Unplug and unwind - Free Printable Inspiration

Hello new week - Hello new Printable inspiration from Charming Chestnuts. Confession time. Oh oh. Yesterday was actually the first day since I started this crazy Chestnut-adventure that I didn’t turn on my computer - like at all. Crazy. Basically for 4 months straight I was at least on some level working on my shop/blog every single day. I totally have mixed feelings about this. For one, I’m excited. It confirms that I’m so passionate about this venture that until I stopped and[Read more]

Know your worth - Free Printable Inspiration

Hello new week - Hello new Printable inspiration from Charming Chestnuts. OMG, I’m so excited! I finally got my manufacturer application approved for my ETSY shop and can now offer printing services for all of my designs! How cool is that? What does this mean? Well now, not only can you count on Charming Chestnuts - aka ME - to do your design work and make sure your event (Wedding | Birthday | Christening | New Baby) stands out with impeccable style[Read more]

Work in progress - Free Printable Inspiration

Hello new week - Hello new Printable from Charming Chestnuts. This week I want to focus on an important aspect of this crazy journey to fulfilling my creative lifestyle dreams. While in many things my perfectionist personality traits take over I want to also make sure I take a step back and enjoy the ride. Work in progress My business is a work in progress, my family is a work in progress, but most importantly, I am a work in[Read more]

Let creativity flow - Free Printable Inspiration

Yay for paper-work week - I think… While this week might not have been big on the “I’m-a-super-creative-designer” level, I really feel like I got so much done. My desk is clean, I cleaned up the file-jungle on my desktop and did a bunch of other rather boring, organizational tasks that often get overlooked. And I actually feel so much better for it. It’s the typical “rip off the band-aid effect”. You always imagine it much worse, but then once you[Read more]

Let them be little - Free Printable Inspiration

Let’s start a new week - please!!!!! So here’s the thing…this week has been rough…Rough, because my babies were sick, rough because I got thrown back into the troughs of night-time waking kids without any preamble or warning. And here’s where I have to publicly confess that I get cranky when I’m tired - and when I’m hungry for that matter (I’m the epitome of “hangry”). But this week I felt more and more just exhausted. So when the time[Read more]