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Wishing You a Very Merry COVID Christmas
So this Christmas is pretty weird, I’ll give you that. But honestly I’m kind of happy about it. It’s the very first Christmas without my dad who unexpectedly died at 56 in January. It was going to be a very hard year to begin with and I take a weird sense of comfort...
How to Get Started with Embroidery
If you're looking for a new COVID-friendly hobby, embroidery is the way to go. It's quite simple, easy to start, and portable so you can take it anywhere in the house. Trust me when I say you'll want a craft you can do lounging in bed that doesn't involve glue or...
5 Questions You Should Ask Before Choosing Your Next Planner
Sure we didn't have anything really to put into our planners for 2020 (here's a post about ideas if you don't have anything to plan), but 2021 brings a lot of optimism. So while you're shopping for your next planner, keep these five questions and your answers in...
How to Plan When There Isn’t Anything to Plan
As the pandemic keeps pushing on, it may seem like there's legitimately nothing to put into your planner. When everything shut down and plans stopped, I seriously considered just chucking the whole thing into the bin and trying again in 2021. But here are a few ways...
How I Plan Out My Blog/YouTube Content
With over a decade of creating content online, I've tried my fair share of content planning. I've used tangible planners, Google Calendars, and pages of lists. Yet my current content strategy has been by far my favorite and the one I've kept up with the most. I use...
How to Become a Plant Person When You are Busy (and Lazy)
This girl's got plants. Like a lot of them. Over 50 and counting are plopped throughout my house in all different shapes and species. I get asked tons of questions about how I keep them alive and remember to water them. With all this time we're spending at home...
5 Reasons to Start Secondhand Shopping Right Now
There hasn't been a better time than right now to start secondhand shopping. Here's why. 1. People are decluttering and donating tons of items. Since people are spending more time in their homes lately, the donations are flooding into the secondhand shops right now....
Why I’m Thankful for 2020
It's safe to say 2020 is one of the worst years in recent history. We still have running water and air conditioning so I can't honestly say it's the worst, but I'm sure you get the idea. Yet in an effort to find the silver lining and be more positive, there are quite...
5 Greeting Cards You Should Always Have on Hand
I've always had a thing for greeting cards. Hell it's why I started my first business. So it's a no brainer that 2020 is the year of greeting cards for me. It's been a great way to keep in touch with friends and family beyond a text or a Facebook message. Plus any...
My Favorite Etsy Shops
Etsy is a wonderful, magic place full of seriously talented people. Over the years I've placed too many orders to count, but have developed a list of ten of my favorite places to shop. Some have been around longer than even my store has, while others are brand new....
A perfect date with yourself | 31 Days of Writing Prompts
If you could have the perfect date with yourself, what would you do? Woah. Fell off the writing bandwagon there for a few days. Let's just chalk it up to a perfect display of how real life doesn't always go according to plan and move right along, shall we? I've...
Your family’s history and culture | 31 Days of Writing Prompts
What do you know about your family's history and culture? The short answer, not much. The long answer, we've been so very wrong about our culture in the past. Ever since I was little my family swore we are from German descent. With very little proof to go on,...