I hope your Monday morning is treating you well!  I wanted to share a quick little project I did this weekend.  It started with of all things dragon wings for my daughter’s 5th grade play.  I bought some gold spray paint to use as a base and had some left over.  So, I took a [...]

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So, I am happy to announce that I am officially out of my creative funk and back with a vengence!  I am working away on quite a few different things and excited about all of them.  I will have more to share soon, for now here are some of the things that are inspiring me [...]

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My favorite girl has a birthday today.  I can honestly say she has the purest heart of anyone I have ever met, be kind to her world.  Here are a few of my favorite pics from when she was tiny (she will pass me in height someday soon and she can already borrow my clothes, [...]

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As in it snowed, the kids got the day off of school, the snow melted within hours, and here we are.

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is a good thing.  We had a wonderful few days up on the mountain and now it looks like the snow might be following us back down into the valley.

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Here in America it is President’s Day so I thought a photo of George Washington was appropriate (so named by our daughter).

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I have have been a bit of hit and miss lately, but next week I will be back to my daily routine.  But first, a belated bday gift to my husband as we head up to the mountain!  Have a great weekend! photo via Caroline Hancox

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I just got some new postcards back from the printer.  Here is a shot of them on the kids’ little desk which apparently was the site of some post-valentines day snacking. Also, Portlanders, tomorrow night I will be at this event, if you are interested in coming (pretty please!) just let me know and I [...]

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Thank you for all the great support and advice for my current state of meh. I am hoping to finish a bunch of projects and start some new work this weekend (after a lazy night in with a movie)! Here are few pics of what we happened upon last night, an adult dodge ball league.  [...]

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Maybe because it’s the end of winter, I don’t know, but lately I’ve been feeling meh.  Of course having a sick kid last week and then subsequently catching said sick kids’ virus didn’t help, but it’s getting frustrating.  Any great inspiration pick me ups out there?  Since I don’t have a machine that I just [...]

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This week has been one of those weeks.  Between a sick kid and what feels like endless school tours I have not gotten nearly as much done as I would have liked.  My daughter heads to middle school next year and I think we’ve toured more schools than I did when I was looking at [...]

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While it seems the rest of the country is still in the thick of winter we have been enjoying some  beautiful blue skies.  For me the smell of a hyacinth is the smell of spring, I can’t wait!

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