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Sewing As Meditation
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Recipes
Recipe : Butterscotch Bourbon with Cream Cocktail
I found this recipe for how to make Butterscotch on Pinterest and was inspired to create this simple cocktail recipe. My husband, a bourbon drinker, was kind enough to part with a few ounces for the sake of research for this blog post. Bless him. Though he prefers his bourbon neat, I love trying new…
Recipe: 2 Ingredient Chocolate Crunch Bars
Y’all know by now that I love to hack recipes for a few reasons. 1. because I’d like to think I can make them better and 2. I know I can make them cheaper. After my husband snuck in a few packages of Nestle Crunch bars into the shopping basket this week, I was determined…
Recipe: Homemade Chicken Pot Pie
This recipe came about thanks to my husband, who LOVES chicken pot pie. Not the little frozen things your find at the grocer . . . but real pot pie with a delicious crust. We tag teamed this recipe (he made the dough) and made this meal and it’s preparation a memorable and fun experience….
Technology
PHOTOSHOPPED: Captain Jack Sparrow (A Must-See!)
Have you ever heard of speed painting? Well hold on to your laptop! Watch this video by artist Martin Missfeldt and see Jack Sparrow evolve out of a skull. Digital speed painting of Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) with: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Wacom Intuos3 A4 Recorded with: autoScreenRecorder 2.0 Free Produced with: Adobe After Effects about…
Sharing TMI on Social Media
Watch the full interview with Lauren Melvin of WFMY News 2! Recently I had a chance to chat with Lauren Melvin of WFMY News 2 about Sharing TMI via social media and some of the pitfalls and dangers that can come along with our exuberant and at times careless posting habits. We’re all guilty of…
App Store : Facebook Pages Manager
Recently, while poking around my facebook page (go ahead and like me, you know you want to!) I noticed this little message informing me that I could now download the new Facebook Pages Manager for my iPhone from the App Store. Now, I had been seeing this since May. My first thought was . ….
Business
BloggyCon: Stacey Van Berkel, Lifestyle Photographer, Signs on as Sponsor
Did you hear an ear piercing squeal recently? Well, that was me when I found out that fellow WithIt member and international award winning photographer, Stacey Van Berkel agreed to be one of my Bloggy Conference sponsors. I met Stacey thanks to twitter, WithIt and High Point Furniture Market. . . and I have to say…
What Discounts, Freebies and “Picking Your Brain” does for Business
It’s just a fact – you “do someone a favor” by discounting or giving your services away – they never respect your time, energy or talent and often have a deadline of next week or “by Thursday if you can squeeze me in.” This lack of respect and unrealistic expectations create an impossible situation of…
Why Text-Speak is Bad for Your Brand
Text-speak (txt-speak, txtese, chatspeak, txt, txtspk, txtk, txto, texting language, txt lingo, SMSish, or txt talk) . . . regardless of what you call it, we all have used it. Text-Speak has become common place in our day to day online and mobile lexicon. Social networks that limit the amount of characters we can use…
DIY
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 …
DIY :: Sonoma-Cutrer Wine Crate Shelving
I was visiting my friend and client Ben Roberts, owner of The Undercurrent Restaurant in Greensboro, NC, last week and we were discussing the big screen TV he has since installed in the Wagner Room and the fact that he needed to find a storage unit for the AV equipment. He mentioned that he needed…
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…
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…