Author Brie Doyle gives us a glimpse into her creative life.
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Listen to Your Mother… With Mother
First Time Leaving
This week, His Lordship and I are leaving Sir and Lady behind and traveling to Cuba. It will be a short trip, only 5 days but it will be 5 nights longer than I have spent away from my babes. When planning this trip I thought, ‘by that point, I will sooooo be ready to…
Read MoreWhat’s your thing?
Be gentle with me, I have a confession; I effing hate bath time. As a parent, I think that there is one task that just drives us mad. Like nails on a chalk board or the parenting equivalent of someone explaining a traditional IRA to me. No thank you. My thing is; bath time. I…
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Illustration
As many of you know, I am working on a Children’s book. My goal is to both write and illustrate it. The problem is, I often feel like an impostor when I start drawing characters. I mean, what do I know about illustration, really? I also get caught up in what will happen after I…
Read MoreExactly What You Need
Happy Holidays Friends, if you have attempted to contact me in the last week or so I apologize. I have been hermiting while working my tail off trying to prepare for this craft bazaar. I am selling hand painted or hand created greeting cards. I have made 104 of them. Let’s let that sink in for…
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Seasons Change
You guys, I have been feeling pretty blah lately. It is a combination of all of the hatred being spewed about this election and the change of seasons that is making me weary. I am not ready for the cold, making the world less accessible. My mantra lately is “Just show up.” When I…
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New Mediums
My friend Christy is our school nurse and she popped in on the day I was working on my commission piece. She mentioned that her birthday was coming up and that she would love some art from me. I was really excited about having something else to work on since I had so much fun…
Read MoreTo the Grieving Momma
I have been hanging on to this one for a while but I think it is time to put it out there… Dear Momma, I’ll make a meal and say lot’s of prayers for you. I will think of you constantly in the coming days but what I really want you to know is; You…
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Britax- Raising the Bar
I am a baby product junkie. It is kind of a time-sucker hobby of mine. When deciding on purchasing a product I do exhaustive research. I read every single review, take measurements, hem-haw, and finally make a declaration of my decision to my husband. Inevitably he will say, “well have you thought about…” Which…
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