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Carrie Keplinger

Carrie Keplinger

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.

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is interior design really a creative art?

By Carrie Keplinger on May 15, 2012

This is a guest post from Mike Gracia. What do artistic graffiti, photography, and interior design have in common? They are all divisive when referred to as art forms; while some consider them creative, others do not. Those against graffiti have the fact that it is a criminal act on their side; photographs are already [...]

Posted in The Setting | Tagged art, furniture, home, home decor, interior design, mike gracia, minimalism, modernism, style | 2 Responses

About the Author

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.

the antidote to consumerism isn’t minimalism, it’s art

the antidote to consumerism isn’t minimalism, it’s art

By Carrie Keplinger on April 27, 2012

This is a guest post by Megan Auman. If you’re reading this, you probably have some conflicting views when it comes to stuff. If not now, you’ve probably had them at some point. This conflict can be summed up pretty simply as a desire for beautiful objects (whether that’s to make them or own them) [...]

Posted in Buy You, For You, guest posts | Tagged art, consumerism, fulfillment, meaning, megan auman, minimalism, objects, stuff | 15 Responses

About the Author

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.

cultivate your story

cultivate your story

By Carrie Keplinger on April 6, 2012

This is a guest post by Victoria Prozan McGlinn. The warm breezes of spring are here to herald in new seasons of growth and possibility. Ahhh. As the brown remnants of winter become obscured by the fresh greens and pinks and yellows and whites, take time to consider how we can mirror this rebirth in [...]

Posted in guest posts, Plot Notes | Tagged authenticity, business, change, growth, life, spring, story, victoria prozan mcglinn | 2 Responses

About the Author

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.

Chopsticks: a visual & audio treat

By Carrie Keplinger on March 22, 2012

Chopsticks, by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral, tells the story of Glory Fleming, a brilliant piano prodigy who loses her mother at a young age, and Frank, the artistic boy who moves in next door. As their love story progresses, Glory becomes unable to play anything but the waltz “Chopsticks,” a series of F and [...]

Posted in book review, Read & Play | Tagged apps, books, chopsticks, jessica anthony, multimedia, rodrigo corral, video, youtube | 21 Responses

About the Author

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.

b sustainable: how uncommon goods is changing the face of creative biz

b sustainable: how uncommon goods is changing the face of creative biz

By Carrie Keplinger on March 9, 2012

As Tara has been known to say, New Economy businesses must support not only their owners but also others; they must be able to make others’ lives richer by virtue of what they do. One group of anthropreneurs that is doing this is Certified B Corporations – businesses that use their power to solve social [...]

Posted in Buy You, For You | Tagged b corporation, business, design contest, sustainable, susty party, uncommon goods | 2 Responses

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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.

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