It’s been a strange day around here, to say the least.  As that nasty band of storms traveled up the east coast, our area was under a variety of tornado watches and warnings from about 4:30 this morning until 3 PM.  We’ve had ridiculously hard rain, storms, and wind mixed with periods of warm and beautiful…

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 Meet my friend Jess.  She’s generous, smart, and has a huge heart for other people. She also has a fantastic sense of humor, which is why she won’t kill me for posting this picture…{I hope!} Can you say 80’s Dance Party?! Anyway, the other thing about Jess is that she’s good at a lot of things,…

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It’s Giveaway Time, and the winner is…………….{drumroll, please}…… CARMELLA! The winning comment: “I also like you on FB.” {You can see we do our drawing old-school!} Thank you to everyone who entered.  My new goal is 75 followers…only 20 more to go, and then it’ll be giveaway time again!  Carmella, please email the photo[s] you’d…

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Years ago, when my hubby and I first got married, we started to notice a disturbing trend.  Every time we talked about how happy we were or how much we loved each other, people were quick to dismiss us as “newlyweds” and tell us, “that’ll wear off soon enough.”  Then they’d start complaining about their…

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As of this afternoon, One Artsy Mama has fifty followers!  That’s super-exciting for me, because I just started this blog a little over a month ago with not other goal than to share ideas and inspiration and hopefully brighten someone’s day along the way.  Soooo….in honor of this milestone, I’m hosting my first ever giveaway! …

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