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Fresh Ways To Put Art On Your Walls!
(Rue) The clever and the textured, the lovely and sculptural, the fresh and the surprising... your walls are a blank canvas for creation! Forget what you thought you "had to do" with art and find your new way. You don't need to only hang art at eye level. Sculpture...
You Can Save Many Amazing Animal Lives!
This little guy almost got killed at a shelter. Apparently he tried to bite people… because he was dirty, traumatized and terrified. He looked like this: My friend Beth and I started a crazy campaign of calls and emails and Facebook messages to the shelter. There...
Do It With All Your Heart!
(molly jacques) The true test of whether or not you are doing the right things is how invested you are in what you are doing. Don't get me wrong, some jobs are a means to an end. And as such… you can find a way to fully appreciate them- and likely prosper in...
Fresh Ways To Cover Your Floors In Plants And Trees!
(desire to inspire) Ever-present Nature will make your life better in so many ways. If you are looking for a jolt of freshness in your home to galvanize change and get yourself growing in ways that you have been stuck, fun ways to bejewel your floors with plants are...
The Women’s Global Education Project & Learning As Empowerment Around The World!
When globe-circling photographer Laura Grier told me about her work in Africa to encourage young women to attend school, I was transfixed. How small and myopic my world had become in Los Angeles that I had taken for granted the idea of education worldwide and the...
Fast Feng Shui To Put Your Priorities In Order!
(inspiration collages) This is it. You matter. You. Not what your parents want, what your friends say, what you imagined in movies or read online, not some silly standards or some societal pressure… YOU matter. Organize your life so that you matter most. That's the...
10 Ways To Know For Sure That It Is Time To Make A Big Change In Your Life!
(the supermoon is a big harbinger of change!) I am all about small changes. Progessive steps. Organic growth. But there are times when you wake up and know that its time for a real change. Its like a seismic boom. People around you may think you are crazy. You may...
Start Every Little Way Of Living Your Dream Life Right Now!
I once had a high school teacher who explained that if you want to drive a Ferrari when you grow up you should test drive Ferrari's as soon as you have your licence to drive. Interesting concept to get a dealer to allow a 16-year-old to drive a Ferrari, but I...
The Barely-There Lightness And High Style Of Wire Chairs!
(via) There are many design-shifting, space-making aspects of wire chairs that have me scouring the Internet for a pair for my own living room! Not only are they near-transparent- so they work in spaces that would feel restricted by "solid" chairs, they are very...