Feb 03, 2010 
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I’ve recently discovered paperculture.com and I feel the need to pass on some PC love to my readers. Paper Culture is an eco-friendly stationary company that offers extremely cute, modern cards for all occasions.
Check out this green info from their site:
100% Post Consumer Recycled Cards: most cards are printed on “virgin” fiber. Even those that [...]
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Feb 02, 2010 7 Comments
This tutorial is for you mommies out there with a super-independent little one on your hands. A little one that insists on doing everything by him- or herself, but just doesn’t realize the limitations that their age and size might bring. Limitations such as not being able to reach the bathroom light switch during their [...]
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Jan 28, 2010 9 Comments
Growing up, one of my very favorite things for my mother to cook with dinner was fried eggplant. It wasn’t something we ate often, so I was always thrilled when I spotted a beautiful eggplant sitting in the fridge after a trip to the grocery store. To me, it’s the coolest looking produce in the [...]
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Jan 27, 2010 4 Comments
Confession time.
I’ve always felt a little odd about just tossing dryer lint in the trash. I just felt like it had a higher purpose in life.
Hey, I never claimed to be normal.
Keep reading. I have a point.
The point is…it’s useful! Dryer lint is useful!
Take it out of the filter, ball it up and shove [...]
Jan 26, 2010 3 Comments
I get approached frequently with questions about how to start a blog or how to make a blog more personalized, more professional and more aesthetically pleasing overall. While I’ve been able to kind of get people aimed in the right direction, I usually have to direct them to my personal IT support person and [...]
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Jan 25, 2010 11 Comments
Shayne and I just got back from a whirlwind trip to Boston where we attended WordCamp Boston ‘10. As soon as we arrived, we wished a) that we had scheduled a much longer stay and b) that we had brought the kids. While we enjoyed having some alone time, we were constantly wishing we could [...]
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Jan 19, 2010 5 Comments
I think at one point or another all of us has had a piece of clothing lying around that we couldn’t bear to toss, but really didn’t have a use for anymore, either. We glance at it from the corner of our eye, feel a pang of guilt and then just go on with our [...]
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Jan 11, 2010 34 Comments
During my last two visits to New York City, I visited two stores owned by two sisters. Located in ultra-cool SoHo, these two stores are where I would spend every waking moment if I lived nearby.
The first store is Purl SoHo. It’s a wonderfully small little place that seems to always be filled [...]
I'm Abbie.
I'm a blogging, photoshopping, tutorial-making, kid-chasing, working-on-being-green mom and housewife.
