Knit Drink Coozie Decoration or Favor

I run a residence hall at a university. My staff makes name tags or door decorations for our residents to make them feel welcome. This means I make my staff door decorations. In my 12 years in this job I have never repeated a decoration. I try to make them nice enough so they want to…

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Fruit and Veggie Curry

We are currently in a blizzard in DC area (the DMV). This dish is something warm and yummy for the weather. It is also really simple to make. I saw the recipe on T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies website here Recipes takes about 30-40 minutes to be done. This includes all the chopping….

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Staying Hydrated: Water App

I should have titled this “I pee a lot” app. I am really really working on water intake. I wanted an app to tell at me to drink water. I get lost in the day sometimes. That means forgetting to drink water. More so forgetting to fill up my water. I looked for suggestions on…

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New Knit Beanie Hats

Two new hats have been posted to my Etsy shop. Link is in the top menu. I have been working hard to get orders done while increasing my inventory in hopes to be ready for a craft fair in 2016. I have more yarn then I think anyone will ever need. There are just so…

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Barre3 Day 3

I took off from doing any Barre3 workouts on day three. I had a tooth pulled on Tuesday. I wanted to make sure that I was letting my body focus on healing that. Everything your body does takes energy. I know this. It was made obvious to me again when I slept until noon the…

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Quick Food(s)

I think we all get to the point in a day where we just are too tired, annoyed, busy…. Many of those times we let what we eat be touched by those feelings or realities. I do believe you can be too busy or caught up to eat. When I get into a craft project….

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Barre3 Day 2

Day 2. My day to do a 60 minute workout. Holy macaroni. The 60 minute workouts are no joke. I did the workout that has no props. Many of the workouts have a ball, some small weights, and resistance bands. I didn’t feel like dragging those out yesterday. Within 10 minutes I had the quakes. I…

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Barre3 Day 1

I am doing the Barre3 challenge this month. I wanted to do something that could compliment my cardio on the trails. In Jan 2017 I will be doing a half marathon. I will be training for that as well. Day 1 or week 1 was pretty easy. I picked just doing the 10 minute online…

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Customize your Calendar

I would typically make my own notebooks and calendar books. This time I decided to buy some calendars from TjMaxx. One of my fav discount places to shop. I want to use them for tracking my fitness and blogging. Maybe some personal things as well. I typically don’t do calendars because they are too anxiety…

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Friday Finds: Favorite Tea(s) this Season

Tea Hippie on etsy has amazing tea. They are based out of Canada. I have found recently that much of the items I have purchased have been from handmade creators from Canada. After getting the butter beer blend I decided to pick up a bunch more. They smell amazing. Many of the tea blends on…

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New Wooden Tags for Hats

My tags for hats came today from @graindeep.sonya.isac They look amazing with my logo. Folks make sure to check them out on etsy. #october6thcreations #handmade #craft #crafty #fall #artsandcrafts #winter #handmade #diy #diyprojects #crafting #cozy #etsygifts #blogger #octobersixthcreations #yarn #winterhat #knittersofinstagram #knitstagram #winterfashion #fallfashion #diy #diyprojects #cozy #etsygifts #knitting #knit

Create your own Wrapping Paper

  I am a fan of custom. I love love love personal items. You can give them a personal touch related to the person you are gifting. The presentation is just as important as the gift in my opinion. In the last few years one of my fav things about gift giving is creating wrapping…

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