A Fabulously Flawed Life

Honestly, I'm not one that likes change.  {{gasp!}}  I know, I know.  You wouldn't think so considering how often I change my hair, how often I redesign Tip Junkie, and the fact that I'm in social media {which changes weekly}. So when Oprah announced that she was starting her OWN network {{bwaahaa on the pun}}  I was happy for her but bummed for change. Yes, I am a HUGE Oprah fan!  Why?  Well, there are many reasons but the biggest is that she empowers women.  I was a new mommy when she was doing her "self-help" series of shows and I really needed it during that time in my life.  Quite frankly, she was the only one there day in and day out - telling me that I can be my best self!  I just adore her for that. She has many new shows but the one that I'm really excited about is " Master Class ".  It's a biography series that shares hard-won insight from extraordinary achievers whose paths have inspired Oprah—and countless others. ...

    You may remember a while back when I made a few broken jewelry projects for Charming Charlie .  Well now that things have settled down, I wanted to use the rest of the jewelry they sent me to make a jeweled wood letter for one of my readers! On a whim, I uploaded a giveaway onto Tip Junkie a week later, I picked a random winner.  Of course, her letter was "E" one of the biggest letters in the alphabet.  {{giggle}}  That thing used SO much jewelry and was HEAVY!  Poor thing - I don't envy her trying to mount that bad boy on a frame.  {{snicker}} I think it turned out gorgeous!  It took me 6 hours to make as my jewelry supply was quickly diminishing and I was having to make cute pieces out of random pieces by hot gluing them together.  It was quite the project - but a stunning end result.  The picture doesn't do it justice - it's breathtaking. Afterwards, I was so bummed that I didn't make one for ME!  {{d'oh!}}  Dud...

{Visiting Nana}  Ahhh, Christmas memories...  This year December was a complete blur as I overcommitted myself with work.  It was a good kind of work which brought once-in-a-lifetime opportunities and made this Christmas extra special for our family. I worked with TJ Maxx/Marshalls and GameStop which was a lot of fun and once again made me get out of my comfort zone and learn something new.   I also launched 4 new sites, which took me 2 months just to design on paper {{giggle}}: T ip Junkie Printables Tip Junkie Homemade Gift Ideas and Patterns Tip Junkie Parties Tip Junkie Christmas I adore these new sites!  Not only are the Tip Junkie girls all dressed up cute, but these new blogs feature "the best of the best" within their niche.  They are perfect for quick browsing with powerful search functionality. {{love it!}}   They have exceeded my expectations and I believe are the next generation of "content aggregation" blogs. Belie...