happiness & freedom-quitting your day job

it's been too long!
my brain had been deprogrammed and drawn into the cult
the cult of $ & pension
I will work until I have to or until I can no longer it really doesn't matter
as long as there are kind people around me or I am by myself.

Pattern Camp with Jessica Swift

This past Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, I was extremely fortunate to be a part of Jessica Swift's Pattern Camp.

What is pattern camp, you ask?  It is a chance for all levels to learn or become better at Photoshop and Illustrator.  Jessica is there with you every step of the way, answering your questions and lending support.  After a short period of time, you will learn how to design patterns and all types of them!

Check out Jessica's website for more info!  I highly recommend!

Thanks so much, Jessica!!

a few of my favourite things updated 2014 August

The last post like this that I did was in 2011-time for an update for sure!!

My surfing these days is a combo of apps & blogs, shopping, creating, meditating, etc...

In no particular order:

Wow:

http://www.humansofnewyork.com/

Shoppes-
*new this year to fav. list:
https://www.etsy.com/
http://www.smnovella.it/ -
http://mrsdalrymple.com/
http://www.houseofturquoise.com/
http://www.ancient-greek-sandals.com/
http://www.spud.ca/
http://www.dearkates.com/
http://www.restorationhardware.com/
http://www.peterfox.com/
http://raventwist.com/
http://www.sephora.com/
http://www.jessicaswift.com/

Second time on fav. list:
http://www.maryengelbreit.com/
http://www.mec.ca/
http://goneshopping.ca/
https://www.fluevog.com/
http://www.thetomkatstudio.com/

Cooking blogs:
Repeats:
http://savorysweetlife.com/
http://thepioneerwoman.com/
http://smittenkitchen.com/
http://www.marthastewart.com/
http://weelicious.com/
http://www.doitdelicious.com/

New this year:
http://mrsdalrymple.com/
http://www.alexisstewart.com/blog_alexis_stewart/blog/blog.html

Photo blogs:
Repeat:
http://fergusonphotos.com/
New:
http://tanamachistudio.com/
http://www.orangegirl.com/blog.cfm

Just fun blogs:
http://joannagoddard.blogspot.ca/
http://momfilter.com/
http://clementinedaily.com/
http://coolmompicks.com/

Fashion/Design:
Repeats:
http://the-coveted.com/blog/
http://www.designsponge.com/
http://www.thetomkatstudio.com/
Rookies:
http://www.designmom.com/

Enjoy!!  But Don't Forget to Blink!!

These are a few of my favourite things...sites & blogs-wise

http://jpiglet.wordpress.com/

http://goop.com/

http://tomkatstudio.blogspot.com/

http://www.designspongeonline.com/

http://tiffanyteske.blogspot.com/

http://weelicious.com/

http://kimmayberry.net/index.html

http://blog.benefitcosmetics.com/

http://www.rockymountaindyeworks.com/

http://fergusonphotos.com/

http://wilmasmoonshadows.blogspot.com/

http://www.net-a-porter.com/

http://serenawilsonstubson.blogspot.com/

http://www.peterfox.com/

http://www.shoedazzle.com/

http://www.salon.com/

http://www.savvymom.ca/

http://unicornpara.de/

http://goneshopping.ca/

http://surfsister.com/

http://www.usborne.ca/

http://www.lovetea.co.uk/

http://www.doitdelicious.com/

http://runningforfiction.blogspot.com/

http://www.maryengelbreit.com/

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