I know you’re probably thinking: a) NO DUH. And 2) it’s about dang time! It’s been almost two years since we’ve made any tweaks to my blog, and for the entire nearly-4 year existence of this blog, it’s been the same basic layout. Different colors and fonts, headers and bio pages, but same functionality. And […]

That thing we all say we need more of, but can never seem to muster, amIright? One of the speakers at January’s Creative At Heart (heeey, Bonnie!) spoke on this very subject, and I loved every second of her talk! As a small business owner, it’s inevitable that I’m already going to struggle with balance- […]

Specifically, the ones by Ticonderoga. Because there’s nothing quite as good as a freshly sharpened, yellow-coated pencil with a full eraser, a blank page, and a head full of ideas. I like the elementary inspiration of it- it takes me back to a place where I wasn’t bound by self-inflicted rules, by silly self-created boundaries […]

I’m starting to love this morning routine I’ve created. After Bonnie’s talk on balance at Creative At Heart, I realized my old morning routine was setting me up for workday failure and that something REALLY needed to change. So for the past week, I’ve been following a certain routine that begins at 7:30 (or earlier), […]