Welcome to the fourth installment of my egg series! Life is great for fans of the egg! Lots of designy things take inspiration from the egg and why not?! We all started out in an egg, of sorts, and what better way to evoke a feeling of comfort and security. There are a lot of very literal interpretations out there which I tried to stay away from although it was hard!
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Welcome to “Egg Life” where one lives in a house like this… Continue reading
We woke up this morning to many inches of the white stuff outside but I am going to power on anyway with spring posts and my egg series! Today is a round up of egg shaped gift ideas. I am going to skip the obvious and edible ones and share some fun toys for both kids and grown-ups. Are you an Amazon prime member? Buy them with my affiliate links and I get a little money and you get them fast!
So let’s get on with it and do some egg shaped shopping! Continue reading
It all started with Animal Tracks in the Snow and a poster I fell in love with at Cafe Press. I created a link to that poster, in that post, and I had a bunch of people click on that link so I thought I would see if they had an affiliate program. When I was checking into it I discovered Cafe Press is a great site for artists and designers to set up shop and sell their designs on a variety of products from bags and t-shirts to posters as well as a whole bunch of other gift items! Continue reading
Congratulations Heather, you won this giveaway!
I have a short quiz for you today…
If you answered yes to these questions then I have something here you will love…
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Stuff stockings with P&G deals!
This past summer I wrote a promotional/review post for Olay Regenerist. I had been using Olay then Olay Total Effects forever and that sponsored post was the perfect opportunity for me to give Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream a try. Turns out I loved it! It really has improved the texture of my skin. In addition to this fantastic beauty discovery I also discover the amazing deals at the P&G Store! Continue reading
Update: Congrats to Jennifer Duran! You won this giveaway! Thanks to everyone who entered and to Felix Doolittle for providing this wonderful prize!
I love Felix Doolittle illustrations. I was introduced to his endearing art years ago while working at a Boston area design office where he contributed to a graphics project. Last year I discovered and started following Felix Doolittle Sketches (the blog) and on Pinterest. Then just last week I learned Pragmatic Mom my all time favorite kid’s lit mom blog has a Felix Doolittle connection and would you believe I entered and won her Felix Doolittle Personalized Bookplates Giveaway?! Yay!
If you are looking for a special gift this holiday you really have to check out the Felix Doolittle online store which offers a variety of illustrated paper goods as well as paper weights, pendants, etc. Everything is special about these gifts starting with the illustrations! Felix Doolittle creates skilled, precious watercolor paintings of things ordinary and extraordinary which all so naturally embody child-like innocence and wonder. I haven’t opened my personalized bookplates yet because they were so nicely wrapped that I plan to put them right into my daughter’s Christmas stocking, but I am sure they are of the highest quality based on the printing and paper weight of the included note card that came in the package.
Some of my favorite items from the Felix Doolittle store are the illustrated bookmarks! Continue reading
I like wood. But do you know what I like every more than wood? Bamboo!
It has so many uses just like hardwood except since it’s a grass it grows back when you cut it down. It also grows super fast! So how about including gifts made of bamboo this holiday! It has all the same warm tactile qualities of wood but is also renewable. You can get a bamboo plant. I have somehow manage to keep one alive since September. Do you like handmade gifts? How about decorating and stringing some bamboo beads. Do you know they even make fabric out of bamboo?
Or choose from the follow Amazon finds and a zillion other cool things made of bamboo you can find online! Continue reading
Exciting Update: The Google Luv Course is now a membership site! That means anytime access to an extensive library of blogging resources!
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My blog is getting lots more hits since I took this course and I love having unlimited access to course videos and materials! Read on for more about my experience with the Google Luv Course…
Today I am going to tell you about an online course I took with Vanita Cyril who is an SEO wiz…
It is called the Google Luv Course.
Would you like to reach a wider audience than you have been able to drum up through social media? Does it frustrate you to know people are searching for what you write passionately about and they never find your blog because it is buried in the Google search results several pages down? Would you love your link to land on page one? Is search engine optimization a mystery to you?
Why not do something about it?!
This SEO stuff I find a bit tricky. Vanita will walk you through it one step at a time. I found the course material to be clear and easy to implemented. Want more personalized support? With the premium option you receive 4 weeks of individualized email assistance from Vanita and trust me, with this service, she is THERE FOR YOU!
With all that is on my plate I really appreciated being able to view the video lessons anytime. Many times I would start one and have to come back to it later. And the assignments can also be done when you can squeeze them in. I found this to be so important because a a working mom, blogging is not my first or even second priority.
How did she know to make this course so flexible? Because she is a busy mom blogger too! I love learning from her because she is so relatable!
This is truly fascinating stuff!
Vanita will teach you to THINK like Google!
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I remember mornings, sitting in the kitchen, watching my mother apply Oil of Olay from a glass bottle. It was a ritual and still a calming memory for me. I distinctly remember the scent and when my skin became dry enough to need daily facial lotion in my 20′s, it is what I began using myself. I’m not sure when it became just Olay but I used that forever until one magical Sunday morning when I received samples with my newspaper for Continue reading
Do you have a bread-maker? I have had mine for a couple years and I am still amazed by it! Baking bread seems too complex for a counter-top appliance so I imagine there are little baker elves inside. I have checked at various stages through the window on top and no elves (unless they hide when they hear me coming).
I tried a few recipes from the booklet that came with the bread-maker and ones I found online. Over time my bread-making has evolved into one amalgam recipe that is yummy and healthy and now I only make that. Continue reading