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Friday’s Fresh Five! ( 8/26/11)

Posted in About me, Art and Crafts, Creativity, Entertainment, Gift Ideas, Handcrafted Cards, inspiration, Photography, Travel, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Being a creative person is a joy, but it also gives rise to odd looks and a lifetime of explanations. For example, one time at work someone presented me with a box of wide, purple, satin ribbons. “What should we do with this?” she said. Off the top of my head came this answer, “We [...]

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Friday’s Fresh Five! 12/03/10

Posted in About me, Creativity, Handcrafted Cards, Health, Helping Others, Holidays, inspiration, Recycling, Travel, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , on December 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »

It’s only December 3rd and I’m already feeling behind on my holiday decorating and shopping. Plus, at the rate I am going, the winner of my last Mystery Photo Contest may never get her prize. I’ve been working on a set of note cards for the winner and even though I’ve already made twelve cards, [...]

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The Perfection of the Imperfect

Posted in About me, Aging, Handcrafted Cards, inspiration, Photography, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on November 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Wabi-sabi is the quintessential Japanese aesthetic. It is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is a beauty of things modest and humble. It is a beauty of things unconventional . . . . It is also two separate words, with related but different meanings. “Wabi” is the kind of perfect beauty that [...]

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Friday’s Fresh Five! (10/29/10)

Posted in Handcrafted Cards, Health, inspiration, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Happy talk, keep talkin’ happy talk, Talk about things you’d like to do. You got to have a dream, If you don’t have a dream, How you gonna have a dream come true? Rodgers & Hammerstein #1 – Habits of Happy People What do happy people do to help them to stay happy? Read this [...]

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Birthday Contest!

Posted in About me, Creativity, Handcrafted Cards, Photography, tagged , , , , , on October 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

What’s a birthday celebration without games and prizes? To celebrate the first birthday of What About This? I’m holding another challenging, but fun, mystery photo contest! It’s simple – just identify the subject matter in the photo above, before anyone else does, and you win! Is the prize a trip to Paris or a million [...]

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Friday’s Fresh Five! ( 7/9/10)

Posted in Creativity, Handcrafted Cards, In The Kitchen, inspiration, Marriage, Photography, Recipes, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on July 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Hearts and flowers and joy and excitement fill the air at bridal showers. Generations of women gather to shower the bride with wisdom, laughter, and gifts. Thoughts of times passed for some mingle with hopes of the future for others. Women coming together to support one another is always a good thing! #1 – Champagne [...]

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Friday’s Fresh Five! ( 4/30/10)

Posted in Gardening, Handcrafted Cards, inspiration, Pets, Travel, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »

With the temperatures warming up outside, it’s time to put on the sunscreen, drag out those tattered garden gloves, and sharpen those rusty shears. Picture how good it’s going to feel to reestablish those short sleeve and ankle sock tan lines while working up a sweat in the yard! Yeah, well maybe not today. Just got [...]

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Giving Mom a Gift Card?

Posted in Art and Crafts, Creativity, Gift Ideas, Handcrafted Cards, tagged , , , , , on April 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Because I’ve done some posting about Mother’s Day – table decorations and recipes, thus far – I’m sure I’ve made my children a little nervous. They are probably wondering what my expectations are for the day and are probably pondering what to do for their dear old mom. Not! But anyway, I thought I would [...]

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Friday’s Fresh Five! (4/2/10)

Posted in Handcrafted Cards, Health, In The Kitchen, inspiration, Photography, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Quick, how many words can you think of that contain the word “size”? I’ll get you started with capsize, apotheosize, emphasize, downsize, supersized, fantasize, hypothesize, oversized, sizeably, synthesized . . . Okay you take over! #1 – Calorie Counter At Calorie Lab you can type in almost any food and it will pull up different [...]

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Friday’s Fresh Five! (1/15/10)

Posted in Community, Handcrafted Cards, Health, Helping Others, In The Kitchen, inspiration, Style and fashion, tagged , , , , on January 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Try something new. Change your routine. Challenge yourself to find different ways to help others. #1 – Helping Others Looking for a way to make a difference? Here’s a link to VolunteerMatch. The description on the site reads, “VolunteerMatch strengthens communities by making it easier for good people and good causes to connect. The organization [...]

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