“Yo yo yo, this is your girl L-Money, comin’ at you live on the microphone with a bliggitty blogging tip to help give your John Hancocks some suga’ and spice. Bricka, bricka, what?! It’s gonna be tight, y’all. You feel me?” Before you all run for the hills, let me explain that intro. I taught 9th grade English for three years when we lived in Ohio, and I would sometimes start my classes in a {read more…}
I hope everyone had a great weekend! We enjoyed a game night with our small group, a birthday party for my niece Clara, and a breezy bike ride around Orlando. The rains finally gave way to some gorgeous weather, which meant I got to rock some brightly-colored spring clothes and my newest d.i.y. creation, color-blocked bobby pins! My bobby pins went from plain-and-simple to bright-n-bold…just the way I like it…and all in the matter of {read more…}
Click here to start at the beginning with Part 1 of My Blog Migration Story. (It’s a very good place to start.) I’m baaaaaaaaaack with part 4 of My Blog Migration Story. A week ago today my lil wordpress.com blog migrated to wordpress.org. And she’s growing up so fast…{tear}. Before I get overly emotional, let’s review. In Part 3, I introduced you to the two lovely ladies behind my new blog design and migration, and I gave {read more…}
Click here to start at the beginning with Part 1 of My Blog Migration Story. Wonder of wonder, miracle of miracles, it appears as if all of my subscribers safely made the journey from my old WordPress.com site to the new one…even my WordPress Reader followers! After having read so much about what to expect and bracing myself for the worst, it appears that I’ve been blessed with the best-case-scenario; the one that I didn’t even {read more…}
If you’re just tuning in now, click here to start with Part I of My Blog Migration Story. So, in Part 1, we covered the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org, and why I’m choosing to migrate to WordPress.org. Today, I’m going to devote this entire post to answering one simple (or maybe not-so-simple) question: Q: How does one prepare for such a move? A: Preparation is my middle name…or at least, it should be, and {read more…}
In the wintertime while birds migrate from north to south, bloggers migrate from WordPress.com to WordPress.org. At least, this blogger does! As many of you know, one of my goals for 2013 was to make the migration to WordPress.org. After several weeks of work behind the scenes, the new site is slated to go live very soon, my friends…very soon. Maybe even later this week! Suffice it to say, I’m teeny weeny bit excited about it. {Lauren {read more…}
Here’s my first completed project in my new series, The Silhouette Challenge: a thank you card a la William Shakespeare. What I love about the shape of this stationery is that it’s designed to fit easily into a legal-sized envelope, which is unexpected for a thank you card. It also suits people like me who tend to be a bit (ahem) verbose. My initial inspiration came from these letter-sized thank you cards by Kolette Hall that I {read more…}
We’ll make new traditions in place of the old ‘Cause life without revision will silence our souls. -”Snow” by Sleeping at Last Tomorrow marks the start of a new year. A fresh start. An uncharted path in the woods. My lantern is at the ready. After reflecting on my blogging highlights from these first four months, it’s time to look forward. I have so many dreams and goals for The Thinking Closet – – in {read more…}
My sister Lisbeth’s blog was a part of the inspiration for me in starting The Thinking Closet. So, you can imagine how overjoyed I am that she is guest posting here today! We’re doing guest post swaps, so I’m over at her blog, squeeze it into little inkdrops, sharing my Indie Christmas mix. Feel free to stop by. And now, let the magic begin: Hello everyone at The Thinking Closet! I’m Lisbeth, the creator of {read more…}
In case you missed my guest post on Blissful & Domestic last week, here it is in full! Keep in mind, this is meant to inspire- -not to inflict guilt. There are many ways to love our environment. These are just 10 of the ways…. So, let’s talk Christmas cards. I don’t know about you, but the thought of compiling address, stamping envelopes, and signing 70 Christmas cards during the busiest time of year makes {read more…}
Today, I am taking part in the guest posting extravaganza over at Sugar Bee Crafts, sharing my D.I.Y. Wrapping Paper Tutorial. (I know it may seem like I’m going guest-post-crazy, but for those who don’t know, sometimes you write guest posts several weeks before they “go live,” so let me clarify that I am not superwoman doing all of these projects in just a few days. Such feats of crafty strength would be pretty incredible, though.) {read more…}
Does anyone still wear a hat? (Name that musical.) The answer is yes! Especially people attending the Hats & Heroes Ball for Kids Beating Cancer next weekend. We’re attending with some folk from Mark’s hospital and the dress code is black tie…and hats! So, today, I scoured the local Orlando thrift stores in search of the perfect hat – – a hat suitable for a ball. I tried on hats that were too small, too {read more…}
Floating around on Pinterest are some pretty cool canvases with white wood lettering by the U.K. design team Gorgeous Graffiti. The only hitch is that they’re selling for $300 – $500. Egads! Right? Actually, the same effect can be achieved quite inexpensively as some other bloggers verified like this one and this one, so that gave me the courage to create my own with the title phrase from one of my favorite hymns, “It is Well {read more…}
Week 2 in the Lil Journal Project was a walk down memory lane. Here are my first three entries to share for inspiration and with my link-up friends at Lil Blue Boo. Day 6 started off with creating a map of my childhood neighborhood. (This was the home where I grew up until age seven – – the home of the original thinking closet.) I used my memory for the layout, googlemaps for the surrounding {read more…}
Let me just come out and say it: I’m a perfectionist. It’s not something I’m proud of. Yes, perfectionism can be a good thing in certain circumstances and push me toward excellence, but if I’m anxious or feeling far from God, my quest for perfection is often to blame. One way I battle my perfectionism is by intentionally embracing imperfect things and seeing beauty in their imperfections. Take my alphabet stamps, for example. They have imperfections built-in {read more…}
