An Important (and Sad) Announcement

Oh, sweet Spring readers....We have an announcement that saddens us. After 13 months, this will be the final post.

 

Back in November, the 4 of us realized that our schedules wouldn't allow us to devote as much time to Spring as we would have liked, so we took a bit of a Spring Break (get it?) with plans to start back up after the first of the year. When 2011 came, we exchanged multiple emails trying to find a time for us to discuss our game plan and come up with the specifics for the new year - but we weren't able to find a time that worked for us all! It was then that we faced up to a truth we've been trying to avoid for a while now: We could no longer keep up with Spring.

 

We started Spring with the intention to create a community of like-minded creative women to have discussions about the themes around our lives. Whether it was time management or religion or money, we loved talking amongst ourselves and hearing your thoughts on the topics at hand. We were thrilled to open up this blog to guest post-ers and artists and others who wanted to share their viewpoints with this same community, and we'll always be touched with the response we've received here from the very beginning. 

 
We absolutely do not want this to be the end of the discussion, or the community, or of our connections to each other. Please please please, come on over and visit us anytime:

• Tiffany: website, blog, twitter
• Jess: website, The Declaration of You, blog, twitter
• Carolyn: website, blog, twitter
• Michelle: website, The Declaration of You, blog, twitter

Thank you for all your comments, all your support, and all your encouragement. It's meant so much to us all.

Michelle's Toughest Transition

It's not what you think!

Michelle on Transitions from Spring Inspiration on Vimeo.

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And of course, please feel free to share your story & post any questions you have for me here. I'd love to hear 'em!

It's Week 1 of Transitions

Hi everyone!

It's already December 6th, but it's only Week 1 of Transitions here on Spring! Thankfully December is a loooong one (5 weeks long!) so that we're not too far behind. Because of the holidays, we weren't able to record a group video, so expect individual videos each and every week (mine'll be up tomorrow). We're also taking a bit of a break (Spring break - get it? get it?) from Spring Into Action and Pimp My Inspired Life, but you can still expect some juicy guest posts -this month they're from Shenee Howard!

See ya tomorrow with my video on my biggest, scariest transition yet (and no, it's not from Corproate America to Entrepreneur!)!

Generosity Collage/Treasury/Awesomeness

Hope you enjoy the Generosity Collage/Treasury/Awesomeness I put together from Etsy. There wasn't a lot when I searched "generosity" or "generous", so I expanded it to "give" and "share." Aren't they all related? Aw - they're such nice words and give me such warm fuzzies, just like these prints!

top row: Sharing by jenzet; Sharing Scarf by latenightdrawing; Giving by thedreamygiraffe

middle row: ThanksGiving by rawartletterpress; Generosity 7 by unusuality; Giving Tree by colorflystudio

bottom row: What you give comes back to you by thingpeoplesay; We Share the Same Sky by MursBlanc; My Cup Runneth Over by gusandlula

When/how does generosity lead to being taken advantage of?

It's our second week of Generosity, which means it's also the second video of Jess, Tiffany and I being in the same place for Carolyn's wedding! There's also a special appearance by Whitney Ahneman, our lovely videographer from last week's video (and a super awesome lady!).

When/how does generosity lead to being taken advantage of? from Spring Inspiration on Vimeo.