Scrappy Travels

I know many people that don't craft, cook or create anything at all.  They'd much rather sit back and pay others to do it for them. I've always thought that the better gift in life is something homemade.  I think that's why I have such a soft spot for Etsy - what's better than getting something completely unique and made especially for you?   However, like I said, not everyone feels the way I do.  And because of that, it can get a little lonely.  Crafty people put so much into whatever they're creating but they may never get to see the outcome of their creation.  Of course, that's not why we do it at all.  We do it because it's fun and it makes us happy.  Making other people happy too is a huge bonus that we may never get to see.  Enter, possibly the best text I've ever received.  I made the card you see above for my Etsy shop.  My coworker loved it and bought it (and coincidentally became my first real customer so she's alrea...

After an unseemly amount of time trolling Twitter yesterday, I finally found the  2014 GISHWHES list .  I'm sort of obsessed. I really wanted to participate but my biggest fear was that I wasn't brave enough.  Since none of my friends are as crazy as I am, they didn't want to join a team with me.  So I would have been placed on a team.  Therein lies the issue.  I know that I'm a big old ninny and therefore would have let down the 18 other people on my team which is just not cool.  Now that I've seen the list, I know this for a fact: I'm so not brave enough to participate and I was quite smart not to even try!  Holy moly!  I knew the challenges were a little off the wall, but I never thought they'd be this extreme - oh, and AWESOME!  I can't wait to see what the participants accomplish but I'm so glad I'm not responsible for fulfilling the wishes. I'd be a basket case.  Out of 185 items, I'm pretty sure the ones that I'd have the gu...

After seeing all the awesomeness of Connecticut and Rhode Island, I had visions of Boston being a let down.  Boston was going to be the big destination, and I assumed, it wouldn't live up to the hype.  And to be honest, it didn't...on the first day.  The first day we were there was a total washout.  It poured buckets!  There's only so much food you can eat in so many restaurants before you get really bored and really grumpy.  We were finally able to duck into a trolley that at least let us see the city without getting too drenched, but even that was wrought with issues since we bought the wrong ticket for the dumb trolley that took us nowhere we wanted to go.  By 7:00 in the evening, I was bored, wet, grumpy and not overly optimistic. But 12 hours later, it was bright, sunshiney and the start to a beautiful day. After that, it was smooth sailing.  The city was walkable.  Our hotel was right in the middl...