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5.03.2012

Way-Back-Wednesday #24: Interior Design classes

**This was supposed to be posted yesterday but I never got around to it. So, I'm posting it anyway, even though it's Thursday!**

Once upon a time, I went to school at the University of Oklahoma and got a degree in Interior Design. My class started out with 120 students freshman year. By the time we graduated, there were 18 of us. Quite the weeding out process, no?

OU's Interior Design program is situated in the College of Architecture. For 2 of my years of college, we were located in the old Hobby Lobby building on Main Street. Why, you ask? Because Gould Hall (the College of Architecture's building) was getting a {much} needed renovation. I still have yet to see the finished product of the new Gould Hall because they finished it since I've been gone to Ukraine. But, someday, I will get to see that new building and new groups of Interior Design students, going on zero hours of sleep, just to see a project turned in on time!

The other day on facebook, I saw some new pics that one of the Interior Design seniors posted of their graduating class. They are fabulous and made me find the pictures that my class took our senior year of college. We called upon a friend of a friend {Stancy Higley} who now co-owns a hip photography company called Half Orange Photography. She does truly great work and we had such a fun time shooting these. Enough with the chit chat though...on with the pics!

**all pictures by Stancy Higley Photography

OU Interior Design Class of 2009!

Julie, Khoi, Amanda, Casey, Amber, Lydia, Jenna, Kristen, Hayley, Kelsey, Beth, Marissa, Tiffany, Laura

This was our "excited to be done with school" face/we're {finally} graduating!

hanging out in the Biz

OU has quite the campus...great for photo shoots!

Khoi, our token male, was probably making a joke at this moment...

We really do love each other...

Traditional jumping pic.

Stancy also took individuals of us {you'll see why in a second}. If you ever need a photographer in the Austin area, I would call her in a heartbeat.

I didn't remember that this picture showed my cement burn scars on my left arm. That's another day and another post...

The reason for the individuals was to be able to send out graduation invites to our capstone exhibit. I totally stole and copied the ideas/wording {Thanks, Kristen :)}.

one side of the card

other side of the card

While I was reminiscing about our college pics {I think we started a trend with taking senior pics!}, I had to find the class after ours. These girls were fun-loving, easy-going, and super great all around.

**I think my {high school} friend Kelly Miller took all of these pics...

There were only NINE of them in their graduating class.

They were quite the group... :)

Friends since freshman year of high school {thanks Senora Grady!}

So now, flash forward to this years senior Interior Design girls. Their pics are phenomenal and creative. These girls were freshmen when I was a senior at OU, so I really don't know that many of them. And, I don't know who took the pictures {if someone does know, please let me know and I'll give credit}. But, enjoy nonetheless!

Pretty freakin' creative

{the new Gould Hall is behind them!}

South Oval

18 girls. That's a lot of estrogen!

Gould Hall

Fine looking group of designers!

So, that's a lot of pics. But most way-back-Wednesday post are. And since I'm posting this today (on a Thursday), I have to include a birthday shout out.

Happy happy birthday, Chris!

These two guys are roomies now {Schlegel on the left and Chris on the right}. Wish I could be there to celebrate Chris!

5.01.2012

Happy birthday, twinsies!

When I moved to Norman in 2001, I attended Norman North High School. On the first day of freshman year, I had history with Anna Sebestyen (Mr. Sondag taught the class, for those of you still at North!). We had a quiz the first day of school to identify all of the flags around the room. Pretty sure I could identify 5, maybe 6. Embarrassing, but not the point. I can remember seeing Anna in that class and maybe speaking to her that first day. That afternoon, I had my first math class at North with Rosemary Sebestyen.

It was at least a few days to a week later that I learned they were twins.

So, today is their birthday. May Day! They're a quarter of a century old, and I'm mighty glad and thankful I met them on that incredibly scary and first day of school in 2001. They've been by my side through everything, even if we were on different continents. They're quite the pair, as you'll see in the pics below. I ran out of room on my blog for posting pics, so I had to upgrade to a bigger account! And this post is no exception! Twins birthday? Double the pictures. From choir tours to senior trip to Ukraine to Norman, we've been a lot of places together. Enjoy :)