June 2011
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Acute How-To: Frozen Treats
As of last week – it is officially summer and temps are rising! One of my summer goals is to create healthy{ish} frozen treats that I can enjoy without the guilt on hot days. These two popsicle recipes I created are a good start. The Banana Split Fruit Pops are low fat, have no added [...]
About the Author
Regina Morrison is the owner of a small handmade accessories business, Acute Designs, and a freelance writer. She recently escaped her 9-5 job and is actively pursuing a life as a handmade business owner. Read about her journey and business on her blog, where she posts daily. She currently lives in San Diego with her husband and two crazy dogs.
Thrifted Thoughts: Bar Cart
Every once in a while, when thrifting, you come across something out of the ordinary, hidden amongst the rows of sofas, cabinets & chairs. That’s what happened to me this week. My mind immediately started racing with ideas when I spotted this bar cart… Right off the bat, I loved the playful angles, the airiness [...]
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Lia Fagan is the blogger behind Mod Nest & the designer behind Mod Pieces. Learn how to design outside the lines, visit her website.
Success doesn’t know where you live
This is a guest post from Andrea Mansfield. Rumor has it that being a “starving artist” is so over. I like this rumor and believe it to be quite true. In fact, creative thinkers, makers, doers, and shakers are hungrier than ever for their BIG creative endeavor to go viral. But no one tells you [...]
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Carrie is Scoutie Girl’s advertising manager & assistant editor. She owns a graphic design & ebook editing biz and also runs a nifty crochet pattern shop for discriminating ladies, likeclochework.
where craftiness comes from: liz smith
Liz Smith is a crafter and business owner who lives in an old textile mill on a canal in Lowell, Massachusetts. I caught up with her recently to find out about where her craftiness comes from. Liz puts her creative energy to good use in her business Made in Lowell, working with wool and polymer [...]
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Dannielle Cresp is a creative direction enabler and web designer, creating a handmade friendly world through mindful living. Learn how you can too at her blog.
A Helicopter View – High Level Planning
Planning is the combination of goals, scope, and estimates all plotted along a time line. A high level plan is this combination at its most elemental, and provides a ‘helicopter view’ of what you’ll be doing for the next year (or three, or five.) At it’s simplest, a high level plan is a collection of [...]
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Eleanor Mayrhofer is a recent escapee of Cubicle Nation. She currently blends her love of design, the expertise she gained in her professional career and her enthusiasm for small enterprise through e.m.papers, her download-and-print stationery business.
