In yesterday’s post I mentioned that this would be an indoors bookmaking weekend for me, especially with temperatures soaring in the 90s to the above 100-degree mark. I took a short break from cutting, gluing, pressing and binding to browse through the wonderful world of handmade books on Etsy. I was amazed at the variety …
I almost ran out of days this month to finish the August challenge organized by fellow Blogging Business Artisans teammate Linda of lindab142. “Fall is coming,” said Linda. “Create an item for autumn or blog about what you like about fall/autumn.” Fall happens to be my favorite season. I love how the heat of summer …
I received a special request recently for a lined journal, something that I have not yet offered at MisterPenQuin. Because the journal will be used for a sorority celebrating its 100th anniversary, I was asked to use the sorority’s colors, azure blue and white. I accepted the order, never dreaming that azure blue paper for …
In both the last post, Taking time to make time, and Finding time to create, I have focused on how precious time is for the things we find important. Obviously, different things are important to people for different reasons. In a marketing context, however, there are only so many hours in the day. If you …
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I watched an amazing story on the news the other night about an ad agency in Minneapolis that gave its employees the gift of time—to be exact, 500 hours of time—to “Figure out what you’re passionate about, and go do it.” Last spring ad agency Barrie D’Rozario Murphy took advantage of a cyclical lull in …
Every fall I’m reminded of the years when our now 25-year-old son started school with a new backpack filled with supplies. I unpacked a cardboard box recently, in fact, that contained some of his unused supplies: spiral notebooks, yellow Ticonderoga-brand pencils, and even a rather new-looking box of crayons. The memories are sweet, the time …