Prefabulous

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Prefabulous

So...you may have noticed that you are not reading Make Do. Welcome to Poppy Haus!  For several reasons it was time to take the look and feel of my blog in a different direction.  When I started I just needed to get typing and the name Make Do worked, but it is ubiquitous and I'd never be able to do more with it as a brand.  I am also beginning a new chapter in my life.  After 5 years, I am striking out of my own so to speak.  My wonderful creative partner and I have parted ways. She will run Jasper Hearts Wren and I will pursue whatever this will become. 

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Very Pinteresting...

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Very Pinteresting...

It all started when I found this super amazing DIY project on the blog JKJK.  I knew I couldn't do it now, I have like 10 projects in the pipeline and I'm running out of wall space.  If I bookmarked it, I'd forget about it...so I did what all the cool kids are doing and I invited myself to the Pinterest party.  I've got a couple of boards going at this point, one called Rainbow Connection another dedicated to my favorite textile prints.  It's therapeutic to curate little collections and it's nice to know that they are waiting for you when you're ready to use them. You can see my boards on Pinterest under the username "wemakedo". 

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We Built This City!

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We Built This City!

Pardon the title.  I've been forced to listen to Jefferson Starship's anthem over and over since a visit to the movie theater to see The Muppets.  This year I've been volunteering as an art teacher in my son's kindergarten classroom.  Real art projects get lost in world where worksheets and traced hand print turkeys dominate.

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You Say You Want A Resolution

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You Say You Want A Resolution

Yesterday my family and I met up with our good friends for a hike in Redwood Park, in the Oakland Hills above our home.  It's pretty unbelievable that this piece of nature is in our backyard. I spend a lot of time driving around, running endless errands, carting kids, and cooped up in the house working on projects and working on work...I seldom I get out there to clear my head and run away from it all.  I'm not one for resolutions, but I think a new year is a time of self-contemplation.

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