enjoying an unexpected journey
Last week I had the chance to attend the Altitude Design Summit. I went there to gain skills and meet clients for my business, Windmill Words. But the fun side benefit was that I had the opportunity to meet some great people and discover their blogs!
For the next few weeks, I want to let you meet some of my blogging-fun-finds from Alt. So, without further ado, allow me to introduce you to Nikki from The Salty Pineapple. [Read more...]
Have I told you that I’m pretty sure a man invented Trick-or-Treating? A man without any children of his own? Because seriously, folks, would a woman–a mother–invent a tradition that involved elaborate costumes and unlimited candy for children? I rest my case.
Despite the fact that I had to pack for, unpack, and organize two back-to-back out of town vacations in the past week…despite the fact that I had several writing deadlines…despite the fact that just the mere effort of turning on my sewing machine these days causes me to say creative non-swearing epithets…I told two of my children I would make their Halloween costumes.
This is what my sewing room looked like by the end of the day, yesterday.
Though it may look as if poor Hunter the Dog got too close to my sewing shears, or as if I sacrificed some small animal to appease the evil spirit that dwells within my sewing machine, I can assure you that no animals were harmed in the making of our Halloween costumes. [Read more...]
