Archive for the ‘ Just for Fun ’ Category

midwest girl

This post is based on the blogging prompt “What do you like best about your hometown?” from IndieBizChicks’ September Blogging Special. The photo of the flat land you see above was taken in Western Kansas. Not exactly my hometown, but close. There is nothing I can do about it, I am a midwest girl – [...] Related posts:

  1. yes, i subscribed to another magazine…
  2. scary
  3. celebration recap
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September Blogging Special

In an attempt to improve my personal blog and try to increase my blogging enthusiasm, I signed up for IndieBizChicks.com’s September Blogging Special. It is a month-long “eClass” that includes daily emails with blogging tips and prompts. I may not be able to do all of the blogging prompts, but I am going to try [...] Related posts:

  1. country fair photo montage
  2. My favorite links from BlogHer
  3. BlogHer 2010 – day 1
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in need of sweetness

I am not a religious person, but I have an unshakable faith in the power of love. …and in the power of sweets! (I woke up in a terrible mood and I am doing everything I can to shake it, including doodling donuts running away with hearts…) Related posts:heart shake shack i love valentines! Related posts:

  1. heart
  2. shake shack
  3. i love valentines!
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Paper Source cuties

…and now we take a break from our regularly scheduled BlogHer coverage to bring you something slightly more fun… I have been a diehard fan of Paper Source for quite a while… you can read just a few of my past adoring posts about the stationery store here, here, here, and here. Need another example [...] Related posts:

  1. craft store marathon
  2. gift ideas
  3. my Sampler arrived!
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tradition

The very first time I went to Disneyland (with Travis for our high school spring break over eleven years ago), I took a silly photo with the wooden indian statue that they had in Frontierland. I thought it was such a funny photo that I tried to recreate it on my second trip to Disneyland [...] Related posts:

  1. 10 years
  2. good bye, vacation!
  3. too much info…
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heart

I stole the idea for this fun exercise in positivity from a really lovely blog, Calico & Co, and thought it was appropriate since this is my 30th year of life on Earth… Enjoy my list of 30 things I ♥: I ♥ candy. I ♥ coffee. I ♥ sunshine. I ♥ snail mail. I [...] Related posts:

  1. teri’s baby shower
  2. cute goings on
  3. wedding wednesday
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bright side

So… I am not really sure I want to tell you about this lovely website that I recently found. You see, it is a giveaway site that has really fantastic daily giveaways that you can enter just by leaving a comment. If I tell you about it, then you will enter all the giveaways and [...][ READ MORE ]

spread hope like fire

Recently, I have been reading/viewing the blog Kind Over Matter daily. It is sort of a combo of feel-good indie crafts and positive inspiration. They share hopeful illustrations and quotes multiple times a day. I really like that it is sweet and uplifting without being super-cheesy or specifically religious. I have been wanting to post [...][ READ MORE ]

on my mind…

Some insight into my random mind: playing –> Angry Birds – It is an iPhone game and it is so fun. wanting –> Midnight Blue Birkenstocks – for walking around the city and Disney World in July! wishing –> for this lovely Wiliams-Sonoma Home mirror. practicing –> Sexy beach hair techniques – I am so terrible at hair styles… watching [...][ READ MORE ]

pretty summer

I needed an escape from the world of email today, so I spent some time fantasy shopping for summer… Kate Spade Alberta 2 sunglasses Tory Burch Rattan Clutch Chanel Brilliant Lip Shine in Laser Moroccan Oil Glimmer Shine Spray for pretty summer hair! Bobbi Brown Brightening Spot Treatment Corrector SPF 25 for pretty summer skin! J.Crew Breezy Dot swimsuit Banana Republic Heritage [...][ READ MORE ]