I could give you some really good advice about work/life boundaries. It’s not because every night I turn my computer off at 5pm and don’t even think about work until Adlai’s naptime...
When Simon and I got married five years ago, I couldn’t imagine a time when I wouldn’t think the sun rose and set in his dark brown eyes. But five years down the line, when I’ve had...
I have this thing. Where I have to say something out loud before I know if I really believe it. Simon is a good person to do that with, because he doesn’t judge me. I make grand, sweeping state...
Today, I’m so thankful to have Liz Griffin from Lark & Bloom writing about her sneaky dreams. Come on, folks, give her a warm Great Smitten welcome… (I don’t know what a Great S...
Thank you for excusing me yesterday. I’m waiting on a couple of girls who are doing their dreams, but are so busy doing them, they haven’t gotten round to telling me about them! I can abs...
First things first. Notice anything different? Jessi has been hard at work and Great Smitten is looking gorgeous! I’m pretty much in love. We’re still tweaking a few bits and there will b...
It’s May, y’all. Not that you’d know it here in England. It’s cold and gray and wet, and I’m not happy about it at all. And I’m especially not happy about it in li...
Sometimes excitement isn’t all screams and exclamation points. Sometimes it’s whispers and shrugs, quiet head nods. Sometimes it’s just peace. There are exciting things happening no...
Y’all remember that time I was on BBC television? (If you’re new here, you can check that out here.) That was fun. This week, I had a similar experience, except this time I was on BBC Rad...
Is bravery genetic? What about creativity? Entrepreneurship? Awesomeness? That’s what I’m wondering, and what you’ll be wondering, too, once you read this interview with the FOUR Va...
Let me tell y’all where I am right now. I’m in a season. It’s a beautiful, broken, long-awaited season of seeing some of the creative things I’ve been dreaming of for a long t...
I know I say this every week, but I am SO excited to introduce you to this week’s Dream-Doer. I first met Kelli online. I know, I know. But as you’ll read here, Kelli was laid off from he...
“She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies the merchants with sashes. She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.” Proverbs 31:24-25 Earlier t...
I was just writing a note to God in my journal about my dreams. About celebrating them, about creating. And then I got an email from Jessi, asking me to write about that very thing. … You can&#...
Do Your Dream is back, and I am so pleased to introduce you to someone I really, truly admire – Michelle Smith. I met Michelle when I interviewed her for skirt! magazine three years ago, and I ...
There are days when I think I’ve pretty much got this mothering thing figured out. I’m up and energetic, playing trains with Adlai on the floor, making homemade bread, looking put-togethe...
In case you haven’t heard, Instagram, which has only been available to iPhone users for like, ever, finally launched an Android version last week. And because I just upgraded from my Zack Morr...
It was a big weekend in my little world. On Saturday, I celebrated five years of wedded bliss with my gorgeous husband, and on Sunday, I celebrated the Most Important Day in History. Two different re...
On Saturday, Simon and I will celebrate our fifth wedding anniversary. He asked me to marry him by the Neuse River in Smithfield, North Carolina, and of course I said yes, because why wouldn’t ...
Drum roll, please… The winner is… Sherri Phengchard, who says she’s going to send her Calendartines to her friends all over the world (although we won’t judge you if you decid...
Our car spat, sputtered, and rolled to a stop. And there we were. On the side of the A4012, somewhere between Hockliffe and Woburn. Stuck. Stationary. Stranded. So we did the only thing we knew to do...
Happy Monday, Happy April, and Happy Dreaming! Do Your Dream is back , and this week I’m talking to Christy Knutson of Moxie Speak. When I first got to know Christy, she was Christy Lee, and w...
You’ve heard me screeching about my excitement over my upcoming blog redesign. Jessi is the girl doing that design and, in addition to making people’s blogs pretty, she also makes beautif...
I’m excited to partner with Cory Bordonaro at Four Hats Press to bring you a gorgeous giveaway. Cory has designed and developed this so-pretty set of letterpressed Calendartines because, as she...
Proof that I’m actually 13 years old: 1. I cut myself shaving this weekend. Plus, what 30-year-old do you know that wears a comic strip band-aid? 2. These are a few books from my library. And...
Hurrah! It’s finally time to kick off this Do Your Dream feature I’ve been harping on about for weeks. My very first interview is with Cory Bordonaro, proprietress of Four Hats Press. ...
Do Your Dream, my brand new series, starts MONDAY. This is something I’ve been working on for a while, and I’m itching to get it rolling. As I’ve tried to get the courage up to sta...
There’s a little song I sing to Adlai at bedtime, one I wrote just for him. It’s nothing fancy, but it’s a song about the boy he is, and about the man I know he’ll grow up to ...
So. Much. New. Stuff. I’m really excited to make a few big announcements today! A lot of things I’ve been dreaming of are finally coming to fruition, and that brings me to the first anno...
I know what you’re thinking, Americans. It’s not Mother’s Day. Except it is, where I am. Or it was. Yesterday. And I spent the weekend doing what any self-respecting mother woul...
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