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Kellie

Kellie, a senior communications specialist at FedEx Office, is an avid reader, mother, wife and novice seamstress. Her blog projects are likely to include kid-friendly crafts, nursery room décor and easy organizing solutions for chaotic spaces. In her free time, she can be found dreaming up home improvement projects, trying new restaurants or curled up on the couch with her dog Conrad, a big, goofy Boxer.

Blog Posts

Grocery Shopping Game-Changer: Using a Template Grocery List
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One of my most-dreaded household tasks (besides cleaning bathrooms, of course) is the weekly trip to the grocery store. It feels like it takes forever to plan the meals and prepare the list. Then I inevitably forget at least one item that we needed and find myself headed back to the ...read more
September 28, 2011
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A Very Special Pregnancy Journal
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As many of our regular readers know,  my husband and I are expecting a baby later this year.   It’s a special time, and I don’t want to forget any of it later – the excitement, anticipation, and even the not-so-pleasant things like cravings for cheeseburgers. I decided to make a pregnancy ...read more
August 30, 2011
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Fun Funnels for Fancy Parties
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Who wants to serve party-goers popcorn out of ordinary bowls? Or give out confetti at parties or weddings in those messy tissue-paper rolls tied at both ends with ribbon? While browsing at StyleMePretty, I recently ran across a novel idea for holding all sorts of goodies in a much more ...read more
August 9, 2011
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Eating Our Way Through a Yummy To-Do List
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I love lists! Top ten lists, best-dressed lists, and more. To-do lists? Well, they’re not so much fun. (Blogger Leah likes them – she’s sharing her reasons why later this month.) However, our Out of Office blog team recently saw some adorable summer to-do lists for kids. They include things like ...read more
July 12, 2011
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Summer Canning: Creating Customized Labels for Jars
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By now, summer canning season is in full swing! I’m not a canner myself, but my grandparents were great gardeners and their fridge, freezer and cabinets were endlessly stocked with canned goods. When I think about their house, I remember seeing shelves and shelves of Ball jars loaded all year-round ...read more
June 28, 2011
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Coffee with the Bloggers: Kellie
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Our Out of Office blog has been around for about a year and a half now – time really flies! But in all that time (and all those posts!) we realize that we’ve never really gotten the chance to sit down and tell our readers a little more about ourselves. ...read more
June 16, 2011
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Boxing it Up: May is Moving Month!
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It’s May, which means we’re officially in “National Moving Month” – a nod to the start of the “moving season” in the U.S. when approximately 35 million Americans pack it all up and move cross-town or even cross-country. Bet you didn’t even know there was a National Moving Month! The last ...read more
May 10, 2011
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Do YOU Know When Mother’s Day Is?
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Quick – without looking at a calendar do you know when Mother’s Day is? If you’re like more than half of Americans polled in a recent survey from FedEx and FedEx Office, the answer is NO! That’s likely because Mother’s Day is incredibly early this year – falling on the earliest possible ...read more
April 28, 2011
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Before May Flowers Come April Showers…
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…bridal showers that is! With wedding season right around the corner, the invitations are starting to pile in for spring and summer weddings, as well as the accompanying bridal showers and other pre-wedding celebrations. Bridal games can be great ice-breakers for the guests to get to know each other (especially ...read more
April 11, 2011
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Anniversary Gifts
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Here at Out of Office, we’re kicking off the month of April with a month-long series of celebrations – anniversaries, retirement parties, baby showers, weddings and more. Spring has sprung and we feel like partying! I’m first up in the queue and today I’m sharing anniversary gift ideas. It’s hard ...read more
April 4, 2011
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