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- Karen Abend’s Sketchbook Revival 2021 April 8, 2021When I signed up for Karen Abend’s Sketchbook Revival I was immediately blown away by the amount of content that is offered completely for free. There were two sessions every day for fourteen days. The sessions ranged from 25-60 minutes and they were incredibly inspirational. I knew that I would not be able to participate […]
- This Week in The Oodlearium Part #2 April 6, 2021My goal was to spend my spring break getting my brain back in working order. That meant I was going to spend a TON of time in The Oodlearium and making art. Here I am on the last day of my vacation and the list of what I did this week was so long that […]
- This Week in The Oodlearium Part #1 April 5, 2021I am grateful that I put together an extensive list of things I wanted to do over spring break so that I could make the most of my time off. My list was ambitious, but I have been plowing through items and I have spent more time than ever in The Oodlearium…and it has been […]
- This Week in The Oodlearium March 29, 2021I am so grateful to be on Spring Break this week and to have dedicated time to spend in The Oodlearium. The Gazing Ball I got back from running on Saturday and my husband asked me if I wanted to finish up the gazing ball. A quick trip to Home Depot to find something to […]
- A self-care buffet March 21, 2021When the pandemic started, I entered survival mode. I did what I could to just allow myself to put one foot in front of the next. Sometimes that meant cooking elaborate dinners for us. Sometimes that meant baking delicious brownies and eating half the pan in one sitting. Sometimes it meant killing a 10-mile training […]
- This Week in The Oodlearium March 14, 2021On Monday night, Tom and I got our first doses of the Moderna vaccine and we were both euphoric…feeling like the end of this Covid nightmare was finally drawing to a close. Then on Tuesday I found out that my mother was in the ICU in critical condition— likely with Covid. My world was turned […]
- This Week in The Oodlearium March 8, 2021We survived February in Illinois— not without a few scars, but we survived! I am sure I am not the only one grateful to put the last month behind me. This was a low-key week in The Oodlearium in terms of making, but there were lots of ideas churning. Here’s a quick recap: My good […]
- This week in The Oodlearium February 26, 2021Somehow last week slipped away from me and I never wrote my post…things happen! The Mask Tom and I were standing in line at Michael’s picking up our Cricut Maker when he hopped out of line and whispered he would be right back. He returned a few minutes later with a standard white plastic mask— […]
- Creativity in the kitchen February 18, 2021My husband calls me fearless when I am in the kitchen. A few days ago we were talking about a recipe I made over the summer. Despite not having a good half the ingredients, I decided to make the recipe anyhow. I swapped out a lot of the ingredients. And it turned out good…whatever it […]
- This week in The Oodlearium February 15, 2021What a week this has been! We are deeply entrenched in the coldest and snowiest winter we have had in quite some time. I won’t lie- it has been hard to stay focussed on the good. That means that The Oodlearium has been even more of a sanctuary than in a normal week. A dear […]
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