How I Plan Out My Blog/YouTube Content
With over a decade of creating content online, I've tried my fair share of content planning. I've used tangible planners, Google Calendars, and pages of lists. Yet my current content strategy has been by far my favorite and the one I've kept up with the most. I use Monday.com, but you could probably recreate this in excel or another project...
How to Become a Plant Person When You are Busy (and Lazy)
This girl's got plants. Like a lot of them. Over 50 and counting are plopped throughout my house in all different shapes and species. I get asked tons of questions about how I keep them alive and remember to water them. With all this time we're spending at home lately, I'm super glad you're considering becoming a plant person. I promise it's a...
5 Reasons to Start Secondhand Shopping Right Now
There hasn't been a better time than right now to start secondhand shopping. Here's why. 1. People are decluttering and donating tons of items. Since people are spending more time in their homes lately, the donations are flooding into the secondhand shops right now. Everyone is getting rid of unnecessary items that could be your next favorite...
Why I’m Thankful for 2020
It's safe to say 2020 is one of the worst years in recent history. We still have running water and air conditioning so I can't honestly say it's the worst, but I'm sure you get the idea. Yet in an effort to find the silver lining and be more positive, there are quite a few things I'm thankful for in 2020. So let's push the negativity aside (for a...
5 Greeting Cards You Should Always Have on Hand
I've always had a thing for greeting cards. Hell it's why I started my first business. So it's a no brainer that 2020 is the year of greeting cards for me. It's been a great way to keep in touch with friends and family beyond a text or a Facebook message. Plus any excuse to be able to use my wax seal, right? If you're looking to beef up your...
My Favorite Etsy Shops
Etsy is a wonderful, magic place full of seriously talented people. Over the years I've placed too many orders to count, but have developed a list of ten of my favorite places to shop. Some have been around longer than even my store has, while others are brand new. There's a little bit of everything in here from stationery supplies, to jewelry,...
A perfect date with yourself | 31 Days of Writing Prompts
If you could have the perfect date with yourself, what would you do? Woah. Fell off the writing bandwagon there for a few days. Let's just chalk it up to a perfect display of how real life doesn't always go according to plan and move right along, shall we? I've actually started implementing some self-dates but have yet to come up with a...
Your family’s history and culture | 31 Days of Writing Prompts
What do you know about your family's history and culture? The short answer, not much. The long answer, we've been so very wrong about our culture in the past. Ever since I was little my family swore we are from German descent. With very little proof to go on, we all kind of just accepted that. A couple of years ago my sister took one of...
10 Products on My Amazon Wishlist Right Now
I may be spending a lot of my spare time just browsing Amazon and of course it has the expected results. There are quite a few books and other items on my wishlist. I've gathered ten of my favorite wishlist products to spread the enabling love. You're welcome. The Bread Bible I've only recently started dabbling in bread baking and would love to...
Happy if You’re Happy | 31 Days of Writing Prompts
Take the title of the last song you listened to and make it your post title. Write for a minimum of 10 minutes. Alex and I are celebrating 8 years together in just a couple of days. We'll be celebrating our 4th marriage anniversary in a month. This post is going to be about him. It's not unknown to me that Alex and I have a weird relationship....