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Tuesday, December 28th, 2010Namaste. If you’ve ever been to a yoga class, chances are you’ve heard it. It is one of my favorite sentiments learned from yoga, and when embodied fully, I feel like it can do amazing things. As explained in depth on the Yoga Journal page, “the gesture Namaste represents the belief that there is a [...]
Sew, what have you been up to?
Monday, December 27th, 2010Lately, I’ve been embracing my role as mommy and housewife and taking it to the next level: I’ve attempted to teach myself how to sew. This desire came originally from my mother, passed on to me through years of admiring her ability and aptitude at sewing. Not a single childhood Halloween experience exists in my [...]
California Bans Single Use Plastic Bags!
Monday, July 19th, 2010I just read this post on the EcoEtsy blog and just had to share it. California has banned single use plastic bags!! I certainly hope that more and more states follow suit! Here’s the article as posted on the EcoEtsy blog: ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* AB 1998 passed out of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee, which means beginning [...]
Brilliant Brother – Frown Town
Sunday, June 13th, 2010I’ve mentioned my brother Steve quite a few times in previous posts about my artsy and talented family members, and the time has come to elaborate a bit and unveil his most recent work. Steve is an extremely talented painter, but his #1 passion from early in his childhood has been puppets. You can read [...]
Organic Baby Play Mat? A new project!
Monday, March 15th, 2010Maddie has been growing like crazy, and is now uber aware of everything around her. She is just barely starting to reach for and bat at toys, although it’s not yet a controlled and always conscious thing. She is getting to the age, at almost 11 weeks old, where she gets bored after a while [...]
Team Tuesday: KnitStorm is a Tea-lover’s Best Friend
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Welcome to the EtsyNJ Team Tuesday blog hop! This is my second week participating, and so far it’s been quite fun! Each week we get to blog about a fellow EtsyNJian and then at the bottom is the McLinky thing, which will bring you to a list of all of the other EtsyNJ features so [...]
Spring Means Skunkies!!
Monday, March 8th, 2010If you are afflicted with melancholy at this season, go to the swamp and see the brave spears of skunk-cabbage buds already advanced toward a new year…There is no can’t nor cant to them. They see over the brow of winter’s hill. They see another summer ahead. – Henry David Thoreau I found this quote [...]
EtsyNJ Team Tuesday: Beachchik Designs Feature
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010Welcome to the EtsyNJ Team Tuesday Blog Hop! This is my first week participating, since I’ve been a bit out of the loop and missed last week’s premier! Each week we get to blog about a fellow EtsyNJian and then at the bottom is the McLinky thing, which will bring you to a list of [...]
Baby Essentials: Mismatched Socks and Organic Bodysuits
Monday, March 1st, 2010Maddie just turned 2 months old on February 23rd, and she’s growing fast!! She weighs 12 lbs 12 oz and is 2 feet tall (or 24 inches long, whichever way you look at it) according to her well-baby visit with her doctor this morning!! She’s now wearing mostly 3 month or 3-6 month clothes, but [...]
Feature in POE Mosaic Monday: Into the Blue
Saturday, February 6th, 2010This past Monday one of my photographs was included in a the gorgeous blue mosaic shown below…. the Mosaic Monday on the POE (Photographers of Etsy) blog. Mine is the photograph shown here, and on the mosaic it’s the third one down all the way on the left. The photograph is entitled Soft Cascades and it’s [...]
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