On one hand, I try not to buy into the New Year’s hype too much. The “new year, new you” stuff sort of gets under my skin. But on the other hand, I love a fresh start. A clean slate. A chance to set new…
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Today: All I want for Christmas.
All I want for Christmas is this. Materials used: Cold-pressed watercolor paper, Winsor and Newton professional watercolors, and a super crappy paint brush from a set of approximately 900 (it set me back a whopping $2.00 #treatyoself). I won’t turn down a good night’s sleep,…
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Today: Currently | December, 2015
Needless to say, the highlight of the month year has been welcoming our baby boy. The last two weeks have been an exhausting, but blissful blur of newborn snuggling, diaper changing, toddler chasing, and trying to remember if I took a shower or not. I…
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Today: My heart doubled in size.
On Saturday morning, we welcomed our son Nick to the world. And my heart somehow doubled in size. BRB… soaking it all. Also On Tap for Today: Never, ever sleeping again… or maybe in 20 years Holiday gifts that give back via The Whole…
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Today: Get Messy Thursdays | Magic, Week 3
[So… most of this post was thrown together well before yesterday’s tragic events in San Bernardino. This is not a post about grief or guns. But those things, rather than paint and sketchbooks, are what I’m actually thinking about today.] This week was sort of…
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Today: Currently | November, 2015.
The mild weather made this month feel more like April than November, so we got plenty of adventures in. And I sort of forgot to have my snow tires put on. Whatever, man. I assumed (along with everyone else, I think) that we’d be a…
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Today: Ten minute onion tartlets.
In the spirit of honesty, these onion tartlets take closer to fifteen minutes to make… but ten minutes sounds better. Caramelized onion tartlets with feta and thyme Makes approximately 12 mini tarts, vegetarian (contains dairy and gluten) Ingredients: 1 medium yellow onion, roughly chopped 1…
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Today: Get Messy Art Journal | Magic, Week 2
With Thanksgiving this week, I didn’t get much done in the way of creating (except for a plate of super easy, semi-lazy, delicious onion tartlets) until last night. For the second week of Get Messy Art Journal‘s magic theme, I went semi-dark. Once I broke…
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Today: Happy Thanksgiving.
This quote has always been one of my favorites (and you know how I feel about doodling in white on black paper and, like, cutting stuff out when I should be doing other things). Gratitude really does unlock the fullness of life. I’m grateful for a…