Renewal

A view from the car window

Last week I had a wonderful time with my sister on our road trip to Myrtle Beach SC. We had the opportunity to travel through 8 states seeing mountains and cities, and the best part we got to spend a few days by the ocean.

We spent a lot of time on our trip relaxing.  We walked on the beach and boardwalk, laid by the pool, visited a museum, and drove around exploring Myrtle Beach.

We got up early for the sunrise on our first day on Myrtle Beach

It was so amazing

It was a great way to start our day

It turned out to be a beautiful day

We did have an adventure on our drive back.  We took a route that turned out to be a lot of back roads and very lonely highways.  Even thou we had a couple of challenging days, it did give us the opportunity to see farms, ranches, plantation, and really small towns up close.

This trip gave me an opportunity pull together some business ideas, and to get a lot of reading done. I feel so renewed.

I am not a big shell collector but here are a few I loved

I hope she wants to go on another vacation next year! Sister what do you think?

Are you planning on doing any traveling this season?

For all the Mom's

From Everyday Inspired

Creative Connections Answers

For everyone who tried to make a creative word connection in yesterdays blog post here are your answers.  If you missed yesterdays post click here before you continue reading.

1. house (doll house, housecoat, household) 

2. sun (sunspot, suntan, Sunday)

3. tax (income tax, tax return, sales tax)

4. foot (foot stool, big foot, football)

5. sea (sea horse, sea spray, seashore)

If you have come up with an original solution not listed here, good for you!  Share your answers with us in the comments section, so we can all see your solution.

This test was tough for me, but it made me want to work on making those word connections.  If anyone want to try some more let me know I have a few more I could share.

I hope you had fun with our creative word game.  I will have a few more coming in a couple of weeks.

Creative Connections

Today I have a fun game of creative connections.  It takes a little thought and creativity to figure out the answer, so take your time and think outside the box.

Your task is to find a single word that links each group of the three words below.  For example the words "blood", "eye", and "light" can be connected with the word red (blood red, red-eye, and red light).

See if you can find the related word for these five groups of words.

1. doll, coat, hold

2. spot, tan, day

3. income, return, sales

4. stool, big, ball

5.  horse, spray, shore

Share your answers with everyone in the comments section.  I will post the answers for you in tomorrow's post.

Have fun!

Garden Time

I have a friend who dug up half of the grass in their yard and started a organic garden.

Each year they eat out of their garden from May until October.   They have the most beautiful garden and almost any vegetable you can think of.  I'm so jealous!

I would love to have that kind of garden.  Unfortunately we live in an older home and we are surrounded by trees.  I don't have any good spots in my yard that get enough sun to sustain good growth.

The only spot that gets a little sun is on the side of my garage. I have put several containers (garbage cans mostly) that I plant a few tomato plants, peppers, and green beans every year.

I am looking forward to planting my small garden in my containers.  Hopefully I will have some time this weekend.

If you have a garden or if you wish you could have a garden, what is the one vegetable that you must grow?

Be Inspired - The Sea

Words to Inspire

“I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”
Isaac Newton

Idea to Inspire

You can enjoy the ocean today, find photos of the sea you love and incorporate them into your art work today.

Photos to Inspire

Everyone who gets to live by a beach is so lucky.  The beach is so amazing and beautiful.  Today I am sharing with you photos from Flickr of the beach I am staying at this week in Myrtle Beach, SC. I will share some of my own photos next week. Wish you were here!


Myrtle Beach by Mayfairs


Myrtle Beach, SC by Mike Berger


Myrtle Beach by -Shawn-


Myrtle Beach by sdiver


North Myrtle Beach by AnticoC

MindfulBIZ

In my process to grow and expand my business I have found a newsletter, that I enjoy reading every week, for creative entrepreneurs.  It has tips and ideas to declutter and redesign your business.

You can find the sign up form for the newsletter, as well as additional information at MindfulBIZ.com.  On her site she also offers a free video training to build your own website, and a blog with ideas you can apply to your business.

I was featured on the MindfulBIZ blog last week.  I shared my story of rebranding my blog, shop, and social media sites.  I enjoyed writing about the process, I hope you take a few minutes to check it out.

Finding good resources to keep you motivated on your journey to grow you business is necessary.  When you are well informed, you are excited about running your business everyday.

Do you have a favorite website that keeps you motivated?

Give Your Mom Flowers

All Mom's love flowers, and their are hundreds of thousands of flowers available on Etsy.  The hardest part is picking which ones you like best, here are a few of my favorites.

Handmade Dahlia Earrings by shizendesigns

Original Abstract Art Painting Floral Landscape by lindamonfort

Elan Knitted Neckwarmer / Scraflette by irregularexpressions

Dancing Flowers in Orange Multi Color Shoulder Bag by jpleasant

Spring Kusudama hanging Flower by PaperSquare

Grapevine Wreath Felt Handmade Door Decoration by ItzFitz

Garden Queen Camellia Vintage Enamel Brooch by taralesmith

Find flowers for your Mom or even yourself in all of these wonderful shops.  Check them out today!