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Sewing As Meditation
Recipes
Recipe: Bacon Wrapped Flashover Scotch Eggs
A few weeks ago, I stumbled across this food porn on imgur. Today, I can proudly say that I tried it and created a new recipe along the way. I called these flaming scotch egg because of the HOT Neese’s Sausage and Flashover seasoning. Be warned it’s spicy! Makes : 6 flaming scotch eggs Time…
Recipe : Carrot Soup
When it comes to cooking . . . I love a challenge. And this recipe, for me, was a challenge. While visiting family recently, an elder remarked how long it had been since they had had a good carrot soup. I was left wondering if I had ever even had carrot soup. Just the mention…
RECIPE : Banana & Pear Salad with Apricot, Bourbon Barrel Smoked Pepper, Bacon and Butter Dressing
Banana & pear salad with apricot, Bourbon Barrel smoked pepper, bacon and butter dressing. Pretty straight forward recipe that is easy to prepare and satisfies any meatetarian (a new word I heard from my friend Eddie Huffman). I was inspired by what I had on hand and a need to find a little summer something…
Technology
The Thin Line Between Private vs. Public
Last night I had a great conversation about the road we are all traveling with social media and the dangerously thin line of private vs. public. We talked about many things, but one topic that came up that we all agreed on, was the sheer speed and quality (or lack of) information we all share…
Leveraging Down Time to Grow Your Bottom Line Goals
Last week, my mother-in-law shared a page straight out of Oprah.com . . . literally! The article was an aha moment from actress Leelee Sobieski and the importance a day of rest can make. After reading this article, I had my own aha moment. . . I wasn’t alone! It’s so refreshing to discover that…
Is Email Important?
Recently I read that President Clinton sent 2 emails during his entire 2 term presidency. 2! This got me thinking . . . How important is email? It’s SO easy to get bogged down in email hell and not get any actual work done. After reading this article in Forbes by Katherine Ellison, a Pulitzer-Prize…
Business
Ego in the Advice
Wanting to make an educated decision, after careful research on my own, in no way calls into question the quality of advice received from family, friends or advisors. If someone is offended that I want to carefully consider my options and do a little more research before making a final decision . . . well,…
How To: Promote an Event Online
I haven’t even had my first full cup of coffee yet as I started writing my thoughts out, so forgive the over use of bold and ALL CAPS. We all have been to events right? From birthday parties, receptions, luncheons, BBQ parties, holiday parties . . . and don’t even get me started on conferences….
What it means to be a team
“…it’s incumbent upon all members of our team to be citizens of our company and to come to work looking for opportunities to be on one another’s side.” – Danny Meyer, Setting the Table When I say the word team what immediately comes to mind? Sports? Yeah, I though so. But not so fast there!…
DIY
Sew Sexy: Goodwill #FrankenFashion Project, Pt 1
I have jokingly called this my #frankenfashion project. Why? Well, partly because when I made my first cut to this dress it was during a thunderstorm and I happened to have some seriously crazy hair that night. It’s not a very lady like hashtag – but who cares. For all of you master seamstresses out there…
DIY: Pinterest Inspired Creative Closet
For me, Pinterest is all about feeding my own creativity. Though I am happy that others discover and re-pin what inspires me . . . I am not out to gain followers. I indulge solely to feed my artistic core and only repin what I value. I’m sure I’m no different than many who look…
Sewing As Meditation
Sewing as meditation has been a practice of mine for years and is one of the ways I try to regularly bring mindfulness into my daily life, for instance, I recently finished a set of coasters. Yay me! View this post on Instagram …
Social Media
As I sit here this morning and process through the online maelstrom surrounding Jared Fogle, the grassroots social media/brand spokesperson from Subway, I see vicious comments and quips being posted at a dizzying rate…even from people that I thought wouldn’t be so quick to pick up a pitchfork and torch. There is something I want…
I know y’all are going to get sick of me bitching about inbox spam but DAMN. It’s like the spam dam broke and all the smarmy sales pitches are flooding my inboxes. Every. Last. One. LinkedIn, Email, Facebook, Twitter, and yes, even my post office box. . . gah. Just. Fucking. Stop. Two things. 1. This type…
I was a little late figuring out that Hootstuite templates feature (see video below) is gone for good (for free and pro users) and was replaced with a new, but not so improved, drafts feature on April 15th, 2015. Why OH why would they change this amazing feature? Let’s just say that I found out the…
Well, are they? Chances are you may not know even if they are. How your employees behave while you are around is one thing, but what about what they say to your customers and vendors when you aren’t around? What do they say to their family, spouses and friends about your online efforts? What are they…
Whether you have 1 employee or 1000, here are 7 ways to empower them to become brand evangelists. Educate your employees on how to properly use social media. Give your employees clear examples and detailed instructions on where you need their help and A. Don’t get frustrated that your employees aren’t sharing your content when you don’t make the time…
WAIT! Before you hit send on that status update, I encourage you to carefully consider if it should be a blog post. *brace yourselves for some tough love* Yeah I know, you hate writing f*cking blog posts.Well – tough shit. “It takes too long.” “It’s not my job!” “What’s the point?” Look, if you’re not willing…