customer love – wedding edition

customer love – wedding edition

I love it when a potential customer contacts me with her vision and colors – and then tells me the things she’s thinking of ordering are for her upcoming wedding(!). The process of working together to ensure that the shades of paper are just “right”, the back-and-forth about how quantities, sizes, timelines … it’s almost like planning my own wedding, but without the stress. :) Madeline’s wedding colors were turquoise and coral, and I was able to make turquoise heart…

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fashion{ABLE}

fashion{ABLE}

Have you heard of fashion{ABLE}? No? Let me introduce you to some of their loveliness:   What is fashionABLE, you ask? Here’s their mission statement: “The fashionABLE mission is to create sustainable business for Africans so they aren’t dependent upon charity, but instead earn the dignity of a job. We offer opportunity to everyone, with a primary focus on empowering women. When we invest in a woman, statistics demonstrate that she will have a life-changing impact on her family and…

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just enjoying

just enjoying

  The last month and half have been busy. Wonderfully busy. And I’m sure you’ve noticed a few “time gaps” here on the blog, and you know what? It’s okay. {at least, that’s what I keep telling myself!} God has been blessing us with the increase in business we’ve been praying for, and we are sooooo extremely grateful! Of course, that busyness often translates into me needing to make some choices – choices between blogging and other things {you know,…

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a little post on intellectual property, copyrights, plagiarism and stuff like that

a little post on intellectual property, copyrights, plagiarism and stuff like that

Oooo, this is a rough post to tackle, and one that I wish I didn’t have to write. But, when you are a creative artist who posts content online for all to see, chances are it’ll happen eventually. What’s “it”, you might be asking? The “it” could be anything that fits in this topic, I guess, but today the “it” I’m referring to is the unauthorized re-posting of my content – i.e. plagiarism. plagiarize: to use the words or ideas…

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end of summer {Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream recipe}

end of summer {Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream recipe}

Oh my, we’re already looking at the end of Summer! In just one week it will be Labor Day here in the US, the day that traditionally signals the end of Summer and the closing of the community swimming pools {and the end of wearing white!} and the begin of Fall. Some of you with kids have already been back in your school routine for a month {the summers seem to keep getting shorter, don’t they?} and some of you won’t start…

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