tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597016353806996002024-03-13T15:21:31.073-07:00turtle bunny love designUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger655125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759701635380699600.post-32855701759842479562014-11-04T08:51:00.003-08:002014-11-04T08:51:27.458-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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getting back into the swing of designing </div>
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just in time to stop again when baby #2 comes in february!</div>
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wish me luck because i have a feeling i won't be creating much of</div>
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anything but a tiny human, naptimes and breastmilk for a many, many months.</div>
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until then i'll relish in the projects i've enjoyed!</div>
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hope you like them too...</div>
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first off, back in may my dear friend CK had her 30th birthday </div>
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and we threw a RAD party for her in the <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.bing.com/search?q=reading+pagoda&FORM=AWRE" target="_blank">reading pagoda</a>. </span></div>
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of course, the invite had to be amazing, right?! yes. </div>
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so, going on her love of the GD and her scarlet begonia theme </div>
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i came up with a poster-style invite that i sent via <a href="http://mailchimp.com/" target="_blank">mail chimp</a>. </div>
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man, that mail chimp is super cool. </div>
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if you don't know, know you know.</div>
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next, my nephew's stepdad asked me to help him create </div>
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a <a href="http://www.knottyegg.com/" target="_blank">logo and website for his famous knotty egg fly</a>.</div>
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i had a great time with this and got to finally use <a href="http://www.squarespace.com/" target="_blank">squarespace</a> for the first time </div>
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sheesh. glad i'm not a small web shop or i'd be super bummed.</div>
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you really can make an amazing site so easily and inexpensively these days.</div>
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no excuses people. </div>
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i'm telling myself this for my next website re-do. </div>
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(once i know my next direction! ... give me 3 years...)</div>
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which i had really enjoyed.</div>
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love that <a href="http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/Product/Camera-Lenses/2190/AF-S-DX-Micro-Nikkor-85mm-f%252F3.5G-ED-VR.html" target="_blank">NIKON 85mm micro lens</a>!</div>
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and lastly, i had the pleasure of creating the logo for the new </div>
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<a href="http://www.mlive.com/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2014/10/new_hops_farm_in_chelsea_to_se.html#incart_river" target="_blank">groovy hopster farm setting up shop in chelsea, michigan!</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.mlive.com/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2014/10/new_hops_farm_in_chelsea_to_se.html#incart_river" target="_blank">readying to serve local brewers by september, 2015 – </a></div>
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i'm delighted to be a part of this and see the logo used throughout the farm!</div>
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i'll hopefully have a few more projects before complete hibernation.</div>
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until then, happy design inspirations!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759701635380699600.post-81673057882722222902014-06-17T10:26:00.001-07:002014-06-17T10:26:45.666-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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hey friends!</div>
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here's a little update from around these parts...</div>
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all day. err day.</div>
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not really– but at least twice a day for months now </div>
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lubeedu loves to play with her beans.</div>
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and wow, what fun we can have with some simple beans!</div>
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scooping, pouring, cooking, hiding letters and uncovering them, filling anything nearby with scoopfuls, making them into a turtle habitat, "spilling" them down the inside of your shirt, etc.</div>
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a $4 bag o' beans has been beyond thrilling to say the least.</div>
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<i>(and yes, that's my girl in her <a href="http://www.nozoneclothing.com/" target="_blank">NOZONE swimsuit</a>. </i><i>eczema hates sunscreen so she lives in those duds)</i></div>
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i've really craved a quick creative outlet and finally it's the plant season!</div>
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terrariums and little planters are the best thing for the busy mom. </div>
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why?</div>
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1) it takes literally minutes to do.</div>
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2) you can do it while drinking wine. optional.</div>
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3) it's instantly gratifying and brings happiness to your eyeballs and rooms.</div>
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4) the kicker – negligence is actually welcomed after they're complete!</div>
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ever get a head of steam on a project only to let it fall </div>
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by the way side minutes later from a crying kid or timer ding? um yeah.</div>
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even better, i only paid for floral foam and moss! </div>
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all the plants are clippings from my plants around the house or yard. </div>
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so nice. take a little walk, find what you like and end with something new and beautiful. </div>
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ah yes, thank you.</div>
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so, the old milk glass got some life.</div>
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in this one below i took floral foam and clippings </div>
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popped some sedum and other succulents, maiden hair fern stems, </div>
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a giant hosta flower and other planter clippings in there </div>
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and instantly felt soothed by the process.</div>
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another idea i've been brewing is creating willow water planters. </div>
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i clipped willow branches and let them sit in water for weeks. </div>
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i've planted some in pots but i'm really digging leaving them with the roots in water...</div>
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keeping busy and feeding the <i>monster/heart</i> is what we all must do, right?</div>
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wishing you the best on you and yours –</div>
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hey–o! just starting to dip my feet into the design world again and</div>
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i'm pretty excited about the new logo package i've created for </div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jenna-Herring-Photography/126719824158336" target="_blank">jenna herring photography</a>!</div>
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jenna is a lovely girl. </div>
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smart, graceful and great at what she does. </div>
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so of course, she wanted a very clean and simple logo </div>
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i wanted to keep it simple </div>
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next, a set of patterns to use within the website </div>
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so pretty and delicate – just like jenna!</div>
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our funny little easter miracle...</div>
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we found this interesting hole in our ivy bramble by the house.</div>
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so we approached and found dominique emerging!</div>
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funny lady laid an easter egg in there for Lu to find!</div>
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hope everyone had a wonderful valentine's day!</div>
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crazy how much fun we had with some heart stickers on string and paper.</div>
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little Lu is getting more and more awesome by the day.</div>
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we can't even say how much <span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">LOVE</span> we have in our hearts this year!</div>
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wishing you the same...</div>
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xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox</div>
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<i>{my screen shot of just some of the bento box art image search}</i></div>
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ok, so what? i like to play with my food.</div>
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i'm realizing how very driven i can be by the visual presentation<br />
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so obviously the whole bento box trend has really been stirring my imagination lately ...</div>
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<i>if you haven't seen the great world of bento box love seen above</i></div>
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<i>please <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=bento+box+art&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=64PhUpCkMvSrsQSp_IGYCg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1286&bih=1039" target="_blank">click here and be amazed</a>... i'll wait...</i></div>
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like wow, right!?</div>
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so, feeding my little one is top priority in life <span style="text-align: left;">right now </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">and what better way to have fun doing it than to incorporate </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">i've purchased <a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=flVc5-y83d8C&source=productsearch&utm_source=HA_Desktop_US&utm_medium=SEM&utm_campaign=PLA&pcampaignid=MKTAD0930BO1" target="_blank">this book</a> to jump start my creative juices </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">and have a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_9?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=bento+box+for+kids&sprefix=bento+box%2Caps%2C161" target="_blank">bento box</a> waiting in my amazon wish list </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">can't wait to post pics of the fun we have!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">even though Lu can't eat egg –i see that as a </span><span style="text-align: left;">challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">stay tuned for food art mania...</span></div>
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i feel like i've just struck GOLD.</div>
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the <i>mother </i>load of gold. if you get what i'm saying.</div>
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{<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Superman-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B002RYB1QE" target="_blank">his</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Disney-Presents-Peter-Sorcerers-Apprentice/dp/B0011FJNLA/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1387294832&sr=1-2-catcorr&keywords=peter+and+the+wolf+vinyl" target="_blank">mine</a>}</div>
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of free downloadable mp3s of children's vinyl record series.</div>
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all kinds of wonderfully narrated stories for you and the kids to listen to!</div>
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gah, i'm loving it.</div>
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put them on while you play, draw, wrap presents, take a bath, eat a snack –</div>
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whatever. just put them on and you'll see.</div>
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this morning on the stereo it was like i was transformed in time to the best times in my childhood.</div>
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i remember our humming stereo, the orange shaggy carpet, </div>
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and the potted plant by the window of our old house.</div>
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the recordings wake up my imagination and memories so intensely.</div>
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it's like <a href="http://www.thememorynetwork.net/wp/?page_id=728" target="_blank">proust phenomenon</a> to my ears.</div>
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xoxoxox</div>
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my very favorite spots from around the house these days...</div>
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a living room is always so cozy with the lovely low-lights.</div>
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hooray, a mantle with <a href="http://www.landofnod.com/holiday-stockings/holiday-decor/1" target="_blank">stockings</a> this year.</div>
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{i used a candle, covered it with burlap and stuffed in some pinecones!}</div>
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it's also feeling like christmas with all this snow and cold.</div>
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my little snow-bunny-blue-eyes loves it...</div>
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merry doesn't even come close to how i feel.</div>
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here's a little look at my little Lu's 1st birthday party.</div>
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we decided on a native american theme since it was the perfect time of year </div>
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we read history about the very many indians and black bear </div>
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in this area in the 1790's and thought it be kinda cool to pay some homage.</div>
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hand drawn envelopes with pop-up teepee invites arrived at each mailbox.</div>
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the <a href="http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/common_milkweed.htm" target="_blank">milkweeds</a> are doing their thing and all the coolness that comes with it...</div>
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as you can tell i'm putting my <b>all</b> into this little babe of mine </div>
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this one is a little update on her room...</div>
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as you may know, i like eye candy. and i love to see how people decorate for their little ones so i hope you like the sharing on my end. </div>
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her view from the floor of the changing dresser and windows...</div>
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i have so many more prints to frame. </div>
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maps and more maps! can't wait 'til that day comes.</div>
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and this wall will be ever changing – here it is for now...</div>
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she loves to point at each framed thing and squeal and babble with delight. it's so exciting.</div>
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it makes me so happy that her favorite seems to be the hawk mother <i>right bottom</i> which i made a very long time ago with her in the back of my mind. xoxo</div>
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oh and! luleebee has a fish! mermelda. he is beautiful.</div>
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she likes to see him from the top and the side, of course. </div>
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the sunny spot on the carpet kinda feeling. </div>
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he's one of those crazy smart people </div>
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that will make you feel utterly inspired </div>
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instead of hopelessly incompetent... </div>
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one of my very favorite quialities in any human.</div>
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loooooong week over here but i just wanted to pop up a little love and inspiration –</div>
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thought i'd share with you, too. my all-time favorite two books...</div>
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<i><a href="http://www.harryandwendedevlin.com/cranberry.html" target="_blank">wende and harry devlin (1971)</a></i></div>
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<a href="http://www.abebooks.co.uk/THUMBELINA-Peepshow-Book-POP-UP-BOOK-HANS/9741348838/bd" target="_blank"> <i>hans andersen and illustrated by linda griffith (1976)</i></a></div>
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i've been to the simon pearce mill near the quechee gorge </div>
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warning: you will cry. </div>
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your family (whatever that looks like) </div>
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is what will be the best creation you can share with the world.</div>
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pretty new logo i was hired to make </div>
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for my lovely girlfriend and her new company – <a href="http://bethany-lewis-nwfk.squarespace.com/" target="_blank">sweet dutchess</a>!</div>
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<i>{her blackberry curd cake, anyone? um yeah.}</i></div>
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so made her logo up in different ways so she can have it as </div>
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labels on cake boxes, biz cards, web banners and even pretty invoices.</div>
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wheeeeeeeeeew!</div>
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i am so sorry for the long pause on posting.</div>
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other than my little Lu as a major excuse, </div>
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i had a very unfortunate reason for not posting for the past month –</div>
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i left my beloved camera <b><i>outside, overnight... in the rain</i></b>.</div>
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ugh. i was heartbroken. </div>
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i blamed it on my new found mommy brain, but it was no less painful. </div>
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and i realized how much i absolutely NEED my camera! like, wow.</div>
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anyway, luckily nikon is radical and fixed it all up for me like new– so i'm back in action!</div>
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and since i'll be blending my creative <i>and</i> motherly methods into my new world of art-making i've decided to post about one of my newest creative outlets... making baby food!</div>
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yeah, yeah, making baby food sounds really fun, right?<br />
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well, i'm having fun with it and if you're raising a wee one maybe you might be interested?<br />
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• • • how i make my little Lu's food in 10 easy steps • • •</div>
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{i've gathered in the photo above what Lu has been loving as of now}</div>
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hard boil those home grown eggs!</div>
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and that's it. it's about a weeks food made all at once in about 2 hours!</div>
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i enjoy doing it and if you think you might – give it a whirl.</div>
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it's amazing to me how good it felt to make the food and see her eat it up with joy.</div>
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getting ready for the party on saturday!</div>
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hope you can stop by to pick up some goodies<br />
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{thanks for the rad picture <i>jen lindsay</i>.}</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759701635380699600.post-50860262203227596452013-06-10T06:21:00.002-07:002013-06-10T06:23:30.160-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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hey friends! if you can read this you are invited...</div>
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hope to see you stopping out in 2 weeks at the <a href="http://theindependentspace.com/" target="_blank">independent space</a>!</div>
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whilst sipping campagne and munching on delicious snacks </div>
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by <a href="http://www.phoebespurefood.com/" target="_blank">phoebe</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SweetDutchess" target="_blank">sweet dutchess</a>!</div>
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well, i have a HUGE announcement – ready? ok. here it goes...</div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/spreadthelove?ref=si_shop" target="_blank">spread the love</a> is saying goodbye. </div>
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forever.</div>
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yep. you read that right.</div>
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i had an epiphany that i could not ignore.</div>
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i just love my little babe so much and i don't know if it's the 6-month-mark or what– but when she looked into my eyes with her blooming personality i just knew i wanted to be there with her in this time 100%. i like to do things with my whole heart and i've been running my business like that since the beginning. i know now that i can't do both with my whole heart so i've come to a divided path in the road. or a door. or a cliff.</div>
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luckily i have been blessed in the past with recognizing when to jump. </div>
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i've done it before and i am not afraid.</div>
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i've thought long and hard about how to proceed. </div>
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at first i thought i might just find a bunch of new stores and begin to stock stores only and stop online sales. but in the end i've wiped clean the foggy mirror and can see that this stage of my career has come to a perfectly fitting end and i'm so excited because i see that it is my own choice to close up shop (at a high point) and begin something new.</div>
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i've always dreamed of diving into the next part of my career </div>
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and i know this is the one door closing so another can open.</div>
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first, i will be a mother with my whole heart. </div>
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i will take this time as a sabbatical and learn, grow and be inspired </div>
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and then i will be back with a brand new portofilo.</div>
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i'll still be blogging so no worries there. </div>
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and of course i will still be making art – since that can never stop. </div>
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i just won't be making and selling prints for <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/spreadthelove?ref=si_shop" target="_blank">spread the love</a>.</div>
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so, if you've been a true die-hard customer/fan you now have a bunch of collectables that will never be produced again! whooohooo to you for getting them while you could. and if you need some more – one last time... or need your very first and only before i go – i'm having a bon voyage <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/spreadthelove?ref=si_shop" target="_blank">blowout sale for the next 2 weeks</a> before i close my etsy shop completely and stop restocking stores.<br />
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(closing sale will run from <b><i>may 6th to may 19th</i></b> – after that no more prints will be made!)</div>
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just like from the beginning,<br />
i could not have started this endeavor without love. </div>
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love from family and friends. love for my very own self and my need to create, inspire and be inspired. but most of all love from my very best friend, confidant and biggest fan – keegan. </div>
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you are my light and rock from where everything begins and ends. i love you.</div>
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so really, the spreading of that love will never end as long as people have their prints around... </div>
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and i feel pretty damn excellent about that.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759701635380699600.post-63433485055103751832013-05-01T07:18:00.002-07:002013-05-01T07:19:15.652-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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got a bunch of likes on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/106744912/2013-maple-veneer-wall-calendar?ref=shop_home_active" target="_blank">my calendar </a></div>
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thanks so much to kaylah of the dainty squid who purchased it </div>
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and put it on <a href="http://www.thedaintysquid.com/2013/04/friday-favorites-206.html#comment-form" target="_blank">her favorites list #206!</a></div>
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i remember showing my husband keegan<br />
her cool name when i sent her package.</div>
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cool name, hair, AND lady... <a href="http://www.thedaintysquid.com/p/about-me.html" target="_blank">read on about her and her awesomeness!</a></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759701635380699600.post-1880530569307074892013-04-18T08:37:00.006-07:002013-04-18T08:37:44.743-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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this is exactly what luella, kritter and i are today...</div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/treasury/Njc1MjkxMHwyNzI0Mjg4MTMy/comfortable-at-home" target="_blank">comfortable at home</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://bloomingwhereyouare.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">bloom</a> had our first birthday!</div>
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a little impromptu party was held and if you're wondering what that amazing cake thing is above? </div>
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well, it's the tastiest thing you can imagine made by the master –<br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/SweetDutchess" target="_blank">sweet dutchess</a>!</div>
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it's a brown sugar <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlova_(food)" target="_blank">pavlova</a> with whipped cream and berries... um yeah.</div>
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so light and delicious i had 3 pieces!</div>
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a small group of us clinked glasses filled with champagne </div>
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and hung around in the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Curious-Consignments/144342158034" target="_blank">just curious</a> shop checking out all the interesting things...</div>
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here's the ol' pops and me back in the day.</div>
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this shot was taken after we had just won the 3 legged race.</div>
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i remember it fondly and (although it was probably cheating) </div>
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he basically held me up as we flew down the course.</div>
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i remember thinking he must be the fastest and strongest man i'll ever know.</div>
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many years have past<br />
and pops has MS which has slowed him down considerably.</div>
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but nothing can take away the memory of his lightening speed that day.</div>
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he still is the strongest man i'll ever know – </div>
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just not so much the fastest.</div>
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april 28th Lu and I will be <a href="http://but nothing can take away the memory of his lightening speed that day!" target="_blank">walking for MS in downtown lancaster</a>.</div>
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we love you pop-pop!</div>
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hey party people!</div>
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so how does <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Double-Dutch/229765683774892" target="_blank">double dutch</a> </div>
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do a snowy saturday morning DIY project?</div>
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i'll show you...</div>
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first, a little bloody mary action</div>
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and why not get beautified while we work!? </div>
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so, we tried out this <a href="http://www.paisleyandcompany.com/shop_online/9face.html#rose" target="_blank">rose clay mask from paisley & co.</a></div>
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letting it dry while finishing up...</div>
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then we washed it all off with paisley's </div>
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check out the end result of our project:</div>
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since this was so much fun we've decided to keep it going –</div>
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we'll be posting a new fun DIY every month </div>
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along with a drink and beauty trick to go with!</div>
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check back to see where our DIY's show up...</div>
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and again, if this is work – </div>
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i don't ever wanna quit.</div>
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xoxoxoxo</div>
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so, we've had this illustration in our house since we bought it from the previous owner. people always asked about it and we loved to look at it and imagine how the house might have been back in 1880...</div>
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then one morning we see this <a href="http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=455553" target="_blank">article</a>! </div>
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we were so excited to finally find out more about the image we've had all this time. </div>
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turns out fredrick brader (check out <a href="http://www.braderexhibit.com/" target="_blank">his exhibit website</a>) was a vagabond traveling around offering illustrations for room and board back in the 1800s. how awesome.</div>
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(one of my favorite parts about these illustrations is that brader would stay in the barn and always draw himself in the doorway. it was so neat to find him there!)</div>
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so we ordered a book about him... </div>
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and found our house illustrated inside...</div>
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also we've contacted the exhibit curators to let them know that we live in the rockland township house.</div>
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they were so excited since they've been trying to piece together the actual homesteads with the illustrations for their exhibition. sooooo neat!</div>
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i just LOVE our home so much and this just makes it even better. this place really does have a super happy vibe and i think it may be the 7 children of the youse family who keep it so light around here.</div>
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