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This week’s humpday blog love goes to my friend Adria, who ironically thinks I’m mad at her because I haven’t had a chance to talk to her for a couple weeks. But no, I am not! And I realized my blog love post was about her blog this week (I schedule them all in advance) — so I’ve edited to include this blurb!

Anyway, my friend Adria and I go way back — all the way to 7th grade when she came to my school. That’s right. MY school.

Adria is SUPER crafty and she’s the one that got me into quilting and sewing last year.  She and I also went through terrible breakups at about this time last year and are both with fabulous men currently. She also has a weiner dog … well, he’s a chiweenie-min pin mix — McGruff!

Here are some of the fabulous things she makes … I’m lucky enough to get a lot of her fabric scraps, which is how I’ve made such lovely things on the cheap.

So you should probably go check her out, and leave her some lovin’!

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This week’s installment of Humpday Blog Love is dedicated to Designing Daily, a blog about creativity, inspiration and design’s impact on everyday life. Heidi Miller is the author of this blog.  She’s a fabulous designer and photographer that loves great design, pretty things and has, if I do say so myself, fabulous taste.

I met Heidi in college — she was a fellow ISU design student and we graduated the same year. She lives in the Twin Cities now and just launched Verde Utopia Design. Below is a photo of hers (she took the above as well) and a couple of her fabulous invite designs.

Check out her blog to keep up to date with great design and to get a little sunshine while you’re at it.

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This week’s featured blog is look a little closer.  My friend Kim who lives in NYC is the author of this blog. She’s an artist, a volunteer and an all-around amazing person. We’ve collaborated on some album artwork a couple of times.

I met Kim back in 2002 at Wartburg College. We bonded over not wanting to be at Wartburg and both having less-than-ideal roommate experiences and the need to get out and experience something else. Kim went to Iowa and I went to ISU. She ended up in NYC and I haven’t seen her for years.

But, we keep in contact and I actually helped her build her website and her blog.

Kim writes about all sorts of interesting things. Mostly, she finds beauty in unexpected places and finds a way to brighten everybody’s day.

One of her cute little bunnies that she posted all over the city to remind people that somebody loves them.

Her adorable, but mischievous kitty, Lavi.

And one of her beautiful paintings.

You should check her out!

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So, I’ve decided, I maybe should give some props to some of my favorite blogs, eh?  Especially since some of my favorite blogs have given props to me many a time.

Introducing: HUMP DAY Blog Love (get it?)

My first spectacular post is dedicated to my friend Kelly’s blog [insert clever title here]. Kelly’s blog focuses on … well … everything.  It doesn’t really have a focus, and that’s kind of the point. You’ll find a little bit of everything here, and she’s not afraid to spill it all.  Kelly’s a spectacular and entertaining writer who, by day, is a project manager. She’s also talented at making hilariously badly photoshopped images (don’t worry guys, they’re bad on purpose — she’s actually GOOD at photoshop).

Kelly’s perfectly sculpted Greek bod

She’s taunting us from the Dt. Dr Pepper can

Not to mention, this girl does it all — wonder woman.

She has a hilarious way of making everyday trials and tribulations entertaining.  One thing’s for sure, no matter how bad your day is, Kelly’s day was probably worse — at least that’s how her blog reads.

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