I’m not sure where exactly I got the idea to attempt to grow fruits and vegetables in my back yard, but I am beyond excited to get started.  I have a teeny tiny backyard and a hyper boxer puppy, so I knew I needed to get

A few weeks back I talked about the lost art of letter writing (you can see what I said here) and how tricky it has been trying to find cards that simply allow you just to say hello.  Despite being surprised by the rotating stock at the grocery store and various other retail outlets I patronize that sell cards, I

Playing with graphic design has always been fun for me!  Over the last year I’ve had several friends and family members get married or have babies and I’ve been able to put that hobby to good use designing shower invitations.  I just updated my Etsy Shop with my most recent shower invitation designs.  Here is a preview of the designs:

Now that the USPS has announced that they will be no longer delivering first class mail on Saturdays starting this August, everyone is abuzz about it.  I’ve heard tons of people say they wish they sent more snail mail letters.  And I’ve even run across a few posts challenging people to take the time to stop what

It’s the start of a new year, which means if you’re like me, this is the perfect time to make some changes and set some goals.  Starting today, I am beginning a 90 day challenge and I’m excited about it!  I’ve done one of these before and really enjoyed it.

I grew up with dogs, we always had one; and we had quite a variety! Our first dog was Herbie, he was a mut, but he was pretty old by the time I knew what a dog was. Next we got Trapper, a beagle, and Gonzo, a chihuah, but I don’t think we had those two that long. Then we got Polo, a Shih Tzu, when some

With the holiday season really kicking off today, I decide last week I would offer Creative Chaos for free through KDP Select today (11/19/12) and tomorrow.  I scheduled my free promotion on the KDP select dashboard and

October was a crazy busy month, but a fun one…it just didn’t leave me much time to get any reading done. I am currently reading this:

This week’s Instagram, photo a day challenge:

September 15th – Day 259

Day 15 – first thing you see

This was the big shower day.  Almost all of the bride’s side of the wedding part got together to throw a shower for Beth.  Once I got downstairs these tissue balls were the first thing I saw!

Planning a wedding shower with the bridesmaids for Beth was awesome. We put together, sorry I can’t help but brag, an adorable wedding shower! Everyone did so much, I was so excited with how it all came together!  Since my house is jam packed right now with wedding stuff, Mom was nice enough

I know I’m biased, but I’m pretty positive my nephews are the most adorable dudes in the world! And I can’t believe how fast time flies!  This past Saturday Easton turned 1.

This adorable little guy looked like this just a year ago:

He was so tiny and so cute. When I look at this picture I can barely see the Easton that is now one.  Maybe it’s because these days I rarely see him sleeping. He is too busy exploring everything.

For a little perspective, this is what his awesome big brother looked like a year ago:

I love that these two have each other. Wesley is such a great big brother and Easton just adores him. It doesnt take much for Wesley to have Easton cracking up. Here are a couple more pictures from the day Easton was born, that I love!

To celebrate Easton turning one, we had a little Mexican Fiesta at my Mom’s house. Complete with sangria, margaritas, guacamole, queso, enchiladas and cupcakes.

It was a small gathering but we still went all out. I even brought over my pallet sign I made last fall for Beth & Brent’s engagement party because I really like it and I don’t know how many excuses I’ll have to use it!

Easton seemed more into the balloons than opening presents. But at 1 who can blame him? He doesn’t quite understand the excitement of ripping paper to find out what’s inside. Especially since his main gifts seemed to be clothes. He just wanted to roam around and explore and not have to sit still and open presents.

So he got a little help from his dad!

He was pretty entertaining to watch eat cake. I was really hoping he’d just dive right in but there were so many other things around that he was easily distracted. Plus I probably should have put extra icing on his cupcake for him to play with.

Big brother Wesley didn’t really want his picture taken the whole time, but I managed to get this picture. He looks so hipster with his mohawk its so cute! Sorry it’s a bit blurry but he wouldn’t pose!

Over all I’d say the party was a success because Easton was so tuckered out on the way home he fell asleep like this:

I have been asked several times about how to self publish online now that Creative Chaos is out and available.

What appealed to me about self publishing was the low cost.  Since I had written my book a few years back; with all of the resources available online it just seemed foolish to not get my book out there.

When I decided to self publish online, I started with a blog announcement and it went from there!  Luckily I have experience with Photoshop and Illustrator and was able to design the cover of Creative Chaos on my own.  Next I had to file the copyright.  This can be done online really easily for approximately $35.

Then I had to obtain ISBNs, this is where the cost picks up.  I went with Bowker, I know there are several sites that will issue ISBNs and even take over and get your book published online for you.  I read that it is best to have an ISBN for each different version of your book you are putting out: Kindle, Nook, iBooks, PDF, physical book. When Bowker offered 1o for the price of 2, I figured that was the way to go.