Thank you Basic Invite for sponsoring this post. All opinions are my own. My daughter is engaged! I’m not sure how that hilarious little ball-pit jumping, bead-tree growing, guinea-pig loving little girl grew up so fast. (In the same way I’m not sure how I got to an age when my joints crack so loudly sometimes they…
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…
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…
It’s nearing the end of another school year. Teachers are tired. When my kids were little, for a few years when the school year ended, we gave (with the best intentions!), the standard things that we thought teachers would like as a thank you gift (mugs and such.) Teachers get a LOT of mugs. They…
Our neighborhood library closed a few weeks ago. It made me sad. No worries, the brand new one that was built to replace it is huge, light-filled, and amazing. But, the library that closed was the library of my children’s childhood, so our last visit there before it closed was a bit sad. Even a little…