New Release | Narrative

Last month this kit was featured exclusively in the March issue of The Digi Files, and now it’s time for it to return home.

I’m pleased to let you know that Narrative is now available in my store, and it’s 20% off through April 08, 2012.

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Inspiration From The Flock

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by Becky

by Julie

by Kelly S

by LaRissa

by Lex

by Margelz

by Michelle L

by Nicole

by Rachel

by Renee

by Steffi

New Release | Meadowlark

We had a lengthy stretch of beautiful, sunshine filled days here in Wisconsin, and although it began to cool off again this week it was still enough warmth and sunlight to kickstart my annual spring fever.

In the midst of it all I just could not stay away from yellow, the color of sunshine and happiness, the color that promises brighter days ahead. So I’m pleased to announce that Meadowlark is now available in my store, and it’s 20% off through April 1st, 2012.

Fellow fans of The Weepies will recognize the “Made for Sunny Days” word art in this kit – it’s a spring anthem of sorts for me, it’s in heavy rotation around here right now.

Because I was made for sunny days, of course.

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Storewide Savings

The Oscraps Birthday Party is still in full swing, and the entire One Little Bird store  is on sale through Saturday, March 31st, 2012. No coupons necessary, no hoops to jump through – just straight savings on all of it.

Inspiration from The Flock

(They were made for sunny days, too! It’s like a day at the beach looking through these.)

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by Leontien

by Beth

by Crystal

by Becky

by Dana

by Steffi

by Kelly S

by Lex

by Margelz

by Nicole

by Rachel

Nothing To See Here

When Tom saw this folder laying on the counter this morning he asked “So where exactly is their place?”

Anywhere but here, my friend.

We’re having a problem with carpenter ants here for the second year in a row so I officially threw in the towel on home remedies for carpenter ants. They seem to laugh in the face of our store-bought ant baits. Sometimes I swear I can actually hear them laughing.

I called Orkin in to take care of the problem, because if I go through another summer of finding ants in our dishwasher I’m going to lose it.

The Orkin man’s arrival seemed to shed light on a personality trait that Tom was unaware that I had. Which is shocking to me because I’m historically very bad at hiding personality traits.

After they did their initial inspection of our house they went back out to their heavily branded ORKIN! TRUCK! (that’s how subtle it is) and strapped themselves into their giant, two-tank chemical backpacks. And as I watched them walk across the street from where they were parked I remarked to Tom “I bet our neighbors are looking out their windows right now asking themselves “What the hell do the Joneses have going on in their house?!?!”"

To which he responded “Why do you think our neighbors would be thinking anything about us?”

Uh, hello. Of course our neighbors must think things about us. Surely I can’t be the only person in this neighborhood who’s nosy and prone to snap judgments based on what’s parked in front of people’s houses? And if I saw two guys walking into any of my neighbors houses all rigged up to look like The Ghostbusters, I’d be wondering what sort of scary creature lurked within their house to warrant a get-up like that.

Turns out, it could just be ants. So now I know.

Happy Birthday Oscraps

Weekend Reading (and Watching)

It’s Spring Break here this week, and this is the first time in as long as I can remember when it actually felt like Spring in March here in Wisconsin. Usually Spring Break is a bit of a tongue-in-cheek joke that the Universe plays on us to remind us that it’s Spring somewhere – but not here. Not for a couple more months, suckers!

Unfortunately for Nicholas, he started to come down with a cold at the end of last week. By the time he returned from his dad’s house this past Wednesday he was in full-fledged breakdown mode. He has approximately the same response to illness as I do: hopelessness and despair.

The photograph above is representative of his entire preferred treatment plan. Cough drops and Jolly Ranchers. (Oddly enough, although both of his cough drops are cherry flavored he does not seem to eat the cherry Jolly Ranchers. It’s like a cherry Jolly Rancher graveyard in the bowl, all the other flavors are gone.)

He’s on the mend now. His iPod is curing him.

This past week was decidedly less Spring Break-y for me. Rather than climbing aboard a recent wave of creative inspiration, I spent the majority of the week addressing real-life, adult things like my books for 2011 (which are now dropped off with my accountant) and remedying a carpenter ant problem in our kitchen (the Orkin man arrives Monday).

Which meant my creativity was put on hold until this weekend, and although I’ve been trying to take weekends off I think I might explode if I don’t sit down and create something.

Here’s what’s coming later this week.

I don’t even have it to my team yet, it’s still a work in progress. But I thought it would be fun to pull a few items out and give you a sneak peek.

Plus now I HAVE to finish it, because I put a date on it.

Items of Interest

Learning To Love Type | a “mini-documentary” by PBS Arts sure to thrill typography geeks and other creative types.

Instagram for Android Sign-up | they still haven’t given a release date for the Instagram Android app, but you can sign up to be notified when they do!

Pinterest Updated Their Service Terms | I know that Pinterest’s TOU has been the subject of much debate lately and they announced some changes today PLUS they’re “paving the way” for some changes to the service, like private pinboards. I like to think that Christine and I played an integral role in this.

Glitter: The Tramp of School Crafting Supplies | I’ve had this bookmarked for a while and keep forgetting to share it. For those unaware of my glitter phobia, read about it here and here.

Have a great weekend!