'Tis the season to begin your holiday shopping! I thought it might be fun to share with you some of my favorite things and things that might be a great gift idea for someone in your life! These ideas range from fun stocking stuffers to larger gifts. Simplified Planner - Emily LeyI have used the Simplified Planner for two years and my 2018 Daily Edition is sitting in...
Hands down October, November and December are my favorite three months of the year, so I'm always excited when this time of the year rolls around. We kicked off October in a very "autumn" fashion with a beer/cider sampling and Oreo (Apple Pie style) at my parents house. We tried two different ciders, one from Milk & Honey and one from Maiden Rock. We tried the Great Lakes Brewing Co....
September begins by kicking off my favorite season of the entire year - autumn! I love everything there is about it, from the cooler temps, to the changing leaves, to the need for cozy sweatshirts and sweaters. At the very beginning of the month over Labor Day weekend, Shawn and I went to the Minnesota State Fair. This was trip #2 for me for the year (as I went...
I think August is one of those months that always seems to go by so very quickly. Everything for summer is wrapping up, and things for autumn are starting to begin. We made the most out of every day this month and truly packed in A.LOT.OF.STUFF! We are now over in the Como Park neighborhood and one afternoon we headed over to the Como Zoo (so nice that we...
Four years ago today I took the big step to make raindrop paperie official - registered as an official small business here in the state of Minnesota and took the leap as a small business owner (eek!). I had been playing with paper for years, creating many scrapbooks from summer camps in high school, family summer trips, college adventures and European travels. I'd also been a huge snail mail lover for my...
Cheers to summer days, to more slow, to more relaxation. For the first time, I started using PowerSheets in 2017 to guide me to more intentional goal setting. I've always liked the ideas of goals, but tended to make them and then not really take a lot of action steps on them throughout the year. Intentions good, carry through not so much. So after much reading and following on social media about...
One of the exciting things I get to do with raindrop paperie is create custom cards for individuals. I love taking an idea someone has and running forward creatively with it to create something fun for them to give to another person. Here are some samples of previous custom order cards I have done: Goat Themed Thank You Card Birthday Card - From a wife to a husband who...
Woah - how is it already nearing the end of June!? Friends, these past two months have been an absolute whirlwind and I can tell you I am looking forward to the lazier/calmer days of summer ahead! Biggest change has been we moved - a couple of times...... and I can tell you that after packing and moving things several times in a few weeks time span, you really get...
March is that turning point of seasons I feel like - we hover on the border of cold, snowy winter and warm, sunny spring. We get chilly evenings but warm daytime temps. It makes me excited for what is to come with flowers popping up, less layers needed when walking and the warm sun on my face. Frankie our pup turned 5 on March 12th! We celebrated with lots of snuggles...
In just under two weeks I will once again be participating in the #write_on campaign, "a mission driven campaign to promote joy, creativity, expression, and connection through hand-written correspondence". It is sponsored by Egg Press and Hello!Lucky, Mohawk and Sakura - challenging everyone to write 30 letters in 30 days during April which is National Letterwriting Month. As a true lover of snail mail I will be partaking in what will be my third...
Where did February go? Doesn't it feel like it was just January 1st? The way time flies by never ceases to confuse/amaze/surprise/excite me. One of my goals for 2017 was to blog more - to write at least one blog post per month (well January didn't happen...) and I thought it might be fun to recap what I've been up to each month, where I've gone, where I've eaten, what...
Ever since I was a small child I’ve loved snail mail, but there was a time during the year that I especially loved snail mail - the holiday season. The time when cards, letters and photos would flood our mailbox telling us what loved ones had been up to the past year. I loved anticipating what color the envelopes would be, whose card would we receive first, and whether there would be...
