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Scoutie Girl
www.scoutiegirl.com
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the blog with a penchant for the passionately handmade
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where craftiness comes from: building memories

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...

4 h ago

Testify: running a biz vs. running around

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...

1 day ago

well fed artists and other unlikely tales

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...

2 days ago

you are worth it: the art of earning live

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...

4 days ago

little things link love: chocolate (and a farewell)

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 ...

5 days ago

Growth. It’s not all grace and epiphany.

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...

6 days ago

Interpreting the 5 Love Languages

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...

08 feb 12

What are you sweating?

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 ...

07 feb 12 1 person likes this

art to inspire: life is about choices

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...

06 feb 12

tooling around: words

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...

03 feb 12

Acute How-To: Lace and Doily Cups

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/...

02 feb 12 1 person likes this

This is NOT a “how to not care about what others think” post.

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...

01 feb 12

Be an insider in your industry

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! ...

31 jan 12

returning to self and life’s simple pleasures

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, ...

30 jan 12

little things link love: calligraphy

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...

27 jan 12

Creating Congruence

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...

26 jan 12

where craftiness comes from: your creative calling

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...

25 jan 12 1 person likes this

How to keep your eye on the forest when the trees are so very lovely

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...

24 jan 12 1 person likes this

art to inspire: thoughts about luck

"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...

23 jan 12

tooling around: customers can be such tools

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...

20 jan 12 1 person likes this

the art of memorability

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...

19 jan 12 2 people like this

Creative Biz Success ~ Rebecca Peragine

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...

18 jan 12

Unwrapping delight: packaging for customer connection

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...

17 jan 12 2 people like this

the agony and the irony…

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...

16 jan 12

little things link love: the joy of thrifting

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 ...

13 jan 12 1 person likes this

The Friendly Guide to Rewriting Your Patterns

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 ...

12 jan 12 2 people like this

where craftiness comes from: letting creativity shine through

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...

11 jan 12 1 person likes this

How do you create a new lifestyle when the old one doesn’t fit anymore?

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...

10 jan 12

your courageous roadmap

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...

09 jan 12 3 people like this

What would it take to make 2012 magical?

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...

06 jan 12

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