Came across this beautiful and inspiring poster the other day and saved it as a reminder to download and print it to hang in my office at home. I’ve decided to cover our not-so-beautiful big, white, plain sliding closet doors with lovely, colorful posters and prints to add energy and inspiration in my creative space. I’m thinking of hanging them with something clever like old-fashioned hangers or a clothesline…we’ll see.
Download it.
Save it.
Print it.
Hang it.
Change the world.
Remember when I asked you to Write this Down and answer hard questions like what brings you joy and happiness? This has been on my mind a lot in the past year. I had some goals like starting a blog – check. Getting a dog – check. Exercising regularly – check. Crafting more – check. Opening an Etsy shop – whoa, whoa, whoa. That’s a little scary. And it was. Until I just sat down one day and did it. So now I’m happy to say it’s checked off the list and I can proudly introduce Stick Girl JAM on Etsy! I have some sweet stuff (see what I did there? That’s cute, right?!) and would be so thrilled if you head on over to Etsy, check out my shop and let me know what you think. I imagine that I’ll keep moving from one craft to the next and updating the shop as I go – I always tend to overdue it, get obsessed with something, make more than necessary and then have nothing to do with them so Etsy has been a perfect place to put this energy.
I’ve been plugging along, filling orders and have found that I just adore working with Etsy shoppers – so nice, so fun, so inpsiring! My first order shipped to a lovely lady in Singapore, no less! (Hey, when they talk about diving in head first, it’s always in the deep end, right?) I thought to myself, we’ll give this a go, try it out, ease my way into it…and then my first order is international?! Just goes to show you that you shouldn’t put limitations on yourself due to fear. What’s the worst that could happen? In my case: you end up at the post office three times in one day. Hey, I can tell you, not as bad as you’d think! Ha!
Go big.
Jump in.
Dive deep.
Give it your all.
Do it.
What do you have going on in your life that you need to get to, try more, pursue harder, or celebrate? Please share!
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
-Howard Thurman
While doing some of my internet perusing (gotta stay fresh – I’m known in certain circles for my internet prowess!), I came across this post about popular street art from 2011 (okay, yeah, not so fresh). But wow! Full of impressive and extremely creative transformations (albeit, there are definitely some super creepy ones in there too – like zombie people rising up from puddles in the street…gross), this collection from Street Art Utopia is sure to inspire and delight. Wouldn’t you just love to happen upon some of this on a walk through your neighborhood this weekend?!
I adore that crochet tree and would love to be reading a book underneath it right now (Hunger Games, anyone?!), I need one of those clothespin statues somewhere in my life, the pacman is super cute and clever, and that electrical box made to look like an apartment building reminded me of the scene from Men In Black where we discover our world is kept inside a locker. Click here to see more of these fantastic photos (creepy ones included), and if you click through to learn more about any of them, you’ll stumble onto other sites that you can get lost in for hours [true story].
Doesn’t all that awesomeness just make you want to go out and find something ugly so you can pretty it up? Good, then it’s not just me. Go forth and make something pretty today, my friends!
With an extra day this year – Leap Day, just one week away – I’ve been thinking about the concept of time and time management. As Jessie Spano so eloquently said after getting a little too crazy on the uppers and lunging at an all-too-concerned Zack Morris: “No time…there’s never any time!!” (ahh, the life lessons we learn from Saved By the Bell!) So, I’m back at the really challenging and inspiring question that’s often asked: What would you do if you had more time?
For example, if I actually left work after 8 (or gosh, even 9) hours, what great and intricate recipes could I make for dinner that I never have time for when I come home exhausted at 7:30 and just want to throw together whatever I see first in the refrigerator?
Or, if I woke up an hour earlier to start my day off right with a great breakfast or longer walk with the dog? Would that clear my head and make me more productive during my day? (Certainly wouldn’t make me happy about waking up earlier but perhaps better fed and less guilty for ditching the dog to go to work, that’s for sure.)
Speaking of waking up, how about going to bed? What if you ditched your late night tv date with Jay, Conan, or David and got extra Z’s? How much more refreshed and energized would you feel the next day? How much might you save yoursef in under-eye concealer? (ouch, that was a little harsh, I agree. Sorry.)
So, friends, I ask: how will you use your Leap Day this year?
Stick Girl JAM 