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Monday Inspired: drops and dots

August 9, 2010
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We’ve just had a week or more of short summer thunderstorms. Every year, I find it harder and harder to bear the heat and humidity and just so much sunshine. I can’t help but feel that these thunderstorms are my temporary relief from summer, when I can huddle up inside near a window to listen and [...]

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Like riboflavin for the soul

April 18, 2010

The brain has a fantastic way of overriding itself to help us get what we’re lacking and wouldn’t ordinarily be able to get because we’re neurotic and perfectionist and…well you get the idea. Laziness is what I’m talking about here. R&R. Leisure. It’s probably as critical to a person’s well-being as, say, Vitamin C or [...]

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There is hope after all

February 19, 2010

Two questions typically race through my mind when I hear of an impending major do-not-leave-your-home weather event: Do I have enough craft supplies? and Do I have enough flour? In other words, when I’m trapped inside for a weekend, there’s a 2 in 3 chance that at any moment you can find me doing one of two [...]

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Hearts

January 28, 2010

Eventually, I figure, it will come. I will discover the secret to just making stuff up and designing it and planning out the production. Jen will get more phone calls or e-mails from me begging to borrow her love of repetitive, tedious projects. And Oomphasis will churn out lots of stuff. To go in the [...]

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Inspirationpalooza

January 15, 2010

I want to come clean: I regularly read wedding blogs. Of course, by “read” I mean “mostly just look at photos.” Aside from a general penchant for hyperbole and overuse of words like, “gorgeousness,” “gorgeous,” and — God help me — “lovely,” I find that they’re often a good source of inspiration for everything from [...]

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Once upon my mind

November 23, 2009

Not long ago, I made a pact with myself to be more brave with art and design, and life in general. I think I’m making baby steps — decent psychological progress toward standing more confidently behind my own ideas when presenting them to other people. But what’s struck me lately is the sting of disagreement, [...]

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