So yesterday was Easter and it wasn't anything like the Easters I remember from my childhood. By this time of year (at least here in Southern California) we should be sporting shorts and flip flops, heading to the beach and complaining about what a hot summer we're going to have. It's cool and gloomy and often damp. I'm still wearing sweatshirts pretty much every day. Everyday I ask "where is the sun"? So for today's Much Ado about Monday, I went in search of spring. Bright, pretty, sunshiny spring. And because I have a current obsession with pretty wreaths, I'm looking for spring wreaths....so I can be greeted with a bit of spring everytime I walk in the door. Continue reading

It's time to get back on my blog and what better way to do it then with a new installment of "Much Ado About Monday". Today I'm featuring a number of amazing artists whose work is simply breathtaking. And their medium of choice? Paper. Continue reading

I just want to do a quick post with a link to this very cute video from Tiger in a Jar. With Valentine's day right around the corner, coming up with clever ideas to wow your loved ones can be challenging. Well this one is over-the-top cute and really quite easy. Hope you enjoy! Continue reading

I'm excited and a little nervous to announce that my first personal site, Kathi Kirchmeier dot com is now live for your viewing pleasure. This is the first of three sites I'm putting together for my business(es) and will serve as a sort of gateway to the other two. I know that sounds like a bit of overkill but since I am pursuing two separate endeavors, marketing communications and digital design, I needed a way to tie them together. Hence, Kathi Kirchmeier dot com. Continue reading

It's like a brand new notebook on the first day of school. A brand new box of crayons with their perfectly shaped points. It's a clean slate. Ready for you to create whatever you can imagine. No limits. No boundaries. No failures to weigh you down. It's fresh, clean and unspoiled. That's what the new year means to me. Continue reading

when crafters go insane. Come along with me to check out some incredible holiday crafting inspiration with one of my very favorite craft artists, Tim Holtz. He starts his '12 Tags of Christmas' tomorrow and I've posted his crafting 'trailer' for you to see. It's very cool! Continue reading

I'm sure most of you have seen the introduction for Googles 'newish' functionality -- photo-based search. It's pretty amazing. Snap a photo, do a search with that photo as the input, and get results. Check out this introductory video. Fun stuff! Continue reading

The piles of stuff are growing. I've taken over the office, livingroom, dining area and kitchen now... What the heck is gonna come out of this mess? Starting to look like something, still not sure what ... Continue reading

A couple of girlfriends and I are once again doing a little Holiday Trunk Show. Which is why I am just buried. I am in hyper-multi-tasking mode. Making holiday banners, little girl hair clips, rolled silk flowers and, of course, jewelry. Continue reading

There is a fun resource out there in the internet ether that many people aren't aware of. Self-publishing websites. Since I'm focused on all things creative here, I'm just going to share some links to crafty content but there is a wealth of stuff out there to satisfy everyone's interests. Continue reading

So it took me just a bit longer than expected to get this thing put together. And I'm still not done! However, I do have the pieces all made, I just need to catch up on my daily entries. If you'd like to check out my progress and download the template, go to my blog! Continue reading

November for me is my month of gratitude. I'm creating my gratitude journal (which should have been done by Nov. 1 says The Voice in my Head), and each day I will write, and hopefully photograph, what I am most grateful for. Since I'm starting a day late, I'm going to share other Gratitude Journals that I've found around the web. Tomorrow I should be able to share mine. Continue reading

As I was searching for some fun Halloween crafts to do with the nephews this weekend, I stumbled across some really fun Halloween web sites. Lots of free craft projects, costume ideas, printables, and more. Check them out for some fun little projects... Continue reading

As promised, I scoped out some family friendly Halloween fun that won't permanently traumatize your little one. Continue reading

To continue with my All Halloween, All Week theme, I've scared up a few parties for you to check out. San Diego does not disappoint when it comes to spooky soirees I must say, so if you're looking for something major to do, here you go! Continue reading

I love Halloween. Love it. So all week I'll be sharing some fun Halloween finds. If you have suggestions, send them to me! Happy haunting! Continue reading

I can't believe how much great stuff is out there on the web. I'm on about a billion mailing lists so I am always coming across products that I would have never known existed, and certainly wouldn't think to go looking for, unless they landed in my inbox. Like an alien abduction lamp. Who would think to go looking for that? But when I saw it, it made me laugh so it's included here for your Much Ado enjoyment. Along with a few other gems that also made me smile. Or laugh. Hope they do the same for you! Continue reading

Much Ado About Monday, presented to you on Tuesday. Today I want to share a few products that help us help our planet. Continue reading

Today's Much Ado is about inspiration. I am constantly in need of, and therefore in search of, inspiration. In fact, it is such a vital spiritual food to me that it deserves to be shouted, not whispered. INSPIRATION. Continue reading

Today's "Much Ado About Monday" will focus on just one site. But what a site it is. Today it's all about Etsy. For those of you who have never heard of Etsy -- it's an amazing portal where you can find all things hand crafted. It allows independent crafters and artists to quickly and easily set up shop and start selling their beautiful hand crafted goodies to the world. Continue reading

Ah Monday. The most maligned day of the week. And I'm as guilty of it as anyone. Even now, when I don't have to get up and go to work in the morning, I still groan when Monday rolls around. Poor Monday! So to make Monday morning just a bit brighter, I'm starting a feature called "Much ado about Monday". Which has a two-fold purpose: first, to provide a little color, creativity and interest to your Monday mornings and two, to save me from having to come up with said color, creativity and interest on a day I'm barely able to function beyond drinking my coffee! I will be scouring the web for wonderfully stimulating, entertaining and inspiring sites to share with you. Yes, I will be relying on others to bring to the Monday morning table what I can't. LOL. Continue reading

Forgive the misquote, but I just wanted to do a quick catch-up post as things have been pretty busy around here! I stopped posting in June when we left for our Ireland vacation -- and somehow just never made it... Continue reading