Love.

God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

1 John 4:16

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M.

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Sing Me Love.

In the morning sing me love, and in the afternoon it's love, and if we sing together Love will sing along- two voices carry farther than one.

I love, love, love this song- hence this hand lettered printable :)
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M.

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I Wake Up Awesome.

'tis true! I do, well if loud equals awesome then I do...
I wake up wide awake, fires a roaring, ready to go- you know all of that stuff about no talkie before coffee... it's a myth in my house, I start talking the moment my eyes open. I'm not a quiet morning person, although I like others to be quiet while I meander about making my coffee, humming and singing and well, just being me.

Drives the hubby crazy.

How about you? Do you wake up awesome? Even quiet wakers can be awesome wakers :)

I made this print for my niece Kiki- She is awesome - all. the. time. She's a quiet waker, just watching, listening, but you can see the sparkle in her eyes the moment she opens them. She wakes up awesome. Quietly awesome.  This one's for you Kiki, Auntie Miss-Miss misses you a lot! a. lot.

So I'm sharing this one for all of the loud wakers, the quiet wakers, the mountain shakers and the moment makers... 

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M.

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Delicious Anyway You Take It.

Coffee... Delicious anyway you take it!
How do you take your coffee?
Mine is black, strong and hot.

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M.

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Happiness.

Come' on Get Happy! After all Happiness is Heart-made...

I've been thinking about what makes me happy, it's stupid little stuff like a hot coffee in the morning, a warm tea in the afternoon, Timothy the Dog, Duy (my Hubby) coming home from work, the tingly feeling your body gets when the car shuts off (I like to sit in the car and just enjoy it!), talking to my mom on the phone, waking up to sunshine,  a warm house after a walk in cold cold weather, the first snow, a long chat with a girlfriend, my family, green grass, blue skies, the smell of horse manure, eggs, Instagram, my comfy chair, books, quiet time alone to think (I usually get myself in trouble if I take too much time to think!) and the list goes on...

I believe the recipe for happiness is: gratitude + forgiveness + acceptance + fresh air. What do you think? What makes you happy?  What's your recipe?

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M.

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Coffee? Yes Please!

It's kind of true, good things happen over coffee; making plans, planning days, drawing, talking, chatting, being on one page over something so simple as a cup of coffee.  Even a conversation starter, "what's your blend" with a stranger... it's kind of awesome... Thank you Juan Valdez. You rock.

Share the love and a cup of coffee with someone today and make a connection!
M.

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Chillin' in China

Messy Missie.

I just looked around my house, and this is all I can say...
"creativity is messy, and I am *very* creative"

In all seriousness though, I've always kept my house tidy, but this year, my creative year, it has really gotten away from me. I need someone -anyone- to help me... I have so much stuff! I know I need to get rid of some of it... but when I look around my home I love to be inspired by beautiful things that I love,  that make me laugh or that bring back memories. I think I can give myself a pass on those things... but let's talk about the fact that I have not unpacked from my previous trip and I ought to be packing for my next trip. The next trip means serious packing, long haul, not just blasé packing. Oy! Get it together Messy Missie!

Oh well! for the moment I'm ignoring the mess and enjoying my coffee!
Happy Thursday!

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M.

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Before it was cool.

I drank coffee before it was cool.
So does that mean I've been cool all this time?

It's a thought provoking day here :) Happy Wednesday.

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M.

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The Ocean Blue.

I could travel the world
the ocean blue
but I'll never be home
until I'm with you...

Oh how true.

This one I made for Timothy the Dog... We will be travelling shortly and Timo will be home with a sitter. The world doesn't seem quite right when I don't have Timothy the Dog breathing on me... farting... sighing... and leaving fur everywhere.  I think I'm going to miss him a lot this time around.

I love this print, it took me a long time to finish - oy!  I hope you love it too!

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I am raising money via my blog (donations and google advertising) as well as on Etsy,  so I am continually trying to create great prints to raise money and awareness about our journey-

I really appreciate those who have already donated, and I am so thankful to all of you who are praying for us on this journey... please read my post about Africa and please Donate.

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M.

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Good Morning!

I'm away from home... again :)  this is becoming a habit of mine!

I've been thinking about this year, it seems we've been all over the place, and we will be until the end of the year, and then 2015 holds a whole new bag of tricks! New places, new people, AFRICA  (I'm so excited about this!) and more than I could even imagine I'm sure...

This year, I've learned that all things are possible, if you can dream them, think of them and believe for them... nothing is impossible. Everything is possible!

Can you just make it appear? No
Do you need to work for it? Yes.
Makes plans? Yes.
Work the plan? Yes.
Take baby steps and just keep going? Yes.
Is it even possible? YES!

I made this little reminder: whatever you can think of,  believe for and work towards is possible! 

Remember you can do anything you set your mind and heart to!
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M.


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If You Experience The Whole Gamut; You Might be Married.

Last night we finally went out to celebrate our 13th wedding anniversary... this is a little about how it went; normal conversation, debate about an idea (which we may or may not ever have to deal with) passionate conversation, slightly heated conversation, ( um teeny tiny) tears- because when I get all passionate and serious little tears well up in my eyes, laughter, long pause- Duy got an alert that Robin Williams had passed away-, silence, long pause, tears, laughter, shopping, then home for a viewing of Good Morning Vietnam in honour of our beloved Robin.

If you are married, you might recognize this as "normal". I don't even know what normal is, but what I do know is,  if you are still passionate about ideas in your marriage- still wanting to have discussions about what may or may not happen, still love talking about a future together- this one is or you...

Me and you, and you and me
No matter how they tossed the dice, it had to be
The only one for me is you, and you for me
So happy together 

Share the love, and say a prayer for Robin Williams' family,
remember to live life to the fullest, have those passionate discussions about the future... the future you hope to have together.

Love to you all,
M.

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Home.

I'm packing and running around the house trying to tidy up (and posting a blog, because I do it on the fly) before I head out on a little teeny tiny mini weekend away with my mom. The train awaits!

This one is for the hubby, he's not coming on my teeny tiny mini weekend away because he has to work... and Monday is our 13th wedding anniversary, so I made this for him!  It's kinda crazy how time flies...

I wonder if he reads my blog?  :)

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M.

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Coffee Talks.

When coffee talks, I listen. 

It has the sweetest voice in the morning; 

buongiorno bella, 'morning beautiful, bonjour ma belle...

Happy Sunday!

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M.

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I'm Not Messy!

I'm not messy, just creatively organized.
see.

I've got a cute little print just for you :) to remind people, you aren't messy, you are creatively organized.

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M.

Yup this is what #Studio809 looks like :)

 

seriously I know where everything is.

Where the magic happens.

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