Yep, we’ve got it bad…
“It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want – oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!” -Mark Twain I stole this quote from Simple Mom today, and it pretty much [...]
Artist Guest Post #4 : Lexis Finds Her Mission
Editor’s Note: A few weeks ago, HBB artist Lexis Graap Krieg embarked on an in-depth online course that promises to help her find and follow her path for creative success. She is generously sharing a weekly log of what she is learning along the way. The class took a “creative breather,” but now she is back [...]
National Craft Month : Week 1 : Go to Your Studio and Make Stuff!
Since my revelation yesterday about National Craft Month, my wheels have been turning as to how we should bring this widespread celebration to life at Hello Bluebird. Here’s what I came up with so far: Week One : Go to Your Studio and Make Stuff! With Pinterest, Facebook, and an endless supply of DIY tutorials [...]
March is National Craft Month!
So…did you know this? That March is National Craft Month? How did I not know this before today? I mean, my house could be turned INTO a craft store. I speak craft, I eat craft, my whole business is based on craft! What rock have I been living under? (well, you can be sure it’s [...]
Time to clean house, eh?
Holy Hannah, it’s March! Unbelievable. Grown up time is so unfair–each day just whizzes by at lightning speed. Remember when it was practically a whole lifetime between the sunrise and that sad realization that the street lights were on and it was time to trudge home after a full day of play? Yeah…those were the [...]
Good Thing 49/366
First of all, thank you so much to all of you who took the time to reply to me via email or comments on my last post. It’s always so freaking cool to know that there are people out there who are a) reading my posts and b) inspired to share in return. It is [...]
Five Things : Books in my Kindle queue
Well, I was home again today. The cold/flu/nastiness has settled nicely into my chest, as I suppose I suspected it would all along. I figured I’d give myself the gift of another day to rest it out. We dream-followers and mountain-movers are slow to take a break, but I decided to listen to my body [...]
A Year of Good Things : Day 46
It seems that I took a break from the Good Things. Well, not really–good things have happened and DO HAPPEN every day, recorded or not. Kids get off to school safely, meals are eaten, house is warm, parents survive it all with humor and patience–well, that last part might be an exaggeration, haha! It’s the middle [...]
For once, lazing around on the couch is a GOOD THING.
Ever find that it is always just about the time you are really getting a portion of your house tidied up and lovely that you realize that the rest of the house has completely fallen apart while you were doing it? Over the holidays, I was given the best gift from my dear hubby. All [...]
Five Things
I hope your weekend is so freaking awesome that you aren’t checking email or cruising the internet at all…But, in case you’re a junkie like me, here are five posts from other sites that caught me attention this week: from Simple Mom, about Goals : http://simplemom.net/questions-to-help-you-make-some-goals/?doing_wp_cron=1326603496 a super cool video from an awesome kid : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvVZwJbs54c&sns=fb one [...]
