(Learn what Vacation Saturday is here!) Best discovery of the week? Other than a hot pink coffee table in a dark grey room, it’s definitely wordsoverpixels.com. I myself am very attached to this recent form of art – taking ordinary pictures and plopping plain text phrases on them. There’s a lot to see over at … Continue reading
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Small Life, Slow Life: A Kick of Creativity! (DIY-Central!)
It’s been busy lately! Work, work and more work. Not too much play. Sadface! And, as it always goes when I’m super busy, I’m on a major creativity kick. All day long I’m thinking about sewing, writing, drawing and cooking. Watch me not care about any of that once things slow down! Regardless, I thought … Continue reading
Small Life, Slow Life: Vacation Saturday Inspiration! {Photos}
Did you know that I have a personal blog over at jenniferstgermain.com? I’ve been blogging there for over two years. You can scroll through the archives to find photos, music and lots of writing I did while I was in Japan. In the spirit of this very warm weekend, here are some of my favorite … Continue reading
Small Life, Slow Life: Summertime, and the livin’ is easy {Blogroll}
Happy Saturday! I spend all my time looking at beautiful blogs lately. Seriously, we live in an incredible time where we can be internet-neighbors with the most amazing people! Special shout-out: I just love this post from Note to Self – it makes me want to take a trip somewhere where I only have to … Continue reading
Small Life, Slow Life: Happy Friday! {Photos + Links I Love!}
How’s it going?! I’m in a really good mood today (the funk is all gone – yay)! For one thing, I saw THE DARK KNIGHT RISES last night at midnight! My man and his brother have always been big midnight-movie-goers when they’re really excited about a film, and I think all of us were more … Continue reading
Goodnight, dear void. {Remembering Miss Ephron.}
“I lead a small life – well, valuable, but small – and sometimes I wonder…do I do it because I like it, or because I haven’t been brave?” -Meg Ryan in You’ve Got Mail I was watching this movie in Japan a few years ago (likely for the 50th time) and thought, “Oh – I … Continue reading
How I Started: The Yearning for a Smaller, Slower Life. (Also Known As: How I Really, Really Messed up Everything and Barely Made it Back from the Brink.)
I wasn’t even a year out of college and I knew I had life all figured out. I’d graduated from UC Berkeley with a pretty darn good GPA as an English major and had been hired on with a fundraising consulting firm in Calabasas – a rich, suburby part of Los Angeles (and yes, that’s … Continue reading