Valentine Card Swap

By: Cyn
February 8, 2010

When you have children, Valentine's Day usually turns into a holiday for them. Cool by me, as the holiday always made me feel uncomfortable from a romantic perspective (kind of forced and sometimes desperate.) But when I saw this idea from Carina of Crow and Canary, it was the perfect way to celebrate the holiday for me. I had made a few valentine designs for my Etsy shop, but my favorite by far is the little paper fabric dog ...

blog it forward inspiration

By: Cyn
February 5, 2010

I have some favorite people I follow on Twitter that amuse me (in a good way), school me and inspire me. My eyes were on my laptop practically all last weekend, working on my business plan and website redesign simultaneously. (Both have completed first drafts! Check out the site here, if you're inclined.) I would take a break from my work and check on any interesting tweets. Sweet Motherload. After many random, but inspired tweets, creative ...

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GNO and Mom Made That!

By: Cyn
October 8, 2009

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I enjoy talking about my small business, but there is only so much my friends and family want to hear after awhile. Some of the aspects of an on-line business are fascinating to me and if I talk too long about it, I can see my loved ones' eyes glaze over and they begin nodding, just to be polite. The other night, I got some of my business nerdyness out of my system by attending Girls Night Out or #gno as it's better known on Twitter. GNO is a chatfest every Tuesday night where you can tweet about various subjects pertaining to women (some men chat too.) As you've guessed, small business was the subject matter for my first GNO and it was terrific. You can lurk, you can network, you can admire, but stay sharp. ...