Welcome to another Thursday Favorite Things, a weekly link party for bloggers and blog readers! It’s a great way to get traffic to your blogs, find helpful blog posts, and meet other bloggers. I’m glad you’re here! The links last week were so much fun. I can’ t wait to see what you have for…
Happy day to you all! It’s hard to believe we’re so far into August already, but that seems to be the way summer always flies by! And now I’m so happy to say, beginning today, I am new a co-hostess for the Thursday Favorite Things (TFT) link party from Katherine’s Corner! The TFT party is…
Isn’t it beautiful? I love my pink typewriter. My husband gives me a befuddled look when I say it’s beautiful, but he humors me about it anyway. Have you ever considered getting one or thought about why you would even want a typewriter?
In high school (which was a long time ago), I took an Advanced Drawing class, and became obsessed with drawing portraits. While I wasn’t very good at drawing the whole person, I wasn’t bad with faces. I loved learning how to draw portraits. Just the other day, I dug my old sketchbooks out from storage….
Have you ever seen the movie, “Field of Dreams?” (If you are a baseball fan, you need to see it!) There’s a quote from the movie that always makes me smile. “Is this Heaven?” “No, it’s Iowa.” I kept thinking about that quote earlier today, as I floated in our pool. (Although, we’re not in…
Hand lettering and calligraphy have always been passions of mine, and when I get into something Ireally, really get into it! (Do you hyper-focus like that?) Brush calligraphy (brush lettering) is a favorite of mine. If you would love to get started with calligraphy using a brush pen, read on for some of my favorite…
I’ve purchased my share of photography equipment over the last twenty or so years. (Maybe more than my share?) I’ve always loved my purchases, but I’ve learned some things along the way. It seems I’ve always been on a “how to improve my photography” quest. Tips for purchasing used equipment are below the photos! This…
See this adorable cat? (I’m just a tiny bit biased–she was ours. We lost her a few years ago, but we keep her memory close.) Lucy was taking time to smell the flowers. LET’S ALL DO THAT MORE OFTEN. Now, another challenge to myself this week is to create a card using this photo. (I’m…
I really enjoyed spending time at home with my kids (well, I usually enjoyed it!) when they were little. We did a lot of activities that were multisensory and fun, while my kids were learning at the same time. One of the fun, simple things we did as my kids were learning to read was…
Recently, I’ve learned Crayola markers can be used for brush lettering. Would you believe, you can achieve lovely modern calligraphy with just some markers you may already have? It works! I’m so excited to have discovered Crayola calligraphy. Now, I do have a lot of brush markers already… (Obsessed, remember? In that post, I talked…
I’m partnering with Oriental Trading for this post. Oriental Trading provided the products (which I chose), and the opinions are 100% my own. I literally scared Sunny with the scream I let out when I saw this Ewok dog costume onOriental Trading’s website, because it is so adorable. (Yes, they have kids’ and adults’ costumes too. Amazing ones!)…
I’ll say it again, “I LOVE BACK TO SCHOOL TIME!” I always have. (UPDATE: This is a throwback post. Daughter and son are now both college graduates, so I have no kids going back to school. I still love this time of year, though!) Only one of my own “kids” will be going back…