Enjoying + Inspiring

I LOVE Unclutterer. I was the workplace of the week a while back. I'll have to check out the other's you listed.

Just this week I've had the opportunity to read a bit of your patterned paper book. It struck me that you have a lot of pictures of yourself, alone and with your family, often doing things - they don't appear to be portraits, but rather real-life shots. How do you get those? Does Chris take a lot of pictures? or do you use a tripod frequently? Or have others who are involved with that? An example is the coffee-making picture on p. 144.

Have fun in Chi-town - bummed I am missing it this year!

Thanks for all the ideas you give! You are awesome. I'm leaving for vacation and am going to attempt to scrap on the trip - got the idea from your blog!
Thanks, Cherie
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I love when you include links to web locations you frequent. I caught Zen Habits from an ealier post of yours and have read it ever sense. Thanks for these other ones, they all look interesting!

I'm so glad you like the necklace! YAY!
xo to you Ali.

i love imperfect-parenting. it helps to remind us we are not the only ones feeling the mother/wife push down.

WOAH. Thank you for the link to Brene Brown's blog.. I am single and not a parent BUT I work with a large group of junior high girls at church in a "small" group and also the rest of the youth group (ages 12-21).. What Brene mentions in the imperfect parenting series opened my eyes to the fact I need to give of myself to them - being authentic and open. And that I can help nurture these kids.
AND I have five nephews and one niece (ages 1 to 17) whom I can help nurture as well.
Thanks for the link!!

imperfect parenting series- THANK YOU... i so needed that post you linked to... and i'm so grateful for the way the universe brings these things right when we need to hear it. thanks for being the bearer of the good word. thanks for being. :)

thank you so much for sharing unclutterer! i've been needing some help getting my horribly cluttered and disorganized workspace in order. awesome!

I just got lost in the Kirtsy site. I guess I just spent 2 1/2 hours going through as much craft and links (some sad, some beautiful), what a wonderful trip!!! So dangerous reading your site!!!
Mitch

Hi Ali,
Just a coincidence but i have been reading Brene Brown's blog Ordinary Courage for the last few months and have her CD. She is great, very real and has fantastic advice on parenting.I too feel shame and guilt at times of 'imperfecting parenting' however its never too late to learn.
Love your blog, always poking in each day to see what inspires you. Many thanks Meri

Loved seeing you at CHA, and getting one of your new books, it is awesome couldn't put it down. Love everything you do.
Stephanie

I enjoyed Keri Smith's perspective on the merge of motherhood and artistry. Sometimes I think that there really are no words. She did a good job conveying the waves of emotion that rush in.
Happy summer. That Simon sure is growing like a sunflower!

Thanks for the great links! Hope you had a good time at CHA.

Love your site! Hope on over to check out my scrapbookish picture frames... I'm a rookie scrapper, but I'd like to know what you think!

Thank you for sharing these links. Love em!

Thank you so much for the inspiration links. I especially love "Apartment Therapy". Some of the ideas on there are just so out of the box. Did you see the miilk crate chandelier idea? I may not put it to use today but someday...