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Today’s featured mom has written her own post. She’s done a fantastic job of discussing how creativity and motherhood go hand in hand. I hope you are touched by her words. written by Melody of Sew Melody. Motherhood demands that a woman have the eye of an artist so she might see through the chaos to the beauty that lies [...]

Thought I’d do a little update type post today. Mercantile Spark The new blog is coming along very nicely! The design is looking great – I bit the bullet and paid a designer for this one as I am not familiar with Word Press as of yet and don’t really have loads of time to figure it all out on [...]

I’ll confess: I’m a writer at heart, and a lover of words. Lately, I have noticed ‘chat speak’ sneaking into everyday language. I’m guilty myself of sneaking in an OMG or WTF (a personal favorite) here and there in informal correspondence like emails or plurks. But It’s going a little far now people. Hearing Rachel Ray call extra virgin olive [...]

Today’s featured Mom is Katy Nash of Sweetgrass Prints. Her passion is paper and she makes some really fun stuff like the recipe cards shown. Take a read through her interview and see how this creative mama works through ramping her hobby up to the next level. H: How long have you been doing what you do? K: I have [...]

I’m working on a writing project right now and I want it to have a touch of funny. It’s been my experience that whenever I try to implement a specific strategy to elicit a certain emotional response from the reader, I feel as though I’m bleeding from my brain. It is HARD to be funny! I have so much respect [...]

This past weekend was needed like no other. I left little H at home with her Daddy and took off with my sister on a short, one night camping trip. We went to Dinosaur Provincial Park here in Alberta (go take a peek at the photos in the gallery, the landscape is very unique.) and what a difference it made [...]

There aren’t many physical things that I feel attached to. To be honest, if we somehow lost everything there are only a handful of items that I might mourn. One is pictured at left; an antique Underwood typewriter. When I saw it in a junk shop, I had to have it. I don’t remember what we paid, but it was [...]

Recently I’ve had the pleasure of making the online acquaintance of a fellow Canadian mommy blogger who goes by the screen name Mama of Romance. Her new blog – Sex Diaries of a Mom is such a fresh take on the life we moms lead post baby. Don’t worry about clicking over there – there isn’t anything graphic or gross, [...]

I was standing in the shower this morning doing the zombie stance. Head back, water hot, eyes closing not because of steam, but because I was falling asleep standing up. And I started to wonder if I was taking on too much. There’s this blog, the new blog, the Chicken Soup essay, a new weekly contribution which I’ll talk more [...]