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Hello there! I'm back from what I expected to be a cold and snowy winter wonderland. But instead, as we drove up to Syracuse, we were greeted by not a single bit of snow on the ground. My first reaction was that something must truly be wrong with the world if there is no snow in Syracuse.

We spent Friday night eating pizza at Varsity and hanging out at one of our old college bars with some friends.

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Saturday, we enjoyed a latte and cappuccino at Freedom of Espresso, the coffee shop I used to work at back in the day. Then we spent the late morning on campus before heading to the Carrier Dome for a basketball game.


Saturday night, we enjoyed dinner and drinks at Empire Brewing Company followed by a pint at The Blue Tusk. It was an enjoyable long weekend, but it flew by much more quickly than expected. And now we're back in Baltimore, diving right back into another week of work. Hope you all had wonderful weekends as well!

It's been a while since I've given an update of all the awesome things I've been working on for my shop. Here are a few of my faves.








You can click on the photos to take you directly to the items in my shop. And don't forget, The February Sale Event is running throughout the entire month! Check out the SALE section in my shop for items up to 50% off. Plus, use the code FEBRUARY10 to receive 10% off of anything in the shop, including sale items!

I don't tend to think of myself as the luckiest of people. I'm not unlucky either. I just kind of sit in the middle between good and bad luck, chilling out, sort of hoping that I might get some good luck or dodge the bad. But recently I've definitely had a good luck streak. I thought I'd share my good luck in hopes that I can pass it on and you'll find some of the luck rubbing off on you.

It started last week with a giveaway win. I NEVER win giveaways or contests. Never. So imagine my excitement when I won these super cute magnetic bookmarks and butterfly stationery from Kristen of By the Book Paper.






Next, to continue my giveaway luck, I won an amazing letterpress calendar from Smock Paper in a giveaway on Discover Paper. There were four types of calendars and they were randomly set to the winners. I was lucky enough to open my package the other day to find that my favorite calendar, the one I had been hoping I would get, was indeed the one I got!




I've decided to put this calendar in my new studio, but I just need to find a simple frame for it first.

Think I couldn't get any luckier? Think again. After the giveaway fun, I received a super awesome email in my inbox one morning. What did the email say? I'll have to get back to on that. Let's just say it was one of those emails that I just don't want to jinx, but I'll be sure to let you know what went down if all works out. And yes, I love leaving people hanging. The suspense, the suspense. :)

The time has come. The self-leveling underlay has been poured in the half bath and it is finally time to lay the cork flooring. A few update photos courtesy of Andrew who snapped away while he was working.




The flooring looks great! Now just to finish it and then get wood for the final piece of the project. I'm happy to announce that this is one home improvement project that has taken as quickly as I had hoped, unlike a project that started with "f" and ended with "ence." I prefer not to talk about that one in terms of the project anymore, but only in terms of outdoor enjoyment factor if you know what I mean.

Just happened across this beautiful little paper shop the other day. If you're one that likes notebooks and other such paper goods, you'll probably love One Fine Dae as well. The notebooks look perfect for the list maker like me and the pencils are super fun.






What sorts of paper shops have you been loving lately?