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...

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...

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....

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...

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,...

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...

Begin a story with the phrase, "And it was in that moment I knew I wouldn't get to finish my piece of cake."    And it was in that moment I knew I wouldn’t get to finish my piece of cake. Time slowed as the grey tabby, Whiskers to his acquaintances, leapt onto...

If you could permanently ban a word from use, which one and why?   I’m going to skip over the obvious racial slurs and derogatory terms for this one and look to something more unconventional because those types of words just shouldn’t be used anyway. If I were to...