A Clean View

Its amazing how productive and positive and energized I feel after organizing and cleaning up my surroundings. The babies are growing and are amazing little lovelies and with that comes a trail of toys, granola and sippy cups. My once calm and organized surroundings is cluttered and messy. The last few days I have been organizing - and am not done yet - but the difference in my personality and thought process is amazing!

Have you had a chance to organize your surroundings? I find I practice meditation & yoga more, am more creative, productive and have more energy with clean surroundings and smells. I keep lavender in every room for peace and keep incense or candles lit when possible. I keep my inspiring items at hand - like my yoga mat, books, and yarn. It makes for a wonderfully inspiring place! Target has amazing plastic bins at affordable prices to keep toys at bay, bins to pack seasonal clothes away. Crate and Barrel has great mini items - ironing board (for under the bed) shoe racks (that adjust in size and are uber strong) and glass jars that mimic Ina Garten for your coffee & sugars. It feels amazing to look at a clean space. Even my desk, organized with file folders and rack. Major OM!!!

Im back to yoga too - some therapeutic classes at Body Dynamics but also at home. 6 Sun Salutations a night + acupuncture, physical therapy and a few new vitamins and probiotics has helped me significantly. I thrive for a peaceful body.

Here are some happy pictures that give me breathe - and maybe you as well - Namaste

Ice Cream & 1st Day of Preschool




Creekside Butterfly Gardens




Mobile Smiles

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inspired by: organizing
cheers, meg

A big change....

Those who know me, know I love crafting. From a young age its been my passion - crayons and paper were in my pocket at all times. Thats why, with sad dismay, I need to reduce my passionate business Kiss My Style. My once full fledged ecommerce, heaven is now a mere Etsy site. I cant keep up with the demands, the frustration of lack of funds, the desperate desire to fill orders until midnite on Christmas Eve. Its so hard to accept... I will never be "Martha" I will just be Meg. So here begins a new chapter.... Chapter 1 - who is Meg now?

Here are some pics of the Kiss My Style Closeout Party for tomorrow night.....

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inspired by: lack of time.
cheers, meg

Holy Moly - it's been 3 months!

I can't believe its been 3 months! That seems crazy, but alas, its true.

First, We moved into our new home and are finally settled (for the most part).

My wee ones have grown:

And finally I am catching up on my reading and yoga practice. I couldnt be more thrilled. My mat is my savior, my incense my inspiration, my practice my salvation. I couldnt be happier. My friend Jen at www.IndieYoga.com sent me a few tanks to "test & review" and (Im SO sorry Jen!) it has taken me 2 months to get things together and actually do a review. Sometimes life just interrupts play!

Here are the tops:

The pictures were taken from her website, I am not the gorgeous model. hehe. Anyway.....
I LOVE them. I only have one issue and thats sizing. If you pick one up for yourself, please choose a size up. I am a Medium and had to exchange for a Large. Im tall (5'11) and the Large fits but isnt very long. I like long in the hips & arms. Some don't but I like to feel comfy, not like I have to pull it down. My friend has 2 and she is about 5'6 so the fit is much better on her - in terms of length. The Good news is - I adore the style, the cut, the image & wording. It added like to my plain yoga tanks and made me feel like springtime. it was very nice. Would I buy them? Yes, but I may even go up to an XL if it provided more length. The fabric is very fine and provides a textured look that appears to be see-thru in spots but isnt. Its a very fun and fabulous tee! Check out Jen's store for even more amazing yoga pieces - www.IndieYoga.com

Finally Ill end with the blessing that I am knitting for Kiss My Style Fall and Cowls are the rage. My son modeled one for me -

Have a glorious day of love and light! Ill be back soon - I promise!
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inspired by: Catching my breathe, enjoying life and love
cheers, meg

A place for guidance

At 35 I think I have done a lot, at least for my bucket list.

• worked in some amazing fields in amazing places
  
• found a great husband
• had 2 beautiful wee ones
• built 2 businesses from scratch
• gotten some great acknowledgments for them
• found my crafty side and love it!

But now time is a rarity and my mind is a flutter. I recently started a new business - Keen Bean Design - and it has boomed! No complaints at all... except..... between KBD, the kids, their schedules, house hunting, maintaining our house, running countless errands, running Kiss My Style and breathing ... I have no time. I want to do so much more - Yoga for one. I never have time for it daily. My nerves are shot after my 4 year old questions me all day "why, what, when, where? did i mention why?"

So I call to all of my crafty moms - yoga divas - multitasking ADHD ninja women.... Please help me organize better so I can fit in sewing and yoga and cooking and playing and walking and breathing and enjoying life!!!!!

On that plea I will end with 2 pictures that make me smile....

Guidance please! :) xoxoxo

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inspired by: making everyone happy - even me :)

cheers, meg

A Yoga with Style Review - The Allie Bag

As you can see from my previous post - I became addicted to yoga. Twitter has been such an amazing place to meet other like minded people including Jenn from Yoga with Style. After buying a new mat & beautiful bracelet I contacted her to tell her the results of the mat (after breaking it in with a weeks work of practice I fell in love with it!), she asked if I would like to review some products. Heck yes!

I picked the crimson Allie Bag... and boy, am I glad. Now keep in mind I sew and have a business of handmade items so I can be pretty detailed in what I look for in a rocking piece.

First..... What comes to yoga with me.... my new mat, my 2 kids and.......

what can I use to carry all of my baby & yoga essentials in? Enter... the Allie Bag....

One wallet, One diaper, One pack of travel wipes, One chapstick, One set of keys, One cell phone, One water bottle, One yoga mat & One hand towel later......now... how will it all stay inside?

With secure zippers for both the small pocket and larger one for your mat, you can be rest assured everything will stay put inside. The end has a great drawstring canvas strap that gives access to the mat.

Durable with a canvas lining, I can honestly say, this bag is very well constructed. Not only is it beautiful, but very durable.

Overall Rating: ***** (5 stars) I adore it!

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inspired by: yummy yoga accessories
cheers, meg

Our last weeks in photos

Hello all! Things have been insanely busy. We are trying to fit a lot of fun in a short amount of time before winter coats & slick roads stop the good time! Here is our last 2 weeks in photos... needless to say... it's been A LOT of fun!

First we hit up the pumpkin patches a few times. Hannah has never ridden a horse I was hoping she would give it a shot. So we loaded up the kiddos, the bags of necessities (diapers, change of clothes for the kids, bottle, sippy cup, toys, snacks, band aids ++) hopped in the family truckster and went to Roba's Farm.

She had such a good time, the next week we went back with KidDilly!

Then there was our trip to Knoebels. It was a blast. Hannah had a great time on all the rides and had her first big girl successful potty day. No diaper, no pull up, no accidents. YAY!

Then we had some relaxing time.......

And a little bit of love time.....

I was a lucky gal this month and got an invite to the Martha Stewart show to sit in her FIRST EVER Twitter section! Martha is my crafting mentor & I loved being included in such a cool experience. Rob was a Super Trooper and accompanied me & even walked 30+ blocks with me to PurlSoho to get my yarn on. I love him.

I had to whip up something Martha fabulous so a knitting I began......



The supportive and darling husband........

My sister in law took a picture of us on the TV.....



And our money shot!!.......



My goods from Purlsoho.....



And some work in progress (WIP)........

So home we went & came home to our darlings who love to take baths & be silly. We love them...... xoxo

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inspired by: family, fall, crafting, idols, love

cheers, meg