738_240686095951545_109906235696199_831484_6720374_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">And from Becky Uglem of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/beckaboodle?ref=pr_shop_more">Beckaboodle</a> and the <a href="http://www.thethirdstreetgallery.com/">Third Street Gallery</a> up in Grand Forks...really pretty vintage headbands and veils with pretty feathers...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmrptiWlzvcfvCbq-DIBXaHzwlgnUxgbHXHg-1G7RSaAc7ZQiGclAKhjGBE9YhR3hPTC2ojFGOk-4l2I-9jOyiLRDYm4-O6UQqcz2ymahqygP1XaEIMHcHkvskzl2fgzpN58_1cdh6v_dg/s1600/il_570xN.249429094.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmrptiWlzvcfvCbq-DIBXaHzwlgnUxgbHXHg-1G7RSaAc7ZQiGclAKhjGBE9YhR3hPTC2ojFGOk-4l2I-9jOyiLRDYm4-O6UQqcz2ymahqygP1XaEIMHcHkvskzl2fgzpN58_1cdh6v_dg/s320/il_570xN.249429094.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">These 3 creative artists/crafters were a part of <a href="http://www.ungluedcraftfest.com/">Unglued</a> this past year! Can't wait to see what next year brings!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Make some awesome headband sometime or go check out these lovely shops and support some local shops online and in person! Have a beautiful weekend:)</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">xoxo</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PS...Have you check out the up and coming North By Midwest Craft Spectacular up in Grand Forks this November 19?? <a href="http://nxmwcraft.com/">Applications are open</a> now so go do it! </span></div></div>AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-45925192295560780182011-08-11T07:00:00.000-05:002011-08-11T07:00:03.438-05:00Inspiration Workshop Installment #11: Gardening!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwk6vFrjAgG1DIV5xLi5AYKexsOTfpbkMbAVZ4vJsXr7GLq22Ls22buezvypalgOeoXI9tapoFf5VHHEVobrKy2s51e3iuKq7hLTmo_vOn9-VOgumxVIuoYoZm6ubFtH3RwNvzZyZtpQP/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwk6vFrjAgG1DIV5xLi5AYKexsOTfpbkMbAVZ4vJsXr7GLq22Ls22buezvypalgOeoXI9tapoFf5VHHEVobrKy2s51e3iuKq7hLTmo_vOn9-VOgumxVIuoYoZm6ubFtH3RwNvzZyZtpQP/s320/10.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I flippin' LOVE gardens! Started last summer with some flowers and veggies and addicted since. I most recently posted about current gardening happenings and mishaps here...:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://sunsetsandcitylights.blogspot.com/2011/07/youre-so-dirty.html"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji89P_A8DlK28btwC1QZSWRnFYz_CS821Dr6cAPp7TjezuHErKxkPF8FAMDcNCpaiv5XPbzQn-r9cCPHrJqcOlRHD2YuEIInhKvqPfI2qpbDwo_8wTRObjS_sRCHigYqr6wggadf-up2PM/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gardening may not be quite as fun (or eventful) if it wasn't for this guy - who turned 3 this week (click photo for a shout out post to the fantastic <a href="http://sunsetsandcitylights.blogspot.com/2011/08/from-cute-to-ugly-to-awesome.html">Hamilton Hot Pants</a>):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://sunsetsandcitylights.blogspot.com/2011/08/from-cute-to-ugly-to-awesome.html"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5adIg5l9Yuf75twFbxvSDMD0LLL72QoENsnIhCq_w_7iAOhKLCTrU5zno6d3DZrv5XVvQdCudEpgvGvTeFzAuAO48jSz_9c65yCFnmzLQbaP3uIkFpXCLIvmZXiIU0erJywHz2sB5pt2/s320/2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I love the sustainability of gardening...from creating your own food to growing your own beautiful addition to the world...In our backyard we utilize a lasagna garden...of which you really should try sometime! It's really effortless...I did a little diddy how-to on a Try it Tuesday:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://sunsetsandcitylights.blogspot.com/2011/03/returning-smile-you-have-had-from.html"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWw3g2XQMi2xPt7gNytP-J2yWZ3RfIbAfPmV0HTbEjuHYh4ZZAOi8qv63wfJ9q74WYuY9IYkX0f-kyiClxPogFJQIy8L-K9qXvb-T-RuZZLqG5dhq9J2P66A9F_WymojhcQ_rHkG0ZsqDy/s320/DSC_0001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You know...I also am realizing just how romantic gardens are, too. They inspire you to stop and rest your eyes on something so magically beautiful and alive. I'll be running out late someplace with Justin and I'll see a new flower that is blooming and I'll make him stop in his tracks and pay attention to the flower or smell it...and just for a moment you kind of relax and just enjoy...hhmmm...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7aaA-zhWOvIDGHNM7JlscT6nheNLEvtjehNzOnhYi_pkKoTq2fA2ZTjrlJR1l9cJZ5cbGTTV7wsKhh7GdWwXOlrxJ3mvFYdI2SN-EUEFmrMibE0MBHvqowrYYfzqkBGb-CC871Per5DD7/s1600/jardins-marqueyssac-garden-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7aaA-zhWOvIDGHNM7JlscT6nheNLEvtjehNzOnhYi_pkKoTq2fA2ZTjrlJR1l9cJZ5cbGTTV7wsKhh7GdWwXOlrxJ3mvFYdI2SN-EUEFmrMibE0MBHvqowrYYfzqkBGb-CC871Per5DD7/s320/jardins-marqueyssac-garden-3.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu2UfRjmo9xqcmAQOfHoxfhEDHGtTG_Ln_Iuf_WVTIn-nCRdfv9vwI7Psy84cDkruPUizaNNcXhA2NzDdIZkWDATtn4ptq7JUtbg_vsVu_QpIKpnixw8Rm890GF8w42WecDU2WSEn1-PDq/s320/jardins-marqueyssac-garden-9.jpg" width="225" /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.materialiste.com/evasion/les-jardins-de-marqueyssac">{photo credit for both above: I just love French gardens. Not sure I have the patience to manicure one, though...}</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Lastly, gardens, especially sculpture gardens, make me think of Justin. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqkqb0Zy-o0CmdSx01-enJVl8j4KMcI8nv9JmHtoyUM7nP06ERCuj82pJwTrdMgE2FfdUqfHs6hXLJfO295IjA-cXcUtEWVEVQRAMJiyVzLSTs81Oi_Nx5KZ7yJzJs1KBsByF8t2bKvB6u/s1600/DSC_0935.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqkqb0Zy-o0CmdSx01-enJVl8j4KMcI8nv9JmHtoyUM7nP06ERCuj82pJwTrdMgE2FfdUqfHs6hXLJfO295IjA-cXcUtEWVEVQRAMJiyVzLSTs81Oi_Nx5KZ7yJzJs1KBsByF8t2bKvB6u/s320/DSC_0935.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">{i love the Mpls sculpture garden...we danced under this sculpture dome the first day we started dating...Justin is like knock-you-over romatic...}</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-18847048566076210492011-08-10T06:24:00.000-05:002011-08-10T06:24:33.201-05:00inspire me on hump day: don't insult yourself.<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are our own worst critic...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and, oh man, how often do we waste time, inspiration, and self-worth on comparing ourselves to others!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Comparing yourself to others will only lead to jealousy, discouragement, and self-contempt. There is really no point to it. But it's so natural! </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://carelessinhislovingcare.blogspot.com/2011/06/nice-gift-whered-you-get-it.html"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzajbvehvsrUtvkrGe0DlxDlhnGkzNw8ocId-TWdDuJCS5fNNXrrOqWHLO_wKvRHYWxeSCDKq7kHSUqfHazkdraKAXyQvisqeCFNBLW2wEF508TRzqCJA6Ef1ppqFlC9wSpuQ-CBrWDlJO/s1600/Jealousy.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My friend, <a href="http://carelessinhislovingcare.blogspot.com/2011/06/nice-gift-whered-you-get-it.html">Kristin</a>, used this photo in her blog and you should really go read it (click photo). It totally hit home with me the day she wrote it. And she talks about, which I so totally fist-pump agree with, how as you want to grow in creativity and find yourself being inspired by other creative minds, you eventually begin to compare your work and creativity with others...and sometimes hit the point of giving up and feeling down right sucky.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I thought it was pretty awesome in church this weekend how a solution was thrown out there for comparing yourself to others. This young, twenty-something spoke about how much of life we waste on comparing our finances, relationships, looks, intelligence, creativity, etc. to other people we think are better than us - or we ourselves are better than. "At least I'm not like..." </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">How freeing would it be if we chose to LEARN from the people we feel are better at...or better than...if we got out a pen and paper and let them teach us directly or just by watching their actions how they do what they do. Instead of feeling hopeless in those situations, we can turn it around to be TRULY inspiring.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">And when we can't get our mindset there...then I would believe the best option is as <a href="http://www.gussysews.com/">Gussy</a> vlogs below...and just choose to stop watching whoever it is and however it is that we see their life (online, in person, through others)...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/21813125?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ff9933" width="400"></iframe></div><a href="http://vimeo.com/21813125">3 tips on how to stay Creatively Energized</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user5906554">gussy sews</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.divasanddreamsblog.com/2011/08/comparison-kills.html">Divas and Dreams blog</a> also summed it up quite awesomely: "If you are like me and most creative people in this world, you know of people you admire and see as better, more qualified than you or as a competition (same level as you). Comparing your self to them does not encourage you (and me) to stretch our imagination and find alternate sources of inspiration. Of course it´s great if they inspire you and make you glow with passion and ideas, but if you feel terrible and "not good enough" then don’t watch their work! Go out and play and have fun instead, testing your own ideas, feel alive and creative." </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">We need to be who WE ARE. We need to discover quite simply who that is. Don't let the joy get sucked out of you by paying so much more attention to others that you aren't really even living!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">xoxo </span></div>AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-7476883051488003562011-08-09T17:34:00.000-05:002011-08-09T17:34:16.569-05:00Try it Tuesday!: Rather easy large thrifted dress to much more fun skirt/dress!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">So I was inspired by this post from <a href="http://www.mygirlthursday.com/2011/03/what-i-wore-handmade-skirt.html">My Girl Thursday</a> on a thrifted dress she bought that was ill-fitted and cut into a high-waisted skirt:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mygirlthursday.com/2011/03/what-i-wore-handmade-skirt.html"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9pQ_PgKXQWdKoNhw-i0JqyJVWhkmW88Phgo2nMSrURo-tMLAVwW_jux3rIyMfwezP3s4EDj-mWU6BjRkDLwYXq3POyXoJT-yUcZEy0SO8S2_KU8v0y29VLOhkrgfMpp0Qkc-0SFfSWzQz/s320/5575372229_84c5025545_b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And I bought this for something like $3 at Savers:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnY5i7sm7yX0T5da8OqLsWguujY2QQwoyturYmPQdvZUmp30jW9q8HsRTyTMf4E05FURl_dl3TMUu8GP1HV128cpshl_TYkWKeo3fbEjytkW7N467A-PdT88_EJhJWxmQwOxfD-b3wZV8e/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnY5i7sm7yX0T5da8OqLsWguujY2QQwoyturYmPQdvZUmp30jW9q8HsRTyTMf4E05FURl_dl3TMUu8GP1HV128cpshl_TYkWKeo3fbEjytkW7N467A-PdT88_EJhJWxmQwOxfD-b3wZV8e/s320/1.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">She didn't post a tutorial so I tried to figure out this easiest way to make this happen by first cutting the dress straight above the seam from the skirt section. I decided since I'm not awesome at cutting straight I'd keep the old seam there for guidance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7hCljvIFuOu0ZhIlbwAGp5tNGj-zl1FHVVbGipOoaLgbEyggkBetvge0ENSz-47l-54_0d47m-GPB8MG6yNW6PceuCFZFk5pI7v3Va7wjqFq4pRSwPKXGLoHguVinWl4s1qAG-vQDSU5/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7hCljvIFuOu0ZhIlbwAGp5tNGj-zl1FHVVbGipOoaLgbEyggkBetvge0ENSz-47l-54_0d47m-GPB8MG6yNW6PceuCFZFk5pI7v3Va7wjqFq4pRSwPKXGLoHguVinWl4s1qAG-vQDSU5/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These are a bit dark (oof!...not doing it again...yet), but I pulled up the skirt to a dress height as I discovered I kind of liked that overall. I pinned it tight to be able to keep it up while deciding what to do...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGao6yd4Zw9lzOjVzMARl9hiq9JRk763gn8MkkayHb6Xrdp-JA5oR_3qhr_vJL9s5Op-skUEjCo8l0jy96fPeK46L4rHPKQS8Onrk2FBuI_NA7QNmaaspNqOx4j1-YS6UqzVEZk4Zqp7U/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGao6yd4Zw9lzOjVzMARl9hiq9JRk763gn8MkkayHb6Xrdp-JA5oR_3qhr_vJL9s5Op-skUEjCo8l0jy96fPeK46L4rHPKQS8Onrk2FBuI_NA7QNmaaspNqOx4j1-YS6UqzVEZk4Zqp7U/s320/5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tried it belted a few different ways... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7fjvLbryDbHuK-8SORvDPuErLNPA4ehIwWthcFlzSWg_2BFIF8djtC-HaO90vh0d0jiWH_4oVXol0Ef-KayEn8Xgh6GWhWhmPVc1IGWU7-3puICfx-HLjktVnZ7FPfzFv73B3tfTCcpL/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7fjvLbryDbHuK-8SORvDPuErLNPA4ehIwWthcFlzSWg_2BFIF8djtC-HaO90vh0d0jiWH_4oVXol0Ef-KayEn8Xgh6GWhWhmPVc1IGWU7-3puICfx-HLjktVnZ7FPfzFv73B3tfTCcpL/s320/6.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> And then I found a piece of scrap elastic and pulled it around myself to dress height...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3bM1KL4B7Ybo92FKf3AGV_4OGFHhnzl-ORNM-W0u8GcOJrvSH5XGtEZ4Znn6L2FKO3NeO03lwLBHUG36xmCkpuEm8H6zii2WkVP10o0eMUB_seSTGIJavcZl3wU0ah3fgJwDpAj0_z9Z/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3bM1KL4B7Ybo92FKf3AGV_4OGFHhnzl-ORNM-W0u8GcOJrvSH5XGtEZ4Znn6L2FKO3NeO03lwLBHUG36xmCkpuEm8H6zii2WkVP10o0eMUB_seSTGIJavcZl3wU0ah3fgJwDpAj0_z9Z/s320/8.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">And marked it where I pulled it to (a little tight to allow it to eventually hold up the dress). I cut it leaving about an inch extra for stitching it together... </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpjt7rk8X30QHvQZyuD19SLU08p0RYUiWps7kgjlyLW8E6N7UbldDX_yf7K6aWiyGMvUU21JEIh3S4SGQtJVKsXcwCBv4oC4MDPCRSk42MJrVsUYfX4Us3y9l9VODj0b4ukNRfRGidMRl/s1600/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpjt7rk8X30QHvQZyuD19SLU08p0RYUiWps7kgjlyLW8E6N7UbldDX_yf7K6aWiyGMvUU21JEIh3S4SGQtJVKsXcwCBv4oC4MDPCRSk42MJrVsUYfX4Us3y9l9VODj0b4ukNRfRGidMRl/s320/12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I put the elastic on the wrong side of the skirt and pinned the top of the skirt down over the elastic for a somewhat unprofessional way of getting elastic sewn in later! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfZ_lpaytz7j1BWfGENP_nGNxNbH2z6Qv5AQArgteGlg8SUK1vYPcrIAoMEi7wOW9rMCdZr84AlLD7hd0PTLESrD5oHC6aMEUREL-RMKq172WCon30Pk5UqK1ZTQ5gwoonLaCFOU0iNer/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfZ_lpaytz7j1BWfGENP_nGNxNbH2z6Qv5AQArgteGlg8SUK1vYPcrIAoMEi7wOW9rMCdZr84AlLD7hd0PTLESrD5oHC6aMEUREL-RMKq172WCon30Pk5UqK1ZTQ5gwoonLaCFOU0iNer/s320/9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I pulled out the elastic then to be able to then sew it down... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbMUSMJ3b7e9FrKw1xR1RliLKM3M3sjILrfeKeiSIeQ8DOjsi9qjqOFkQ_d4cJCHZC3BQIZFebxy7_5RZ7yzdSpXRI8MEoWv4BsTPhcpupBwrX_fC4HUx70ynjwfWWxyyLGI2b7ln11bo/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbMUSMJ3b7e9FrKw1xR1RliLKM3M3sjILrfeKeiSIeQ8DOjsi9qjqOFkQ_d4cJCHZC3BQIZFebxy7_5RZ7yzdSpXRI8MEoWv4BsTPhcpupBwrX_fC4HUx70ynjwfWWxyyLGI2b7ln11bo/s320/10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And when sewing, left about an inch of non-sewn top to fit the elastic in... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0yoDyzDqHws2q-U2_fhajwTEoo37xpfvIrpEP1kHdSjVxgUs9XmYM8AFe3bdByty5deNTgkHrfKZokvcYg5qDpx01l1fPgbus4pkBFesgiCyPw_sBT5OEz5VEH6o47jHrZj5N8NngcC5B/s1600/13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0yoDyzDqHws2q-U2_fhajwTEoo37xpfvIrpEP1kHdSjVxgUs9XmYM8AFe3bdByty5deNTgkHrfKZokvcYg5qDpx01l1fPgbus4pkBFesgiCyPw_sBT5OEz5VEH6o47jHrZj5N8NngcC5B/s320/13.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After putting a larger safety pin on the end of the elastic... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9XgobbKFbnaIOu5p1lthfuIKepbevZtT_d9KICSJXF7ZA4PxtMEGiP1XhBQEEqHnhvaB89f-4myCS2s8HzxWndjfiAA5e4mTz0ng_KneGexXkUVqkRrU85Oh6epvTKu8snJXJceVwwle/s1600/14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9XgobbKFbnaIOu5p1lthfuIKepbevZtT_d9KICSJXF7ZA4PxtMEGiP1XhBQEEqHnhvaB89f-4myCS2s8HzxWndjfiAA5e4mTz0ng_KneGexXkUVqkRrU85Oh6epvTKu8snJXJceVwwle/s320/14.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Worked to threw it through the new seam... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7_r9gzE0sftuJcONzY3B3bHzfoE8kkSOaErJ6NHVczu3hDJ-kmgW_iBizXWnE0ZCEK4BMl-WVkqNQnjcLdr1u9_TrS1RqMguhyCgMwc-QoL1oQxLT3lM6g_VdmO59A8tpZbfp_EQXdIe/s1600/15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7_r9gzE0sftuJcONzY3B3bHzfoE8kkSOaErJ6NHVczu3hDJ-kmgW_iBizXWnE0ZCEK4BMl-WVkqNQnjcLdr1u9_TrS1RqMguhyCgMwc-QoL1oQxLT3lM6g_VdmO59A8tpZbfp_EQXdIe/s320/15.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Until it pulled out the other end... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0qs8hx3nen3X0m5H9tri3wGk_sJT5-e2mmrwzQz0RxXfa8H5eaJ04i7vJnvN99NLqzGmoDXK-Pd2YlK1VLitX3YMmaLItiktL3ov1-IzDRvuL0-b2k34SqY3uD7kD7cafQNHMeUwU5kYb/s1600/16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0qs8hx3nen3X0m5H9tri3wGk_sJT5-e2mmrwzQz0RxXfa8H5eaJ04i7vJnvN99NLqzGmoDXK-Pd2YlK1VLitX3YMmaLItiktL3ov1-IzDRvuL0-b2k34SqY3uD7kD7cafQNHMeUwU5kYb/s320/16.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Not really shown...but then took the elastic edges together and decided to pull them out pretty far to allow me to sew them together with my sewing machine to hopefully have a nice strong stitch holding it together... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWA_cj9BrVLJ0qnlP7zVi0yCuPeMWzn58JOPGmGQRpw4MnfhOrGVGX1RZgTC1_tu5kfCGtmNdN7oppImsCYkqrLK5KYB0XrfVNnbTkUOKksxM9IWGo2FBJcXvJkQZzy-aF8i960asrY_Vz/s1600/17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWA_cj9BrVLJ0qnlP7zVi0yCuPeMWzn58JOPGmGQRpw4MnfhOrGVGX1RZgTC1_tu5kfCGtmNdN7oppImsCYkqrLK5KYB0XrfVNnbTkUOKksxM9IWGo2FBJcXvJkQZzy-aF8i960asrY_Vz/s320/17.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The finished elastic sewn in on the back... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgenl_nQn1mKMlEYOL8JnoWknHllPi-Qb9CA5126fE-ovHPWoPoe-LU4ycrBLpKZBX0R7_amwDlJZxCFmk-KVjLqy8YLT_MRrs38S7wPS4j0MAfl_1j2xOhBQTycT-YFPbWI94gusd8bHx4/s1600/18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgenl_nQn1mKMlEYOL8JnoWknHllPi-Qb9CA5126fE-ovHPWoPoe-LU4ycrBLpKZBX0R7_amwDlJZxCFmk-KVjLqy8YLT_MRrs38S7wPS4j0MAfl_1j2xOhBQTycT-YFPbWI94gusd8bHx4/s320/18.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A few different ways to wear it! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIHS8Cg09_rBXx3S7woy-Q1x7yUhXDa9Yp9fit3mFa4Nckl7ifsaCB-ChyppXO1kgrEhWrRIg_HejKiV8hvTJJ5d76cTj-D3RwbLgBS8bsUduj8usjRTWkojxVA1D5HExiMZzOb2X_2OVQ/s1600/19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIHS8Cg09_rBXx3S7woy-Q1x7yUhXDa9Yp9fit3mFa4Nckl7ifsaCB-ChyppXO1kgrEhWrRIg_HejKiV8hvTJJ5d76cTj-D3RwbLgBS8bsUduj8usjRTWkojxVA1D5HExiMZzOb2X_2OVQ/s320/19.jpg" width="165" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This all in all took a little over an hour because I kept pricking myself with the stupid pins...hence this will be easier if you don't drink wine and try to watch The Good Guys...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">xoxo</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*Also...while I was in the hospital with my mom and dad last week, I made this month's craft challenge! You should totally try these because they are rather simple and fun...click the photo to follow the tutorial...and let me know if you try them so we can share some sweet photos!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://honestlywtf.com/diy/diy-braided-hex-nut-bracelet/"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOhlABZwTUEq8lDSKOAnSPBCjNOlRYFbqP9Mg3p7S6lw2DGZxgYw4Yn8YypRc1MjJy4EWElXFIJVXQPyWK2mFUvAGYR03Y4wnj06EfIdSSMssY9sVwGSp-Hz343ebAJqz0HXyhUxbcuCY/s320/hexnut83.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">{a <a href="http://honestlywtf.com/diy/diy-braided-hex-nut-bracelet/">braided hex nut bracelet</a> - the gold one picture} </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-5457783600119986102011-08-08T20:50:00.000-05:002011-08-08T20:50:26.060-05:00From cute to ugly to awesome.<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The bulldog turned 3 today!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfwHkqs23alSdnpbscso2ncv503vkOrpmky24l18sQuj8aj15W7v7LgQP-J7TyKVSsrJtsLAhjShztMxxyhGyEpaG72hdbcHcHxyZp7h0gRbYaCEBviJohwob3O32ejJ4g81Bft0OCHsK/s1600/DSC_0032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfwHkqs23alSdnpbscso2ncv503vkOrpmky24l18sQuj8aj15W7v7LgQP-J7TyKVSsrJtsLAhjShztMxxyhGyEpaG72hdbcHcHxyZp7h0gRbYaCEBviJohwob3O32ejJ4g81Bft0OCHsK/s320/DSC_0032.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> He was the cutest thing on earth...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJSYoRK62G_l1P86ugRbyBhroWMWp8qiHCQLWL67AoGXCXxwY80osut_xbB7LOnz-bvSjbECQAF03t5IKps_TrEfEf0nB3v3tQ97trSVYRrwWGHBDojKtnSPVchPrAFDaQU_haKF5LjFhg/s1600/DSC_0066.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJSYoRK62G_l1P86ugRbyBhroWMWp8qiHCQLWL67AoGXCXxwY80osut_xbB7LOnz-bvSjbECQAF03t5IKps_TrEfEf0nB3v3tQ97trSVYRrwWGHBDojKtnSPVchPrAFDaQU_haKF5LjFhg/s320/DSC_0066.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> With razor sharp, needlepoint teeth...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUKZ8KBuIEas2z7p2MUUHGoYcBDAjBEvBM1E_ZjRRHLRuaU8gjpWTivsyaa5QdDJDBPq_la_B0S13EDxNGV7HbNC0eSBZcjTys4wc2HTIZ4zhTp9iSj23-bwW0FtrmBuDXzbwoIy_AYxl/s1600/DSC_0083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUKZ8KBuIEas2z7p2MUUHGoYcBDAjBEvBM1E_ZjRRHLRuaU8gjpWTivsyaa5QdDJDBPq_la_B0S13EDxNGV7HbNC0eSBZcjTys4wc2HTIZ4zhTp9iSj23-bwW0FtrmBuDXzbwoIy_AYxl/s320/DSC_0083.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> And he destroyed...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXILGss9b9Pu-Z0MkrxIu9nCvKtru6TZiPko-Jq2FcRV69QJEni7Cl_ZHJe15M04r5EnFKcEokJmJaKUFSaATasZ6N64e2m86bCq-lZFXbQ2AjvcZ74Pp8fN4mJQbCnYeBJIW7b0s9cHx/s1600/DSC_0123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXILGss9b9Pu-Z0MkrxIu9nCvKtru6TZiPko-Jq2FcRV69QJEni7Cl_ZHJe15M04r5EnFKcEokJmJaKUFSaATasZ6N64e2m86bCq-lZFXbQ2AjvcZ74Pp8fN4mJQbCnYeBJIW7b0s9cHx/s320/DSC_0123.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">But had the cutest little butt on earth (his middle name is hot pants!)...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Hv3CDZ5bqoJzsaV9BKl365PvbD_EB-SVF_kUsawinCPYdwV6JfLwO0Zv69tVn-4kygAK5KN17N9Wztla-kBsMYNvjHWSD3DBkQGbPQX2VtrbXg46-bHov2baeiMUSmk4jFoQcftV8E5d/s1600/DSC_0030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Hv3CDZ5bqoJzsaV9BKl365PvbD_EB-SVF_kUsawinCPYdwV6JfLwO0Zv69tVn-4kygAK5KN17N9Wztla-kBsMYNvjHWSD3DBkQGbPQX2VtrbXg46-bHov2baeiMUSmk4jFoQcftV8E5d/s320/DSC_0030.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> And he visited our sweet coworkers...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXFjuQT3TVM7v-WxH0RTQyR5laYZiIU9RZNCL9wOWhw7WAU5kWbxWovpTFSXzuBhTFHRalMKTHlrjuVLMEAWpqvcq0btkWKJc3rKPvF8KZXrSbRJJMgq8GaJaD7TH19U8L6aX5o2_yhBMG/s1600/DSC_0049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">But he still has his playful moments...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84rora2tEc84nXGB7yyFxxkC6sH-M96TRX0ZrSHUf4x23-8p0EFJOFFvT1zyCHGMi-hTvx8dVDSKKl0LJYgUp637s2tLgdnD0E_r2ypd44MV_EWih13HUxNtdj67Qa80LomNgSjUfNDLV/s1600/DSC_1866.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84rora2tEc84nXGB7yyFxxkC6sH-M96TRX0ZrSHUf4x23-8p0EFJOFFvT1zyCHGMi-hTvx8dVDSKKl0LJYgUp637s2tLgdnD0E_r2ypd44MV_EWih13HUxNtdj67Qa80LomNgSjUfNDLV/s320/DSC_1866.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Seriously...it's true...that whole dog and owner saying...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ubmpprrzKZv1AJO9HVPQSfeNtrTNN_CgOpstf1S7Xa-_j0PuFi8KTk9SbO5jP-gF7Jn9QzzMqV7nXmytV2fVBQia2ZU10XE1pM-5f0WWOVwHwhPgfGf6YwwsYgGXWRZMwhMbHJtmBbcM/s1600/DSC_1452.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ubmpprrzKZv1AJO9HVPQSfeNtrTNN_CgOpstf1S7Xa-_j0PuFi8KTk9SbO5jP-gF7Jn9QzzMqV7nXmytV2fVBQia2ZU10XE1pM-5f0WWOVwHwhPgfGf6YwwsYgGXWRZMwhMbHJtmBbcM/s320/DSC_1452.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">And he used to be easy to hold...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Py47LZAeExwLXydMM2lT1H8KgmRqm25XEIL9_4L5sInhbP6YGSc6LzHlIETV7aj7nO75BP1Tovz6hOiEMFq26d5_w4PBUWiLsRm36eGeM-L8LlcbvxlChFi8Bh4hzwwiIRJDpsAmSNw_/s1600/jDSC_0249.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Py47LZAeExwLXydMM2lT1H8KgmRqm25XEIL9_4L5sInhbP6YGSc6LzHlIETV7aj7nO75BP1Tovz6hOiEMFq26d5_w4PBUWiLsRm36eGeM-L8LlcbvxlChFi8Bh4hzwwiIRJDpsAmSNw_/s320/jDSC_0249.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> And got waaay heavier...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</div>AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-79237640079675369612011-08-05T08:21:00.000-05:002011-08-05T08:21:48.438-05:00Fashion Friday: Summer Cardigans!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xPlCyBRnUwGQF89kFTTMfHUhcgiVyNY4GNiFyy5VyV0ofLhXdSlH8g-SdUMZq3W6ac6vK_J9pwzxQmC1IICT_XmLeeyJXHG1umULFIz-wYlTE-5PJ1IFj9sxK3-Y7HHk2bpdtRfgmToQ/s1600/138663929_hY40t4SF_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xPlCyBRnUwGQF89kFTTMfHUhcgiVyNY4GNiFyy5VyV0ofLhXdSlH8g-SdUMZq3W6ac6vK_J9pwzxQmC1IICT_XmLeeyJXHG1umULFIz-wYlTE-5PJ1IFj9sxK3-Y7HHk2bpdtRfgmToQ/s320/138663929_hY40t4SF_c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/38663929/">{photo credit}</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Oh the many ways a cardigan can happen! From preppy style to boho to classy to vintage to modern...anything!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://trendbloger.com/cardigans-fashion-trends-20102011">Trend Bloger</a> wrote, "In time history, when a character thought “cardigan,” metaphors arose of a caring grandmother or a 50′s-era dad with his paper and slippers by the hearth. Nevertheless these being, cardigans have become the hot go-to form for almost every variety, happening and spell. Available in an endless combination of colors, cuts, sizes and fabrics, a cardigan is a principal wardrobe thing whether your focus is emotion comfortable or sensation stylish."</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am addicted to cardigans. Not only can you wear them in summer (I think it's a necessity to have one in your car going from crazy heat waves to icy cold air conditioning and still wear all your cute summer clothes!), but then it's a purchase that'll get you through winter, too, with tons of layers and fun. And cardigans don't have to be so spendy either or change all that much with trends - thrift stores and consignment shops are great places to find a sweet one!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">And I looove the yellow going on these days...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7fl21xNGdUKDmUHewIo2aYtx9CBTh-BdtDNz4TyQ_tygDBRopik_rgGmN30VXl4K2DBoeJlyv2oEOXUT-lfwExgUZxbsyLFQhLj37cDxZrfS-Y2LxIWBMPZPIdXqUmdMJMUFEhXt-fa1/s1600/14774473_3CxnngfD_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7fl21xNGdUKDmUHewIo2aYtx9CBTh-BdtDNz4TyQ_tygDBRopik_rgGmN30VXl4K2DBoeJlyv2oEOXUT-lfwExgUZxbsyLFQhLj37cDxZrfS-Y2LxIWBMPZPIdXqUmdMJMUFEhXt-fa1/s320/14774473_3CxnngfD_c.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/4774473/">{photo credit}</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">And variety of ways to accessorize the heck out of cardigans with belts!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfzJ_GfAI8uVi351sEVhoKDkQvoci3mI4c_2u6T0naHeN5r-X-thqOaXfT2VqM-wJWX9kU0lukai4f0yZE3vC1CGSdU3UwTcnpma1T6HcAYI0uQYfOi8EehezOGLNLi1fECXOMkHG0fRw/s1600/17104352_5Mk0HDwi_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfzJ_GfAI8uVi351sEVhoKDkQvoci3mI4c_2u6T0naHeN5r-X-thqOaXfT2VqM-wJWX9kU0lukai4f0yZE3vC1CGSdU3UwTcnpma1T6HcAYI0uQYfOi8EehezOGLNLi1fECXOMkHG0fRw/s320/17104352_5Mk0HDwi_c.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/7104352/">{photo credit} </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPIrfNTyKfn0useBJZDlTLTknh20NsnAsqawdtrOIJPk5BR6i8_MTcbdQT-nMZlNE2SGx8lQjnYq_d0Sjpjo70duUfVosgb2DbMfuxUc06awNxh44IUM4a6_VbdNGf7A14YPNamIH08ofN/s1600/white-dress-dark-brown-bag-black-socks-mustard-cardigan_400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>And belts under... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIWHRNqdzwbGuYPGx4hYLwPUIXz9ovlLcmyhRgTZKw1lzr5FnBVFRZo2-Xdb754twNSPM8bg99SLPDIN_bPhe72wzafHqmiM-QKTGbRz5AA-i-dCdX3HZQJrGeflj0o9VKkc8XGCv2w_mc/s1600/lookbook2.5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIWHRNqdzwbGuYPGx4hYLwPUIXz9ovlLcmyhRgTZKw1lzr5FnBVFRZo2-Xdb754twNSPM8bg99SLPDIN_bPhe72wzafHqmiM-QKTGbRz5AA-i-dCdX3HZQJrGeflj0o9VKkc8XGCv2w_mc/s320/lookbook2.5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://lookbook.nu/look/839815-mister-cool">{photo credit}</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">One way of wearing a cardigan that I really haven't tried is tucking it into a skirt. Might need to try soon... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHvuH8d0Sw0ZE3ofuhVAwTQ4uQ3LcvXW1LCLO5OsYD-mWwUtteZrXHeuWYcrTsTpYvaswgK4tWQLKtJZ_rTtu8i4I2nK5PcoUiMcVRBXczvD-aAIYMu3IEJtzm4IAdfEAYlr8enyj4nup/s1600/87179601_YAvI2PbQ_b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHvuH8d0Sw0ZE3ofuhVAwTQ4uQ3LcvXW1LCLO5OsYD-mWwUtteZrXHeuWYcrTsTpYvaswgK4tWQLKtJZ_rTtu8i4I2nK5PcoUiMcVRBXczvD-aAIYMu3IEJtzm4IAdfEAYlr8enyj4nup/s1600/87179601_YAvI2PbQ_b.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://grosgrainfabulous.blogspot.com/2011/05/summer-colors.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2Fgrosgrain+%28Grosgrain%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">{photo credit}</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUpOIeMS5wIf0VBmB1PS464qzfP8Nm2lizcwdaYVb5csj5tpMPp991U9-8XYfqXQZZbWM4-aVNteegzPCKcD98ZsEOmUejsWzeFA5Zeb9calTE2FrAxVsNMhoItlHk5BENu71rxXV2SIm/s1600/40403338_0Kl5HeGm_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUpOIeMS5wIf0VBmB1PS464qzfP8Nm2lizcwdaYVb5csj5tpMPp991U9-8XYfqXQZZbWM4-aVNteegzPCKcD98ZsEOmUejsWzeFA5Zeb9calTE2FrAxVsNMhoItlHk5BENu71rxXV2SIm/s320/40403338_0Kl5HeGm_c.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/40403338/">{photo credit}</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">And style your outfits for all sorts of looks...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMBVQnLkEJsh4uZa7_MHE0QEsztn_LVwkBRDcKkUn_eC8wJQua9NLa6HnmOwcmfa859GlYnlVBo7bcQ8sX8cSNpH8MIYKPsg_m3KRyUwLilmS4M-V-tpHifwrTs21eBPGlbpi-BlaVEfu/s1600/cardigan-drink-fashion-girl-mustache-shirt-Favim.com-100066_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMBVQnLkEJsh4uZa7_MHE0QEsztn_LVwkBRDcKkUn_eC8wJQua9NLa6HnmOwcmfa859GlYnlVBo7bcQ8sX8cSNpH8MIYKPsg_m3KRyUwLilmS4M-V-tpHifwrTs21eBPGlbpi-BlaVEfu/s320/cardigan-drink-fashion-girl-mustache-shirt-Favim.com-100066_large.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/12820380">{photo credit}</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">And for your DIY pleasure...a ruffled cardigan inspired by anthropologie that looks pretty awesome! (click photo)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://jaynsarah.blogspot.com/2010/09/anthro-one-after-another-cardi-diy.html"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidK_8RsRwwdUQq577uOvBm24NI7X3mPxDmcIkLxQuUTiNr0fvjKC1ZLNKmmn1_RhHQZEJ0gHYiqxnVZVT-63fHAcDJt-qq-E9euGoylDmgMfQlkk5oMp-JOuW7OqurTKmsa1a7-Um8O8wR/s320/1blog11.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Awhile ago I also tried a remake an old sweater into a cardigan tutorial from Adventures in Dressmaking (click photo!):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://sunsetsandcitylights.blogspot.com/2011/04/try-it-out-tuesday-love-your-old.html"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpPY5wuxQIpStlqRMpABJg7Uz6d0hqLfGkkeZSNh8fj83T1cIvwRn65NDqbM1zRFBaATo1Apa2JODCdcqn8KQ_5qgKZ2luxeb9A58Qs_vm9Q39kZEdabhQW2YrHxR3eTgc0mZKGMtiCEy/s320/W3shirt2.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I am so ready for a really really really quiet weekend...will probably find me a large, oversized cardigan in my closet (regardless of the weather!) and REST!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">xoxo</div>AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-29493417933344305442011-08-04T06:54:00.000-05:002011-08-04T06:54:52.409-05:00Inspiration Workshop Installment #10: A Day In Your Life.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">The prompt for Gussy Sew's Inspiration Workshop this week is A Day In Your Life...so here's some quick photos of what a day typically looks like over on this end of the world - mind you, <i>this is not my "ideal" day</i>...just a normal one!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I wake up to this face usually first each morning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHkAlCddUQ9F71JyAJOhQE8TcUsrpaLp_wtcyrpRA0N1uD5Jd0s6ZpP6a4L-EfWLZFWUH76obf7dkIbCBIMqmHYhlv5JYM1EyuElx5zlDqBI0gSYgVSNhrTQ4_d6jc-rwDIVDLFZPh2dz/s320/253913_656798110800_163900202_35063574_2418091_n.jpg" width="320" /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> {photo by my good friend <a href="http://letourlightshinebright.blogspot.com/">Kari</a>}</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">And then I get to see this sexy face (hope you're enjoying this step-by-step). ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRKRi8RZ3CibREzCbnRTXcPHVaf14o_7imIkoVDebepS4DjV3kk_1-LomlkyBIofWMpnBZWDWGJxYrsIIXzzCKi2ATi96du0a60xkfRPLbgygwMlo_PacJGOSgXdAChnxnnUm9ltmeBnoL/s1600/ashbizphoto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRKRi8RZ3CibREzCbnRTXcPHVaf14o_7imIkoVDebepS4DjV3kk_1-LomlkyBIofWMpnBZWDWGJxYrsIIXzzCKi2ATi96du0a60xkfRPLbgygwMlo_PacJGOSgXdAChnxnnUm9ltmeBnoL/s320/ashbizphoto.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And then I become all magical and glowy and put on my nurse hat. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3GVoH4nXc5UyCHT-AMWQuUygUw6qpsu3fxIlLyj3cm2PrCCDxwhx-cTthLX-Fl8oIxjZH-wdEJzgnq5HDun6PwRzgu4O71Kau0a6e5QvGCvtOGf_Xf_fv7o8MK5BY32jbi5EWVYbJy0E/s1600/84705138_LxMlwOd7_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3GVoH4nXc5UyCHT-AMWQuUygUw6qpsu3fxIlLyj3cm2PrCCDxwhx-cTthLX-Fl8oIxjZH-wdEJzgnq5HDun6PwRzgu4O71Kau0a6e5QvGCvtOGf_Xf_fv7o8MK5BY32jbi5EWVYbJy0E/s320/84705138_LxMlwOd7_c.jpg" width="213" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.moviemarket.com/Photos/C316921_A50536.html">{photo credit}</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> But, really, my 8 hours each day looks more realistically like below. Cardiac stress testing and a few other cardiac-related procedures. And I really have the best coworkers ever. I don't want to be a nurse...like nobody's business...but having this awesome group of people to work with makes ALL the difference!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6qqJQMSCW9IH4EszjFdqSMyHTjUeJkjCPi7fgZyeNacunC4tO1MDZFFVqbIumzUmDsUNxYPDN9MrMKtrrYpDQE-QMdtVibIHZ4hY99SeIwsM7m6Ujk6hY8HSQX2S3sfBFwmnX-FuXkhhE/s1600/specimg112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6qqJQMSCW9IH4EszjFdqSMyHTjUeJkjCPi7fgZyeNacunC4tO1MDZFFVqbIumzUmDsUNxYPDN9MrMKtrrYpDQE-QMdtVibIHZ4hY99SeIwsM7m6Ujk6hY8HSQX2S3sfBFwmnX-FuXkhhE/s320/specimg112.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mayohealthsystem.org/mhs/live/page.cfm?pp=locations/SubSpecialty.cfm&orgid=LM&affid=3515200000000124&nav=Ser&ParentID=967&ID=13515300000000551&SpecialtyFlag=1">{photo credit}</a></div><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I then come home, thinking I'll do a million things, but the one thing I try most to do is keep working on a business plan, craft fest plans, financial plans, and plans for not being a nurse. I'm to the point where I've been dreaming for so long that I'll start punching myself in the face for not taking more action.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmnl8YdAxs78-oCE-xiKT9_HUMxQMB1X6wR0pkXCQ-efNQd7yPE_-YoPzJENbyZ7leK_ACQTv8T8dEbcaclshqqxAC5HJdXMbLzr6iWf9MeOfXvYyVDx2kgejV4Mpgq2gnWQPes2c-uJB/s1600/81245682_xssteNK4_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmnl8YdAxs78-oCE-xiKT9_HUMxQMB1X6wR0pkXCQ-efNQd7yPE_-YoPzJENbyZ7leK_ACQTv8T8dEbcaclshqqxAC5HJdXMbLzr6iWf9MeOfXvYyVDx2kgejV4Mpgq2gnWQPes2c-uJB/s320/81245682_xssteNK4_c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> {<a href="http://abeautifulmess.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/11/red-velvet-sweet-shoppe.html">photo credi</a>t...the amazing Red Velvet store}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">And I remind myself of this when it comes to the most recent number-crunching that's involved...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6nOmWWYmTuDQES3OjtAHPVkCGXBP4ulil67qpLriZrk9IZ7Z54XwzKOHIprnTvQNCJ94DPb7NuyxU2pXT1DeTDgIN1pXvHTcdjH6HaaQfBYNjVsxCOyXJN2tCoeOX9RCW2WhLnUltHPBz/s1600/87462882_AZPdVdyg_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6nOmWWYmTuDQES3OjtAHPVkCGXBP4ulil67qpLriZrk9IZ7Z54XwzKOHIprnTvQNCJ94DPb7NuyxU2pXT1DeTDgIN1pXvHTcdjH6HaaQfBYNjVsxCOyXJN2tCoeOX9RCW2WhLnUltHPBz/s320/87462882_AZPdVdyg_c.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">{<a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/87462882/">photo credit</a>}</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">At some point I end up with this guy on my lap. This either leads to falling asleep or pushing forward to create!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8HzyFEBkcT1MMKtcbL8L5NCB_l_sGvhgsgFv2HsL_bz7p-fWqFOMkxi_7MRzjc3OdpXu3L7bywdiARuXCkn64w6iOtk2AU8wCZgv9USyTNhObk_IwB3hVX2LPat_Lb3fZPklh2i7-mJF/s1600/cadetcabinetrainorshineSC11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8HzyFEBkcT1MMKtcbL8L5NCB_l_sGvhgsgFv2HsL_bz7p-fWqFOMkxi_7MRzjc3OdpXu3L7bywdiARuXCkn64w6iOtk2AU8wCZgv9USyTNhObk_IwB3hVX2LPat_Lb3fZPklh2i7-mJF/s320/cadetcabinetrainorshineSC11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And I usually don't finish anything...but it's fun to try! After starting this blog up again, I have this crazy inspiration to actually take time to make things and it's sooo totally freeing! (ie. are you thinking about blogging more? DO IT).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://sunsetsandcitylights.blogspot.com/search/label/try%20it%20out%20tuesday"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ2TkgnkRbcbbr50WHgHqwMCQtsm_K7zY9Mi6vl9G831Hs7SFDS9sxbgg7YqcaRWncXmSx8I12VyWPBxKUAPu8s7YliGxaUcyTbUCqRgIaWYZUkI5_rkt4P4hmtD1xM4Psv9TDKaYRa5cJ/s1600/22.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The sweetest ending to the day is a random weekday night when we still take time to go out with our awesome city friends! {Especially on Fargo rooftops!}...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieki8SDHzPHOGzr5ghV5yL4VT0sMmh_F83g_oCYPzFPBLVavmm-qFDMDzF0MArQUY9yvTzT3MEiB60oldBcBPA4lFIxEOJ0ozGGv6XzBt8cPUgfcyxhyphenhyphenaLT3BD4f83ZRiFLhbY9JGBPn_5/s1600/270038_10150663680655587_515470586_19407098_641975_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieki8SDHzPHOGzr5ghV5yL4VT0sMmh_F83g_oCYPzFPBLVavmm-qFDMDzF0MArQUY9yvTzT3MEiB60oldBcBPA4lFIxEOJ0ozGGv6XzBt8cPUgfcyxhyphenhyphenaLT3BD4f83ZRiFLhbY9JGBPn_5/s320/270038_10150663680655587_515470586_19407098_641975_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
If this doesn't happen, then this will while we watch 30 Rock: <br />
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</div></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And each night, I regret not going to bed before midnight once again, not having woken up early enough to work out, not have cleaned up enough, and get all restless and wish we didn't own a house...but couldn't ask for anything more when I get to fall asleep next to my love and my dream.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPZkaOjCq2-s492PTnrzOpPY0ObkDsi6Lj_MOyNpkOJO89SUR61TbEOYpipr2oMH3us0Qo1CCvg91nimhyphenhyphenH2m79Og-7RySMMZqN9-T7-sOx_R54Lp6-z4QPIOWaguTRaomwgMLw1uNYOQF/s1600/87461518_1aPaIyOs_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPZkaOjCq2-s492PTnrzOpPY0ObkDsi6Lj_MOyNpkOJO89SUR61TbEOYpipr2oMH3us0Qo1CCvg91nimhyphenhyphenH2m79Og-7RySMMZqN9-T7-sOx_R54Lp6-z4QPIOWaguTRaomwgMLw1uNYOQF/s320/87461518_1aPaIyOs_c.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.gussysews.com/inspiration-workshop/" target="_blank"><img alt="Gussy Sews Inspiration Workshop!" border="0" height="125" src="http://www.gussysews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IW_button1251.png" title="Gussy Sews" width="125" /></a></div>AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-68212808628502504342011-08-03T07:06:00.000-05:002011-08-03T07:06:23.935-05:00inspire me on hump day: because when you stop and look...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">So we were sitting in church Sunday evening...singing this song... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We ran home to grab our things, put Ham in his kennel, and made our trek to northern Minnesota. Literally, seriously thinking my dad may not make it through us traveling there. Even once we were there the ER nurse kept saying "it's not looking good."<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And we started asking people to pray. Because even when you have not been required to have a whole lot of faith lately in life, you know right where you need to go, and right what you need to do when crazy shit happens in life. And you do things like look at the ceiling when you run upstairs to grab your Bible and say to the ceiling, "I'm sorry it took this" as you run out to the car.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They repeated the CT scan in the morning and the neurosurgeon came in and said he was totally impressed. The swelling from the blood pooling was actually decreasing. Man, answers. Totally answered prayers.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There's still some good recovery ahead. But we won't be given anything more than we can handle. All of these crazy crazy things in life can bring us closer to the one who created it. It makes you grateful that you're never really alone. It makes you grateful that you have those awesome people called family. It makes you grateful that you are given more time to discover all the beauty there is to behold in this weird life.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">xoxo</div>AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-12623698431172220892011-08-02T17:38:00.001-05:002011-08-02T17:38:13.223-05:00Try it Tuesday!: Finished man's polo remake..and next month's craft challenge!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">So far I have very much had a blast having a set "craft challenge" to do once a month and invite anyone to join in the fun! This particular remake of a man's polo shirt...however...just about did me in... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://greylustergirl.blogspot.com/2011/06/mens-polo-to-womans-bow-shirt-refashion.html"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDZ96cvUjdofXSd5YJytmY9-GvcpB30b_ieRIMKn6kRY_YpmxsRqQimN4MRhpL6wgd4Kol3ujkrrbdWl0PkrzsZmarwPwIVqvQH1BZ-GDNww-5aM-lWw5E_Eq5MlTXsj7GlFIGQEIMmv6R/s320/Bow_Shirt_Upcycle.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">{Click<a href="http://greylustergirl.blogspot.com/2011/06/mens-polo-to-womans-bow-shirt-refashion.html"> here</a> or photo to go to Grey Luster Girl's tutorial I used}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">And...here's some highlights of my frustration! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I bought a $4 consignment shop XL man's polo. First, note the thicker-type collar on the polo. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDntvl00GSMj9MJHZSSz7KHLiqDoFk1DyMCj2j4GrqDjvZUws8IwYDMHck2lHZrToChi9BCFAOyK2d9mMFwqkfC6YjMI8Fz_xuGuB8I_CYGB8iHR3xIipt-kSfBVvlXTCXqa1S-wXrqZfu/s320/1and1.jpg" width="240" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">You would probably have better luck getting a shirt like Grey Luster Girl's that has that thinner-type collar for later making the bow collar work better:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsFusgQ-bpjKtQWY2X3LFftP2pxv21HP-cNNw5mhrXpQtpGugL2K1TxsrHCWRdBn1ksiBvicLrzbZoUTtY8lD-auR6aYw8eXyCRfoBUxH0B8mZMhmAo4UuWnGaazg0a3Wp2VsRNQTYv_D/s1600/IMG_3026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsFusgQ-bpjKtQWY2X3LFftP2pxv21HP-cNNw5mhrXpQtpGugL2K1TxsrHCWRdBn1ksiBvicLrzbZoUTtY8lD-auR6aYw8eXyCRfoBUxH0B8mZMhmAo4UuWnGaazg0a3Wp2VsRNQTYv_D/s1600/IMG_3026.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I cut off the thick collar and turned the shirt inside out to remake a hem on the shirt. Whenever I try something new to something cheap, I don't always go super professional...which I'm especially glad in this! I just turned the collar down once and hemmed it from there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7aFyIQ8_VpKLiS2u_Gm-DkGS_CoGYPjsRVyzHDE91horoaWud9s-sbeRjR9Jc2yeq1PMGD7lsgdXwOamC9qbzOTHOSuXj38AEz8x33BwR-BqGsKxfZ_2ayWXiRjp5FWvbGP1fZ9H5NQz/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7aFyIQ8_VpKLiS2u_Gm-DkGS_CoGYPjsRVyzHDE91horoaWud9s-sbeRjR9Jc2yeq1PMGD7lsgdXwOamC9qbzOTHOSuXj38AEz8x33BwR-BqGsKxfZ_2ayWXiRjp5FWvbGP1fZ9H5NQz/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I cut off the sleeves to resize them to not be large man arms. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdy2uTMhYFZ6O0Vlu2H-24goP7WSbGgIpj_ASOnBvVlVjcn65sdxJ6vqh9WmYDuQbwCOuFYtRYj44kuUbMQRqbtqhIgtX6HM3XXdnxS1JLhAkQ_anZ0cH3U9wKXqC4I7gr1et0L4Y2-2BV/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdy2uTMhYFZ6O0Vlu2H-24goP7WSbGgIpj_ASOnBvVlVjcn65sdxJ6vqh9WmYDuQbwCOuFYtRYj44kuUbMQRqbtqhIgtX6HM3XXdnxS1JLhAkQ_anZ0cH3U9wKXqC4I7gr1et0L4Y2-2BV/s320/2.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At this point, I also tried on the shirt inside out to pin it in where I would later take it in to give me a waist and bust. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV2EDVdxmNDC7lJPk-5d6SSB-w_tBGZpgjGjd-3_DQa8Yavc8SG7Gp5ihWgGdlkATuklUDbiSsxkFJJIu5fTu5BdI7g-HjPgq1qXBx9P_8iy6PBRUX1CvPIQKHnIyKc9uXX1MBkO-f651N/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV2EDVdxmNDC7lJPk-5d6SSB-w_tBGZpgjGjd-3_DQa8Yavc8SG7Gp5ihWgGdlkATuklUDbiSsxkFJJIu5fTu5BdI7g-HjPgq1qXBx9P_8iy6PBRUX1CvPIQKHnIyKc9uXX1MBkO-f651N/s320/3.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I used a comfy tshirt I wear to initially resize the sleeves...I changed this later. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI4A27k8iUFCJCVRaZkL2qkjQsMUb3pJb2ESQTUEedfUscWTOgZXwpoeiVQgv7J-c_L1G4GDpa_naVSV0OGtfC5qEYN1ubnqsNJQ8BSzQjIM4OsJOwW1lk03AcnZeJPuas5bbMDGHkon7/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI4A27k8iUFCJCVRaZkL2qkjQsMUb3pJb2ESQTUEedfUscWTOgZXwpoeiVQgv7J-c_L1G4GDpa_naVSV0OGtfC5qEYN1ubnqsNJQ8BSzQjIM4OsJOwW1lk03AcnZeJPuas5bbMDGHkon7/s320/4.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I would also recommend instead of cutting the top of the sleeve off to use the bottom hem again, just cut off the bottom part instead so you have a sleeve with one hem alone (instead of a top and bottom hem which will later make your sleeve stick out funny on top!). Note to self. Boo. Had I just followed her tutorial correctly, this would have not been a problem;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-WTPJ7tuNpouk-vk2UpEGwTmnoTlSk1o_xaT2s_vrMYeplLrKFnbJWfxYWdNgLfw9NQg9HtztJIjUW6-aXnx7z3uzPG2dpovvdl1e5vJoa2APiWWvnQaTWW3d4Gw-J3STqQ5C80UQe0t/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-WTPJ7tuNpouk-vk2UpEGwTmnoTlSk1o_xaT2s_vrMYeplLrKFnbJWfxYWdNgLfw9NQg9HtztJIjUW6-aXnx7z3uzPG2dpovvdl1e5vJoa2APiWWvnQaTWW3d4Gw-J3STqQ5C80UQe0t/s320/5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I pinned the sleeve inside out to resew the top portion I sized down. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhei6kvBmBbhOJhMBbJQ6U3TyC-7J90y-f13qe92-fp4SMS8otL_IHyNN7GLWX8nMTsvPRlUg-yy_dTAYmNCvPc7ikrlZnBkXodVMUnfzJT3Mdce9QuWuzbiyMPVphJ53cCkXUCz7C0CxT7/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhei6kvBmBbhOJhMBbJQ6U3TyC-7J90y-f13qe92-fp4SMS8otL_IHyNN7GLWX8nMTsvPRlUg-yy_dTAYmNCvPc7ikrlZnBkXodVMUnfzJT3Mdce9QuWuzbiyMPVphJ53cCkXUCz7C0CxT7/s320/6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And then finished off the end of the sleeve, too, by hemming it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVcqs13cpV-iSEvNmHD6dGZO26WzwjKu8pemhOw1pUyAK4_ijo98PZlF8JqkunCizoniS5eGinObzlelKL-2NwewwdU-e4zX0urF9qHhlIYvnnM7nXJJXpMqCSftdZSNlhKdvN_3X1AysF/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVcqs13cpV-iSEvNmHD6dGZO26WzwjKu8pemhOw1pUyAK4_ijo98PZlF8JqkunCizoniS5eGinObzlelKL-2NwewwdU-e4zX0urF9qHhlIYvnnM7nXJJXpMqCSftdZSNlhKdvN_3X1AysF/s320/7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As shown! Sewing in a circle presents interesting challenges to me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1geR4qtyJlK7ad3Kb9CN_hncWx1Wjy3etI7HPpkXAdnr1nyz8e9PWMWPxC_UKAKRoVLiZ5PkB98oIm07RqGUXeCmeeGcA08-AJbhkjk7Q0tJHD9MHcJif0CXALsRWdwE6yonsiGxIZOlg/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1geR4qtyJlK7ad3Kb9CN_hncWx1Wjy3etI7HPpkXAdnr1nyz8e9PWMWPxC_UKAKRoVLiZ5PkB98oIm07RqGUXeCmeeGcA08-AJbhkjk7Q0tJHD9MHcJif0CXALsRWdwE6yonsiGxIZOlg/s320/8.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Finished sleeve end (I didn't have grey thread!): </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4UKb7G1QaWk5GPoJTC-2dByp6m0wqsIE2wHjE-YufNWzk4TUgAdKPojoYlKc813psMENDPQ1HTtl6VrVeNpam5v9om8O_e6wYLeqs54p2ybpPAGbAzH3IT10t0XO3HUcA9CaRcjziiD-4/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4UKb7G1QaWk5GPoJTC-2dByp6m0wqsIE2wHjE-YufNWzk4TUgAdKPojoYlKc813psMENDPQ1HTtl6VrVeNpam5v9om8O_e6wYLeqs54p2ybpPAGbAzH3IT10t0XO3HUcA9CaRcjziiD-4/s320/9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then I pinned the sleeve back into the tshirt. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUELNiDX_QstL2P6qHNmRCkusqaZJ72GwEPqEkxSNVCAEvgxiibRkwd3018cSNbfQtSbtPk_6NJM4O63Nd0YHiL-VdCs0KOzKTMR_gJxdPNzcAmEuG31u9XouOyoB35_UzzjqymVoo7B1y/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUELNiDX_QstL2P6qHNmRCkusqaZJ72GwEPqEkxSNVCAEvgxiibRkwd3018cSNbfQtSbtPk_6NJM4O63Nd0YHiL-VdCs0KOzKTMR_gJxdPNzcAmEuG31u9XouOyoB35_UzzjqymVoo7B1y/s320/10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Since this sleeve is smaller than the original one I needed to sew up the sleeve hole where there's no sleeve to connect! If you try this, check out her blog instructions for the real tutorial. I'm trying to show here how I pinned the bottom part of the sleeve back into the gigantic hole the original one left. When I sewed this shut I sewed both sides of the sleeve and left the bottom part for later when I took in the shirt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojNi44SDj_4x-iL4taI5meoGKS9YAmPLTf9HdMY75rsHhtigmwyeRYcTxEPV4nerwwZ2tG494AdKAkd846BCwsq-FIvTi-Wz3MGRB4hcYP0JEp15knerRhLs_n7bXhuHOxFAILZfvZZxt/s1600/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojNi44SDj_4x-iL4taI5meoGKS9YAmPLTf9HdMY75rsHhtigmwyeRYcTxEPV4nerwwZ2tG494AdKAkd846BCwsq-FIvTi-Wz3MGRB4hcYP0JEp15knerRhLs_n7bXhuHOxFAILZfvZZxt/s320/12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">{Insert imaginary photo of taking in the sides for the first time}</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">{Insert frustration when I tried the shirt on and the sleeves were still large and the shirt was not actually taken in very much}</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">{Insert repinning the sides and sewing them in tighter...and then too tight...and then NOT fixing it because I had to head out of town emergently...and then deciding to leave the sides as is...see below}</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So when I decided the smaller sleeves on the tutorial were way cuter than the larger sleeves I cut I enlisted another shirt of mine with more desirable sleeves. With the sleeves sewn into the shirt I trimmed them down and redid it all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNbml47_I7-9enSaiR2fYhb8BWeXK7qmJ2AD7mI3uyeakMEM_iaI9tev0MKyhTF-XcduisdABFDW6qOW4QuPkMnb7dnHalra09D3Qf31BCgZv5A0kwWBzZiMt-4Uyzl_r7qc0-qT5_nDx/s1600/17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNbml47_I7-9enSaiR2fYhb8BWeXK7qmJ2AD7mI3uyeakMEM_iaI9tev0MKyhTF-XcduisdABFDW6qOW4QuPkMnb7dnHalra09D3Qf31BCgZv5A0kwWBzZiMt-4Uyzl_r7qc0-qT5_nDx/s320/17.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With what was left over from my sleeve trimmings, I sewed a long line of gray fabric together as her <a href="http://greylustergirl.blogspot.com/2011/06/mens-polo-to-womans-bow-shirt-refashion.html">blog</a> shows. I put this with right sides facing together with another strip of fabric from a different gray shirt I cut up for this part and sewed it together. Then turned right side out to see how it worked...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNz9IqVQB20-IcDoKnzpIY0wpi0etORcrokuEsgTwZDXey1C-qbaa8PfTY81GtzpzDPZwUTCx7Hg4osy3ewZbf_BRUZBcv7wolsoGSi_lXG0zm99zsGXITXbAmZJitOLLTNL1dgaynmCjk/s1600/18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNz9IqVQB20-IcDoKnzpIY0wpi0etORcrokuEsgTwZDXey1C-qbaa8PfTY81GtzpzDPZwUTCx7Hg4osy3ewZbf_BRUZBcv7wolsoGSi_lXG0zm99zsGXITXbAmZJitOLLTNL1dgaynmCjk/s320/18.jpg" width="212" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">It didn't work very good. The bow was really skinny...I actually just pinned it on here because there was no point in sewing it on when I didn't like it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8mziIbYcjMDm9UMcmenUnfkkslEYxnO0XhChrj-womV9v3JhG0cXv8PZB-HPGrYw5D1gfwAcYuSMaUSeyA1-Tg6mD65pFjzCdYfqpwadlgOwRGDAJUrQaJCH69pMdKHSGbLq5SXpyA5v/s1600/16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8mziIbYcjMDm9UMcmenUnfkkslEYxnO0XhChrj-womV9v3JhG0cXv8PZB-HPGrYw5D1gfwAcYuSMaUSeyA1-Tg6mD65pFjzCdYfqpwadlgOwRGDAJUrQaJCH69pMdKHSGbLq5SXpyA5v/s320/16.jpg" width="126" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfk85LYyXkcnL9UylbxZXaV0_mjzLezA60aJvV3nI4S4_Zf_qXQv-CgKsv_iHWhCVucbofJtL3wJsU2wpDWdOfaskQoIqcxHoLFRbjwIWBuBwytql-RRedc9wTRS3QbHxqo4UdL7IV1fLQ/s1600/2011-08-02+15.53.43.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Here's the shirt without the bow. I only really like how the sleeves turned out! Using a polo with the thick collar, it left an awkwardly wide v-neck. In this photo I pinned the button area closer together to make it not so weird fitting...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1avdScm5MPCjMQhCFk-Itq7EaQUG6Oqi9vXBG0l5HbAZuLFWhADuXw863SQTpcZHc29YgmhSLuOZnH1T6SGIszmyvJLlJ5Cizu-cY4dW1ssPpfp1zdCYfctfXOlThRA0foNn787b92Hax/s1600/15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1avdScm5MPCjMQhCFk-Itq7EaQUG6Oqi9vXBG0l5HbAZuLFWhADuXw863SQTpcZHc29YgmhSLuOZnH1T6SGIszmyvJLlJ5Cizu-cY4dW1ssPpfp1zdCYfctfXOlThRA0foNn787b92Hax/s320/15.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If I was going to wear this today, I would add this sweet H & M bib necklace and feel way better about the shirt!! I would also have liked to take time to take out the sides a bit more from my bit extreme taking in. I like how the blogger had her sides a bit less fitted;) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDzYyT5K3waukQQdlbTGygrdvC8AxfYFl3kbGFxgtiPsXS5O6ka7dOzuscYOUd6ivKBINf7LyjeQ8Qdk-ZxF-qye3wyimPjoB-7P4Q_SslIri90_85KdSc9yqyN2feDLMvIWxPJS-yAkBz/s1600/14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDzYyT5K3waukQQdlbTGygrdvC8AxfYFl3kbGFxgtiPsXS5O6ka7dOzuscYOUd6ivKBINf7LyjeQ8Qdk-ZxF-qye3wyimPjoB-7P4Q_SslIri90_85KdSc9yqyN2feDLMvIWxPJS-yAkBz/s320/14.jpg" width="122" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I hopped over to pinterest to my friend <a href="http://pinterest.com/lacey_heid/">Lacey's</a> site and found these on her projects board! I'm going to choose one of these or both to make. These were chosen because you'll get to go to some place like Mac's Hardware, get free popcorn and coffee, and make a really cheap awesome bracelet or necklace! And I'm really into bracelets right now...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">{Click photo to follow to tutorial} </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://honestlywtf.com/diy/diy-braided-hex-nut-bracelet/"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOhlABZwTUEq8lDSKOAnSPBCjNOlRYFbqP9Mg3p7S6lw2DGZxgYw4Yn8YypRc1MjJy4EWElXFIJVXQPyWK2mFUvAGYR03Y4wnj06EfIdSSMssY9sVwGSp-Hz343ebAJqz0HXyhUxbcuCY/s320/hexnut83.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">{a <a href="http://honestlywtf.com/diy/diy-braided-hex-nut-bracelet/">braided hex nut bracelet</a> - the gold one picture} </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://tinysparklythings.blogspot.com/2010/01/diy-anni-albers-washer-ribbon-necklace.html"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5LnKVyERFNfGGS6w6ic6Wa8oP6m47BnHs7CQxESSOi1wc8S5uUztIQ8sdktWR361VQTKl95i1cC7HguTm4A5mZlmcWs_Q_D_lyg3leIkWgI3tj8vIP7zYLrY0g4T-oLBXlK4ckX5VloJe/s320/urban+outfitters+washer+necklace2.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">{<a href="http://tinysparklythings.blogspot.com/2010/01/diy-anni-albers-washer-ribbon-necklace.html">Urban Outfitter's washer ribbon necklace</a>}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
Happy creating! If you make either of these this month, send me a photo and we'll show off your handiwork! Finish by September 1...and have fun!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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</a></div>AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-33301230489586190082011-07-29T07:05:00.000-05:002011-07-31T12:29:22.839-05:00Fashion Friday: Accordian Pleats!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I happened upon East Grand Forks, MN for work this week...and stopped by Glamorous Reruns during lunch. So sweet! It's a little clothing consignment shop that the owner also purchases some new brand clothes from LA (just 6 pieces of each new item is purchased to sell in the store). I've been trying to find a photo of the dress that inspired this Fashion Friday, but, alas, no photo online is to be found - it was an Ugg brand, light pink accordion pleated dress with navy blue ruffling underneath - adorable! ($49...not bad, but I couldn't commit!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Have you tried any accordion pleats lately?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFpehpRreKAjlt_pPI3K-2rYK2q974JVCIZxKMGbBPC1fYyLmhvnnPs2czLtqMIgdmObv3PjF3svD3uNTg7DXWGVxemkpMHPSP_YFoFul8Uhb-IP1cIlctk6wcTJrWsf7Cmu_xWc94doLq/s320/6a00d83451c76a69e20120a8d5db0e970b.jpg" width="214" /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://coquette.blogs.com/coquette/2010/02/pleats-please.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">{photo credit} </span></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://sneakypeek.360fashion.net/2011/04/27/sneakypeek-spots-a-trend-bold-accordion-pleats/">Sneaky Peek's</a> fashion blog writes, "The accordion pleat (otherwise known as the sunray pleat) is audaciously in fashion. By that we mean that every designer and his dog is featuring the 50s-inspired style, including the ready-to-wear collections of Karen Walker and Sharon Wauchob. Not to mention US design house J Mendell, whose Autumn 2011 collection was riddled with this fanciful fold."</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Accordion pleats are light and breezy and when worn correctly, can really make an outfit look effortless. What’s great is that they’re worn maxi, midi and mini length so depending on your height or style, you can wear them however you want" reports <a href="http://nonstopstyle.com/2011/06/07/accordion-pleats/">Non Stop Style</a> blog.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I would have looooved to bought the dress...I don't have anything really remotely close to accordion pleats and they are just so light and airy...romantic and feminine. Accessorizing these sorts of outfits also just seems like one good time! A plain tee, high heels, cardigans, vintage and modern accessories...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And from one of the blogs I regularly follow, she not so long ago took photos of this sweet H & M dress!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjktYqbIDbKEF95XsIWJGnHPtgAC82BLa6rUHFZUwtihR9bF8WtRwYN1swiyED9WvyUetpLm4VNbWxn0SDe5R7gq3P44nNOeEMgRKDaJAmovMYiDbsxQqLeZRksx327wQm9y7WmYHiM1Iqm/s1600/pddresscloseup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjktYqbIDbKEF95XsIWJGnHPtgAC82BLa6rUHFZUwtihR9bF8WtRwYN1swiyED9WvyUetpLm4VNbWxn0SDe5R7gq3P44nNOeEMgRKDaJAmovMYiDbsxQqLeZRksx327wQm9y7WmYHiM1Iqm/s320/pddresscloseup.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Plan an awesome weekend getaway! Go do some awesome thriftings...garage sales...beaches...kites...maybe run up to Grand Forks to check out this store and True Colors - another new consignment shop find I didn't notice before!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">xoxo</span></div>AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-81895212080926815212011-07-28T06:52:00.000-05:002011-07-31T12:29:33.924-05:00Inspiration Workshop Installment #9: The Beach<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGFgvtEoFIXRIBPl6mGMnLfmUeHnT5bnJsF-xqAw3xbljV3MtXaMBlIKMAyzr3rG14NPSTi3CykaawVTiGHgVEJM7emcDSW8TclAOTM2wOT8VAr77FLVbKs_Xkk8je8MS7ZfTEv_TJJpB/s1600/P1073899.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGFgvtEoFIXRIBPl6mGMnLfmUeHnT5bnJsF-xqAw3xbljV3MtXaMBlIKMAyzr3rG14NPSTi3CykaawVTiGHgVEJM7emcDSW8TclAOTM2wOT8VAr77FLVbKs_Xkk8je8MS7ZfTEv_TJJpB/s320/P1073899.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> So once upon an amazing idea...we went with a sweet group of our friends on a cruise. I still can't believe it actually happened! {you know how easy it is to talk about doing crazy things...but then never doing them??}</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuYm_RNmGUyp7Yy3nHT0M1b5X29nFUDKonJgQYu9a1u_qlp7-jmn3xv7_dOwNaMC2YGCavNilZSrJrutgIi5FUQ02DibN00vtDwGQ3TIZNI0W5uBRC677MJqYt-YVSCt_WfCubXw4zBlQ/s1600/P1073907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuYm_RNmGUyp7Yy3nHT0M1b5X29nFUDKonJgQYu9a1u_qlp7-jmn3xv7_dOwNaMC2YGCavNilZSrJrutgIi5FUQ02DibN00vtDwGQ3TIZNI0W5uBRC677MJqYt-YVSCt_WfCubXw4zBlQ/s320/P1073907.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Desperate to get the heck out of dodge (ie. Fargo), we lived it up for a weekend. By far, the highlight, and<b> still one of my favorite days yet</b>, was playing beach volleyball while sharing unlimited Passion Beach drinks...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrczSyEnYL3tjomdQgLm9zxBH_a6nacYQ7Li8aHiZebA5wMsHZYvWYW7RiwP62sBPwsAk4t8ZdCmCFCRmvg9OPc-7v6TWq0u6ONWb3spunAuzZZR8lYCHzHvClf2D86S9P1wB0SF-SuyNR/s1600/P1073910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrczSyEnYL3tjomdQgLm9zxBH_a6nacYQ7Li8aHiZebA5wMsHZYvWYW7RiwP62sBPwsAk4t8ZdCmCFCRmvg9OPc-7v6TWq0u6ONWb3spunAuzZZR8lYCHzHvClf2D86S9P1wB0SF-SuyNR/s320/P1073910.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chillin' on the blob...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOzvFLtWRMJWNMydQQIyyOlCmjNuuI5czi4gHtwnQg0OA8SJu1A_4Vwk4zFVR0jIIBQw9Dn9E1FpEIHUbPOCeo-89aoLPMtl7x6xspkPATC0k-k8xGy0xEk1JMheUCsH3oZO8tmsF9W-PD/s1600/P1073878.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOzvFLtWRMJWNMydQQIyyOlCmjNuuI5czi4gHtwnQg0OA8SJu1A_4Vwk4zFVR0jIIBQw9Dn9E1FpEIHUbPOCeo-89aoLPMtl7x6xspkPATC0k-k8xGy0xEk1JMheUCsH3oZO8tmsF9W-PD/s320/P1073878.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Fallin' on the blob...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOuXgVNACNHkZ1YoBgrN_nB1ycTC3WvboaaTHLaoctGQropCqr_QVBNkpPfSQkx148FlKZFc-BuziTBW3VZi1Q79ajoo77n7Jgo9_9JsCLryPxvPCCvHogX90aWNHT64iJYuyWGDCmN5ES/s1600/P1063830.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOuXgVNACNHkZ1YoBgrN_nB1ycTC3WvboaaTHLaoctGQropCqr_QVBNkpPfSQkx148FlKZFc-BuziTBW3VZi1Q79ajoo77n7Jgo9_9JsCLryPxvPCCvHogX90aWNHT64iJYuyWGDCmN5ES/s320/P1063830.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Swingin' at the bar (on a different island...I just really love this whole concept...and it was on a beach)...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaX5GJcVwbtgIY7KIDpmQ5D_A_YUU1JwcsppmRzkgLvn19AMFng7lK6iv5JzxgEgw_LkghhxUeWkMtGUCaqtsMDd8ehI7lQpGpJMenIfoEW9AWByRUgw860MsugaUkia_eRTHQ2_HiYhda/s1600/IMG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaX5GJcVwbtgIY7KIDpmQ5D_A_YUU1JwcsppmRzkgLvn19AMFng7lK6iv5JzxgEgw_LkghhxUeWkMtGUCaqtsMDd8ehI7lQpGpJMenIfoEW9AWByRUgw860MsugaUkia_eRTHQ2_HiYhda/s320/IMG.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And making completely and totally unforgettable memories together. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(I'm in the white skirt;).</span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Who's with me?!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">{and...p.s....anyone continue to meet up with friends who've moved away or after having kids that's made it like an "annual event" of sorts? curious what you did/do!}</span></div><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">xoxo</span>AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-60166272769089810172011-07-27T13:55:00.000-05:002011-07-31T12:29:50.550-05:00inspire me on hump day: 3 doors down.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_UGW_Q0yHj4Z0gV6839L3UCB43reXojnH-nJmuqr_jyh9u4HOjHEcQVYt7dFaNwQawQmDvKvQSHy7NQwQo1ynXMNOE8XO0QGTvq9J3HNxjJGlHEbj6ZiB3Hbn_eAPUqtaQiSr91JM7aP/s1600/301258_baqpv6rW_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_UGW_Q0yHj4Z0gV6839L3UCB43reXojnH-nJmuqr_jyh9u4HOjHEcQVYt7dFaNwQawQmDvKvQSHy7NQwQo1ynXMNOE8XO0QGTvq9J3HNxjJGlHEbj6ZiB3Hbn_eAPUqtaQiSr91JM7aP/s320/301258_baqpv6rW_c.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="messageBody"><b>"When one door closes another opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us."</b> <span style="font-size: small;">~Alexander Graham Bell</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="messageBody"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></h6>AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-54118211657100183922011-07-26T18:45:00.000-05:002011-07-31T12:29:59.233-05:00Try it Tuesday!: Felt rosette (wicked easy)...multi-purpose!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">My good friend, <a href="http://ourpiepshow.wordpress.com/">Deb</a>, asked the other day if I had heard of the craftings blog <a href="http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/">How About Orange.</a>.. Feeling inspired, I actually was able to try some simple projects I found on that site and also on a linked site that same night! I love when that happens...instead of just <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/seekbeauty">pinteresting</a> as I usually do...I DID it;) (PS...I loooove pinterest. Wholly perfect inspiration board-ness!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">The 2 tutorials I tried were:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Felted Rosettes from <a href="http://mrspriss.com/2010/03/12/tutorial-felt-rosettes/">Mrs. Priss blog</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfE3KW4cMovlmQLiVT0X1_7udVpGxyWoAeo0Ffm2umFHCjxmek0VpSBGX1me4aFjeNOm6W1sYgM5scWBQ3x6FcQckvBiBouv2TJVReJAjhbeqyNJYupLaXzhmX3wFFNjlBalefJk-xYHkk/s320/121-435x357.jpg" width="320" /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And the How to Make Boxes From Paint Swatches from <a href="http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-to-make-boxes-from-paint-swatches.html">How About Orange</a>: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7bsXVhi_tuGJ9_XCqEiJhZpFkYpz5qhzsJj_N78GWurZd9azScuda8gD5YJ_4l-m6ovirrgSPJ8ivgWGWhrEyvLtD7RrzRyVwLSZJU3v0GkcomNh_GPaL04hHIYoPGrd1N7XzGf5qtj9v/s1600/paint-chip-boxes-stack.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7bsXVhi_tuGJ9_XCqEiJhZpFkYpz5qhzsJj_N78GWurZd9azScuda8gD5YJ_4l-m6ovirrgSPJ8ivgWGWhrEyvLtD7RrzRyVwLSZJU3v0GkcomNh_GPaL04hHIYoPGrd1N7XzGf5qtj9v/s320/paint-chip-boxes-stack.png" width="308" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6s9aF3-XMvzH9TEQV5h-GpLrT-kMl-bjjo7MR8rrXv2_3s3UWxOa8BS2-mCnGSIO5M-Rud3FMlCiz80bBaiRT3bQ3LDQ2RcQ45R3abCY84iwvf46gbo02N8gLzLd7-IWABF-F9vJPVCb/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">The rosettes themselves just took craft glue (or any), felt, and scissors...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6s9aF3-XMvzH9TEQV5h-GpLrT-kMl-bjjo7MR8rrXv2_3s3UWxOa8BS2-mCnGSIO5M-Rud3FMlCiz80bBaiRT3bQ3LDQ2RcQ45R3abCY84iwvf46gbo02N8gLzLd7-IWABF-F9vJPVCb/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I tried 3 different sizes - 4x4, 3.5x3.5, and 3x3... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPNTlfBnoNIXj0bJgFFlAK48vxuG6cbluDhFAe2QXD1i-ACgoqN207Rl8wOsoYQ1N14l1No-F25Wv5WJTXG9CMVWgtrHuraC-PqVwvUDdKPnPUY4qdiv3NxDgh-xSPEHdHN3CJM6lRMiA/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPNTlfBnoNIXj0bJgFFlAK48vxuG6cbluDhFAe2QXD1i-ACgoqN207Rl8wOsoYQ1N14l1No-F25Wv5WJTXG9CMVWgtrHuraC-PqVwvUDdKPnPUY4qdiv3NxDgh-xSPEHdHN3CJM6lRMiA/s320/2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3.5x3.5 to me turned out to be the best size... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddwi70pKT-K3kujKQTT00jZ9RQhP0wQ58e6IyJS8l9_pQh9yVO3A3fI5T-9CAhWgIR7nMpynQ1iu4h-o7i3TwicRzQRtayGtqWfzEdrm2FQdOs-pP7UKVPJrKbHTYFLpDekleL93Fe93l/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddwi70pKT-K3kujKQTT00jZ9RQhP0wQ58e6IyJS8l9_pQh9yVO3A3fI5T-9CAhWgIR7nMpynQ1iu4h-o7i3TwicRzQRtayGtqWfzEdrm2FQdOs-pP7UKVPJrKbHTYFLpDekleL93Fe93l/s320/4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The instead of drawing a swirl on my felt, I just starting cutting circular from the outside to the inside of the square... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8jAg7uXXS-syICY0Bgw5DfGbYJspJEpPW5Wff2u5Wh1Oq72Fkwvx4EF8OgrqrRAlKb1e_g8noKR-KY698i4DZj7nTjvb-Ttat8G41GiZnEGQ8aI3qLcmgMqvRg9JAEWxGaZDqQhlKJjGD/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8jAg7uXXS-syICY0Bgw5DfGbYJspJEpPW5Wff2u5Wh1Oq72Fkwvx4EF8OgrqrRAlKb1e_g8noKR-KY698i4DZj7nTjvb-Ttat8G41GiZnEGQ8aI3qLcmgMqvRg9JAEWxGaZDqQhlKJjGD/s320/5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Trimming off the outside end that was square-ish. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPf2Q7qWh7goYZoe-ozxVDkkbObrXXQbY33IoZ5Ravwa6rT2x5-dsDDLyJa0GoFhYgKUREV_fEtX_koT_l-c0DIgWb_x2c6VLS7C4pzSBX7Y6kswlags0Z-roqHBUJVyEfFsOB4jJZtNM/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPf2Q7qWh7goYZoe-ozxVDkkbObrXXQbY33IoZ5Ravwa6rT2x5-dsDDLyJa0GoFhYgKUREV_fEtX_koT_l-c0DIgWb_x2c6VLS7C4pzSBX7Y6kswlags0Z-roqHBUJVyEfFsOB4jJZtNM/s320/7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And started rolling the flower from the outside to the inside... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaspTVbkzw24ubSXeBbvUtCIxNYWcZHGELZFVlJPCiOgFJgjmz15mkjRd1WfD2yjKeRdCw_3F_GBWV3xgGQMucf8d8Qc4-ZZp1DtqUQaIW4ZWRJlRjdCVW46ApvjNdcAiRUz608FF7jwoa/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaspTVbkzw24ubSXeBbvUtCIxNYWcZHGELZFVlJPCiOgFJgjmz15mkjRd1WfD2yjKeRdCw_3F_GBWV3xgGQMucf8d8Qc4-ZZp1DtqUQaIW4ZWRJlRjdCVW46ApvjNdcAiRUz608FF7jwoa/s320/8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The perfect little middle piece got a dab of glue...and fit perfectly to finish the bottom of the rosette... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbq4PB4-GVbYwsylvKaCMWRPWkDTr5BgVW6ERQWCLCm7IEqbNBrmPMM_yzYu7NEM0-uWGvgXQ5vZV9nxIJiBuS02oXWvU-yMpQ50MTPlWtPH0ciM4Ho_aCS0l6VzoDf1Umon9WBwzH6H7T/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbq4PB4-GVbYwsylvKaCMWRPWkDTr5BgVW6ERQWCLCm7IEqbNBrmPMM_yzYu7NEM0-uWGvgXQ5vZV9nxIJiBuS02oXWvU-yMpQ50MTPlWtPH0ciM4Ho_aCS0l6VzoDf1Umon9WBwzH6H7T/s320/10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4x4, 3.5x3.5, 3x3... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_cv_geEaqztn0V64Bn6hi28WfmIXhQFXTbAxRAf9GFE_jAW_CHuBtKErv2-LmLNSnzcMpd_mHMST3UTjq0k9imj36rRuaJ_huTX8tBFOuqV6B8VuEXPTEnvL0skggsx4tHAnu90Ojet2/s1600/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_cv_geEaqztn0V64Bn6hi28WfmIXhQFXTbAxRAf9GFE_jAW_CHuBtKErv2-LmLNSnzcMpd_mHMST3UTjq0k9imj36rRuaJ_huTX8tBFOuqV6B8VuEXPTEnvL0skggsx4tHAnu90Ojet2/s320/11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The bottom... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Jmiyr444YC7lJ-Oz1mc4sax_ZgvTe1pBj-h70thMYQPrZBayburV2upswjnaCdn4yL6QfEhWD7SepB-mZPeCbEpkY5a8SLTmyn1gYMYbPqVCTiD1bXGTakCOOcQKN3WnhL6s2wE8CxJ9/s1600/13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Jmiyr444YC7lJ-Oz1mc4sax_ZgvTe1pBj-h70thMYQPrZBayburV2upswjnaCdn4yL6QfEhWD7SepB-mZPeCbEpkY5a8SLTmyn1gYMYbPqVCTiD1bXGTakCOOcQKN3WnhL6s2wE8CxJ9/s320/13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And then I tried the paint swatch box using what I had at home to try! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5Dr5Pl35WlEo0TRTmVjZ-kstGMypgAUx1YQsMUBp4Niuao2i607QbNUxGCyaaO74UpPUY4oOd4YLMs1Rkxk5mPN8PTcZpNjNPbXKKuk1YXHBShdf8fuIISFYy-fVlWp2Smtfb2Jlm8j2/s1600/14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5Dr5Pl35WlEo0TRTmVjZ-kstGMypgAUx1YQsMUBp4Niuao2i607QbNUxGCyaaO74UpPUY4oOd4YLMs1Rkxk5mPN8PTcZpNjNPbXKKuk1YXHBShdf8fuIISFYy-fVlWp2Smtfb2Jlm8j2/s320/14.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They go so well together;)! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic8veN6B-GhxySluDrzQZXFCJruGMDjG6cJEtKGPUqeOBCzPIZ1Oxatieq7L5rJQeXfrInI_A0vz70LKWoen2rjAXgvbIvcIkI_xZpRKaC3N-4uGLs4IsxzCOpFD5ag312y0gvY_GoEYZa/s1600/17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic8veN6B-GhxySluDrzQZXFCJruGMDjG6cJEtKGPUqeOBCzPIZ1Oxatieq7L5rJQeXfrInI_A0vz70LKWoen2rjAXgvbIvcIkI_xZpRKaC3N-4uGLs4IsxzCOpFD5ag312y0gvY_GoEYZa/s320/17.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But then I thought, hey, I kind of really like all this fabric rosette jewelry I've been seeing on etsy and such! So I found my piece of doily lace stuff... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG6KMWpiq6IrrMJ4ixPIS1MqS80z-RZ2BEfZM_f4SYYyGtxDZJ2uaqDXjC6jNBRTC14a_VRYyRTAfbWWNVtbYyuvy2vHuLZahMnlfZDPDssvDqstblS06PBfoEOwz9Ps2wAUH2AYI6711b/s1600/19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG6KMWpiq6IrrMJ4ixPIS1MqS80z-RZ2BEfZM_f4SYYyGtxDZJ2uaqDXjC6jNBRTC14a_VRYyRTAfbWWNVtbYyuvy2vHuLZahMnlfZDPDssvDqstblS06PBfoEOwz9Ps2wAUH2AYI6711b/s320/19.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Figured out where it would fit best to have a little "leaf" left on a side... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGz3DqfarnMRXRdYABPMSpF3ty5kCv8UwMJiFihcDxKPU3qpJPlNqzWQJyZS5biREAhloXk1mg96yjZQvwG_6jtTh17mnwHUBr9lGiwrCRa_5R7UCo2CXRwQk-DzF-AfLOxdHSA0pezL1/s1600/20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGz3DqfarnMRXRdYABPMSpF3ty5kCv8UwMJiFihcDxKPU3qpJPlNqzWQJyZS5biREAhloXk1mg96yjZQvwG_6jtTh17mnwHUBr9lGiwrCRa_5R7UCo2CXRwQk-DzF-AfLOxdHSA0pezL1/s320/20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cut it down and hot glued it to the back...and found twine that I also hot glued to the back... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FiWCbpXQ-vzCMYb9_eX8AMmbYMj4WhyblsWsgb07KeD5-GUPMHhPsb-MDsQBV99bzLFAQ7k89TK-e0CkGMBe2FLqwDiLEs1QUV-LM9mriFsDg5mNfTRV1Xcs2pE2OcKpPVWFxAz_xrn5/s1600/21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FiWCbpXQ-vzCMYb9_eX8AMmbYMj4WhyblsWsgb07KeD5-GUPMHhPsb-MDsQBV99bzLFAQ7k89TK-e0CkGMBe2FLqwDiLEs1QUV-LM9mriFsDg5mNfTRV1Xcs2pE2OcKpPVWFxAz_xrn5/s320/21.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And thus a rosette necklace was born! Not sure if I really like the twine or not with it...might be a little too Mary Jane's farm...but for now I'll take it...or make the rosettes into a brooch later! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFpWqQni2RPEy10Yi3SchlxnUvHILqfEdNyGnBu186BlmxlMcyMjvt_xL2ShBfWkXKHgjakFopkzD1iXTGAS5E-C-28ROfJn1sQmrLNFs59J24ubVCjrFcAfuqWRxkYZ1EopvkrIqQPsr4/s1600/22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFpWqQni2RPEy10Yi3SchlxnUvHILqfEdNyGnBu186BlmxlMcyMjvt_xL2ShBfWkXKHgjakFopkzD1iXTGAS5E-C-28ROfJn1sQmrLNFs59J24ubVCjrFcAfuqWRxkYZ1EopvkrIqQPsr4/s320/22.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Any of your pinterests craftings you've been trying out lately? Let me know your link if I'm not already following you! I love sharing these great tutorials (and then doing them!)...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also...did you ever try the July craft challenge fun? I could yell loud curse words at my shirt currently, but I'll finish it up by Aug 1 and share it with you next Tuesday! Here's the link - you've still got time to try it out (shirts like these are usually $4 or less when thrifting!) and send me a photo if you do it so we can share our craft winnings and failings together:) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://greylustergirl.blogspot.com/2011/06/mens-polo-to-womans-bow-shirt-refashion.html"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJKGuvQyhbIXvVzN1jYtCIkacreKP1X41YbWxpRpzwK3VVkhP8_ZqW8KHpScpsNElAJPmQ7HLj2D0Jx3oQKwOlHB41VxgRepncIqG3sUVxfD6ZkZKJMQeeVuOYafvanqZFrQuG_Vfj3GG/s320/Bow_Shirt_Upcycle.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">{click photo or <a href="http://greylustergirl.blogspot.com/2011/06/mens-polo-to-womans-bow-shirt-refashion.html">here</a> for link to tutorial at Grey Luster Girl}</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">xoxo</div>AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-20215527333493543622011-07-25T21:50:00.000-05:002011-07-25T21:50:54.441-05:00You're so dirty.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidTmJE3_WjrJ5yhexr67uH618YWon5eOvRLNZsOrgFzI3buzpQsvgOSjs3rETVEz0b5D5XO6Wlf1abCc6kI5mJC78GBbGZW9DiSSz2mmveOGuufLZXZIPJfYU2LzQiqx_A5n5lCZX1-Ptv/s1600/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidTmJE3_WjrJ5yhexr67uH618YWon5eOvRLNZsOrgFzI3buzpQsvgOSjs3rETVEz0b5D5XO6Wlf1abCc6kI5mJC78GBbGZW9DiSSz2mmveOGuufLZXZIPJfYU2LzQiqx_A5n5lCZX1-Ptv/s320/11.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I'm just super stoked that things actually keep growing in our gardens so I wanted to throw out some photos I took today and compare with a couple from last year and earlier this year! The above is an asiatic lily that I totally thought would never grow...however, our master gardener friend said we should go for it! (which, by the way, if you would like to come along with us sometime this week maybe to see his flowers in bloom let me know!)...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
I'm loving perennial gardening...however, it does take some patience...some things seem to die when you first plant them, but come fall or the following year they rock it...and most take until the next year to be voluptuous! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">This is from last year around the end of July...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhni_xu8XuKvznJ6LR3PpuDX4_yeGwF942tl-ZTy2Vw4AQOjh13pC8JTXV53URzvcQQ-Tj7HIPnxceQ4tmRMXG925jc_ZYWUveIJy4FkZV_kSugdRAf5Bia5DQtJjJEfgf7oQftzjXZ1ErV/s1600/DSC_0231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhni_xu8XuKvznJ6LR3PpuDX4_yeGwF942tl-ZTy2Vw4AQOjh13pC8JTXV53URzvcQQ-Tj7HIPnxceQ4tmRMXG925jc_ZYWUveIJy4FkZV_kSugdRAf5Bia5DQtJjJEfgf7oQftzjXZ1ErV/s320/DSC_0231.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">This is this year in later May...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKak35sZXt3qRpMGGc32pT0jg-htnaS_3Ul_WbtluSg-TPUHbLupULDNKJL6eotmk04QUVWUa__5c7DiwnTpl6V9ZleloR1mcNlrw1BMIL6Yew4minMAIZUSPY2llXOGq2iMbDxGKmbIE/s1600/15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKak35sZXt3qRpMGGc32pT0jg-htnaS_3Ul_WbtluSg-TPUHbLupULDNKJL6eotmk04QUVWUa__5c7DiwnTpl6V9ZleloR1mcNlrw1BMIL6Yew4minMAIZUSPY2llXOGq2iMbDxGKmbIE/s320/15.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is from today (as are all the following!)...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj1ch3uOx1s_axMFOUWL56BRNKo7UFoL_4_5ziRH8d2V3TRWVzDE2SpLbSW2VVBNYJE8zQLclZLP21LmrQx1s85oPycSY62FG2coBzMBXmh03Xg9ItXjk7iN_OKIHBzvi9QU_WInwJJZ0i/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj1ch3uOx1s_axMFOUWL56BRNKo7UFoL_4_5ziRH8d2V3TRWVzDE2SpLbSW2VVBNYJE8zQLclZLP21LmrQx1s85oPycSY62FG2coBzMBXmh03Xg9ItXjk7iN_OKIHBzvi9QU_WInwJJZ0i/s320/7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Heard of moneywort? It's an awesome lime green colored cover plant - this is from today and I'll be able to transplant parts of it next year to help cover more of the garden instead of mulch!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFyGuYXCO54Q-CBWSsc39uTw_GkDOTU7L-PF9KVvMQEo8BtI2MbixoYLMkUXI5PrDFGkUhNiKtwRWfJL8_YDPhfqoiGZJWicc_jJj28Bz8OatpaFDOf-srT3TY6L4dP2VgHhSfUhAPCbW/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFyGuYXCO54Q-CBWSsc39uTw_GkDOTU7L-PF9KVvMQEo8BtI2MbixoYLMkUXI5PrDFGkUhNiKtwRWfJL8_YDPhfqoiGZJWicc_jJj28Bz8OatpaFDOf-srT3TY6L4dP2VgHhSfUhAPCbW/s320/10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">This is what the moneywort started as!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJDdb0koAo9LJYXW_PqyVn05vuvp7itvP_bUro2VBCKY2s6Q3zH19G4M7zqbXREpGIETZB0mw6bFLkdd_hQQE-I5hUxodKiJnEK-zeBbU8FTRUm-LLwiAUCvmFiTRZcl7UmZf2JqKKM2N/s1600/DSC_0242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJDdb0koAo9LJYXW_PqyVn05vuvp7itvP_bUro2VBCKY2s6Q3zH19G4M7zqbXREpGIETZB0mw6bFLkdd_hQQE-I5hUxodKiJnEK-zeBbU8FTRUm-LLwiAUCvmFiTRZcl7UmZf2JqKKM2N/s320/DSC_0242.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">And some more flowerings from today...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpy_2E1jB75dle98BmivFahBQ2oN27Gjhx4TmPw0-SHkcn7NyKR1LkAhuveQQcqDlv6UyE0tsqmPs673ZWolSpabK3QVS5KmgqD1zHWXkksKfDbCso09qyOindFexBStLY9I7_fR8ggOor/s1600/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpy_2E1jB75dle98BmivFahBQ2oN27Gjhx4TmPw0-SHkcn7NyKR1LkAhuveQQcqDlv6UyE0tsqmPs673ZWolSpabK3QVS5KmgqD1zHWXkksKfDbCso09qyOindFexBStLY9I7_fR8ggOor/s320/12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">So as for veggies...last year I took a hit as my first year with a "lasagna garden" - (check out <a href="http://sunsetsandcitylights.blogspot.com/2011/03/returning-smile-you-have-had-from.html">my post</a> on how I started one). I did have some mold in just one corner of the bed and then couldn't figure out what went wrong with my tomatoes. So I decided to add the following...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCBEVM5S5GVrsBsJLwsxS-SZbZJwSuHokg6KxUJzOqmJMVuoJr356O34RoNZS3oFrHcQfgBg7ZdQVMpRxqIAQ07Tg00XO9SQw1Ppxygm0oEl1wm84BFZvJv77J0r9nHBStXAIWnxCAT_u/s1600/17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCBEVM5S5GVrsBsJLwsxS-SZbZJwSuHokg6KxUJzOqmJMVuoJr356O34RoNZS3oFrHcQfgBg7ZdQVMpRxqIAQ07Tg00XO9SQw1Ppxygm0oEl1wm84BFZvJv77J0r9nHBStXAIWnxCAT_u/s320/17.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Organic Zoom Garden Food pellets that make your plants grow stronger and supposedly 2x's as large...and Miracle Grow Organic Topsoil...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw6gS32KeuXgSar7EjM9IEpx6Z547b6NT7qPJm1DqvuTQCzD98lrMTVMjAO_dVTLJAbg1RRsmAfTSgKgz9tRh-XI3b_yaKvOD37ApzjGFmlkeBT8YwzPWjRnPWoUaKkOuTmWHnfW63WRN2/s1600/18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw6gS32KeuXgSar7EjM9IEpx6Z547b6NT7qPJm1DqvuTQCzD98lrMTVMjAO_dVTLJAbg1RRsmAfTSgKgz9tRh-XI3b_yaKvOD37ApzjGFmlkeBT8YwzPWjRnPWoUaKkOuTmWHnfW63WRN2/s320/18.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">This is the initial planting of the garden. I had also read to rotate where tomatoes go, so even though they would later block some sunlight, I went for placing them mostly in the opposing side of the raised garden. Ham loved licking the zoom. And supposedly if you poke 2 pinholes into milk jugs and fill them with water they will water your plant for you over the week. Worked with only 1 of the jugs...which I did that for for about...2 weeks...and then stopped;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB7m0dU3KbZ7CFgld_7SbxfnNJZUJgo1S6Da9Vam7zUnlb9hPwJ5ah7y7YffQJeT4nOGbz5mkIO_Z4m53ulhegMhLqm9bviMCz6JTNtGnZ2MpEASjimLH4TkTQLKHOf15HoxNN9mnzu78z/s1600/16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB7m0dU3KbZ7CFgld_7SbxfnNJZUJgo1S6Da9Vam7zUnlb9hPwJ5ah7y7YffQJeT4nOGbz5mkIO_Z4m53ulhegMhLqm9bviMCz6JTNtGnZ2MpEASjimLH4TkTQLKHOf15HoxNN9mnzu78z/s320/16.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is today! WAAAAY huger than last year! I used a variety of tomato plants from heirloom to Big Boy...there's jalapeno's and bell peppers surviving in the front, too! I had initially put up sticks and saran wrap to block the crazy wind from the new plants...and it totally worked...just looks a little silly now after all the storms... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhswgmKrSmGq-U3Q3x8lwFTEzCmSFI_SfKQSrtlOGIMIqrGoSEBcBj8RU5dR1KQjzfapmM5QciSenJNA0OWhjYlnAmtie71j3rXBWptS8E7jE872RIqB4uQFJk8Me1wEBniRGWoufTaFfgc/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhswgmKrSmGq-U3Q3x8lwFTEzCmSFI_SfKQSrtlOGIMIqrGoSEBcBj8RU5dR1KQjzfapmM5QciSenJNA0OWhjYlnAmtie71j3rXBWptS8E7jE872RIqB4uQFJk8Me1wEBniRGWoufTaFfgc/s320/6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A hops plant from our master gardener friend! These guys (3) totally died. Totally dead. We left them alone, however, after transplanting them in late May and now look at them!! They = homebrew by Justin someday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixmC5UJ3nHkJRz6NFKYdjlFuBNSub0HMLQalj8gI_vpZEOzoad-ylfuAgwvCLb-8UoIGJHV4JFcTHFKV8VR9ao2kH2kxZHtHRsMZoJhAML5FKOLlniN4Qu9n9B27_8Ty9TBr-2-qooMffm/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixmC5UJ3nHkJRz6NFKYdjlFuBNSub0HMLQalj8gI_vpZEOzoad-ylfuAgwvCLb-8UoIGJHV4JFcTHFKV8VR9ao2kH2kxZHtHRsMZoJhAML5FKOLlniN4Qu9n9B27_8Ty9TBr-2-qooMffm/s320/2.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">My goal is to have a plan for all the tomato action that is going to happen. Last year...no plan. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9EKAhVNhDM1J4lSiRQLTg5_-9KSHXsytwAHDMSHWQXvktxcWlFSrmQFCSwylgbvCYlJ3GZquk3pAvVX_TE7si73wzz9k02aLAChiwZxKbRLRPHBvVguxjEtNqsj0BzElFhfPfJZnGcxSs/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9EKAhVNhDM1J4lSiRQLTg5_-9KSHXsytwAHDMSHWQXvktxcWlFSrmQFCSwylgbvCYlJ3GZquk3pAvVX_TE7si73wzz9k02aLAChiwZxKbRLRPHBvVguxjEtNqsj0BzElFhfPfJZnGcxSs/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also excited for some new plants in the 2nd bed we built...like kale for that Olive Garden soup that Justin makes and is mind blowing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOGu01BIjLdjdpzWJ1iikTs7eij32MQJpxppitSFRwR96Z40Lt-bZduOgZVkvay1mwXoTOB1oSdSq9ZuI5n38OLBwsZxDAAhRHMJWl_iJhHVVX6OChNEY6DGqa-8jvMV_8DhMstHXqAar/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOGu01BIjLdjdpzWJ1iikTs7eij32MQJpxppitSFRwR96Z40Lt-bZduOgZVkvay1mwXoTOB1oSdSq9ZuI5n38OLBwsZxDAAhRHMJWl_iJhHVVX6OChNEY6DGqa-8jvMV_8DhMstHXqAar/s320/4.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also, an eggplant, garlic, onions, watermelon (I know, I know, we don't have a long enough growing season for that...), and herbs in the background. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVLImfDY5s69OcTgxwi68PfNugV9DbbD_773Rf-mvtbaICC-tyGVcSuHhJRqVToV0plPrJFuevdgftPLP399kVksKUrYqpUuNsvHXPOTQ9VGtHPw4_HzultB5yu8gogH-sQEQQtzVzXSRK/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVLImfDY5s69OcTgxwi68PfNugV9DbbD_773Rf-mvtbaICC-tyGVcSuHhJRqVToV0plPrJFuevdgftPLP399kVksKUrYqpUuNsvHXPOTQ9VGtHPw4_HzultB5yu8gogH-sQEQQtzVzXSRK/s320/5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I literally, seriously, do not touch the garden to water, weed, etc. the rest of the year after some watering the first week of planting. I love these raised beds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">And tonight, a first from our harvest - fresh basil in our favorite <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/you-wont-be-single-for-long-vodka-cream-pasta-recipe/index.html">"You Won't Be Single For Long Vodka Cream Pasta"</a> by Rachel Ray. Try it! We add chicken, also. It's a huge batch and awesome for leftovers! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lECT7xQPkLsaf501FkaAxD0-tEKV8fg5EatHiNB-8-ioJdIdYf6-Q-9QHFgjmRRS4HKUrqmSPIhKsKTEfdh04v4dJLa6uJFC3qwAaAvu_ZpcrCgCUhNmyeOX7vkkIjnTfiboZFTrqLs4/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lECT7xQPkLsaf501FkaAxD0-tEKV8fg5EatHiNB-8-ioJdIdYf6-Q-9QHFgjmRRS4HKUrqmSPIhKsKTEfdh04v4dJLa6uJFC3qwAaAvu_ZpcrCgCUhNmyeOX7vkkIjnTfiboZFTrqLs4/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And...because you have leftover heavy cream or whipping cream from the above...you really should make some brownies from a box and whip the cream in your mixer with a tish of powder sugar for a super easy, sooo good dessert! (I always have a box of brownies on hand. It's a necessity.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpogzcOToG2t1JFNa_TKWaKbz3ksS21Y3GpqtkBTpFVT3ENv4LaUz4WBY7LL-FhSW5yE2HvRPbsxa7H0W5dMfTbCD2w_znoowqScuEEvqVPcEMdEmkdhHKfO8bkVnWbwGdKLrRDA0J4gRj/s1600/19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpogzcOToG2t1JFNa_TKWaKbz3ksS21Y3GpqtkBTpFVT3ENv4LaUz4WBY7LL-FhSW5yE2HvRPbsxa7H0W5dMfTbCD2w_znoowqScuEEvqVPcEMdEmkdhHKfO8bkVnWbwGdKLrRDA0J4gRj/s320/19.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How's you growing going?</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">xoxo</div>AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-41211145097852434082011-07-22T08:28:00.000-05:002011-07-31T12:29:22.839-05:00Fashion Friday: Cameos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXiyKYLhaw0LTgXV6YRHDUD1otQsWboNBOtXWbgMaRXENAbMa07PrCLv5w4zdg_GISBYR6mNVSidl_Trbkoz1NYQqCZAYDSboT-oyfE6f-_jEqRHfqdAhmc_uChCx1fuee8WXt8miJ46o/s1600/71294590_r3poMeqr_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXiyKYLhaw0LTgXV6YRHDUD1otQsWboNBOtXWbgMaRXENAbMa07PrCLv5w4zdg_GISBYR6mNVSidl_Trbkoz1NYQqCZAYDSboT-oyfE6f-_jEqRHfqdAhmc_uChCx1fuee8WXt8miJ46o/s1600/71294590_r3poMeqr_c.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
I am totally loving cameos. So much so that I splurged for the first time in a long time at an antique store in Detroit Lakes (SuLaine's off hwy 10) on a tiny little necklace and pair of earrings with black and white cameos. Here's the sweet selection the shop had:<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.emersonfashionsociety.com/?p=1952">Emerson College Fashion Society</a> wrote on cameos that they are "Something delicate, something girly; something ultra girly, transported from the Victorian era."</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The history of the cameo's that the college group documented was "Flash forward to the 1850s. In the midst of Queen Victoria’s reign, cameo-adorned jewelry skyrocketed in popularity with endorsement by the Queen herself. She “favored” the dainty thing, wearing a variety of them as brooches and necklaces dangling from velvet ribbon, according to VictorianBazaar.com..."</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"...Since the impoverished little Londoners wanted to be pretty like the Queen, jewelers began to make cameos out of shell and other inexpensive items. They also made more expensive ones with precious stones for the wealthy socialites and such. The silhouettes were hand-carved with images of beautiful women with flawless Roman features..."</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cameo's add a mix of softness...and make any outfit more intricate and detailed. Beautiful.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One of our crafters from Unglued,<a href="http://lefthandoriginals.com/"> Lefthanded Originals</a>, has such pretty cameo necklaces that I've been loving since they caught my eye at Craftstraganza in St. Paul...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">From vintage and antique...to finding a delicate mix of cameo's at Forever 21...they're an awesome accessory for dressing up or down...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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Leave it to a day that started super not awesome-ly at all to end up inspiring me more than anything else this week thus far! </div>
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Tuesday I got to travel for my job to Perham, MN out in lakes country. It was such a terrible morning as I had gotten 2ish hours of sleep after hiding in our under-stairs area during tornado sirens, lost electricity, fell into detours with flash flooding, and despite Starbucks could hardly stay awake on my drive!</div>
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The nurses I worked with were really passionate about their city. A city that produces dog food, licorice, turkeys, cheese, and potato chips and smells - depending on the day - like a combo of random sorts. The employees of the hospital donated their own money to help build the new one coming. The owner of one of the large factories has donated to the schools when closings seemed eminent. And when one of the factories faced likely shutdown, 25 of the blue-collared employees pooled their money together to keep it going and have grown it like crazy. <br />
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So I wandered downtown and came across - by no exaggeration, seriously - the most awesome thrift/antique boutique store I have literally ever been to! Arranged by color, and prices that make you smile in delight the entire visit, it's like an Etsy store for vintage exploded. You know how long it takes to find that perfect salt and pepper shaker at an antique shop? This one has at least a dozen to drool over!<br />
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So go to Perham. Check out the store, In With the Old.<br />
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As I checked out with my salt and pepper shaker, I shared with one of the owners how we're thinking of opening our own shop. She was totally stoked...and inspired me to keep pursuing it..."even though winter sucks for business, it's worth it" she said.<br />
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Thinking sleep would be demanding on my drive home, I found the coffeeshop, Gathering Grounds, along the next street. A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. One of the best blended mochas (esp in 120 degree heat) I've had. I LOVED that the store had each table almost filled with gray-haired ladies having pie and coffee...and a couple random nooks to quietly read in.</div>
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Again, got a brief chance to talk about their business. Lake country = tourism. Big plus. I told them, "do you know how awesome this city is??" They referred me onto Jezebel's.</div>
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Creative, vintage displays of a vast array of homemade to higher profile gifts decked the walls.<br />
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I only post this not great photo below to show you a great idea for burlap coffee sacks - thick pillows for sitting on!<br />
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Further down the street was "Make Me Wine." A cougar-esque gift shop with flip flop coasters for your wine glasses, but not "cougar-esque" in that annoying sense. Rather in that, "oh YEAH" sense;) </div>
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But one of the shop's main squeezes is the awesome selection of wine and beer brewing supplies! Plus for every 10 kits you buy you get one free - and she keeps track of your punch card for you;) Win. We, again, talked of owning small businesses...she didn't take a day off for a year and finally this January (almost a year after opening) she hired her first employee...and loves it all! She said..."good luck with your store!" as I left...and that inspired a whole lotta goodness inside me!<br />
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Plus I found us a new home/retail location not more than a block away - for $89,900! Yes, let's do it.</div>
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Point: I loved being inspired by a true community. It inspires me to continue on the ideal to build it here regardless of the turnover of friends moving away - or staying! <br />
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I am so inspired, also, by regular, average joe's just doing it. Taking a risk and following their folly in the small business world. And who haven't become so cynical about the hardships of it to discourage you from it! {I should've known this about nursing with all the "happy" nurses who told me to avoid it!} Honesty, encouragement, and creative idea sharing are beautiful.<br />
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So...want to move to Perham with me?? <br />
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xoxoAshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-83098268508171512242011-07-20T07:08:00.000-05:002011-07-31T12:29:50.550-05:00inspire me on hump day: inspiration from The Chariot<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You know that kind of <span style="font-size: large;"><b>EPIC</b></span> rock show you go to...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and it makes you *<i>with all the pent up emo emotion inside</i>* believe in more...and feel super stoked to be alive.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There's some lyrics from The Chariot's song "The City" that you probably won't be able to understand if you watch this video from Saturday...but, heck, just turn down your volume and sneak a peek...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Regardless, here's some lyrics from the song you should really get inspired by this midweek hot as heck day:</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Calm rose: violent wind<br />
The only "surrender" tonight, shall not be our own<br />
They cannot escape, one if by land, two if by sea<br />
<b>Because I saved my money, but it can't save me</b><br />
And maybe there is blood from the past, but that is not from me<br />
They can take away one man, and they can take away his might<br />
But they cannot take us all<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">No, they can't dig a hole the right size to fit all of our dreams</span></b><br />
They can't bury me, they can't bury me<br />
<i><b>We can't hope that somebody else take our place</b></i><br />
No, we can't hope that somebody else take our place</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Oh we stand hand in hand and <b><span style="font-size: large;">we walk without fear</span></b><br />
This is a revolution!"</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">No one can stifle your dreams if you allow yourself to dream big enough. <b>"No, they can't dig a hole the right size to fit all of our dreams."</b> It reminds me that:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh8M1baXZ6Ld74S1swhiamT6zQBlv_-RPmuNAmjmoG0lcHa59UePylVtvA-yE9uRlnNy6npogbOHLjAXOxL3YFUvoUGylq8Jl9GeMdya9wtbMhcaDdtV1UddCYwvJjpKE1VMIIXkTG_Rf5/s1600/54269178_V14SemMH_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh8M1baXZ6Ld74S1swhiamT6zQBlv_-RPmuNAmjmoG0lcHa59UePylVtvA-yE9uRlnNy6npogbOHLjAXOxL3YFUvoUGylq8Jl9GeMdya9wtbMhcaDdtV1UddCYwvJjpKE1VMIIXkTG_Rf5/s320/54269178_V14SemMH_c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You have every right and ability to dream. But not only the right to dream, but the necessity to use and grow and explode (and discover) the talents that have been entrusted to you. In the very situation you are in now. The world...your friends...the city <b>needs you</b> and your talents to be a part of it. <b>"We can't hope that somebody else take our place."</b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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This is a revolution!"</div>AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-64803083284780598122011-07-19T21:16:00.000-05:002011-07-31T12:29:59.233-05:00Try it Tuesday!: How to Throw an Engagment Party + a little tutorial diddy for favors...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Some really amazing friends of ours just got engaged...and I've never in my life been to an engagement party, but we decided we should make one happen! There's not a whole lotta helpful info on this massive online web, so I thought it'd be fun to post this;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Through a tish of google research...I found engagement parties are typically thrown by the parents of the couple <i>but </i>especially if the couple doesn't live too close to home, the party can be thrown by mutual friends (if appropriate, the friends should ensure it's cool with the parentals that they are taking it on). Timing of the party should happen at least 3-4 months before the wedding or close after the engagement announcement (sometimes the announcement is at the party itself!).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">My 2 all time favorite engagement party postings I found are below {click on photo for link}:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://frillymillyevents.blogspot.com/2010/08/details-details-details.html"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHr7a153ThTXdIqwUi68-iaWVoB0c_7ixY69uajzJi_GIvprYwsSZBUyA8HHK9wCfFKfgSl52h_O6MLn4TNyn-uIwaaw8-psD2PUNETnYp6Z3FGOipFq8Hyi9zdUlZcDn48wPNh-XpX-vx/s320/Lumberjack+Party.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Lumberjack and Jill engagement party! Complete with a lumberjack photo booth...such a great idea - wish we would've done this for our own with my bearded lumberjack;) </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://rachaelnicolephotography.com/blog/?p=1562"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTWpE_6yxNjsOggtgv7xHlnYVmgu0NRFiNPswKDBTOU2SBDffAfu_RHckn0kUhs8Iqww-48i-cpeLu-bccGvo76ep5B67M15xYb638h-m4gLzyu3oSNGy3MZ_54mgjvKbLeCGu9TYx-qM/s320/partye10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> A backyard carnival themed engagement party! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">So...I was lame and got a little sick during the week of planning and our enchanted backyard engagement party I was hoping to do would have also been coupled with a gross heat wave + mosquito mischief. Here's how we did it, though!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">*Invited people via online with Facebook (this came together in a week...should there be more time for you, definitely go for the cutesy printed invites to match whatever you do!). Asked the couple to be sure to include anyone we didn't know who they'd like to have there. One important note we found was the hostess should be sure guests invited are also ones who'd be invited to the wedding = prevent awkwardness... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">{Sidenote #many: an engagement party isn't to give gifts...more to purely celebrate. It's recommended via the great Martha Stewart to <i>not </i>include anything such as "gifts not expected" to keep it classy. She says to trust if people aren't sure they'll do their homework or ask the hostess. However, she also says it doesn't hurt to be prepared for those who do come baring gifts such as a small extra table for them.}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">*Wanted to ensure both the guys and the girls would enjoy the night which equaled renting a room at our totally sweet Billiards Gastropub. Intimate, loungey, and pool table in room (esp for the guys!). We informed the guests that, yes, you should dress up!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgogTP3PVYxSia9Z4N8hrctdR-7pBZdnYQZUSJyZOnwFEJw4xo0OIHFR-b1tSQ7Se4VAFPuGWWNtxgt9yfoGsHrOw2EPEbabC5bWIfkn6mCDSo8psJuOLdWbCZaPWFjcjfm93sYGhrzHEZ4/s1600/2011-07-13+20.37.42+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgogTP3PVYxSia9Z4N8hrctdR-7pBZdnYQZUSJyZOnwFEJw4xo0OIHFR-b1tSQ7Se4VAFPuGWWNtxgt9yfoGsHrOw2EPEbabC5bWIfkn6mCDSo8psJuOLdWbCZaPWFjcjfm93sYGhrzHEZ4/s320/2011-07-13+20.37.42+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">*Used a tish of decor for fun...which were coordinated with the little diddy favors...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYudkil4h5Bkq7ctMcTzCWpz9xzMHPXmz3oZSJsVabO3p9BP_gd6G_X_Q6iaUWZPbIGu3MVm-hcHv7ejFK3Azj98OBbbE66hsY6aMhp5E4Dfk-NPDfSip1ROS04nALy6uouvjvVC9dRGNz/s1600/4+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYudkil4h5Bkq7ctMcTzCWpz9xzMHPXmz3oZSJsVabO3p9BP_gd6G_X_Q6iaUWZPbIGu3MVm-hcHv7ejFK3Azj98OBbbE66hsY6aMhp5E4Dfk-NPDfSip1ROS04nALy6uouvjvVC9dRGNz/s320/4+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">*And had cutesy personalized party favors to enjoy during and post party for guests...(simple tutorial below).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIyiYAFHHJRm377-AIxIvpfh0gfGQwBejF_X_B6M_x_As55_ASGBAWs1t2ms3xEY9bUG3iKscqMtWk91M8MuXVwI-UpeARyj9SZ4FyJqk0rNJvuR_kg-C-oaOuBBkRUvpadvRudN2L95j7/s1600/2+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIyiYAFHHJRm377-AIxIvpfh0gfGQwBejF_X_B6M_x_As55_ASGBAWs1t2ms3xEY9bUG3iKscqMtWk91M8MuXVwI-UpeARyj9SZ4FyJqk0rNJvuR_kg-C-oaOuBBkRUvpadvRudN2L95j7/s320/2+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*Allowed for time to just chill and have cocktails...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7em4GSSMEKnNG4SIfIFQQPpLwAZltMd2IBLsP7xMQtUoBq85DU8ECiEF6Ye5VWTKTKc-RDvjFTv-mW5iQ5lXSBCIDLv4DcMl0pFxeHioavmR-EY1jEiMCphmvPj3iGA9xVLpKmAtLOkj/s1600/2011-07-13+20.54.30+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7em4GSSMEKnNG4SIfIFQQPpLwAZltMd2IBLsP7xMQtUoBq85DU8ECiEF6Ye5VWTKTKc-RDvjFTv-mW5iQ5lXSBCIDLv4DcMl0pFxeHioavmR-EY1jEiMCphmvPj3iGA9xVLpKmAtLOkj/s320/2011-07-13+20.54.30+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*And, though not too typical of engagement parties, had 2 super laid back trivia games...but seriously, who wouldn't want to win a super soaker when the heat index is 117 outside?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnIEDh_3CLM5A-SoXCaQx7XTwi8KzjhUjJnXpTQ5kwGO70SEJJ4LmhO1zKWGGu8KdqsWk2bIC00FqHhT1DxMuklqwWdN8lbu26uDVLVJSqajRPnFEhaAiyxRVcP8LLdeULKYEc6_sh0_B/s1600/2011-07-13+20.58.48+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnIEDh_3CLM5A-SoXCaQx7XTwi8KzjhUjJnXpTQ5kwGO70SEJJ4LmhO1zKWGGu8KdqsWk2bIC00FqHhT1DxMuklqwWdN8lbu26uDVLVJSqajRPnFEhaAiyxRVcP8LLdeULKYEc6_sh0_B/s320/2011-07-13+20.58.48+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXWe4gZQQb5zgeKz2mLHGl-3766KwyuTA2FOqk4KrBRkRKffA-lagZ8zdjzY1qT_9nhXc64g4odLCYgWrMNQd6As9UiJPHOp7anUkDITDOfljXYLedRnsZi8MgrvsNUhGg3_4nLjdEbwB/s1600/2011-07-13+21.00.55+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXWe4gZQQb5zgeKz2mLHGl-3766KwyuTA2FOqk4KrBRkRKffA-lagZ8zdjzY1qT_9nhXc64g4odLCYgWrMNQd6As9UiJPHOp7anUkDITDOfljXYLedRnsZi8MgrvsNUhGg3_4nLjdEbwB/s320/2011-07-13+21.00.55+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(The first was "that's what she said" where we asked the couple 12 questions prior to the party and chose one's answer from each...asked guests "who said in response to 'what is something you cannot live without' - 'my hair, i'd lose all my godlike abilities'". The second was the Newly Engaged Game where each of the couple had a whiteboard and wrote their fiance's answer on the board to questions such as "who is their celebrity crush.") Many laughs ensued...'twas sweet.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*Toasts...someone should definitely toast at the party!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV8zZdsodDVUK6UntITMRiyRQ2DWnos6UPtletTTDXaNiiSy1Pwo6kSuazS1_j03cnBWf5ur4Zeuib47ZRgrxuCMsYH3MkVa1UaJRa_KyPpCn_ab-APhTJkn-dPfHu2Qdz_IEUPlYMOPK5/s1600/2011-07-13+20.37.09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV8zZdsodDVUK6UntITMRiyRQ2DWnos6UPtletTTDXaNiiSy1Pwo6kSuazS1_j03cnBWf5ur4Zeuib47ZRgrxuCMsYH3MkVa1UaJRa_KyPpCn_ab-APhTJkn-dPfHu2Qdz_IEUPlYMOPK5/s320/2011-07-13+20.37.09.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Just keep it simple so everyone can enjoy a lovely evening!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I wanted there to be some sort of sweet little favor...this is the simplicity of it:</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cut really mini squares with the color you're going for. Cut even straight lines off each corner towards the middle (this can be accomplished by folding the square into fourths as you can see I did to help you know how deep to cut them to the middle evenly).</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Put just a tish of glue in the center. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIzgTMes_09GcmyVegSwNNSvoOuIgtsqC1PhGucd19C_ntameHSeP9Jrw2VMm4endtL3m2fS7O6XJRiQ_owVto4f2Wu6XO3Pic0ooUk6h6xb8gzQqm63V0WR9bQ2jU7cWefi7ayft-4oCB/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIzgTMes_09GcmyVegSwNNSvoOuIgtsqC1PhGucd19C_ntameHSeP9Jrw2VMm4endtL3m2fS7O6XJRiQ_owVto4f2Wu6XO3Pic0ooUk6h6xb8gzQqm63V0WR9bQ2jU7cWefi7ayft-4oCB/s320/4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Using a toothpick for really little pinwheels, cross one corner that's been cut over to the center and hold just a sec... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmGiYUQVznaYwwpCK2uUM8jRpdvGyRIf7gMYnD2VnJlIeSqJ_63xXEKLLUw0mQSoa2OEtLfcF3dzqtF-JtB1g2lUQlCkWLaX8bog6Q1_ve6yfR-3y9cu2oeDb8Nj15viR9B1AC8_neSSUF/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmGiYUQVznaYwwpCK2uUM8jRpdvGyRIf7gMYnD2VnJlIeSqJ_63xXEKLLUw0mQSoa2OEtLfcF3dzqtF-JtB1g2lUQlCkWLaX8bog6Q1_ve6yfR-3y9cu2oeDb8Nj15viR9B1AC8_neSSUF/s320/5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Work on taking the same side of each corner into the middle, being sure a little bit of the dot of glue attaches each. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqWllbvUZSao2FN40IKm2hIQDIiUV4iQ07taE9ovPTTjXrgvk3Yx4bug-L07gEv6U9YCSO4juQITywfS9qE2PHEEGA0qyI3wM2RR1y-WhAMsDh5eReJ8tEYrXLadsxQIFReSeYlipeOtZJ/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqWllbvUZSao2FN40IKm2hIQDIiUV4iQ07taE9ovPTTjXrgvk3Yx4bug-L07gEv6U9YCSO4juQITywfS9qE2PHEEGA0qyI3wM2RR1y-WhAMsDh5eReJ8tEYrXLadsxQIFReSeYlipeOtZJ/s320/6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Done! We definitely found that if your pinwheel has sides pop off the glued center, they'll stay better if you press the looped-ness down a bit to not be quite so curled up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYDxFLgL3CmTniZxxHYeqflTrBOWrwE2m2-QxmeOvnBRsE1bueU4P1ISfqqAhgQXpeYlfhRBJHc9d2fjklCeZU8YX92xtq1cyZnKMAz2HSjJGUIDOUEkEH6W1qfj2ciLiyz2IlLVObZyx/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYDxFLgL3CmTniZxxHYeqflTrBOWrwE2m2-QxmeOvnBRsE1bueU4P1ISfqqAhgQXpeYlfhRBJHc9d2fjklCeZU8YX92xtq1cyZnKMAz2HSjJGUIDOUEkEH6W1qfj2ciLiyz2IlLVObZyx/s320/9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We printed normal sheets of paper with 2 columns that said the couple's names repeating along with some lyrics from songs he had written...in one of the colors they'll probably have a part of their wedding... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMypgVI_MZ8L8e67Klw67ymvc3rMEs6yANrCIckNooE35WEzaXfHiIBl8dfckBoivR0hSulx-wcuLycyC_OB-2fZnwDMtatCZ4-tDXRvbRqRVpd_LY-rl-TiHQ0bD2rSWZjCwLFPUM3qYa/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMypgVI_MZ8L8e67Klw67ymvc3rMEs6yANrCIckNooE35WEzaXfHiIBl8dfckBoivR0hSulx-wcuLycyC_OB-2fZnwDMtatCZ4-tDXRvbRqRVpd_LY-rl-TiHQ0bD2rSWZjCwLFPUM3qYa/s320/10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cut the paper into fourths and looped into a little holder. Just a scant amount of glue at the bottom of a quarter-page fold like this will hold it together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJ6v0C8z1Zv207jJTCWX2q1sPLk_XYzqzWyr3EgJIYqYzu5Dh_vZsxAwbeg6O6d8pC_1EmekhunkJjtVyFHP8KL9r5kgORDKax7HAr9c-DxM-2b0SX4jrA6-64pq_BnxcKsFBiATSnyt7/s1600/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJ6v0C8z1Zv207jJTCWX2q1sPLk_XYzqzWyr3EgJIYqYzu5Dh_vZsxAwbeg6O6d8pC_1EmekhunkJjtVyFHP8KL9r5kgORDKax7HAr9c-DxM-2b0SX4jrA6-64pq_BnxcKsFBiATSnyt7/s320/11.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Attach pinwheel! Or button...ribbon...paper flower... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTz0zFrYQqWTGXcjiRPZKOBl_xbE-gV1e16R3xBdd5l9HxhRTtsXys8wCkYHnkKDdDnPKvZXV30TeJFvKIobzsHqxQGK53m7IQDrC61YrS3yu7MxDNqzyI_5lfw0XqRTcf0MzaqfwkQe2z/s1600/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTz0zFrYQqWTGXcjiRPZKOBl_xbE-gV1e16R3xBdd5l9HxhRTtsXys8wCkYHnkKDdDnPKvZXV30TeJFvKIobzsHqxQGK53m7IQDrC61YrS3yu7MxDNqzyI_5lfw0XqRTcf0MzaqfwkQe2z/s320/12.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We filled them with rock candy so we could have a sign in the front later that said "gavin and jenni rock!" Justin spray painted the top of a box and cut little x's to hold these guys up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0vROQ16qPo70iqhXuYMjXalsbqLoK1rnbaLx_Etz738VqLox_zcKnwfr-MqB4lBpAc-inDOSnl5nOccWlfiRY639aI_O-AbCh-gXpbI0m13qVy8Lxfhr1-sVl5ix4FYBFbGlUz92TnnE/s1600/13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0vROQ16qPo70iqhXuYMjXalsbqLoK1rnbaLx_Etz738VqLox_zcKnwfr-MqB4lBpAc-inDOSnl5nOccWlfiRY639aI_O-AbCh-gXpbI0m13qVy8Lxfhr1-sVl5ix4FYBFbGlUz92TnnE/s320/13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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Have you ever been to an engagement party? Thoughts?</div>AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-81017405397745418212011-07-18T18:16:00.002-05:002011-07-18T18:25:49.793-05:00The Open-ness of Living.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeAEelYIJoWY7xoaCR4lCSwo1LSK9_R4LUkkIhQ5O_qVWoBVXp9MX1nop-UY2EgEAOGmp_hh1aU4MaMEdBOge62WX7gnXO78M35L-CyeRNOjt9Hr-WlQ_HMqH6yvtu2Gg1pRiaYG47zdmW/s1600/waverly_ad_house.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeAEelYIJoWY7xoaCR4lCSwo1LSK9_R4LUkkIhQ5O_qVWoBVXp9MX1nop-UY2EgEAOGmp_hh1aU4MaMEdBOge62WX7gnXO78M35L-CyeRNOjt9Hr-WlQ_HMqH6yvtu2Gg1pRiaYG47zdmW/s320/waverly_ad_house.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've come to wonder...through my endless restless meanderings through life...if what I came to believe was the answer to being restless and wanting more out of everything actually is one big, false pretense. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Moving to a sweet, urban city, near mountains or ocean, has been my solution to any complaint I throw out to the wind...or any willing ear...about wherever I'm currently living and situated. I moved from Grand Forks to Greece to Grand Forks to Rochester to Minneapolis to Fargo. And a few others in between. If I got restless or confused with life it was a lot easier to move and start new.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFEhIYyROJ_xYQwJIwGdwLdsjBPus1b7Ol14wHrVXeIKvuIRhx3TvMCUvji5PjftKxMfFTQo9WgqOPnXAmaLF4bQfswN1LKsykMp8b_rqEQEAY60CeaMdtFgfmkzD0Rt539lMOccgl4dEU/s1600/waverly_ad_mail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFEhIYyROJ_xYQwJIwGdwLdsjBPus1b7Ol14wHrVXeIKvuIRhx3TvMCUvji5PjftKxMfFTQo9WgqOPnXAmaLF4bQfswN1LKsykMp8b_rqEQEAY60CeaMdtFgfmkzD0Rt539lMOccgl4dEU/s320/waverly_ad_mail.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We were talking with The Chariot's bassist this Saturday and he repeated it a few times and resonated what Justin and I have been musing around with - that every place, each city's different culture, even from the US to Europe - is actually quite the same. He grew up wanting to get out of Kansas City and had a total blast of life to its endearing fullest as he toured across the continent and overseas...everything new and beautiful and inspiring...but slowly by slowly has come to realize how you don't find a whole lot of resolution to whatever it is you're looking for by just moving. What I loved most was that he kept saying, "it's not negative at all - it's really quite beautiful."</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We always want something bigger and more awesome. But I really have to remember that some places I lived by far had more geographical beauty, but I still ended up doing the same thing and loving the same thing regardless of where I lived. Coffeeshops, the smell of fresh bakeries, reading in bookshops, creating a sweet community with creative, new friends, going to awesome-blow-your-mind-to-tears rock shows, and finding ways to stay connected to my family and friends that I held most dear everywhere else in the world.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's funny because I'd say the masses of friends I've reconnected with who have moved resonate the same thing - moving {esp to bigger and better on the presumption it's necessary for increased fulfillment} doesn't fix it.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Moving to a larger more exciting city is totally sweet most times (I found the Kitty Cat Klub in Minneapolis which remains my most favorite place on earth)...but when you begin to spend your time in traffic...paying $10 for parking...missing the show you were going to as you wait on I-94...and eventually your dwindling funds from all the awesome-ness you're doing make you end up at home...having the same options you would have living in, say, Fargo? </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This maybe shouldn't be a part of the same thought...but just as well I'm just going to throw it out there, and I'll totally regret this tomorrow when I still feel restless and still want to move to Seattle or Paris just because, but I kind of wonder if something we lack is the love and desire to be good at things called hobbies. Just maybe as a small piece of the question...Seriously, if you had such said things you loved coming home to do or work on or do with other people, you could be happy anywhere... </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'd still want to move to experience new life and city, people, and just look at a flippin' HILL/mountain/ocean...but things like my contentment and "there's nothing to do" fixes wouldn't feel so <b>dependent</b> on it. I wouldn't be able to be disappointed that there's nothing to do. Or when the budget gets shot from doing as much as possible wherever I am.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Waaaay back when I started re-blogging, I asked for thoughts on hobbies and life...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Hobbies have died with the invention of technology, to most people. Back when transportation, communication, and electronics weren't readily available, people made use of their minds and talents by way of music, art, knitting, etc. And now, when you've got a job, a family, and other time consuming things, it's hard to remember to set aside time for yourself to do things that you used to enjoy." Kelsey</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"People don't seem to have hobbies anymore-I totally agree. It's way easier to fill one's time with tv or computers or videogames (all of which are good, but let's kick it oldstyle, people!)." Tracey</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And Linnea wrote a poem</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"People don't have hobbies.<br />
They have TVs. <br />
They have Netflix,<br />
and Redbox <br />
and movies streaming instantly.<br />
<br />
Hobbies aren't so practical. <br />
And they don't make tons of dough.<br />
Besides, I'm way to busy<br />
To take time to learn to sew. <br />
Do I really need to when,<br />
It's cheaper to buy it at Walmart?<br />
<br />
And, I've got to have the money <br />
to pay off all my debt.<br />
My son wants a new iPhone<br />
And I think he'd throw a fit,<br />
If I were to give him <br />
Homemade socks instead.<br />
<br />
But now you've made me late,<br />
I have an extra shift at work.<br />
Before I leave I have to check<br />
My email/facebook/twitter accounts.<br />
I'll get a hobby when I'm old."</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">So wherever you're at...if you're disliking it...I'm betting you could find some awesome things to get involved in and good at. Things that can carry you through boring and mundane times...and keep you from just sitting on Facebook or in front of Netflix. I still wouldn't go as far as to say it'd make everything right in the world and that I still shouldn't move someday {soon}...but maybe, just maaaaybe, we could be making more of our city and situation by not just always waiting to move, but taking on and defying the boring and/or technology crafted world by learning and creating our hobbies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> {and there's a whole lot of other pieces to it beyond hobbies...just thoughts....}<br />
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{and you should probably tell me your random thoughts on this, too} </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">xoxo</div>AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-55571630961665670992011-07-08T08:02:00.000-05:002011-07-31T12:29:22.839-05:00Fashion Friday: Ruffles!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwSkNOUD0bWY_CWFgYol-9XFjV-bGBf52qz5Kju-r8iBJ20GAI880_UXBtkbi9KIdCE-nESNl9nz5-LRX3jjFhATopMWgiHzGPb8j3jmFe4W2f14R4tXPmA8A64XwUVVA7h-1uR-HH59CR/s320/10052969_1UYGlMNw_c.jpg" width="261" /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sacramentostreet.com/2011/01/goodbye-january.html">{photo credit} </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Real Simple calls it the most wearable trend and </div><h2 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Soft frills on dresses, shoes, bags, and more are utterly, gorgeously feminine. "</h2><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijft9iZCtJLSLrRKmnWFNfjT2gRPDqv1I8CQiM-9IDF8cqRjcIvrwqeeajAyLSS_XfbrCdL6NpvaOAJpduAgXhmZx_REQm-29SFiRpLownKRgEjtiMnWYKUH0mDOFY-DLlFuJ3G8WQ3gZG/s1600/IMG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijft9iZCtJLSLrRKmnWFNfjT2gRPDqv1I8CQiM-9IDF8cqRjcIvrwqeeajAyLSS_XfbrCdL6NpvaOAJpduAgXhmZx_REQm-29SFiRpLownKRgEjtiMnWYKUH0mDOFY-DLlFuJ3G8WQ3gZG/s320/IMG.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">This above photo is one I took in Paris, France way the heck back in 2004. It's been one of my most favorite fashion styles I've seen when traveling. I love the jackets, tights, converse high tops...but especially the ruffled skirt! </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">"The ruffle trend is here to stay in a more powerful flirtatious way. This trend, which is simply made by cinched material, is adding a lot of spunk to clothing and accessories. I have always liked this reoccurring trend because of how easily it transforms a white crisp shirt to a powerful, fashionable shirt with attitude. With variations ranging from small to big ruffles, there is a ruffle piece for everybody!" wrote <span style="font-size: small;">Kim Moshtaghi from <a href="http://www.stilettojungleblog.com/2009/02/spring-fashion-ruffle-mania.html">Adventures in the Stiletto Jungle</a>.</span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The sweet part is that ruffles can look completely awesome on any body shape. Hint towards your smaller half with where you add your ruffles to be a a total compliment to your look! They are so forgiving, lightly romantic, and sweetly fun...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9liTxK4Z1CxfqsBwPnI-VJRbIrPb7CDlz8-uuCTUwFXM16qNZ6vjCAOic0cRGsbwQFnTGdFB9FJfqmw3gCrozDXdmjk3Mcfu4_L1ElXijdaMK3ya_lDALqQtYa6G1WSHjdTrPOTYpKgPG/s1600/rtumblr_lnstqzgiXr1qd05xio1_500_large.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9liTxK4Z1CxfqsBwPnI-VJRbIrPb7CDlz8-uuCTUwFXM16qNZ6vjCAOic0cRGsbwQFnTGdFB9FJfqmw3gCrozDXdmjk3Mcfu4_L1ElXijdaMK3ya_lDALqQtYa6G1WSHjdTrPOTYpKgPG/s320/rtumblr_lnstqzgiXr1qd05xio1_500_large.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/11560603">{photo credit} </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.anewmode.com/fashion-style/trend-to-try-flirty-ruffles/">A New Mode</a> wrote about flirty ruffles, "The most important thing to remember with this style is to make it work for you! If you can pull off sweet and girly, then take that motif and run with it. If, like me, you lean more towards edgy styles, then incorporate some edgy embellishments- a leather cuff, an androgynous blazer, killer pumps, to toughen it up a bit. So how will you know what works for you? Well there’s this little thing called gut instinct which will always guide you."</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">The best part is all the DIY you can do to pretty up a cardigan, tank, or tshirt! Check these out (click on photo to follow to tutorials)!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.rufflesandstuff.com/2010/01/loft-inspired-ruffle-tank.html"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7Z8zA6XJ0TM5qU1ZEw3CKHpNQHCGqaS6T_KUzDMbQT9GNyw5EcARUvbG2eo9dlgI5PV_5oadby6oqz11lyLNRnUK260IVbmJiN33EYnQEF0Cof5mikil374OWz04MAO7uW3V5EnFcWGi/s320/53599079_FvGWZtQd_c.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">So go for it! DIY some sweet ruffles...or go find some amazing deals at Forever 21! </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Can you believe it's the flippin' weekend already! Let's have some fun! See you Monday!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">xoxo</div>AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-22840177762192319052011-07-07T07:03:00.000-05:002011-07-31T12:29:33.925-05:00Inspiration Workshop Installment #6: Pamper Yourself<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">This week's link up with <a href="http://www.gussysews.com/">Gussy Sews </a>was Pamper Yourself...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Well, let's just say that a perfect day to treat myself to some alone-ness would first involve rain. Seriously, it's the perfect set up for a day to relax, refresh, and refrain from trying to stay busy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZoUmrMxBz0i06pxxTYDYSmDCPtiySIY9yDk68nFE0S9lOHRZX0MzNc2uLPG6uvHMpkp6B3kTQTxPl-zV-w0nMGt9zBmMyz6XVmQEiswl1N8EKBYH-scRCfH05s9rOJduW5mW-MtcVcx7/s1600/pampertumblr_llmg4v1E9c1qzn34eo1_500_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZoUmrMxBz0i06pxxTYDYSmDCPtiySIY9yDk68nFE0S9lOHRZX0MzNc2uLPG6uvHMpkp6B3kTQTxPl-zV-w0nMGt9zBmMyz6XVmQEiswl1N8EKBYH-scRCfH05s9rOJduW5mW-MtcVcx7/s320/pampertumblr_llmg4v1E9c1qzn34eo1_500_large.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/10054660">{photo credit}</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">And I'd indulge in coffee. At a coffeeshop that I could sit in for hours. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFL3oP2yWFS6fyQn599nWNjgqL9jbHakgNnqj4j1mb3w_Gx_z33eqT6hZLcWbIxzBQIuyR_x8xy-RFjkZ4L4NLQoaUt_o7d-GlGcWwCcl6QJ5c1yLidIwjBtahY-FhDnByLxXn5txHpUQW/s320/pampertumblr_lneiz6OV351qa5cmuo1_500_large.jpg" width="320" /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/11670214">{photo credit} </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'd read a lovely book. Like <a href="http://amillionmiles.com/">A Million Miles in a Thousand Years</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv7-Be7gx5KGMedh4BpmCsjOffTOZYR3siPqnG_REl0ISdpUfAEgF2qYdhDRQS4t4aU9q1aW0MGQPimnk2fti3j3x-zjhJ-aAAsLqbfmHBq206OzCznDtfYXhDYW-80IayRlYUe-zobUli/s1600/pampertumblr_lnj6326bAQ1qaxqypo1_500_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv7-Be7gx5KGMedh4BpmCsjOffTOZYR3siPqnG_REl0ISdpUfAEgF2qYdhDRQS4t4aU9q1aW0MGQPimnk2fti3j3x-zjhJ-aAAsLqbfmHBq206OzCznDtfYXhDYW-80IayRlYUe-zobUli/s320/pampertumblr_lnj6326bAQ1qaxqypo1_500_large.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/11438003">{photo credit}</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">And, garden, without a schedule.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYrv2BBA4YFdn4ym-Gpb0m4eJxysDHN2EQayKkWMd9qZTRY8k1oXgAxHWwxwFsyWyafPLn63E3mIOgIYUVs3RYBl1RQm3W-LG7Y4uU8xyWrkkPH2lzUxTow4rKC6E2VAyWOoo-GTQ_XJT/s1600/papertumblr_lntmi4sm5D1qbqt8go1_500_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYrv2BBA4YFdn4ym-Gpb0m4eJxysDHN2EQayKkWMd9qZTRY8k1oXgAxHWwxwFsyWyafPLn63E3mIOgIYUVs3RYBl1RQm3W-LG7Y4uU8xyWrkkPH2lzUxTow4rKC6E2VAyWOoo-GTQ_XJT/s320/papertumblr_lntmi4sm5D1qbqt8go1_500_large.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/11664717">{photo credit}</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Oooo...and I'd get my favorite dessert at Nichole's Fine Pastry in Fargo...(the chocolate one).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCr9YKFCjZUIOw7jch4dBDdtnnJHu7ktj3ArBsq81mKqHbF2Au225pBfh3Oa-6qRShI0xvJdpaax5WkKvBIbOChODfFc9_TISEGKCX1cUnNJc5PL988AB8fiCPmX2KlerfcS5IomFJoTw8/s1600/pamperNichole%2527s+Fine+Pastry-Fargo+%252811%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCr9YKFCjZUIOw7jch4dBDdtnnJHu7ktj3ArBsq81mKqHbF2Au225pBfh3Oa-6qRShI0xvJdpaax5WkKvBIbOChODfFc9_TISEGKCX1cUnNJc5PL988AB8fiCPmX2KlerfcS5IomFJoTw8/s320/pamperNichole%2527s+Fine+Pastry-Fargo+%252811%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://10000likes.blogspot.com/2011/02/fargo-film-fest-great-reason-to-see.html">{photo credit}</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> It's quite simple, really, to pamper (although I kind of dislike how royal that word sounds). It's just a matter of taking the time for yourself. And, truly, you do need it to remember life isn't a race. And things don't constantly have to be checked off your to-do list!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">At the end of the day, I would spend time with my love.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">xoxo</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.gussysews.com/inspiration-workshop/" target="_blank"><img alt="Gussy Sews Inspiration Workshop!" border="0" height="125" src="http://www.gussysews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IW_button1251.png" title="Gussy Sews" width="125" /></a></div>AshleyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16982231461519816402noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452577168555963735.post-88502524139128407112011-07-06T07:07:00.000-05:002011-07-06T18:12:58.674-05:00inspire me on hump day: You Earn Your Body + BLOG GIVEAWAY WINNER!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">The other day I saw this::</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhInbMAibkkBNC7nYnBCMAqOPwMaHHkSZkTlAcWiuDUw5mv2VwdDHp_7SNmzYW4YNH9RV0beQ98k3Z7zXT0dc59t7e9eZdq8mBe8v_rBGGd77rvZTL4_RBbM9a7VUqD1kHCl3b1Dq_ZAe/s320/body51497699_xrrmO9DG_c.jpg" width="320" /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> ("you earn your body. i want to get healthy. i want to look better. i will eat right. i will exercise. i will earn my body.")</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">And I realized...how obvious it is...I <b>EARN </b>my body. For all my complaints. For all my imagining it doesn't matter what I eat or when I decide to be lazy when I could be running. <i>I'm earning the body I deserve</i>. Ouch.</span> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8obSq2PUgKfwM8L62D1Tqqr7J2EUX6t-ExvOUUq3OUQRk8jBFuNmD923fWeM8jpm3uGyISB55ZNJepdUJgyuGGcuX3tonYqVP8pf82vkql5p_dO3tfCsHvUbods4GyWRpfbunREK8uzRw/s1600/bodytumblr_lbrfrlj5zk1qbzj7yo1_500_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8obSq2PUgKfwM8L62D1Tqqr7J2EUX6t-ExvOUUq3OUQRk8jBFuNmD923fWeM8jpm3uGyISB55ZNJepdUJgyuGGcuX3tonYqVP8pf82vkql5p_dO3tfCsHvUbods4GyWRpfbunREK8uzRw/s320/bodytumblr_lbrfrlj5zk1qbzj7yo1_500_large.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You don't have to love running. But just think about trying a short race. I bet you'd love it (and I know you don't think that's possible). I never thought it possible to run more than 2 miles at most...but now I've ran a marathon, a few half marathons, and a hand full of others. I'm not super fast and I don't train super well...<i>but it is so exhilarating and inspiring</i>. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You don't have to run...but what can you do that would be so simple to get more energy, feel better, and be healthier? Try <a href="http://warriordash.com/register2011_minnesota.php">this</a>. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are many things we can't change about our bodies...and a lot of sicknesses that can happen out of our control. But, man, there sure is a lot I could improve with just a little consistent effort! And the energy you earn...mmm...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Get inspired by the people around you who are doing it. Ask how they make it work in their lives. Think about how you can make it happen in yours. Pretending it will happen at a more convenient time is <b>B.S.</b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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