tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68837684382246371422024-03-14T00:28:05.486-05:00StelabirdStelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608257033528832534noreply@blogger.comBlogger583125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883768438224637142.post-74024300717168106622013-11-17T18:20:00.002-06:002013-11-17T18:20:42.515-06:00LIGHTS! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a beautiful Sunday today! 68 degrees, sunny and only a slight breeze. Perfect!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We took advantage of the weather and worked on putting Christmas lights on our home. Even though we own a retail store, we do believe in waiting for Thanksgiving before we get all Christmasy. It's only fair! So, the lights will officially go on Friday after Thanksgiving. Unless a neighbor turns on their lights Thanksgiving night, then I will! </span></div>
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Stelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608257033528832534noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883768438224637142.post-50609814738893593972013-11-11T09:00:00.000-06:002013-11-11T09:00:02.335-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have so many charming, unique things in our home that I love. One being these amazing doorknobs! We have these on all our doors. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These concrete hearts were a nice little surprise in the back of our backyard! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And this beautiful beauty! When we toured the home I thought to myself, <i>I want this house, </i>but once I saw the backyard and this guy I thought, <i>I NEED this house! </i></span></div>
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Stelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608257033528832534noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883768438224637142.post-57917406574157091182013-11-10T19:38:00.000-06:002013-11-10T19:38:08.849-06:00Home<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The other day I was looking for some photos that I no longer had on my computer. I was happy to know that I could come to my old blog and find those images. Then I stumbled upon a post I had in 2009 where we doggie-sat our friends' dog and then how that made us want our own dog. Then a post on how we got Dexter and Dexter as a puppy. It made me happy to have those memories with pictures for me, but it also made me sad because I haven't blogged in almost a year. And 2013 was a <i>great</i> year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Between owning my store and being Assistant Director of <a href="http://www.mainstreetenid.org/">Main Street Enid, Inc.</a>, I didn't have the energy to make things or to blog. So I let that slip this year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Taking a scroll down memory lane inspired me to start again. We just bought our first home and I want to be able to look back in a year and read how that went. My memory sucks and I want to remember the little things! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We started looking for a home this August. There was nothing exciting on the market. Well, there was this one I loved but it was not in our budget. We saw three homes just to start looking around and getting the feel for things. About a week into looking, we were over at our friend's house and he mentioned a house down the street was going to be for sale soon and asked if we wanted to walk by and see. We walked to see the home and the sale sign was already in the yard, as well as the owners! I felt a little awkward because I had brought my wine with me, but luckily our friend is incredibly personable and started talking with them and asking them about the house. When I first saw it I immediately thought, <i>this house is totally perfect and totally not in my budget. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our friend asked the price they were asking and to my surprise it was in our budget!!!! So, the lady owner gave us a tour of the home and the whole time I had stars/hearts in my eyes! There could have been a huge hole in the wall and I probably wouldn't have noticed. I was screaming in my head the whole time that this home was perfect for us. As soon as we left the home we called our realtor and told her we wanted this house! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We put in an offer and we went for 2 days back and forth. 2 days was just long enough for 2 more people to put a bid in! I gotta tell you, I was so stressed out and mad at us. We should have just accepted the sellers last offer. I really had no idea more people would want my home! Long stressful story short we out-bid the others and WE BOUGHT OUR FIRST HOME!! We closed on October 11th! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That night we drank champagne and daydreamed in our new home. Our allergies were acting up, it was kinda stinky and we were feeling really great so Riley decided to peak and see what was under the carpet. And by peak, I mean rip up all the carpet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At first I mildly freaked because I wasn't quite ready for that project, but then I saw all those nasty stains on the bottom of the carpet and didn't freak out anymore. YUCK! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Luckily, under that carpet was hardwood floors (yay!!) but sadly, there was kilz painted on the wood (oh no!!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It took two days to remove the kilz from the floor. It was not fun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We rented a sander for a couple days and sanded our living room, dining room (there was wood laminate) and hallway. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm so happy to have beautiful wood floors! And a huge thank you to my wonderful husband for working so hard and making our floors look so wonderful. I'm so thankful he knows how to do things. </span></div>
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Stelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608257033528832534noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883768438224637142.post-69083932585616068342013-01-27T14:49:00.000-06:002013-01-27T14:49:01.721-06:00Lately <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's kinda crazy how many changes can happen in just over 2 1/2 months. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm now Assistant Director of <a href="http://www.mainstreetenid.org/">Main Street Enid</a>! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Main Street Enid, Inc., is a 501 (c)3 non-profit whose mission is to revitalize our downtown through promotion, organization, design and economic restructuring. Main Street Enid seeks to promote the quality of life in Enid by strengthening the Downtown as the center of the community. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I absolutely love it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A couple weeks ago I was all sorts of famous and went on Pegasys, Enid's local television station, to do Community Talk. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It consisted of me making lots of stupid faces. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another exciting change this year is WE'RE MOVING <a href="http://www.fb.com/feltbirdenid">SHOP</a> LOCATIONS!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are so excited to be moving our shop into a beautiful building and a better location downtown!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We close our current location on February 15th. (We wanted to stay open through Valentine's Day. ) After that we'll start the move over to our new space and have our Re-Grand Opening Party March 1st! SO EXCITED!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dexter recently went to the groomers, and with his little fro and beard he came out looking like Darth Vader. It's pretty awesome. </span></div>
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Stelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608257033528832534noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883768438224637142.post-11409966597380309932012-11-11T21:16:00.000-06:002012-11-11T21:16:17.467-06:00Lately // October & November <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hi friends! I took an unexpected blog break for the month of October.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been slackin' in the personal social media side of things too. I'm very out of the loop. Today, at the shop, we were open for a special event, and I had this cool kid show me the <a href="http://www.stelabird.com/2012/01/make-it-wood-mushrooms.html">wood mushroom</a> that he made from my blog. He was telling me how he was wanting to make the <a href="http://www.stelabird.com/2011/08/make-it-felt-donut.html">felt donut</a> but hasn't yet. This seriously made my day. Shoot, made my year. I was so thrilled and it got me missing my blog. It reminded me why I loved blogging so much. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought I would do a <a href="http://www.stelabird.com/search/label/daily">lately</a> post to recap my October & November. If you follow me on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/stelabird">instagram</a> then these photos are nothing new, sorry! To be honest, I've been pretty bad at instagramming too! We all need a break sometimes, right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. It's fall!!! Which meant I had my space heater going and I was knitting lots of infinity scarves for my shop. I gotta admit, I felt like a grandma. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. We moved. And I am so very sad about it. I LOVED that home so so much, but the owner of the home needed a place to live, and well, that was that. You know what's freaky? On my <a href="http://www.stelabird.com/2012/08/insta-stela-gram.html">August 14th blog post</a>, with a picture of our newly decorated living room I wrote: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Thursday around midnight we decided to rearrange our living room. We woke up early Friday morning and bought a new rug and hung up our art on the walls. After living here for over a year we finally decided to decorate it! I think we've become jaded. We move into a new space, decorate it and make it perfect for us and then within a few months or so we are moving again. This current house is the place we've stayed at the longest. We probably jinxed ourselves by decorating the living room! </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">We totally jinxed ourselves. A month and a half later we moved. We're currently saving and hoping to buy our first home soon.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">3. On October 15th husband and I celebrated our <a href="http://www.stelabird.com/2011/10/you-can-call-me-mrs-jantzen.html">1 year anniversary</a>! I cannot believe it's been a year! I'm so happy to be married to my best friend! </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">4. Husband and I helped with a fundraiser to raise money for our downtown's annual holiday event. It was Christmas Karaoke. Husband sang <i>The Christmas Song, </i>then after 3 glasses of wine we sang our favorite creeper song <i>Baby, It's Cold Outside.</i> It was our first time to do karaoke, and I gotta say, it was pretty fun! </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">5. I've been cuddling lots of dogs lately. If you have a dog, I'll cuddle it! </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">6. We've been getting ready for the holidays at our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/feltbirdenid">shop</a>! We haven't been able to keep up with our online shop so we had to close that down temporarily. We've been getting lots of emails & facebook messages about ordering products, which has worked out pretty well. So, if you see anything you like on our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/feltbirdenid">facebook page</a> please feel free to message us, email us at info@thefeltbird.com or call us at 580-540-8903, to place your order. We take payment over the phone or through paypal! </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">7. Getting ready for the holidays = getting lots of fun new items! I love this Mr. & Mrs. mug set! </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">8. We celebrated FIL's birthday with some bowling! I beat them all 4 games. I also broke it to my husband that I was in a bowling league when I was little (3-6th grade) and my average was 150. His mind exploded. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">9. Fall means mum time!!! I bought some mums to have outside our shop, and in true Stela fashion, I didn't water them and they died. I was so sad. So, I bought some more and I'm trying to remember to water them daily. So far, so good. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">1. October was coming to an end and I hadn't carved a pumpkin yet! We were planning a Halloween party with our friends and we decided we should carve pumpkins too. I love searching for the perfect pumpkin.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">2. I was really excited about being at the pumpkin patch I had to take a picture as a pumpkin. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">3. Our Halloween consisted of yummy food, carving pumpkins and watching <i>It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown</i>! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">4. Our black and white striped shirts prevailed again this Halloween! Last year we were <a href="http://www.stelabird.com/2011/10/song-on-repeat_30.html">burglars</a>, this year (<a href="http://www.stelabird.com/2008/10/halloween.html">a repeat from 2008, last election year</a>) we were from a wonderful country. French! I'm pretty sure the black and white striped shirts will be used again next year. We're that bad at Halloween. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">5. We dressed Dexter up for the Halloween party as Mr. bones! He wouldn't move. We had to coax him with lots of treats. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">6. Dexter decided to join husband in singing for our shop's November First Friday event. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">7. On November 6th we voted! We were expecting to wait in line since we saw our friends on facebook talk about waiting. We walked to our location, grabbed a ballot, voted and left. No waiting! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">8. That evening we got dressed up and went to our friends loft for election night/fancy party! We wanted an excuse to dress up and drink champagne and eat yummy food. </span></span><br />
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Stelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608257033528832534noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883768438224637142.post-51575071119743252922012-10-01T22:25:00.002-05:002012-10-01T22:25:38.479-05:00Lately<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, I'm putting my focus towards our shop event this weekend and making my owls for the shop, <a href="http://www.dwellingspaces.net/">Dwelling Spaces</a>!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope to return to my blog regularly this week. September was such a blur, I'm not sure what the hell I did that month. October is bound to be better because October is an awesome month full of all my favorite things; including my 1 year wedding anniversary with my love! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have now entered my favorite season...FALL!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pumpkins, pumpkin pie, pumpkin spice latte, leaves changing colors, scarves, cardigans, football games, <i>It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown</i>, corn mazes, pumpkin patches, holiday season is just around the corner, and.... I feel like I'm forgetting somethings! It's amazing. Fall is my favorite. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lately, I've been brainstorming what to do with our porch and how to decorate it for fall, I've been getting ready for the craft show I have on Friday and Saturday, and we've been planning our fall First Friday event that we have at our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/feltbirdenid">shop</a>. I feel like all I've done lately is planning and waiting for things to get here. It's kinda driving me crazy! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you love this season? If not, we aren't friends anymore. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hi friends! I don't know if you noticed but I took an unexpected blog break. I just missed one day, than two, than a week and a half. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I feel so out of touch right now because I haven't read any blogs. I glanced at my reader and I saw that so much has happened with you guys in these almost 2 weeks that I've missed! So I have lots of catching up to do this week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On September 7th we celebrated our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/feltbirdenid">shop's</a> 3 year anniversary </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with live music, free food and drinks! It's crazy how time flies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last week we had some chilly, rainy, fall-like days in Oklahoma. It was nice to open our shop doors and smell the rain!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This past Saturday we walked a block from our shop to watch the Cherokee Strip Parade in our downtown. We have this parade every September to commemorate Enid's land run history. I probably should have snapped a photo of the horses and longhorns or of the man on the cool old school bike, but instead I took a picture of the emergency vehicles throwing candy because I thought it was hilarious. Do other city parades show off their emergency vehicles, trash trucks and tractors?? And then of course I took a picture of our friend representing the democrats. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> After the parade they had some cool stuff going on in our downtown square but we had to leave to open our shop. After a shopper came in with her cotton candy I got really excited and left to go get mine! I love having our shop downtown where they have a lot of awesome events. I love our little city!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish there was cotton candy there every weekend. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got accepted into my favorite craft show I love to do every year (since 2007)! It's <a href="http://www.indieemporium.com/">Indie Emporium</a> in Tulsa! So I've been doing lots of cutting and making these owl pillows of mine. Every year I say I'm going to plan my booth ahead of time and what not, but every year the night before the show I run around grabbing things that can hold my merchandise. I really hope that doesn't happen again because I usually start having stress dreams where I drive to the show and have nothing in my car. I'm hoping that sharing this problem here will throw my issue out into the universe and help me to actually plan ahead this year! It's next weekend. </span></div>
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Stelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608257033528832534noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883768438224637142.post-90417606460135074102012-09-06T00:00:00.000-05:002012-09-06T00:00:07.386-05:00insta-stela-gram<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. This is little dog's usual spot when he's looking out our living room window. In this photo he has serious face because I think a neighbor, a cat or squirrel was outside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. I'm slowing filling up my <u><a href="http://www.stelabird.etsy.com/">etsy shop</a></u> again! Also I'm offering free shipping this week. Use the code FREESHIP at checkout!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. My current favorite snack right now is <u><a href="http://rabbitfoodformybunnyteeth.com/apple-walnut-toast/">apple walnut toast</a>.</u> So yum!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. I've been eyeing the shop <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/knotandbow" style="text-decoration: underline;">Knot & Bow</a> a lot lately and finally bought myself some heart stickers in pink and kraft! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Husband snapped this shop of Dexter and I. I was super thrilled to see we were kinda making the same face. Like mother, like son!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. The ingredients for a perfect Sunday: coffee, cuddling with my dog, and watching some Gilmore Girls! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. I had my first pumpkin spice latte of the season this week, even though it may have been 100 degrees that day. But, man, oh man did it taste like fall! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Found my sketchbook from last year and all my practice drawings for our <u><a href="http://www.stelabird.com/2011/07/hi-friends-im-sharing-couple-peeks-from.html">wedding invitations</a>!</u> It's so crazy our one year wedding anniversary is coming up in a month. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can find me on instagram @stelabird</span></div>
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Stelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608257033528832534noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883768438224637142.post-29152461106175642402012-09-05T00:00:00.000-05:002012-09-05T00:00:08.446-05:00Over at the Stelabird shop<div style="text-align: center;">
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Hello friends! This week I'm offering free shipping (<span style="font-size: x-small;">US only</span>) over at the <u><a href="http://www.stelabird.etsy.com/">Stelabird shop</a></u>! Just use the code FREESHIP during check out to get your free shipping! </div>
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Stelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608257033528832534noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883768438224637142.post-50504446411007499022012-09-04T13:28:00.000-05:002012-09-04T13:28:18.752-05:00The Felt Bird is 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <u><a href="http://www.facebook.com/feltbirdenid">boutique</a></u> I own with my husband, The Felt Bird, is 3 years old today!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Time flies, guys. I still can't believe this dream of mine has come true. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of my absolute favorite memories at the shop these past 3 years is Riley proposing to me. He actually caught it on video on our computer but that will never see the light of day because I had super high squealy voice going on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello my friends! I feel like I haven't been on the interwebs lately. Well, I suppose I haven't. I've been feeling moody. It's been one of those weeks where I want to hide under my warm blankets (yes I like to have 2 blankets on me), cuddle my dog and husband and eat lots of cake. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were expecting to drive to work on Saturday because we saw rain in the forecast; except that when we woke up it was bright and sunny. I was very excited because I'm loving walking to work everyday. Husband checked the weather and saw that the rain would arrive around 3 (we close the shop at 4 on Saturdays). I said we could bring umbrellas just in case. I was very skeptical of the rain because it is Oklahoma. The weather says one thing and does another. And maybe also because walking in the rain sounded kinda fun. So, husband went along with me and we walked to work, despite his reluctance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi friends! Wanna swap ads for the month of September? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Please keep my ad on your blog for the month of September as yours will be on mine for the month. That's what ad swappin' is all about, guys! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">stelabird@gmail.com with your 200 x 150 ad!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We've also started walking to work. We've lived at our current place for over a year; I'm kinda mad we haven't walked to our shop more! The route is beautiful and it's only a 15 minute walk. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm 10 pounds away from my goal weight so I've started calorie counting. I've actually never calorie counted before, and I kinda started by accident. I was looking for apps to just keep track of my daily weight and I found this app called <a href="http://www.loseit.com/" style="text-decoration: underline;">Lose It</a> that I love! I love keeping track of things and having lists. It's my thing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, that's what's been going on over here. Just trying to improve our health. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No biggie. </span><br />
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Stelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608257033528832534noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883768438224637142.post-10351355381593873982012-08-20T00:00:00.000-05:002012-08-20T00:00:55.410-05:00I love...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The other day, husband and I were talking about our photos we've taken over the years and how we've never had them developed. They just stay on our computers/phones. And I know we've lost a few on the way. That's 6 years of photos we've taken that we may not be able to have for years to come. And that makes me really sad.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I learned about <a href="http://www.postalpix.com/" style="text-decoration: underline;">postalpix</a>, and I got really excited because it's a really easy way to have these photos of my everyday printed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.postalpix.com/" style="text-decoration: underline;">Postalpix</a> is an app where you can select the photos you want in different sizes and have them mailed to you. I love this app so much. It was easy to use and my photos arrived really fast. For my first time I made a small order to see how the photos would turn out. (they turned out pretty fantastic)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you can see in these photos, I chose pretty random photos to print. Such as above, my feet during the seasons (I need more shoes). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted to get photos that capture a moment for us. These are the little things I'm going to love to look back at in the future. Like flowers and rainy days in Spring 2012.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want to be able to remember the little things, like...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*the time we saw The Dark Knight, husband kept doing batman/bane impressions *the time we put all of dexter's toys on him *the time husband finally beat me at air hockey *the time we had pallets as our background to our cash wrap at the shop. (<span style="font-size: x-small;">we still do! I love it so much I never want to change it</span>)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*the time I had a mannequin hand as my ring holder and pom pom garland above our bed. (<span style="font-size: x-small;">we no longer have the pom pom garland there and the mannequin hand broke.) </span>*the time we decided to make our own chocolate covered gummy bears at home *the time I got my first sno-cone of 2012 (<span style="font-size: x-small;">pink lemon sour!) </span>*the time where I constantly drank black tea in my current favorite chevron mug.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, of course, I had to get some photos of us in 2012.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm so excited to get many more printed! I think I want to put them in a photo album to keep them safe and organized. I'm such a dork. The thought of having all these photos to look back at is making me giddy! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How cool is this <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/99819991/art-block-l-geometric-mountain-modern?ref=usr_faveitems&atr_uid=5187347" style="text-decoration: underline;">art block</a> by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/redtilestudio">Red Tile Studio</a>?! The whole shop is actually really awesome. I'm also loving the <u><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/103400412/iphone-44s-case-vintage-retro-camera">vintage camera iphone case</a></u>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but I suck at keeping plants alive. This <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/sian?section_id=11351503" style="text-decoration: underline;">plush plant</a> by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/sian">Sian</a> is adorable and perfect for me! I need it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last October we tried out a <u><a href="http://www.stelabird.com/2011/11/veggie-challenge.html">vegetarian diet</a></u> and loved it. I lost 16 pounds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But for some reason, after 6 months we just kind of stopped. And our bad eating habits returned. Since then I've gained back 5 pounds, but I also feel gross again. We decided to go back to eating vegetarian and I'm so excited. I've been searching for meals for us to add to our repertoire.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I adore these <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/62722740/me-you-pencils-gold-engraved-natural?ref=usr_faveitems&atr_uid=5187347" style="text-decoration: underline;">Me & You Pencils</a> from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/knotandbow">Knot & Bow</a>! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just ordered the little kraft heart stickers that are behind these pencils. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can't wait for them to arrive!</span></div>
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Stelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608257033528832534noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883768438224637142.post-16031484986039889412012-08-15T00:00:00.000-05:002012-08-15T00:00:08.153-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This picture husband took of Dexter sleeping melts my heart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. I love black tea so so much. And I love my new chevron mug from <u><a href="http://www.rockscissorpaper.com/">Rock Scissor Paper</a></u>! We sell these mug at our <u><a href="http://www.facebook.com/feltbirdenid">shop</a></u>. Speaking of selling at our shop, we're considering just selling through email. We're so bad at updating our online shop and we are constantly shipping things for customers who email us because they saw something on our <u><a href="http://www.facebook.com/feltbirdenid">facebook page</a></u>. It seems to be working more this way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Our little tater pots used to hold basil but those are long gone and I've added succulents to them now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. I'm so jealous of these cuddles! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. The weather here in Oklahoma has been so wonderful! Feeling a little like fall. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Which means I'm jazzing it up in the music department. We've listened to a lot of Billie Holiday at the shop. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. Dexter begging husband for belly rubs. It's pretty cute. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. We just bought a new rug for our living room and Dexter approves!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. Some days I decide to sport my glasses. I'm more a contacts girl. Mainly because my eyes sting if it's bright outside. What a baby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8. Our latest thrift store find. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9. Thursday around midnight we decided to rearrange our living room. We woke up early Friday morning and bought a new rug and hung up our art on the walls. After living here for over a year we finally decided to decorate it! I think we've become jaded. We move into a new space, decorate it and make it perfect for us and then within a few months or so we are moving again. This current house is the place we've stayed at the longest. We probably jinxed ourselves by decorating the living room!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can find me on instagram @stelabird</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hey friends! As you can see I don't have a new <u><a href="http://www.stelabird.com/search/label/make%20it">Make It</a></u> today. We're going with something we've made before and sharing that with you. Hope you don't mind! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over a year ago, Husband made us a wood pallet coffee table. We are business neighbors with a local office supply shop so we get to see lots of pretty pallets. This also explains all our <u><a href="http://www.stelabird.com/2011/08/at-shop_30.html">pallets turned displays</a></u> in our shop! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyways, there are several ways to go about making a pallet coffee table, but this is how we did ours:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1) We found a clean wood pallet 2) Attached furniture legs found at our local hardware store. 3) Ordered glass to go on top of our table. We decided to have our pallet upside down so we could put items like books, coasters, and our remotes inside and keep the top clean but have our items visible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love this table so much. And it's fairly inexpensive! The most expensive piece was the glass of course. The pallet was free, legs were $12 and the glass was $50. It's a fun diy project if you need a new coffee table with some character. </span><br />
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Stelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608257033528832534noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883768438224637142.post-5957068686570967892012-08-09T00:00:00.000-05:002012-08-09T00:00:00.923-05:00It's the little things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are the things that are making me happy lately:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The other day I <a href="http://www.stelabird.com/2012/08/song-on-repeat-charlie-brown-theme.html">mentioned</a> how I was ready for fall and taking the steps towards it by doing all the things that reminded me of my favorite season. One of those things was watching my Peanuts DVDs. It rained overnight and we woke up to 77 degree cloudy weather. It was amazing! I didn't think we'd ever get a break from our 110 degree days. I bought a chai tea latte (one of my favorite fall drinks) in celebration of the cool, fall-like day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That evening husband also learned <a href="http://www.stelabird.com/2012/08/song-on-repeat-charlie-brown-theme.html">Charlie Brown Theme</a> (not to be confused with the popular peanuts song Linus and Lucy) for me! I've mentioned this before but I LOVE LOVE LOVE that husband fills our home with music. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Husband is on here twice because he's awesome. I wanted to share this creepy face photo because it reminds me how lucky I am to have married my best friend! We were out eating dinner and he made this face and stared at me, so when I looked over at him it scared me and I screamed. That's right. I screamed out loud in the restaurant! I buried my face in my hands and laughed so hard I cried. It was kind of an embarrassing moment for me but it made me so happy that I have a husband that keeps me smiling and laughing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The other night I had a dream about chocolate covered gummy bears and I haven't been able to get them out of my mind! So yesterday, I made my dreams come true and made some. A ladies gotta do what a ladies gotta do. </span></div>
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</div>Stelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608257033528832534noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883768438224637142.post-10336391988098837032012-08-08T00:50:00.000-05:002012-08-08T00:50:38.878-05:00Then & Now<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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(<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After I made this I showed this to husband and he said it looked like I died. Friends, I have not died.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love looking back to old blog post to see how much I have or haven't changed. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today we're looking back to 2008 (23 year old me) and seeing if there is any difference. Shall we?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2008 23 year old Stela: </b>I was in my final year of college and I was doing <a href="http://www.stelabird.etsy.com/">Stelabird</a> full time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2012 27 year old Stela: </b>I own a gift & accessories boutique, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/feltbirdenid">The Felt Bird</a>. Going on 3 years! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now we're going to look at <a href="http://www.stelabird.com/search/label/random%20facts">Random Facts</a> from 2008!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2008: "</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">I'm scared of everything. Well, that may be extreme. But I do have a lot of fears."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>2012: </b>Yea...I'm still scared of a lot of things. For being a Sagittarius you would think I was super adventurous. Noooo, I think about all the bad things that could happen and I don't do anything that's risky. Well, physically risky that is. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>2008: "</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">I'm a nail biter. Usually when I'm nervous or bored"</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>2012: </b>I'm still a nail biter! Mostly when I'm anxious. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b> 2008: </b>"</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">I can not stop saying "meow". I say it quite often for no reason."</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>2012</b><b style="font-size: small;">: </b>Ha! I've stopped saying that. Geesh. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>2008: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">I love to laugh, but who doesn't?"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>2012: </b>Wow, 2008 me really sucked at coming up with some random facts! Good thing I grew out of that, right?! Please say yes. But, anyways, yes I still love to laugh. Gah, seriously, what the hell was that? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>2008: </b>"</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Fall is my favorite season"</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>2012:</b> It sure is!!! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>2008</b>: </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">I'm always cold.</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> Cardigans are my best friend."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>2012</b>: Yes! I'm always cold and cardigans are still my bff. I'm also a huge fan of blankets. They are also my bff. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>2008</b>: "</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">I wear color contacts.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> Currently Blue. I get tired with my look and I don't dye my hair, so I change my eye color. I've had green, hazel and violet."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2012</b></span>: <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh man, I forgot about that! Yea, no more colorful eyeballs for me. I also still don't dye my hair. I'm cool with my dark brown hair and brown eyes now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2008</b>: "<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">I'm indecisive.</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> I've changed my major from interior design to apparel design to apparel merchandising"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2012</b></span>: <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm still indecisive and I actually just used that one in a recent Random Facts post. Oops! But look at my indecisiveness paying off! I went from interior design to apparel merchandising and if I didn't change my major I may not have a shop right now. Who knows! Wooo go indecisiveness!! </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2008</span></b>: <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">I'm allergic to bananas.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Which is a damn shame because they are soooo yummy."</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2012: </b>We've cracked the code on this one guys!! I can eat ORGANIC bananas! I also had an oral allergy to avocados and when I bought organic nothing happened!! I've been eating organic bananas and avocados like crazy without any issues. Magic. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And there we have it friends! I haven't changed too much in these past 4 years. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">2008 Stela didn't think she'd be able to have a dog because her and future husband were allergic.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">2009 Stela found a loophole! They discovered there were dogs out there that were good for sad allergy people!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">2012 Stela & Husband are living happily ever after with their 3 year old schnoodle! </span></span></div>
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<br /></div>Stelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608257033528832534noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883768438224637142.post-79740091327006819532012-08-07T11:15:00.000-05:002012-08-07T11:15:14.973-05:00Make It guest post!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I shared a <a href="http://www.stelabird.com/search/label/make%20it">Make It</a> over at <a href="http://rowhouse14.blogspot.com/">Row House 14</a> yesterday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be sure to <a href="http://rowhouse14.blogspot.com/2012/08/make-it-two-toned-wooden-studs.html">check it out</a> to see how to make two-toned wooden stud earrings! </span></div>
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<br /></div>Stelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608257033528832534noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883768438224637142.post-24800351493043062302012-08-06T00:30:00.000-05:002012-08-06T00:56:13.476-05:00At the shop<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/firstfridayenid">First Friday</a> at our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/feltbirdenid">shop</a> was a lot of fun and a big success! It's always a lot of fun so I didn't doubt that. I'm so happy our downtown has this monthly event. Just recently I was appointed First Friday coordinator so it makes me so happy to see and hear about lots of people being downtown for this. We work hard to promote this awesome event and to give the people of Enid something fun and different to do downtown. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kayla Joy Smith of <a href="http://www.kaylajoysmith.com/">Kayla Joy Photography</a> took some great photos of our shop Friday night and she's letting me share them with you today! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>♥ </b></span></div>Stelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608257033528832534noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883768438224637142.post-71428698716443933702012-08-05T00:00:00.000-05:002012-08-06T00:54:12.759-05:00Song on Repeat // Charlie Brown Theme<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are a few things that remind me of my favorite season, fall. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of them being <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Boy-Named-Charlie-Brown-Television/dp/B000000XDH">A Boy Named Charlie Brown</a></i> soundtrack by Vince Guaraldi Trio. I cannot wait for fall to get here so I'm taking those little things that remind me of the season to feel like it's here. Plus, that album seems to put me in a good mood. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Husband learned the song <i>Charlie Brown Theme </i>and started playing it last night on the piano. It made my heart so happy! So, the song on repeat this week is Charlie Brown Theme by Vince Guaraldi Trio. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy listening! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">♥ </span></div>Stelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608257033528832534noreply@blogger.com9