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Do you KonMari?!

This past summer, I picked up a copy of the life-changing magic of tidying up, the Japanese art of decluttering and organizing by Marie Kondo.  [whew - such a long title for a book that helps you streamline and declutter no?!]  My instant reaction to this book was YES! I need to declutter my life.  Create more space. Create more time.

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Happiness is...

Today is a designing day. I have been sketching, brainstorming and creating new Christmas designs.  While looking through an old sketchbook, I found notes scratched into one of the pages listing what happiness was to me.  All day long "happines is..." kept popping into my thoughts...

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