Occasionally, I do write more than 2,200 characters (thanks for the limit, Instagram), and when I do, you will find those words here. I also love participating in Calling It Home’s One Room Challenge, which happens every spring and fall. You can find past rooms I’ve worked on here. Want some help with your own One Room Challenge? Let me know so that we can get planning for the next round!
I read three short posts online last week that I am still thinking about. Ok, so one of them I just read on Friday, but you know, I have a short attention span so it’s kind of amazing that I can still remember anything before right now. You might think that these three posts have nothing to do with each other, but in my mind, they are totally linked. I’ve been thinking a lot about how to work and when to work lately. (And by “lately”, I mean for the past four years).
Read MoreI am now on year three of Project Life and I can’t tell you how much I love it.
I have not always been a scrapbooker. In fact, my husband still calls it “crap booking”. But seven years ago, I decided to open a paper store in our cute little town. I envisioned walls of letterpress notecards. Beautiful paper with whimsical sayings. I would throw in some craft items – solid cardstock, beautiful wrapping paper, rubber stamps, tags, every color of ribbon. Things changed dramatically as I painted the store and installed the shelves. People peaked in every day to ask if I was opening a scrapbooking store. I knew absolutely nothing about scrapbooking. But if the people were going to shop, I was going to make it available.
Read MoreWe’ve been doing a lot of baking around here lately. It’s no wonder my pants don’t fit.
Gus stayed home from school on Wednesday with a (conveniently temporary) fever. After cartoons, breakfast with dad, hot cocoa with mom, a little craft store shopping, errands, and some coloring, Gus decided he wanted to “make a project” with the Kitchen-Aid mixer. We searched for recipes together and he picked out peanut butter cookies.
Read MoreHave I mentioned that I like to do a little craft from time to time? I know I’ve mentioned that I am a total sucker for paper. And there are no paper stores to speak of where I live. So last week, when I needed (for ridiculous reasons) to spend an entire day by myself in Salt Lake City (what!? a whole day to yourself!?), I hit some paper stores....
Read MoreOne of the people that I follow on Instagram is Kelly Beall of Design Crush. Every day, Kelly posts one of her favorite quotes, all handwritten and all variety of subjects. There is one in particular that really struck a chord with me last week.
Read MorePicture perfect, right? How does she do it? My neighbor called me Martha. Not as in my mother (no offense, Mom), but as in Stewart. It was a banner day for baking in our house. Oh, and it took FOREVER. Seriously, we almost didn’t have dinner. That half of a batch of dough that I froze over the weekend made 90 mini heart cookies. I have no idea what I was thinking taking this on this afternoon.
Read MoreI’m one of those people who thinks that everything happens for a reason. Sometimes we don’t know what the reason is or we forget that there might be one, but if you are paying attention, the reason will surface.
Read MoreI had this vision of making darling mini heart cookies for the preschool class Valentine’s Day party. I picked up the little cookie cutter and some mini heart sprinkles. Adorable little red and white striped bags to put them in for each kid…I’m still working on it. Fortunately, the party isn’t until Thursday and I had time to get a test-run in before giving my kids’ classmates something totally inedible.
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