Happy Saturday!

Here's some fun stuff I discovered this week.

* Yes, Spring will be here soon. I'm still gonna try my best at making these knitted hats.

* (covering my Maldens ears) I just found Van der Spek. And I want one of everything. Hello, custom A5 planners!

* Hey readers! Have you checked out Stephanie Howell's Bloom Where You're Planted Book group on Facebook? Go now. 

* This Detox Moroccan-Spiced Chickpea Glow Bowl recipe from Pinch of Yum is to DIE for. I keep going back to it. Quick to make and lasts for days. I'm also eyeing the Raspberry Crumble Bars and the Summertime Fried Chicken Sandwich with Tangy Slaw. Go look at that damn sandwich and tell me it isn't calling your name. 

* How beautiful are these silk kimono robes from Hundred Hearts! I want them in every color.

* Have you guys heard about Informed Delivery from the UPSP? You get an email every day with photos of the mail that should be expected to arrive your actual mailbox. Pretty cool huh? Also, there's an app if you're into that instead.

* If you hoard cleaning supplies like I do, sign up for Grove Collaborative. They gave you a FREE Mrs. Meyer's 5 piece set. All your favorite brands are waiting for you.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

*graphic found here.

Happy Weekend!

Here's some things I've found this past week:

* I want one of everything from this Etsy shop

* You can now apply to be a Cadbury chocolate taster. Best job ever, imo.

* GAP & Old Navy are splitting up. Someone please tell Baby GAP it's not their fault.

* Steven Avery is getting his case re-examined.

* Wands For Wildlife wants your old mascara wands. So happy to see this. 

* Dove is offering $5,000 grants to dads who don't have access to paid paternity leave.

* Also, a Happy Happy Birthday to Mount Rainier National Park. 120 looks great on you!

Graphic by Jay Roeder

I am SUPER excited about this month's PV promotion because it's all about Thieves! If you haven't had a chance to try any of the Thieves line of products, do it now. You are totally missing out!

Here's the PV breakdown:

100 PV:

+ Bonus Essential Rewards 5 mL Orange Vitality 

190 PV:

+ Thieves Dish Soap, 12 fl. oz.

+ Bonus Essential Rewards 5 mL Thieves

+ Bonus Essential Rewards 5 mL Orange Vitality

250 PV:

+ Thieves Foaming Hand Soap, 8 fl. oz.

+ Thieves Fruit & Veggie Soak, 16 fl. oz.

+ Thieves Dish Soap, 12 fl. oz.

+ Bonus Essential Rewards 5 mL Thieves

+ Bonus Essential Rewards 5 mL Orange Vitality

300 PV:

+ Thieves Household Cleaner, 14.4 fl. oz. with YL branded microfiber towels

+ 5 mL Kunzea

+ Thieves Foaming Hand Soap, 8 fl. oz.

+ Thieves Fruit & Veggie Soak, 16 fl. oz.

+ Thieves Dish Soap, 12 fl. oz.

+ Bonus Essential Rewards 5 mL Thieves

+ Bonus Essential Rewards 5 mL Orange Vitality

Happy Thursday! I thought I'd do a quick post sharing how I store my ever growing stash of washi. I wanted something easy and also something where I could store all of it in one place. Initially I had used a wire basket but then that turned into two, then three. I could never see the washi at the bottom of the baskets so they didn't get used that much.

While I was out one day looking at embroidery floss I saw the flat plastic boxes and figured it would be perfect for keeping my washi organized. Plus, the box is see-through so double win.

For this project you will need:

Embroidery floss bobbins

Embroidery floss box (there's various sizes)

I keep all of my loose bobbins on a giant ring, which you can find here.

You can also find a box + bobbins set here.

I keep an extra box to store all of my washi that is too wide to fit on the bobbins. This box is almost full so I'll be starting another one soon. It took quite some time winding all of the washi around the bobbins. I suggest Netflix + a large cup of tea.

Happy Crafting!

Everyone has the same amount of hours in the week, right? I've been wanting to try a time tracking app for a while and finally found one that I like. It's called Life Cycle and is available where ever you get your apps.

Every day you are presented with a donut like the ones above. For every new location you go to, it will ask you where you were and also to categorize it. There are presets in the app but you can also create your own.

At the beginning of every month, you are presented with a donut from all of the past month's data. Here's a view of mine from this past November.

It breaks down your locations. As you can see I visited 41 unique locations. It also shows where I spent the most time, apart from home and work.

Life Cycle also compares the past month to previous months before and lets you know how you did on home/work balance.

Apparently I don't shop much!

I call this one my bad habit tab. Taco Bell is definitely my downfall. I know. I'm working on it.

Lucky for me, my commute to work back in November was only 4 minutes each way. I'm interested to see what it will jump to once I start commuting to Boston.

And finally, the whole monthly donut, broken down by category. It's been nice to look back and see where I'm spending my time. I'd like to find another app that crunches the numbers even more, so if anyone knows of one, let me know!

I tried to mix in reds and pinks this week with it being Valentine's but ended up with pinks and purples instead. Oh well.

Week 7 found me traveling up to Boston again for another interview with the transplant team. Initially we had scheduled for Wednesday morning so I hopped on the train for the hour long trip. Half way there I checked my email and discovered that the interview had to be rescheduled. So I ended up heading into South Station, grabbed a coffee at Starbucks and got right back on the train to head home. It gave me time to get caught up on my reading.

So glad to see The Hundred-Foot Journey pop up on Netflix. I remember wanting to see it when I came out in the theaters but got busy and didn't make it. I love Helen Mirren and this movie was really good.

We also *finally* received some snow. Not a whole lot, but still. Alpha stickers are from an old Studio Calico kit. 

I've always wanted super curly hair so this Snapchat filter was perfect! Rick got me a box of chocolates for Valentine's but unfortunately it didn't come with the little description card so I ended up shoving my finger in the middle of each one to make sure it didn't have any nuts. 

Finished Sweet Little Lies and happy to hear that Caz has a new book coming out in July.

Still incorporating the journaling cards from In A Creative Bubble. Love, love, love Geralyn's style.

We started moving the shop into the spare room and managed to get about half of it out on Saturday with the help of the boys. After filling up the kitchen (and still haven't cleared out the spare room), we decided that maybe we should rent a storage unit instead. A quick stop by Five Guys before taking Mason home.

It still amazes me how much we managed to cram into the shop and still be able to work around everything.

Also, please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks about the candy paper dots when they see they enamel ones.

Happy crafting!