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Author: hellocarmenlew

I have two big goals for 2021: to crochet one blanket for each month of 2021, and to open an online store for my journaling designs. I’ll blog mostly about those two topics, while also posting anything else that interests me! New posts every Friday.
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Chatty Crochet With Me #17: Exploring Personality Tests

April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 hellocarmenlew

Transcription Hello all my buddies, this is Carmen, and welcome to another Chatty Crochet With Me! If this is your first CCWM video, I am

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Sticky Notes Printable: Checklists

April 17, 2021April 18, 2021 hellocarmenlew

Sticky Note printable! This one is for checklists.

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“Zero To Hero” Review: Helpful to Newbie Bloggers

April 15, 2021April 8, 2021 hellocarmenlew

So one of the many times I tried to restart this blog, I was looking for challenges and prompts to use, and one of those was the Zero to Hero Challenge hosted by the Daily Post at Wordpress.

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Chatty Crochet With Me #16: Learning Languages and Duolingo

April 13, 2021April 17, 2021 hellocarmenlew

Transcription Hello all my buddies, this is Carmen, and welcome to another Chatty Crochet With Me! If you haven’t been here before, I will be

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Sticky Notes Printable: Reminders & Alerts

April 10, 2021April 18, 2021 hellocarmenlew

Sticky Note printable! This one is for reminders and alerts.

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Moving, and How It Sucks, It Really, Really Sucks

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 hellocarmenlew

I just moved in with my husband-to-be during the first week of March! I wanted to share my moving story, just in case anyone else was nervous about moving for the first time in their early-to-mid-thirties!

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Planner Flip Thru: March 2021 (Cloth & Paper)

April 6, 2021April 8, 2021 hellocarmenlew

Hello all my buddies, this is Carmen, and I’m here with my March Flip Thru!

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Sticky Notes Printable: Appointments, Meetings & Other Important Dates

April 3, 2021April 18, 2021 hellocarmenlew

Sticky Note printable! This one is for appointments, meetings, and other important dates.

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Quotes by AAPI Men (Journaling Cards)

March 27, 2021April 8, 2021 hellocarmenlew

Journaling cards, featuring quotes from Asian American and Pacific Islander Men. #stopaapihate

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Quotes by AAPI Women (Journaling Cards)

March 20, 2021April 8, 2021 hellocarmenlew

Journaling cards, featuring quotes from Asian American and Pacific Islander Women. #stopaapihate

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Zero to Hero: Part 2

March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 hellocarmenlew

A continuation of this post from a couple weeks ago, here are the titles and excerpts from the rest of the Zero to Hero posts. I was tracing the titles from paper before, but this time I traced them from my phone (backlit). It was much harder! I will need to try something in-between.

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Planner Flip Thru: January & February 2021 (Cloth & Paper)

March 16, 2021April 8, 2021 hellocarmenlew

Hello all my buddies, this is Carmen, and I’m here with my January & February Flip Thru!

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Sticky Notes Printable: Time Blocking Planner

March 13, 2021April 18, 2021 hellocarmenlew

Sticky Note printable! This one is for Time Blocking planners, featuring different sizes.

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Sticky Notes Printable: Lined, Graph & Dot Grid

March 6, 2021April 18, 2021 hellocarmenlew

Sticky Note printable! This one is for lines, graph and dot grid, all spaced at 1/4″.

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Sticky Note Bookmark Template

February 27, 2021April 8, 2021 hellocarmenlew

Printable bookmarks for your sticky notes! If you’re stickler for little details like me, this bookmark might be handy for all the sticky notes you have!

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Celebrate Black Joy With These Shows and Movies

February 23, 2021March 8, 2021 hellocarmenlew

Black History Month is almost over, and I spent the month watching a lot of shows and movies showcasing some really amazing Black talent. I tried to focus on movies that weren’t about Black trauma

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Nine of My Favorite Free Resources

February 22, 2021February 24, 2021 hellocarmenlew

Today, I want to share one of my favorite resources for “free” things for designers. Even if you’re not a designer, you might need some of these!

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Crochet Project Journaling Cards

February 20, 2021April 8, 2021 hellocarmenlew

Printable journaling cards for crochet project tracking!

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Zero to Hero: Part 1

February 19, 2021February 18, 2021 hellocarmenlew

I’ve wanted to do this type of post for a long time and it’s not exactly how I planned it going, but it’s pretty close.

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Link Pile: Not Another Link Round Up

February 18, 2021February 24, 2021 hellocarmenlew

Honestly, the only things I’ve been doing all week have been packing, crocheting, and listening to podcasts, so here are some more Reddit posts that I really liked.

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What I Drank: February 2021 Recap

February 16, 2021February 19, 2021 hellocarmenlew

So, I was inspired by my What I Drank: 2020 Short Recap post, showcasing my drinking habits of 2020, that I wanted to expand to a full month and go a little more in-depth.

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What I Drank: 2020 Short Recap

February 15, 2021April 6, 2021 hellocarmenlew

These are all the beers (and other beverages) that I had in 2020 that I recorded on Untapped. I’m sure I had a lot more that I didn’t record!

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Moving Checklist Printable

February 13, 2021April 8, 2021 hellocarmenlew

Printable checklist for moving, and included Notion template.

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Traveling Light and My Low-Buy, No-Buy Year

February 11, 2021February 10, 2021 hellocarmenlew

One of my little goals for myself is to, whenever I’m in the mood to buy something, I try the next thing I have in my queue for that thing.
Generally, to use up the things I currently have.

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Likes & Loves: Urban Sketching

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 hellocarmenlew

Recently, I’ve been looking more at sketching out in the open, as an activity on my walks, rather than drawing at home. I have a million excuses on why I haven’t gotten started going outside and sketching yet, and one of the main ones is not being able to draw in the first place.

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I have two big goals for 2021: to crochet one blanket for each month of 2021, and to open an online store for my journaling designs. I’ll blog mostly about those two topics, while also posting anything else that interests me!

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