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Here is an incredibly inspirational post full of graphic quotes on a blog I’ve been enjoying lately- Making Things Happen.  I’ve been getting really into positive thinking, The Law of Attraction, The Secret + The Power and all the self-hypnosis and visualization I can handle lately. It’s freaking me out how amazing it is, how …

But I will not accept the alternative. I’m so grateful for sites like workisnotajob and workawesome. They remind me that this dream of living life outside the box can and will eventually happen for me if I keep at it and always keep striving to get better.

DelysiaManifesto? As I come up with the images and words to narrow it down, I will be developing my ongoing design manifesto in installments. I love all sorts of design ideas and can appreciate that a lot of different people will like the different spaces I share, but in these “My Style” posts I will …

I’ve been following a few of these ladies’ work for a while, and a couple others are pretty new to me, but I think they’re all really on fire right now.  It’s fun to watch women who are funky and fun and have their own style and the confidence to blaze trails.  Here are some …

I love love. I am so lucky to have met a man who is even more romantic than I am.  It would be fun to make any of these inspiration pieces into a DYI weekend project that celebrates the love in our lives each day. It’s always there, but it never hurts to have a …

Would You Consider a “No-Buy” Christmas? In the aftermath of Black Friday and now ramping up toward the season, I was slightly torn between not buying anything (we need to save every penny right now) and getting little gifts for my immediate family. I’ve decided to make this our second-annual “buying nothing” Christmas. Last year …

The Bad (& The Ugly) If you want to see what a family portrait session usually ends up looking like (and if you have ten minutes to spare for laughing) you’ll need to hit awkward family photos. Just remember that like all hilarious photo sites (ahem, people of walmart) the captions make it!! Skip the …

Gary Chang is one of those visionaries who sees what can be, breaks through the boundaries of the normal and makes the inconceivable happen. Gary grew up in this 344 sq. ft. apartment, along with his parents, three younger sisters and a renter his parents sublet space to for extra cash! Eventually (luckily) everyone moved …

This is a beautiful short video- lots of atmospheric light and dark, shadows and suggestions. Memories, faint stories. Sometimes it can be ominous to enter an abandoned place, but sometimes it is wondrous to imagine the people, places and things of the past. Seeing it all in the stark contrast of black and white makes …