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First Apartment Living
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Welcome to First Apartment Living, a guide to helping you make your first apartment into your first home! With decorating, cleaning, cooking tips and more...
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Weekly Wonders: May 23rd, 2012

          I don’t know why, but recently I have been in the mood for watermelon things. Maybe its because summer is almost here and watermelon is the quintessen...

23 may 12

Weekly Wonders: May 16th, 2012

It will be Memorial Day soon, and even though I am not in the country to celebrate, I still spend way too much time on Pinterest looking for inspiration. Inspiration for what, I cannot tell you. Some...

16 may 12

Weekly Wonders: May 9th, 2012

Mother’s Day is this Sunday. Are you prepared? I am halfway across the world, well not really. Just Paris. (ha, just) Anyways, if case you are not 100% prepared, here is some inspiration for some pre...

09 may 12

How to: Clean Silver

          When packing, I realized I had not been taking the best care of some silver jewelry, i.e. I did nothing to it and it tarnished. I was in the midst of...

08 may 12

Cinco De Mayo

Need a little inspiration for your celebration tomorrow? Look no further… All pins can be found on my pinterest page!

04 may 12

Weekly Wonders: May 5th, 2012

I’ve taken a short break from my massive loads of laundry and organizing to obsess on Pinterest. It’s something I do at least once a day. Seriously. I spend far too much time pinning. Right now, I ke...

02 may 12

Guess who’s is back….

ME! It was a hectic semester, I wrote over 100 pages, passed 7 classes, defended a thesis, and GRADUATED. Woo hoo! It was nerve wrecking towards the end, and at one point, I didn’t know if I was goin...

01 may 12

Graduation

Sorry guys and gals for my long absence but I graduate in 2 weeks and am cramming in all my work for that. Promise to be back soon for some great posts! ~Katy

13 apr 12

Weekly Wonderings: February 22nd, 2012

So today is my wonderful mother’s birthday! Yay! Happy Birthday to the best mom ever! This weekend is ….. Which means tons of pretty dresses and hopefully good speeches and wins. (I LOVED The Artist ...

22 feb 12

Handy House Tip #7: The Internet

         This post is for all of you who don’t understand how the internet works…. (hint hint Lottie).  A few weeks ago, Lottie called me when I was away becaus...

21 feb 12

Butternut Squash

So I love butternut squash, whether it be in soup or ravioli. My roommate Lotti found this recipe and I have been hooked from the first bite. Beware though the chopping and peeling a squash takes som...

16 feb 12

Blog Giveaway 1 Winner

The first winner is #9. JOANN!!!! Email me at Bfirstapartment@gmail.com

07 feb 12

Canvas Art Tree: Valentine’s Decor

So this tree I made. Yeah, it was looking a little lonely with Valentine’s day around the corner so with a little glitter love, it perked right up!

06 feb 12

Gracious Gift: Mini Frying Pan

So my mom got me this mini frying pan, at first I was quite trepid. What is the point of a frying pan that just holds one egg, I viewed it much like the Ipad. Fun but not needed. Then Lotti and I tri...

03 feb 12

Weekly Wonderings: February 1st, 2012

Oh goodness, only 13 days till Valentines day. Time to get my stuff in order, pronto.  I have cards to make, and cakes to bake! I thought this week, I’d share my favorite thing I did for last Va...

01 feb 12

Lego Cake

It was my bf’s birthday last week. I found the cake I wanted to make him about 1 month after his birthday last year. I had it planned out to the T (whatever that means) but then I got stressed and di...

31 jan 12

Canvas Art: Recycling Trees!

So Lotti and I fell in love with that Thankful tree. We adored the shape and the little leaves. Yay, inexpensive decoration! It stayed up in our apartment through the holidays until about a week ago....

29 jan 12

Weekly Wonderings: January 25th, 2012

Ever have those weeks were you just feel like you have too much on your plate and no utensils? Yeah, totally having one of those. My boyfriend asked “How his little ball of stress was doing” I replie...

26 jan 12

Salad Dressing: Oil and Vinegar

I’ve been on a salad fix lately, call it new years resolutions, call it what you will. The other day, I realized I didn’t have any dressings other than ranch, and I was not in a ranch mood. I wanted ...

20 jan 12

Weekly Wonderings: January 18th, 2012

So last week, I know I showed everything about how I want tear books apart but this week I am feeling pretty inspired about all these ways to keep books together. I love libraries. Today, I had to go...

18 jan 12

1st Giveaway!

So I decided to finally jump the gun and do it… A GIVE AWAY! I know it’s not huge but I need to test the waters out first before I start rolling out the big gifts. So help me make this successful and...

16 jan 12

Weekly Wonderings: January 11th, 2012

I love to read, I treasure all of my books. At home they are all organized in my room according to color. Well a select number are, the rest are shoved behind them. So the idea of tearing out pages o...

11 jan 12

Because even Bottles get cold…

So first off, I admit I have already fallen off the blogging band wagon and it’s only day 10. In my defense, my grandfather has had 2 heart surgeries in the past week, he’s doing just fine now! In fa...

10 jan 12

Weekly Wonderings: January 4th, 2012

Wow, I already find it weird to write 2012 on things, it will probably take me a month or two to get used to it. Anyways, I want to have more dinner parties this year, I love them. I love dinner part...

04 jan 12

Easy Entertaining: Tea Cups

I love a quick way to upgrade a party or even just having a few friends over. One of my favorite ways to add a little “Oomph” is to serve things in dainty tea cups.  Be it pudding or tea, it cer...

02 jan 12

A Resolute Year

Every year, I make resolutions and every year, I tend to fall off the wagon by about week 8, but everyone once in awhile one sticks. Last year, I decided to start a blog. At first, I did not tell any...

31 dec 11

Pepperoni Rolls

     My grandparents are from West Virginia and no, they are not cousins. Anyways, in West Virginia, they make something called pepperoni rolls. My whole family is obsessed, we wi...

26 dec 11

Gracious Gifts: Cookbooks for the Health Conscious

Here’s another cookbook idea for the holiday season.       I have to admit, I bought this cookbook because a girlfriend of mine had it and made the tortellini recipe. That re...

23 dec 11

Bedroom Art Update: HELP!

Okay, so I have finished the artwork but I can’t decide how exactly to hang it. I decided to do what any smart person would do and ask my lovely readers! Do we like the left where the small ones over...

22 dec 11

It’s A Wrap: Takeout Boxes Plus Satin Ribbon

              I love wrapping presents, and there are always so many innovative ways to wrap presents these days . One of my latest obsessions ha...

20 dec 11

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