SNAP! 2013 Giveaway

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I promised you I had a big surprise for you today! You may have heard me mention SNAP! Conference 1 or 12 times on this blog. I have been lucky to be part of the team and got to attend and speak on a party panel last year. Here a small sampling of the sights [...]

Top 12 of 2012

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It’s time to countdown your favorite posts on My Insanity from 2012. Here are the top 12 posts based on page views in reverse order (so we can countdown, you know). Did your favorite make the cut? I’m also realizing that I have three major parties I didn’t get a chance to blog about this [...]

Blurb Book Giveaway

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Before I became so invested in this blog, I used to be pretty good about keeping a personal family blog. I keep thinking I will get my life in order enough to post there again. It served a lot of great purposes. I could share info with family and friends, but more importantly, it served [...]

Parties don’t have to cost a Mint! SNAP! panel recap

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This post is dreadfully overdue, but one of my favorite parts of SNAP! conference in April was getting to speak on a panel with Michelle of Maddycakes Muse and Sarah of Confetti Sunshine about how we plan fabulous parties on a budget. I am supremely cheap, so my parties usually are too, but that doesn’t [...]

Happy 4th of July

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I hope you are having a wonderful day celebrating our nation’s independence! (Unless you live somewhere else, in which case, you can disregard this post). I had visions of lots of patriotic insanity this year, but this holiday also coincided with the beginning of our family reunion/vacation insanity, so this pedicure I gave my daughter [...]

SNAP! Conference Takeaways and Party Book Giveaway!

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There is still so much to share with you about SNAP Conference from April! (I know, it’s been a while). This time I’m doing it with an awesome GIVEAWAY!! (See the end of the post for details!)    There is much to be gained, just from being in the presence of other creative like-minded women, [...]

SNAP! The Recap! pt.1

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I can’t get back to blogging as usual without stopping to tell you a little about my experiences at SNAP! Conference this weekend. But trying to capture all of the emotion, friendship, learning, insight, beauty and excitement of the weekend feels like more than a gargantuan task. I’m afraid it is quite impossible. {photo by [...]

Feeling SNAP!-py!

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I really can’t believe that in one week I will be at Thanksgiving Point for the first ever SNAP Conference! I can’t wait–except that I still have a ton to do to get ready! I am so fortunate to get to be part of the SNAP! Team and to be speaking with some amazing party [...]

Happy Spring (Blog) Cleaning

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Happy Spring!   We are back to school and done with our Spring Frolicking. It was a much needed Spring Break–a combination of hard work, hard play, and some good old-fashioned rest and relaxation. Though, I’m not sure I’ve gotten my fill of that yet! We took a little trip to Northern Arizona for a [...]

Blog Design Tour

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This post may seem a little overdue, but I want to talk a bit about my blog re-design a few months ago. I am excited to finally be able to introduce you to the mastermind behind my transfer from blogger to wordpress and my new design installation! Doors are now open at Lexilyn Studio! Amy [...]