high score

Last night we had a very-mini-celebration for making daily sales for 2 years straight in my etsy shop. We went to cracker barrel for dinner (I'm kind of obsessed with the eggs in a basket right now. I tried making it at home a couple times but nothing compares!) and then spent almost an hour playing arcade basketball....

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merci beaucoup!

When I got my first etsy order of the day today I was a little more excited than usual. Because that means I've officially gone 2 years with at least one sale per day!! Pretty exciting! I wore this sweater in an outfit post when I blogged about my one-year-streak in 2012 (looking at those pictures is making me...

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ode to a very sweet cat

Tomorrow is going to be six months without Hypatia. Honestly every time the 28th of the month rolls around I feel like crawling under the covers and hiding until it's over. I miss her like crazy every day but the anniversaries are especially rough. I've spent a lot of time here in the past talking about her health...

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polkadots and moonbeams

A few things:- I think I've used this blog post title at least 10 times already, but I can't help it! Polkadots and Moonbeams is one of my favorite Frank Sinatra songs, and I can't resist the urge whenever I'm wearing something dotted. - Breaking Bad last night. OMG! I just got caught up on Netflix so yesterday...

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the 4th annual $1 print sale

It's hard to believe this sale is in it's 4th year already. Yikes! That also means Flapper Doodle is turning 5 next May! I don't usually celebrate my shop anniversary but that one might call for some cake or cupcakes, at least :)Anyway! Here's the deal -- every single print is ONE dollar. Buy 1 or 100, they're...

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instagram

I was looking through my blog tags and realized it's been over a year since the last time I did an instagram update here! So I figured it was about time I started doing them once in a while again :) I don't really post on instagram too often.. just a couple times a week, usually, so maybe I'll do a monthly...

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the greatest international scavenger hunt the world has ever seen

If you're not familiar with GISHWHES, it's a really awesome worldwide annual scavenger hunt. This was my first time participating and I already can't wait for the next one! My mom and I signed up and were assigned to a team with 13 other people from around the world. As a team we tried to complete the 156 items...

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