Hi friend! My name is Lauren, and it is a distinct pleasure to welcome you to my corner of D.I.Y. heaven, The Thinking Closet. This may look like a blog, but really, it’s a space for letting your creativity splish, splash, and spill. Because creativity is messy…and I’m very creative. (I have a hunch you…
I can’t even begin to catalog the number of hours in my childhood that were devoted to reading Archie comic books. Countless! At bedtime, my parents allowed us to crack open the door of our bedroom, so just enough hall light could spill in to read by. With my sister Lisbeth on the top bunk…
In the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, you may have blinked and missed that as of last Saturday, it’s officially winter. Cold, snowy, frosty, windy, bone-chilling winter. “Wait a minute, Lauren. I thought you lived in Florida….” Yes, yes. I do. I’m just using my vivid imagination to paint a picture of the…
Welcome to the next installment in Our DIY Wedding series! To start at the beginning, click here. Okay, we’re finally here: it’s July 18th, 2009 – – our wedding day! Mark and I went unconventional and decided to take our wedding portraits before the wedding. Because our reception would immediately follow the ceremony in the very same space,…
Welcome to the next installment in Our DIY Wedding series! To start at the beginning, click here. When Mark and I were planning our wedding back in 2009, one of the things we were most excited about (besides getting hitched, of course), was the fact that all of our nearest and dearest would be gathered together in the…
I took one week in the woods to unplug from technology. Join me for the low-down on the unexpected ways it helped me grow as a blogger and small business owner. Prepare to be shocked and amazed: I went an entire week “unplugged” from technology. Well…almost. With the exception of one hour each day (to tame…
Hi, friends! This post is coming at you live from Hot-lanta, Georgia where I am attending Haven, my first ever blog conference! Wow, wow, wow. I already have so much to tell you, and so far, we’ve only had registration, a cocktail party, and dinner…but it is truly incredible to connect with so many fantastic…
Fact. My “About” page hadn’t been edited since I first started blogging in September 2012. Fact. My “About” page was written in the third person, like an author bio on the inside back cover of a book. All of my posts are written in the first person. The disparity was killing me. Fact. My “About”…
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been romanced by bookstores…especially used bookstores. They lure me in with their old, stale-book smells and promise of inscribed inside covers. They win my heart with their cozy aisles and reading nooks. And if I find a treasure – – oh, stop the presses – – if…
My poor sewing machine was totally and utterly neglected over the holidays. My crafty projects just seemed to call for a hammer and nail or glue gun instead. I even thought I heard my “Brother” crying during those eight hours of working on my No-Sew Christmas tree skirt. Let’s just say I had some making…
It was two months ago today when I clicked that glowing button on the WordPress homepage inviting me to “sign up now.” After much deliberation, I gave my blog a name, wrote my first post, and bolted full-speed ahead into blogland. Wow. To think that just two months ago, blogger jargon like “link parties,” “trackbacks,”…
To journal or not to journal? That was never a question for me in my last three years as a high school English and theatre teacher. I was so busy grading papers and lesson planning that I just didn’t have the time to journal, and when I did, I felt too exhausted and drained to…
GREETINGS, FRIEND! I’m Lauren – girl-mom, theatre geek, Jesus-follower, & pun-lover. And I’m thrilled to welcome you to my cozy corner of the internet, “The Thinking Closet.” Here, my passions for creative projects & soul-rest come together to inspire you to believe in your enough-ness so you can life the life for which you were…
