It’s quiet, ya’ll. Three kids are sleeping, and we know that’ll only last for about 15 minutes, so I better get an update out quickly. I’ve been quiet lately, but it’s because my mother taught me to restrict my conversation to the weather when I didn’t have anything nice to say. And there have been…
My friend Meredith, who owns French Blue Designs, has been known to come up with some pretty brilliant stuff. These workbooks for kids were one of her ideas last year. I’m excited that she’s agreed to offer two of them for a giveaway! I snapped a couple of quick pictures so that you can see…
I had lunch with my friend Amanda yesterday. We hadn’t seen each other in a couple of months, so the conversation started out like most distant, in that need-to-catch-up kind of way. How are you? Great! How are you! Good! How’s your business, hubby, kid? Good! How’s your business, hubby, kids? Great! Yada yada, you…
I’ve been reading Brene Brown’s Daring Greatly the past couple of weeks. Normally I start and stop books and read intermittently, but I’ve barely been able to put Daring Greatly down. I think it must be due in part to the fact that I believe vulnerability, authenticity, and being real, works. Sure it takes courage…
If you’ve been reading this blog for any longer than two weeks, there are a couple of things you’ve probably realized. For starters, I love goals. I love setting them, I love reaching them. Next, I love anything I can write on. Especially if it’s related to goals and achieving them. Third, I’m a sucker…
Designed for participation in the #365patterns challenge on Instagram.
We’ve had several people register since announcing the Stationery Academy 2013 Scholarships this week, and even more people have inquired about payment plans. If you REALLY want to attend, don’t wait for the scholarships to be announced. The workshop is filling up FAST. In order to ensure that you get a seat, you can submit…
Happy Friday, friends! Fridays are a good day for a round-up of links and a summary of events, right? On the news forefront: we officially opened a second session for Stationery Academy this August! Session I will be August 22-24, and Session II will be August 25-27. Each session is limited to 20 attendees. The…
Background story, for those of you just now joining me: I made my first “Crazy List” when I was 16 years old, thanks to a book called Put Your Heart On Paper. You can tell I was 16 because of a) the handwriting, b) the underlying teenage angst and c) I misspelled the word gorgeous….
