July 2015 Favorites!
Today is July 31st. The final day of this glorious month, and I thought it would be fitting to share with you what I’ve been loving this past month! It’s a small list, but I love every single thing on it.
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Stationery!
In honor of today being the 29th of July, I thought I would share with you my recent stationery obsessions! Or my latest stationery haul. Or just my stationery in general. Mainly just my stationery in general. I don’t know about you, but I LOVE sending and receiving letters. In the world of technology, it’s actually a nice refresher to sit down with a pen and paper and write about your life. I highly recommend sending a letter every once in a while. You wouldn’t believe how happy it can make someone!
What does the 29th have to do with anything?? Today is the day that the first round of pen pals for the Blogger Buddies community is announced! You may have noticed that beautiful, coral Blogger Buddies badge on the right hand side of the blog. You can click on it for more information about the program, and it’ll take you to the form if you want to join! I figured this was an amazing program for me to join because I’m a new blogger and promotion would be amazing, I want to build my contact list of other bloggers, and I just love stationery. This actually gave me an excuse to go buy more!
How to Survive High School: FRIENDS
Welcome to my first installment of my “How to Survive High School” series! Today I’m going to talk to you about friends! Having a social life in high school is super important. It’s almost as important as doing well in school. Friends are an amazing resource for advice, moral support, and just overall entertainment.
If you’ve read my About page, you know that I’m an introvert. I have no problem announcing that because that’s just who I am, and I’ve learned to accept it. Because of this, I didn’t go to all the parties, or hangout on the weekends, or really get involved in things outside my comfort zone. I was one of those AP/honors kids who only spent time with other AP/honors kids. I lived in my little bubble, and I loved it.
My Favorite Fonts: JULY 2015
Print Clearly | Oswald | Prestige Elite | Breamcatcher | A Day Without Sun
Segoe Script | Lavanderia | Freestyle Script | Shelter Me | Orator
I would be lying if I said I don’t love fonts. Fonts are my weakness, so, I thought I’d share the fonts that I’ve been loving this past month, or season, or year because they’re just so darn cute!
Crochet Adventures: Chevron Blanket
So, you want to know what it really takes to crochet a nice sized blanket? I wondered the same thing. I scoured the internet searching for how long does it take to crochet a blanket? What is the average time it takes to crochet an afghan? I read all of these articles about how these people had finished his/her blanket in about a month. A month? That sounded reasonable to me. I scoured Pinterest trying to find a pattern that I liked. I wanted something simple.
No complicated stitches or patterns. Something that would stand the test of time. I stumbled upon this pin.
It’s a tutorial for a chevron baby blanket, and I fell in love. So, I drove myself to the craft store and picked up four skeins of yarn and a pack of crochet hooks. Keep in mind that I had only been using one hook size for all of my prior projects and decided to invest in a multi-pack of crochet hooks. I was armed and ready. One month. I could do this. It really couldn’t be that hard, could it?
My 18th Birthday!
July 9, 1997. A rainy Wednesday. Also my birthday. And today (yes, not actually today. I am lazy and did not upload this post on my birthday) I turned 18! The age where one can get a tattoo, and buy lottery tickets, and get a job almost anywhere.
