Where Passion & Purpose Collide
While you may find this hard to believe, what with my mad design skills and all {cough cough}, I occasionally design something for a client that doesn’t inspire shrieks of joy and spontaneous outbursts of the Harlem Shake. Sometimes they hate it, but graciously say, “I’m…just…not feelin’ it, sorry”. And then there are those times that I design something that… Read More
We love to travel. Everything from our 2 week road-trip extravaganza with our kidlets this summer, to the 5 weeks my hubby and I spent gallivanting across Southern Africa several years back. But coming home, sleeping in our bed and relaxing in our own space, is always the cherry on top. Because no matter how much glamour we experience during… Read More
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We have about 25 women who have joined forces to encourage each other {via a facebook group} as we work to cut refined sugars out of our diets in 2013. And it’s awesome! The journey is always more fun together. The shared wisdom, chin-lifting & recipe ideas are just beginning to take off and I’m excited to see how we’ll… Read More
Well, ladies, the wait is over. The Chaos Simplified Women’s {Life} Planners are printed and ready to be shipped out! Despite numerous setbacks in the printing process, sweet Corri has buckled down and pressed on to grab ahold of her dream of making the hippest, most practical & efficient life planner on earth. And here they are! This year, there… Read More
Our tree is finally up, and let me just tell you, frasier fir is the way to go! It was suggested to us last year after we made the mistake of acquiring the “smells distinctly like cat pee” tree. This one actually smells sweet and piney, as a Christmas tree should, and the fact that protective gear is not necessary… Read More
It occurred to me last month, as Christmas crept sneakily toward us, that my desire to actually attempt some of the smashing homespun gift ideas I’d been pinning with passion, combined with my astounding ability to procrastinate, were a match made in hades. And then I promptly forgot that profound thought and continued on my way. As is common for… Read More
How on earth is it possible that it’s November 2012 already? Next month is Christmas, ya’ll! Yay and… yikes. I realize I may be a little slow on the uptake here, but weren’t we just getting all giddy {and awkwardly terrified} by the notion of a new millennium around the corner? Has it really been 13 years already? Gosh, it’s… Read More
I’ve always been inspired by crisp, creative, colorful design…with a message! It’s like a triple layered cake…with cream cheese frosting. And chocolate shavings. I’ve been mulling over the idea of ‘family rules’ for some time now and have been drooling over all the pallet-painted gorgeousness on Pinterest lately, in search of ‘the one’. So when a precious friend sent me… Read More
Contrary to popular belief, further enhanced by the distinct stagnancy of this little blog, I am still alive. {knuckle bumps} Which is incredibly convenient seeing my husband is in desperate need of some clean underwear. 2 weeks, 10 states, and 70 hours later, our summer extravaganza has come to an end. And it was wicked cool to the last drop. … Read More
Apparently I still don’t know how to post things to my blog properly – I was trying to be more prepared and threw together a rough draft of this post a week days ago {seeing I tend to only think about desktop wallpaper half way through the month, after a reader or two have asked where it is}…and then, feeling… Read More
I got an email a couple of weeks ago from the owner of a little bed & breakfast nestled in the foothills of the mountains in upstate South Carolina. It’s aptly called “The Queen’s Cottage”, and Queen Anne’s Lace is their “thing”. She had stumbled upon the ‘love story’ and photos I had posted last May and was hoping to… Read More
