What Building Community Really Looks Like
A tribute to Rich Colli, the owner of Varga Bar and a true community builder, gone too soon in the City of Brotherly Love.
Beverages and Belonging
A thought piece on how enjoying and sharing beverages can be a key piece of building relationships and feeling like you belong.
Building A New Community: Morning Coffee Meetups
Consider starting a morning coffee meet-up if you’re craving community in your life. Inspired by Radha Agrawal’s book, Belong.
Reconnect with Friends Through a Personal Newsletter
A how-to guide to write your own quarterly newsletter to stay in touch with your friends and family on a more consistent basis.
Friendship After Kids
How to stay friends with your friends who just had children, a guest post by Andy Shaw of Instafather.
Balancing Staying in Touch and Self Care
An essay about how to balance staying in touch with the people in your life and your own self care.
How to Bring Different Groups of Friends Together for a Party in 7 Steps
Seven steps to explain how to bring different groups of people together to minimize awkwardness.
What to Put on Your Year-in-Review Holiday Card
8 places to look for information to put on your holiday year-in-review cards how to choose what to put on it.
Tips for Hosting Guests in Your Home
Tips to make your guests more comfortable when they stay at your house including what conversations to have ahead of time.
Handmade Valentine Cards with Pop Open Cards
A sponsored post by Compendium. How I used their pop-open cards in handmade valentines to add a special treat.
5 Icebreaker Games For Your Next Event
5 Great Icebreaker Games for your next Party or Work Event
A Greeting Card Story: I think you’re cool.
An overview of how I made 13 “I think you’re cool” cards after meeting new friends at a blog conference.
Tips for Hosting Monthly Dinner Parties with Friends
A list of tips to host a monthly dinner party series with your friends.
Valentines Greetings with Minted
Using classroom Valentines from Minted as my Valentines Day cards with special handmade envelopes and boy band quotes.
Tips for Making Handmade Holiday Cards
Tips for making handmade holiday cards with stamps from Hero Arts.
Staying in Touch with Your Married Friends & Your Friends with Kids
A closer look at how to stay in touch with your married friends and your friends with children - why we lose touch and how to solve it.
5 Steps to Make Running into Someone you Haven’t Seen in a While Less Awkward
It happens to all of us. We run into people that we recognize, but haven’t seen in a while – we may not even remember their name -but we know who they are. It can feel like the longest 5 minutes of your life.