Why Hello! Yep okay I’m just going to pretend I didn’t drop off the face of the earth there for a moment ;). Truth be told I LOVE my blog and missed it terribly. Anyhow… I thought I’d start back in by sharing some of my favorite flower making resources. After making about 500 paper flowers for my wedding I…
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Hello there folks! To those of you wondering why all went quiet over here for awhile on Make Scout - I got married Saturday! I wrote about this a few months ago but I made ALL of the flowers/arrangements for our wedding over the last 3 months out of PAPER. Keeping it real guys, it wasn’t always awesome - think paper…
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Why hello friends, fancy meeting you here. Remember when I promised to share some really easy auto-pilot curated gifting ideas? Well the time is now! Aptly named Curate Chicago is perfect for this kind of gifting. I had the immense privilege of designing the website for Curate founder Christina earlier this year and throughout the whole process I was ooh-ing and ahh-ing over the gift photos…
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We’ve talked a lot about gifts lately. I mean a lot. But this is (or I think it should be) also the season for thank you’s and well-wishes. I love sending handwritten thank you notes to my family or friends. And I daydream of the day that I have time to send out Christmas cards… That’s the rub - time. When…
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I’m back with another gift guide! So I’ve been classified by family and friends as an almost hipster for a long time - it’s sort of a running joke. Where does this classification come from? I like to craft, re-create store bought foods from scratch (I once even made my own Cheez-itz, they were deliciously addicting). I dress somewhat trendily and more than…
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