A Creative Log & Other Notes on Life
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I’m thrilled to help spread the word about an event that incorporates so many of my favorite things: kids, art, design & giving back. If you live in the vicinity of Orange County , gather the family and check out “Milk & Cookies”, the collaborative art of 9 World Renowned Artists and their kids, [...]
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In the four years I have worked with and donated to The Love Scarf project, I have never been able to make it to City of Hope for delivery day. That changed on Monday. The stars aligned. I wasn’t sick and the babysitter didn’t cancel. The delivery was quite a labor intensive process requiring crazy [...]
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Receiving these handmade necklaces from Andrea at Asayo’s Wish, the organization that delivered our t-shirt dresses to an orphanage in Uganda, was such an amazing surprise. The hand-rolled, paper beads were made by a woman from the village where the orphanage was located. The small gift prompted me to take a browse through Asayo’s Wish [...]
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I strapped on the baby and we spent the morning participating in another beach clean up with Kim from SaveOurBeach.org. I love being around people that are so passionate about their cause. She always takes time to talk to the kids about taking care of Mother Earth. After an hour of picking up bags full [...]
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I’ve never been able to find the perfect bank for the girls so we finally decided to design and make our own. Perusing the aisles in the craft store, I found wooden boxes which I compartmentalized with an extra piece of balsa wood (also found at the craft store) and some E6000 glue. Slots in [...]
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My favorite part of the neighborhood Christmas party is seeing the Marines come to pick up the pile of collected toys at the end of the night. Find your local Toys for Tots drop-off here.
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I’m going to have to steal back all the old cell phones we’ve turned over to the kids to play with because this deal combines two of my favorite things: thrifting (at my FAVORITE vintage and thrift store in Southern California) and giving (benefiting Colors of Hope, an organization that provides non-medical support for people living living [...]
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With the holiday season soon approaching, you may already have knitting and crocheting projects taking shape. If you’re on a roll, consider making up a few extra scarves and/or chemo caps for patients at City of Hope in Los Angeles, CA. Scarves and hats for the LA Love Scarf Project need to be ready in [...]
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Yesterday was the day we said goodbye to all the excess Halloween candy (save a few small bags of favorites). Since we’ve been donating to Operation Gratitude for as long as the kids can remember, giving their candy is just as much of a Halloween tradition as getting it.
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When I took Princess to drop off her collection of games to the local Ronald McDonald House, we found out about their Pop Tab fundraiser. Our local house (who started collecting & recycling pop tabs in 1998) has raised nearly $60,000. It’s such a great way for kids to help out especially if your dad [...]
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