If I had my way, we'd hit up every art festival within a 100 miles (of your place or mine), and we'd buy every piece that catches our eye. For now, though, the budget allows for just the occasional art purchase. I solved this problem with a strategy for scrappy types like you: Make a wall collage

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Can you believe it's the last Wednesday in February, y'all? To a summer gal like me, the end of February is a welcome sign that we're kicking through winter. This year the date brings another milestone, too. Today's the last day of my first blog experiment. This month, I did something that took

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If you've been following along, you know I recently put out a call for bloggers to share their stories. Not just any stories, I thought you'd enjoy hearing from creative women about how they're living the theme: Mend, Make, Change. Each Wednesday in February, I'm writing a post about entries from

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"The new year is a great time to create something." Yay, they were the words of a kindred spirit, all right. And I was psyched. Three days before, I'd taken a risk. I'd put myself out there, in the hopes of finding fellow makers and doers. It'd taken me weeks to build up the nerve, but I'd finally

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