Favorites on a summer Friday

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I was shopping with a friend the other day – she’s also in education – and we were like, “how do people without a real summer get anything done?” There have been summers when I have taken it for granted but not this one!

Megan’s always such a big supporter of the blog and my Etsy shop and yesterday she encouraged me to add some new cards to the shop. I was having some technical difficulties and… here was our conversation last night.

I mean, I’ll be a pimp.

And you should totally check out her blog, That Wasn’t the Plan – living life as it happens, not according to a checklist. She has the best stories and she shared a delicious recipe earlier this week.

These cards are now available in my Etsy shop, The Studio. I’m thinking about doing a whole chalkboard series but… first things first. 20% off this weekend only! Use the code WEEKEND20 and get a deal on these chalkboard beauties.

{If you’re local and are interested in them, email me at clairehoots@gmail.com before you place your order. I have a code you can enter so you don’t have to pay for shipping!}

The one benefit of cleaning out every closet, drawer, cabinet, room in your house is you find great pictures along the way. Here are my favorites from yesterday.

Okay okay, maybe that first one doesn’t count as a benefit of organizing since it came from timehop but it was too good not to share. Katrina and I being gangsta on the lake one year ago. Fast forward to today and she has the cutest little one month old and I probably wouldn’t fit in a life jacket to get on the tube. Oh how a year can change things. {I told you I was feeling nostalgic at how time changes things – probably thanks to the hormones!}

And that one-socked, smiling baby? David at a year old. Cutest little thing I’ve ever seen.