[shot stories] poppies

I’ve been going through old photos, trying to decide how organized they are and if they’re backed up adequately. (Ummm and nope, in case you’re wondering.) This is from 2014. It was not the best year of my life. But somehow, in the midst of all the completely insane and demoralizing situations that popped up,

from poptoo’s house

In June, before my birthday, we went to PopToo’s house for a couple of days. I’ve been threatening for years to make it a regular thing – we’re going to go (me and all four kids) and spend the night (or a few nights), even if we have to take our school work, and even

i turned 34 in june

I’ve spent the last two and a half weeks trying to figure out what I want my 35th year to look like. I’m like I DON’T EVEN KNOW OKAY I JUST DON’T KNOW. I’m kind of tired. Tired like “Life is hard no matter who you are and I have a mood disorder and I

life lessons

I keep seeing distressingly thought-provoking memes – the kind that force you to ponder the advice you’d give your teenage self, or how you’d live life differently if you KNEW you would die in a year, or what you hope your kids remember about their childhood. You know the kind I mean. Existential crisis provokers.

[design details] shining

I’ve been playing around with layered photos (again), and – oh I just got another idea. Anyway. These are projects I don’t feel finished with, but that I want to turn into poster prints that you write prayers or favorite quotes on. One of my product goals is to have fresh poster designs available every

[shot stories] hair

It’s probably sad that I want to start all of my blog posts with “We all know I’m crazy, right?” but I just want to be sure that we all know that *I* know that sometimes what I decide to talk about is… eccentric. Okay then. One of my criteria for A Good Hair Day

[design details] notepad project

I figured out a way to make notepads. Then I went crazy. My favorite set has these six images.

clouds

I wanted the sun to shine more today. There were glimpses of blue sky and a few fleeting rays. I tried to get some writing work done. Mostly I made cryptic notes until my attention wandered to the sky.

[design details] letter cards

I got a bee in my bonnet last July because I saw fun, simple letter cards on a Waldorf-infused Instagram feed (I don’t remember which one though)… and when I looked for some, they were $20. First I was horrified. Then I was sort of affronted. Then I did some math. Yeah. $20 was about

[shot stories] glass jars

For all of January I have felt several twinkles short of a glitter. When I saw this in a story I was reading, well, I had to laugh and laugh and laugh. Then I had to write it down. And that’s when I noticed how awesome my desk looked because the lamp light was shining