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hello, december: low calorie pumpkin-chocolate chip muffins

  • December 1st, 2011
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Like most people, I think, I’ve fought with my weight for several years now. I’m a healthy weight for my ridiculous height (6’0″), but that doesn’t mean I’m at a happy weight. I feel my best when I weigh about 15-20 pounds less than I do right now, just on the bottom edge of the normal range for my BMI. This, of course, is a problem for someone who lists one of her top five interests as “cheese.” My favorite food groups are carbs and dairy. Couple that with the fact that I work at a computer and I truly [...]

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aagghhhhhh

  • November 18th, 2011
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Oh man. I was all rarin’ to go on a big old post today. I was gonna teach you how to reupholster dining chairs, because mine are done and they look so awesome I think I can basically consider myself an authority on the subject (or at least on how to half-ass it). I was copying all the photos off my camera onto my hard drive, which was eight photos of the reupholstery process and approximately nineteen photos of myself wearing pink lipstick and trying to find “my good side.” Spoiler alert: I didn’t find it. Anyway, I got distracted [...]

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house tour

  • November 6th, 2011
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I spend a lot of time talking about our house, and you’ve seen it in snippets here and there–our office and bathroom renovations, the porch tented in plastic for spray-painting, the kitchen counter displaying food. But I thought it was high time I showed you the place as a whole. We live in an approximately 800-square-foot condo in central Missouri. It’s a pretty area–our unit is at the back of the complex, so rather than being surrounded by parking lot, it’s surrounded by trees. During the summer, when the bushes outside our porch are in full foliage, you can really [...]

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fuzzy focus

  • October 19th, 2011
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Sometimes I wonder if I have adult-onset ADD or something. I have the hardest time sticking to a single project. I actually think it’s a byproduct of art school, when I had to think about eighty different things at the same time. I’m still in that mindset, except instead of being assigned a million projects, I think of them myself. Yeah. Like that. Even the things that are clearly the most important–like finishing commissions, taking care of the shop, and doing the things (eating, sleeping, maintaining a basic level of hygiene) that keep a person alive–get lost in the jumble [...]

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quarter century narcissism time

  • October 6th, 2011
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Sorry for my absence for the past few days, friends. I had a busy weekend helping my brother and his family move, and then I turned twenty-five on Tuesday. So happy birthday to me, or as my brother always writes in his cards, “Happy 10/4 good buddy.” In honor of the occasion, I thought I’d bust out a really self-centered post here and do one of those goofy, high-schoolish Facebook note surveys regarding what celebrity you’re most like or what your most embarrassing moment was, etc. This one is, shockingly, birthday-themed. (Don’t worry, kids. In exchange for one day of [...]

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why hello there

  • September 16th, 2011
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Hello friends! I’m Kate, and this is my blog. I’m a twentysomething graphic designer addicted to cooking, DIY and interior design. I’m starting this little project to share what I’ve got with the world–namely, my DIY projects, graphic work, and the recipes I stumble across in my day-to-day adventures. My main gig is my Etsy shop, where I sell wedding invitations, posters, birth announcements, and other design goodies. I’m also working on my first line of furniture and home goods. My tastes are always evolving, but in general I love the clean lines of mid-century modern combined with unexpected color [...]

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