Buried Treasure

So I bet you didn’t know that today is the official talk like a pirate day….seriously, it is and, it is a global made-up holiday. I am waiting with baited breath for a new line of “Talk like a Pirate”…

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Local Stores

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What makes a great scrapbooking store? As an instructor, I travel quite a bit and teach in a variety of venues but, when it all comes down to it, I love being in local stamping and scrapbooking stores the best.…

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Busyness

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It seems now more than ever, being busy is a plague on our creativity. I know that around here over the past few days, if it wasn’t for computer quirks, power outs, flooding, and some nasty weather, I’d be a…

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Daisy D Update

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A while back I reported here about the apparent closing of Daisy D’s. I had spoken to some folks over there to confirm it, which they did, and well, I got this email today that I wanted to share with…

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Travels with Isabella

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The way we document our thoughts, memories, and travels are uniquely our own. I came across this article about an interesting exhibit featuring the work of Isabella Stewart Gardner through the eyes of another artist, Luisa Rabbia. What is fascinating to…

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Made Up Words

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So, Shakespeare and Lewis Carroll did it all the time….made up random words and names that managed to trickle down into our everyday speech. It got me thinking about all the Un-Words we have around in our household, the words we…

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Serenity Now!

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Okay, still one of my favorite Seinfeld quotes even though it has been gone for oh too long…. Serenity is just one of those happy places where things come together just as they should, where cares melt away and calories…

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Easy Being Green

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Kermit the Frog lamented that it wasn’t easy being green well, I beg to differ. The opportunities for folks to craft more “earth consciously” has never been easier. I know many folks who have chosen to go the digital scrapbooking…