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How to Make Gorgeous Butterfly Cards
Thank goodness for Anthropologie catalogs. I’ve used those beautiful pages for more projects than I can count, and today I’m going to share the world’s easiest butterfly card tutorial using the lovely pictures found in an older Anthro catalog. Now, of course, you can use any magazine you’d like, but the reason I especially like…
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Say Hello With This Fun Watercolor Card
Today I’m excited to introduce you to Maggie, the blogger behind Maggie’s Butterfly Kisses. Her blog is packed with card-making tutorials, and I’m so glad she agreed to writing a tutorial for our #30DayMailboxLove challenge. Enjoy! ~Jennie I didn’t purposely plan to do a card involving watercolors just because I know Jennie loves them as…
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Letter-writing Resources
I love receiving letters in the mail, don’t you? Since sending cards in the mail is becoming a lost art, I thought I’d compile a list of letter writing resources to help you out! Related: April is Letter-writing Month! Tutorials to Get You Started The {10 Minute} Letter Writing Retreat Bundle Free Thank You Card…
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Three Reasons a Springtime Retreat is AMAZING
Have you ever taken a springtime retreat? I recently took one and came home so refreshed. Spring is here. At least, I’m pretty sure it’s here. The rain is still pouring outside but instead of the rivulets pooling around bare sticks and mud puddles, those bare sticks are covered in a magical shade of new…
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Three Easy Ways to Personalize Little Girl’s Clothing
Recently, I’ve been thinking about making some outfits for my daughter and yet the reality of how long that would take (my sewing machine and I are not on friendly terms) made me take a step back. As a creative person who has a penchant for cute things, this kills me. I mean, little girl…
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A Quick Start Guide to Creative Retreats
If you’ve been around here for a while, you know I’m a big fan of creative retreats (so much so that I wrote an entire workbook about how to DIY your own.) Taking time to pursue my own creative practice in the many varied ways it shows up these days has been so life-giving to…
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How to Make Planner Bookmarks (The Easy Way!)
If you’re a planner girl, you already know what I’m talking about when I mention planner bookmarks. They’re literally everywhere these days. For those who are unfamiliar, you can buy bookmarks and page tabs so you can easily turn to certain sections of your planner or so you can mark places you want to go…
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Create Because You LOVE It (audiocast)
Time for another audiocast, friends. Today I’m going to be talking about the motivation behind our creativity; in other words, do you create because you love it or because (fill-in-the-blank-here)? What drives you to pull out the acrylics, knit while watching a movie, or write in the early hours of the morning? I had so…
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Help! My Family Doesn’t Support My Creativity
What do you do when your family or roommates don’t support your creative practice? Do you ignore it or confront them? Do you demand, “You must support my creativity! It’s who I AM!” (P.S. please don’t do that.) Well, I thought I’d share my thoughts on this important subject in a video with you today.…
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Craft Room Organization: The Myth of the Craft Room
Like that title? I think many of us have this idea that craft room organization begins with having a beautiful craft room or studio, preferably well-lit so we can photograph our projects for Instagram. Oh wait, is that just me? 😉 Seriously, though, many of us do think that more space will equal more organization,…