for like ever wood sign by williamdohman - click image for more info The one thing that I love about craftiness and creativity is how it brings us together. In a world where things are fast and every...
image by ArtPhotosDiana - click for image for more info I recently sent the following email to a fellow creative entrepreneur: Hi Lorna, I’m in an entrepreneur mastermind group, and someone has...
Anyone who went to art school knows well the Friday night ritual of feeding at gallery openings. Free wine and cheese, a staple of the bedraggled art student’s diet. It is as if we are set up t...
In just a couple of weeks, entrepreneurs from all over the country will be attending and tuning in virtually to The Art of Earning LIVE in Philly. One of those fantastic folks is Sara Blackthorne, wh...
LOVE chocolate poster - Me gusta el chocolate by MandarinPrint - click image to view more Pretty sure I’ve been a chocolate fan since the womb. Who DOESN’T like chocolate? I mean, I know ...
Congruence. Alignment. Growth. Creating the life you want, creating a life that reflects your values. These are some of the things we’ve been talking about at Scoutie Girl lately. It’s hard work. I k...
This is a guest post from Monica McCarthy. love nerd card by TheWallaroo - click for info I have to admit, when Tara asked me if I’d be interested in writing a guest post about The Five Love Language...
The week before last I began the annual slog through receipts and invoices and interest income statements, organising and spread-sheeting and preparing for our annual visit with the accountant. This ...
image c/o John Tibbot. Click on image for more details. Are Monday mornings difficult for you? I get it. I’ve been there. But the good thing about the first day of the week is that you have a c...
Words. Funny things, words. I mean, what are they? A few or more letters flowing together across a page. Sounds spilling from lips and floating through the air. For all their weightlessness, words ca...
I have a strong love for lace and doilies and this love is exemplified this time of year, when many stores are decked out in doily Valentine’s Day décor. In honor of the upcoming holiday and my lace/...
Photo by Jake Botter We all know we shouldn’t care what other people think about our decisions. The vast majority of us still twinge with the thought that someone could misunderstand our motiva...
Does it ever seem like your industry has a club of fun, successful, connected leaders? A club that you’re not part of? I’ve felt that way. The good news is, this ain’t high school! ...
January 2012 may be the longest month of my life. Cancer diagnosis at the beginning of the year, when one tends to be in starting over and setting intentions mode, is an odd parallel to live. Still, ...
Click image to view more When I was little, I received a calligraphy set as a gift. It wasn’t all fancy with a feathered quill and ink bottle or anything, just a simple one with four colors of callig...
Last week Tara Gentile shared a thoughtful post here on Scoutie Girl all about creating a lifestyle that is authentic to you. It spoke to me, because I’m there. I’ve been thinking a lot l...
blue light disco blue agate and sterling silver earrings by mich vanetta - click image for more info Throughout this column I have explored the idea of craftiness and where it comes from. It has allo...
Trees at Columbus Circle, New York, January 2012 One of the things I started my new year off thinking about are my larger, longer, and bigger life and business goals. When taking stock of 2011 I real...
"Believer in Luck" from Sacred and Profane - click for info A few days ago, I was with a friend of mine at a conference and we were talking about our lives and our careers. Eventually, towa...
It started with an e-mail from Handmadeology inviting me to jump start my sales in the New Year. That e-mail had a link about making things happen for my small business, which prompted me to check ou...
This is a guest post by Stephanie Peterson. "Memory Harvest" by Sadee Schilling Studio Would you rather be the best, or be remembered? Of course these are not mutually exclusive, in fact th...
Rebecca Can you take us on the journey of your creative career path so far? Was art always your calling? I grew up in a creative environment, but I never thought art would be my calling. To be honest...
Imagine my delight at Christmas when I received about seven gifts from Etsy! All treasures I had marked as favorites and shown to Santy. Of course, the items I received were beautiful and high qualit...
X Marks the Spots - Gwyn Michael …and the transformational power of a bad diagnosis. Happy New Year, readers! Seems like eons since I last wrote here, and certainly much has happened for me. Al...
Vintage typewriter – Just one of the many finds waiting for you! For some people, the idea of buying vintage has a negative connotation. Maybe it brings to mind thoughts of shopping at thrift stores ...
Hey, Scoutie Girl readers! You might want your journal or pen and paper handy for this one. Here we go! Our lives are full of patterns and habits, from how we think or argue, to how we tie our shoes ...
crochet teacup golden yellow by sheepish knitting & crochet - click image for more info Craftiness is a gift that each and every one of us possesses. If may not be something that we use in our ev...
Click image for photo credit. My life is changing. I embrace change. It’s cool. My family, my location, my status… just about every part of my life seems to be in flux. This is a time when many...
city maps by jennasuemaps - click for info The root of the word “courage” comes from the Latin “cor,” or heart. Which makes perfect sense to me, as one of my personal definiti...
2011 was magical for me. I had [what passes in my life for] a place and stuck to it. I traveled. I grew my business. I earned more money. I made life changes. I lived. In 2012, I want to do it all ov...
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