When I speak, I try SO hard to give credit where credit is due. I cite my sources, I give referrals, I pay it forward. There is a lot of good content out there, and I realize those authors and speakers have worked diligently to make that content their own, and I feel that making…
As I write, we are trucking down the highway. David is driving, the kids are tightly tucked in their carseats, and we are barreling down this road on an evening excursion. To the car wash. For kicks and giggles, as my cousin James likes to say. The scenario feels a lot like life does sometimes:…
Note to readers: this blog post isn’t deep, or hugely eye-opening, but it’s part of my story, so I wanted to record it here. I’m so grateful for those who have continued to encourage us on our journey, so I wanted this to be an update for those folks. Tune in later for some Stationery…
This post is going to be honest, because I don’t have time for anything else. I read some place recently, “If you tell the truth all the time, you never have to remember.” Seriously. There are times I wake up in the middle of the night, like right now. I grab my phone, just to…
Last week at AH Inspired, roomie Rachel Shingleton and I had several great chats. Rachel and I have overlapping lives: we grew up in the same neck of the woods, we still both live in the same neck of the woods, and we both love our families, our faith, and good ol’ fashioned DESIGN. We…
Warning: I have no idea where this post is going. I’ll try to connect the dots at some point, but I’m feeling the urge to just write, so I’m leaning in. Almost two years ago, I returned home from Engage!11 with this little nugget stuck in my head: you’ve got to get rid of the…
Long story short, we needed to get the house painted. It had been almost seven years since I moved into this house, and the colors were starting to feel dated, there were ugly brown water spots on the living room ceiling from a series of fiascoes, and a few little people had taken to the…
It’s been so long since I’ve blogged, I may have forgotten how to blog. Things have been rolling steadily along. I’m picking up just the right amount of new consulting clients, taking on some limited branding engagements, doing some coaching, and planning Stationery Academy. The orders for the August version of the Day Designer continue…
Hi friends, the month of May never ceases to amaze me. As much as I try to slow it down, to savor everything it offers, it flies by. This year has been no exception. Last week I was at the National Stationery Show for the 9th consecutive year, and this week I’m dealing with a…
