The Art of Doing Stuff

This is my new favorite blog! Karen writes a blog called The Art of Doing Stuff. She put a pond in he backyard, made several styles of bird bathes, redesigned the interior of her home and on and on and on. I'm pretty sure you will love her sense of humor, too!

The Switchboards

As a small business owner, it's really great to find free resources and reach out to other small business owners.

A couple of years ago I stumbled onto a site called The Switchboards. It's a great site with a forum where you can connect with women form all over. They have topics like "Swap It" where you can exchange promo material, "Barter is better" where you can exchange a purse for a necklace if you like and a "Link Exchange" where you can trade links on your web site for links on someone elses web site.

For me it's been a wonderful way to introduce some new people to Boutique of the Week.

Do you have a favorite boutique in your city? I'd love to here about it. Leave me a comment!

Happy Memorial Day!

I hope you have a nice Memorial Day tomorrow! The weather is pretty good in the midwest. It's aways hit and miss here for the holiday. Pools open this weekend here, but you won't catch my day-glow body near a pool until that water has had a couple of weeks to warm up! (That's unless my daughter can convince me otherwise.)

Here is a nice little t-shirt to get you in the holiday mood. It's from a little boutique in our directory called Renegade Handmade, and is sure to bet you in a BBQ frame of mind!

Photo: www.renegadehandmade.com

Fly Away!

Just in time for summer flyin'! We love these all cotton airplanes. They come in several fun colors and have embroidered details. (Plus, they feature all soft body construction, so maybe Mom won't mind too much if you fly them in the house!) Visit Allen Ave. to find out how to get one of your very own.

Photo: http://www.allenave.com

Here Comes the Bride

I know, I know, another post about paper stuff. Well, it's getting to be wedding season and nothing beats a letterpress wedding invitation. Head on over to 9MonkSpot to see all of their beautiful invitations and save the date cards.

Photo: www.9SpotMonk.com

For the Love of Calligraphy!

I came across some beautiful calligraphy today while I should have been working. It's done by Cathie Hong. She's a self proclaimed "artsy-craftsy" girl with an amazing design aesthetic! Check out more of her thoughts, photos and inspirations on her blog Ampersandity.

Photo: http://www.ampersandity.wordpress.com

Cateyes

I haven't purchased these yet, so I can't tell you where they are on-line. There's only one pair, and they need to be mine! My husband says he thinks his mom owned the same pair in the 60's. I'm not sure if they will make me look 20 years older or not. I hope they don't, but I will love them just the same, even if they do.

Can't wait to meet you in person, Cateyes!