Author: Brandi
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Creative Friday: Vintage Typewriters
In a mad rush fueled by enthusiasm and crazy ambition, I decided to recover my antique typewriter. It’s one I mentioned on my Facebook page. I actually had no idea what I was doing or how I was going to recover it. But sometimes I’m impulsive like that. And when inspiration takes over I just run…
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Crafty Fridays: Spring is Here!
Well almost. Whenever the sun peeks out from the clouds, I feel like rejoicing the end of a long winter and celebrating spring, which to me symbolizes hope. One thing that’s helped me to shake off the last shot of winter blues is to paint. After my husband gave me these yellow daisies for Valentine’s…
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What’s Vital to the Success of Your Dreams
Every day a million dreams are dispersed around the world. I like to think of them as seeds awaiting their potential, having faith in nothing, but the wind to carry them far and love to embed them deep. Think of a dandelion with all of its individual seeds. If it sits safe, it will never…
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Creative Friday: Reusing Bottle Caps
I’m not much of a bottle drinker. I rarely drink soda. But when my cousin handed out Hawaiian lilikoi soda for the holidays I was smitten. Those pretty pink bottles gleamed and was admittedly a nice once-in-awhile sweet treat. While I forgot to snap a shot of the bottles themselves, I did catch a few…
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How Much Would You Risk for Your Dreams?
As you know from this post, I’ve had a little more free time on my hands lately. Especially since my new blogging job at Beliefnet has been temporarily stalled because of all the increase in traffic that’s been landing there lately (good news for my future, bad news for me now). On the bright side,…
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Inspiring Businesses
When I’m stuck in a rut, when I’m feeling like my chips are down, the one thing that lifts me up better than an ice-cream cone on a sweltering hot day is soaking up the light from other inspiring businesses. This past week I heard of two that really got me going and I wanted…