This is one of my favorite times of the year – the beginning of fall! The air is crisp and a tad nippy, but it’s a relief after a hot summer and it means that change is all around. The leaves start turning a pretty orangey-reddish-gold, pumpkins adorn porches, and…

There is one bad thing about working at a craft studio: an employee discount. Bad? you ask. Yes. In my case, it’s even worse when it enables you to dabble in various crafts. A little bit on new rubber stamps. Perhaps a couple of bead strands. What’s that? You say…

So the other day I got a phone call from our mom. Mom: “What size shoes do you wear?”Me: “Mom, you know I wear a size 2.”“Not a 3?”“No, 2.”(Shouting to someone in the background:) “She wears 2.”(Now back to me:) “I’m buying you shoes. They are sooooo cute!”“Where are…

So I think that buying Elsie’s book was a very good thing. It has inspired me to do some layouts and I’m feeling scrappy again! (Thanks Elsie!) I did challenge #1 – Work Those Words – as a layout using photos of my nephew, Evan, playing with his older brother’s…

Renee and I drove up to Goffstown, New Hampshire yesterday (it’s after midnight as I start this post so it still feels like Sunday, but really it’s already Monday … so technically it was yesterday) to the B and E Scrapbooking store to take a class taught by Elsie Flannigan.…

Bummer. It looks like there is a good chance that the South End Open Market will be rained out tomorrow. It sucks because I’ve been working till the wee hours of the morning during the past couple of weeks to get cards and stuff made in time to have a…

Spent some time with my two nephews last week while on vacation and had a double dose of fun, love, and good times with the little tikes. They’re getting so big! We enjoyed time in the pool, face painting, carousel rides – even Chuck E. Cheese! Not to mention wrestling…

Oh me oh my, is it August already?! My my, how time just flies! Well our trip out to Mackinac Island, Michigan for Maryea and Tim’s wedding was a fun adventure. I went to the butterfly museum on the island with Mary one day and we saw some of the…

This year’s Boston Pops fireworks show was not done like usual. Basically, there was two hours of silly singing and on-stage performances followed by a 20 second mini fireworks show. (I can’t imagine if you were sitting out there on the Charles River – i.e. not in front of a…

My sweet boyfriend took me to an Italian restaurant in Providence, Rhode Island to celebrate my birthday this year. It’s called “Mediterraneo” and it is in the Federal Hill area of Providence. We had a wonderful carpaccio appetizer and chianti. I was a glutton for a day and got the…