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About Chelsea

I am a small town girl. I came to Austin to study at The University of Texas, and a very handsome boy sat behind me in class. I love baking, sewing, watching movies, laughing, and willing my plants to grow.

done girl

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I finally finished Gone Girl last night. Have you read it?

I usually read a little every day, but I get to a point in a book where I just want to know how it is gonna end, so I binge read the rest. That was my last night. I know how to have a crazy Wednesday evening.

I thought Gone Girl would have a little different ending than it actually did. But I can say that I did get hooked on it, and it reeled me in pretty good. It would be a good airplane book, except that it gets a little creepy/scary, and I am a wee bit paranoid.

Now what should I read?

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white chocolate macadamia nut

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My office sometimes has lunch brought in for meetings and such. Its usually never exactly meant for me, but sometimes, a leftover cookie finds its way into my belly.

But the white chocolate macadamia nut cookies from restaurants are always sooo good. They are like thick and chewy and full of delicious. So I decided to make some of my own. I used this recipe, and I highly recommend it. I mean, look at the nooks, crannies, and chunks. I still have some experimenting to do to make them come out just like the bakery, but I think this was a very good start.

white chocolate 1 white chocolate 2 white chocolate 3PS- White chocolate is weird to me. It is a chocolate derivative. That sounds completely healthy.

chocolate orange cookies

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The 21st day of February calls for cookies. A new kind of cookie. An experiment.

To satisfy this requirement, I present the chocolate orange cookie. Which is really like 10% chocolate, 5% orange, and the rest is butter and sugar. Tasty little buggers, plus fun to make. I made mine mini sized, because we want cookies, but let’s not go crazy here.

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embroidered invitations

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I am having a hard time finding invitations that I truly love. Maybe I am being picky. I think I have a general idea that is in my mind somewhere, and I can’t seem to find something that fits that idea.

I found these AMAZING invites from Rifle Paper Co the other day. They are custom, so you can’t buy them, but I really love the idea of them. Is hand embroidering 51 paper invitations crazy? Yes, it is. But it would be crazy awesome….

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cookie time: ginger cookies

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It was one of those times when my office was closed, but everyone else still had to work. I still feel a little lost on those kinds of days. I could hang out with a coworker, but really, its a day for not seeing the face of anyone that reminds me of work. That is the point of a 3 day weekend.

So I made ginger cookies from the trusty Betty Crocker cookbook. They were delicious and I ate a ton of cookie dough and 3 cookies, because no one was here to stop me.

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bridesmaid cards

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1. I like sewing on paper. 2. I haven’t sewed on paper in a while.

And that is how the idea of these cards came to be. I sewed the little card pockets together, then added the middle insert. I like the extra element of suspense and surprise. And in case you were nervous, they all said yes.

bridesmaid cards

And the quote is from Bridesmaids, of course.

envelope envy

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Stamps are one of the things that you never really think about. I am also constantly misplacing the stamps all over the house.

I like the look of the stamp groupings for wedding invitations. I like the color variations, and the eclectic stamps you can find. It just looks more fancy, like your envelopes has moved across space and time to announce your love.

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