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Pop-up Shops and Etsy

Etsy - The Monday Creative

So for the past month or so I have been making art for a pop-up store. It was a super cool experience having my work in a store for the past week. I have never prepped that much stuff all at once before, …

Friday Five

Friday Five - The Monday Creative

It is Friday everyone!!! Possibly the most loved day of the week. I thought I would share 5 things that are a mix of things I have loved, made me laugh or is just a little random life update… So without further ado, …

Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall

Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall - The Monday Creative

Well it is that time of year again where I listen to Keith Urban’s “Till Summer Comes Around” and shed a few tears… I am (mostly) joking though I am most definitely sad summer is gone. Before we get all in to the …

Tea Talks

Tea Talks - The Monday Creative

I love a good cup of tea…. Most mornings (when I don’t have to work or be out the door first thing) I roll myself out of bed and in to the kitchen for a cup of tea. Then I sit there, not …

Etsy

Etsy Shop - The Monday Creative

The problem with being an artist is that you end up with art EVERYWHERE. I have a bin full of art that I have made and no where to put it so I thought I would open an Etsy shop. You can find …

Life Lately

Life Lately - The Monday Creative

Who else agrees that this past month has been one strange month? It is the weekend that has lasted forever. I just got the news the other day that I will be going back to work in three weeks and as much as …

Marathon Training

marathon training

Well it’s that time of year again where I run for months on end and then wonder why I think running is a good idea. Or maybe more accurately, I wonder why I think running long distance races are a good idea because …

Goodbye 2019

It’s true what they say, the older you get the faster the years go by. It’s got to the point now that it seems as if I just blink and another year is over and we are on to the next one. I …

A Paul Lake Date

A Paul Lake Date

Sometime all you need is a good friend who is willing to climb to the top of a hill and drink an entire bottle of sparkling apple juice with you while on a “date”…  Melody and I have climbed Gibraltar Rock at Paul …

Whistler Half-Marathon

Whistler Half Marathon

Well it has definitely been a minute since I’ve posted on here. To say that I have been a little busy would be putting it mildly, but more on that later because I ran the Whistler half-marathon on Saturday and I thought that …