Summer Wind-down
We are at the midpoint of August- and September feels like it is a blink away. I don’t want to say goodbye to these lazy summer day- but at the same time- I love the...
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4 Quick Tips for Felt Board Joy!
Felt Boards. Oh- how I love you! They are like my own 3D cozy squares of wisdom. They can be snarky, silly, personal or uplifting- and man! They look so darn cute! My love for...
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#joycreated in June | Celebrating Dads
Focusing on Father’s Day is a terrific way for me to get a few more layouts of my hubby in the scrapbook. I hate to say it- but the dirty secret is- most of my...
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Are you a Unicorn? | Design Backstory
I recently read that, "a unicorn is somebody who knows they are magical and isn't afraid to show it." I liked that. And it struck me that when we are younger, we are all unicorns- never afraid to share the magic we believe to possess: we can sing- we can explore the world, we can dance- and we can grow up to be whatever we want to be.
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The joy behind “BABY LOVE”
More than just showing you what’s on the drawing board- I wanted to share a backstory of one this month’s designs with you. It’s funny how much a screen saver can tell you about someone....
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Pushing pause on Summer | My August Bucket List
It’s August. The back to school supplies have been bought, I see a few leaving already dropping from the trees in my backyard and the Pumpkin pins have already popped into my Pinterest feed. There’s...
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I Made Green
Last Saturday, I was fried. Lots of projects were finally put to bed but I had a long list of boring business tasks to do and a house that was showing the wear of two...
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My no-matter-what Valentine
When my Dad was a little boy, he made the mistake of fiddling with a blue jays eggs while they were in the nest and mama bird seemed to be nowhere around. Well, little did he...
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Not ONE picture of this?
One of the first things I say when someone asks me to describe myself is that I am a Brooklyn girl. I grew up there for almost 27 years. This was back in the day...
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no and yes.
We are fully settled into the lazy days of summer here- and I really love it. I love that the schedule is loose enough that laundry can wait a day or two and my calendar...
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my daily dose of guilt….
So….I got behind on the laundry. It usually happens when hubby decides he’s going to “help”. The laundry sits in the dryer and is so hopelessly wrinkled, I opt for washing it again instead of...
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you know summer is coming when….
Around my place, you know summer is coming when the Saturday morning air is green and bright with the smell of fresh cut grass; when new jars of bubbles find there way into my shopping...
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