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summertime bike rides / finally shorts weather

post-lawn mowing sweats / my love <3

got bored with my wall, so i fixed it / mother of all yard sales (picture this x5!)

under the table kitty play / soaking up the sun

new card design / finished huge order for Dots Cupcakes in CA

In case you missed it:

The last Self Portrait Saturday was fabulous!

Leather and Lace make my day

Reviews of my Blog Wonderful eBook

Playing with yellow jeans... how to wear them

Finished blog designs for Aunie Sauce and For Such a Time

Some of my top money saving tips

In love with my new Free People gear 

I added a bunch of pouches to the shop

Why you shouldn't be mad at Facebook

I fell in love with these 12 and 8 year old sisters.

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{ Happy Friday, Friends! }

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I took a little break from blogging today because I am busy working on some new things. I decided I wanted to expand my product line in my Wonder Forest shop, to appeal to a wider range of people I suppose. I had the idea of little pouches and things in the back of my mind for a while, and after asking you guys on Facebook what you wanted to see, I was happy that the majority of you wanted some new and different handmade things.

So I whipped up a couple of cute little zip pouches right away. They are perfect for change, makeup, your phone... and can clip right on your bag with the attached key ring.  These are sample ones, but I'll be creating some more shortly and loading the shop up with them!  I have tons of ideas and am excited to share them all with you.

I also re-stocked some of these vintage style stamp sets in our other shop, Fawn & Flora! They are so adorable and I just love the case! Speaking of that, we will be having a Mother's Day weekend sale this weekend, starting RIGHT NOW!! 20% off the entire shop with code ILOVEMOM.  Yep, the ENTIRE SHOP!  Get there early, things sell out quickly ;)

I finished up a whole bunch of blog designs recently. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. If you're interested in my services, you can always visit my design services page for all the info.  If you haven't yet, be sure to check out my eBook about blogging too!!!

In case you didn't hear my obsessiveness over Instagram lately, I have an account now! Follow me!  And yes, a butterfly decided to have a little seat on my leg today while I was attempting to take a photo of it on a leaf. This kind of excited me more than it probably should have.  I might have a problem with shifting all of my attention to a butterfly when one is near...

Anyways now that you're up to date with what has been happening in my life, what's new in yours?!

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When I posted that long essay on Friday, I have to admit I was nervous to push the "publish" button. I am so glad I did thought because your support and the comments/emails I received were super encouraging.  I also didn't realize that so many of you also suffer from the same thing.  It's sort of great to know that we are not alone in this, and hopefully those of you that are going through it as well had a chance to read some of the comments left by others too.  Thank you for your honesty and for giving me the motivation I need to kick this thing.

Now I wanted to post this quick update video (my first mini-vlog!).  I just got this webcam and still need to tweak it a bit, so it's kind of super bright and yellowish haha. Just a little rundown of some things that are going to be happening.... and with that I say, have a fabulous Sunday night friends! And remember... we are all in this crazy blog world together!



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