A Quick Tutorial by Joanna Campbell Slan Remember all those Christmases past when your kid had as much fun (or more) playing with the empty boxes after opening gifts? I felt like that this weekend. My son and his wife sent me a lovely bouquet of flowers from a company called Farmgirl Flowers. Not only was the bouquet lovely, but it also included peonies, which are my favorite flowers ever. The stems were carefully packaged, wrapped in burlap, … [Read more...] about How to Turn a Box into a Dollhouse–Step by Step
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When a Man Comes to the Door with Pizza …Excerpt from Second Chance at Faith
In Second Chance at Faith: Book #4 in the Second Chance Series, Cara's friends all tell her that she needs to "get out there" to find a guy. Honora even goes so far as to say, "A man isn't going to come to the door, Cara." But maybe Honora is wrong... EXCERPT When the driver got closer, I could see he was tall and lean. His long legs made short work of the trip from the driveway to my door. He wore a jacket with a gray hoodie pulled up over his … [Read more...] about When a Man Comes to the Door with Pizza …Excerpt from Second Chance at Faith
25 Reasons to Love Audiobooks
(And how to make them more affordable once you do fall in love with them.) 1. You can listen to an audiobook while you fold clothes. 2. You can learn how to correctly pronounce words from audiobooks. 3. No one knows what you’re listening to, so you can choose your genre/book title without embarrassment. 4. Audiobooks don’t collect dust. 5. An exciting audiobook will keep you alert when you’re driving. 6. You don’t need to buy a nightlight to … [Read more...] about 25 Reasons to Love Audiobooks
25 Reasons to Love Audiobooks
(And how to make them more affordable once you do fall in love with them.) 1. You can listen to an audiobook while you fold clothes.2. You can learn how to correctly pronounce words from audiobooks.3. No one knows what you’re listening to, so you can choose your genre/book title without embarrassment.4. Audiobooks don’t collect dust.5. An exciting audiobook will keep you alert when you’re driving.6. You don’t need to buy a nightlight to “read” … [Read more...] about 25 Reasons to Love Audiobooks
A Lesson in Living Mindfully: Right here. Right now.
By Joanna Campbell Slan The Friday after Thanksgiving kicks off the selling season for all sorts of merchants. Pianos are no exception. My husband couldn’t leave his music store to travel with me to Florida, where my mother and two sisters lived. To be honest, I couldn’t take time off. Not really. I was working for a newspaper, and since the news is published every day, holidays didn’t really exist. When you work for a daily newspaper, you live … [Read more...] about A Lesson in Living Mindfully: Right here. Right now.
Update on my life late August 2018
Hi, My Sweeties— I’m feeling swamped. Sigh. As always. But here goes… 1. I’m working on The Best of British Scrapbooking and Cardmaking to get it ready to re-publish. It’s not up yet on Amazon, because we still have some formatting issues, but when it’s up, I’d appreciate you posting a review. 2. I had to stop everything and re-edit Tear Down and Die because someone complained to Amazon about the “quality.” What exactly did … [Read more...] about Update on my life late August 2018