For the last two years, I’ve chosen one word for the year. One word to inspire my dreams and help focus my goals. One word to help me see the bigger picture. One word to give a name to the tugging on my heart. Though the truth of the matter is that I don’t really choose…
I felt a yearning I haven’t felt in a while…a yearning just to freewrite! The kind of writing inspired by a creative prompt where you set a timer and just let the thoughts spill onto the page or screen, scritchity scratchety or tickity typity. You don’t censor yourself. You don’t correct yourself. You fly forward…
Can I be honest with y’all for a moment? Most days, I feel like a decorating dunce, haphazardly throwing together a few picture frames with outdated photos and random knick knacks atop a dusty surface, so that it looks like I tried. Tea candles are my safety blanket. Mason jars are my cliche. And admittedly, I couldn’t…
I give you: our DIY Rustic Pallet Christmas Tree! Last week, I came to Mark with a glint in my eye, and an idea for a collaborative project. As soon I showed him my sketch and told him it would be made out of pallet wood, he jumped on board to help me make this vision…
What. A. Day! Yesterday was the launch of my first eBook, Thinking Outside the Gift Box, and it was one for the record books: full of encouraging texts, comments, a barrage of social shares, a few mini panic attacks when my sales page was acting glitchy, and over 60 sales (eek!). Thanks to everyone who took the…
Am I dreaming? Or did I just self-publish my first book? {Shakes head, pinches self.} Ack! I most definitely did. It’s true, it’s true. The virtual shelves are stacked with copies of Thinking Outside the Gift Box all ready to be shipped to your email inboxes and downloaded to your computer or favorite eReader. Here’s the…
At a loss for new meaningful gift ideas? Prepare to kickstart your creativity! Let me guess. You’re probably thinking to yourself: What if I told you that sometimes, the most meaningful gifts are the simple ones? Not necessarily gifts that cost the most or take a lot of time… but gifts that come from the heart. And…
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I think it’s easy for bloggers to come across as leading picture perfect lives, when that is so far from the truth. In fact, the past 7 months have been more trying for me than I like to admit…even to myself. But today, I want to talk about it–about my struggle to achieve more balance in my…
Ready for a super do-able tutorial for creating your own burlap banner using Silhouette *stencil material? Plus a free download for a nautical star cut file? I thought so. Let’s do this! I think one of the quickest and easiest ways to make a new home feel like your home is through hanging pictures and decorating bare walls….
Want to create your own Flower Tab Paper Gift Box out of pretty scrapbook paper and add a handmade touch to your next Mother’s Day gift or party favor? Read on for the easy, breezy tutorial and access to the FREE printable download! One of the first Mother’s Day gifts I remember giving to my…
Peculiar things start happening to you when you move to Florida. For one, you live in flip flops. “Dressing up” means putting on flats. You completely give up on blow-drying your hair because “It’s Too Darn Hot” as the song goes. Children tack “Miss” onto the front of your first name when they address you….
For some women, their signature fashion piece is shoes. For others, it’s bags. And for me, without a shadow of a doubt, it’s big n’ bold earrings. And what do I love even more than big n’ bold earrings? Well, big n’ bold earrings I made myself out of materials I got for free, of…
