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Happy Easter, Buona Pasqua, and Buon Compleanno

March 19, 2021 • Julie Saffrin • Leave a Comment

By having an Etsy store, I have made connections with people whom I would not have otherwise. I’ve also learned the importance of adding tracking with the Postal Service during holiday seasons – particularly in December. Mail going “lost” is very much a reality. With it comes the responsibility I feel as shop owner of juliesaffrinsstuff, to resend people their purchased items with the cost on me. I have no regrets though. I’ve met some lovely people in these interactions. While I added British Christmas cards in 2019, in 2020, I created two new Christmas cards, One in French and…

A Valentine’s Card for Couples Who Love Dogs

January 27, 2021 • Julie Saffrin • Leave a Comment

As might be apparent to a lot of you, you know that I love dogs. Sometimes there have been more dogs visiting me at one time than people. Just can’t help it. I just find them the sweetest companions. Which is why I couldn’t resist making this picture into a card. I offer it as both a Valentine’s Day and Anniversary on my Etsy store at JulieSaffrinsStuff So, if you need a valentine’s card for your that special person in your life, hop on over to the store and get yourself one. There are only fifteen available. Happy February. Julie

Some Hearts For You

January 26, 2021 • Julie Saffrin • Leave a Comment

January. Can feel like such a long year. So, welcome February! Come quickly, please. I can’t think of a happier way to enter this new month than by offering a giveaway. I’m selling this sticker sheet on my Etsy store but because you subscribe to my blog, you’re going to get it for free. All you have to do is download in one of the ways offered below. No gimmicks, no clicks to subscribe, just images and links to click to get your freebie. I created these candy hearts for you to stick on your calendars, on notes you send…

What to do in the Time of Corona Virus? Have an Evening in Paris

September 3, 2020 • Julie Saffrin • 4 Comments

Having an evening in Paris during the time of Corona Virus

In previous blog posts, I’ve mentioned that my husband and I gather once a year at our cabin with our friends from way back – Randy and Peggy Hamann and Sue and Kris Mestad. This too-long year, 2020, corona-virus year, Rick and I self-isolated ourselves as much as possible from others and decided that we’d quarantined ourselves safely enough for our friends to venture a risk and come to the cabin. They had also done self-isolating. In June 2020, Kris and Sue were supposed to be on a 17-day trip through the French Riviera and Italy. Their plans were squashed…

A Loonigan Notecard in the Time of Corona Virus

August 25, 2020 • Julie Saffrin • Leave a Comment

loonigan notecard and envelope on brown background ready

Greetings to you in the time of corona virus. 2020, a place in time where everywhere we look or listen and live seems anything but ordinary. Where facemasks are “mandated,” and every day brings a twist tucked into it. By now, a good portion of us, due to this pandemic, have moved to making pencil entries because of having had to put lines through inked-in items on our to-do lists as well as planned adventures on our calendars. What a Weird Year, or, as I like to call it now, a “loonigan” year. The Mestads and Hamanns have come for…

GUEST BLOG: DEANNA PAVLENKO SHARES HER ORTHODOX EASTER TRADITIONS

April 18, 2020 • Julie Saffrin • Leave a Comment

Today’s guest blog post is from a new friend of mine, Deanna Pavlenko, whom I met through an online writing group called Novel Academy. We are in a small group called a “huddle” with three other women within that organization. We group-text everyday, asking how we can help one another and be in prayer for each other. Deanna heads our group and she does a fantastic job. As we’ve texted back and forth, she’s shared that her family is of Ukrainian descent. Last week, she told us the incredible amount of hours her family invests to make traditional Ukrainian and…

HOPE IN AN UPSIDE-DOWN WORLD

April 12, 2020 • Julie Saffrin • 6 Comments

Earlier this week, I watched a person give a live devotional with the camera placed in such a way that she appeared upside down. Her message was still excellent and the video was a-righted in time, but the captured moment seemed a perfect metaphor for the world we’re living in now. Upside-down world. A friend in Wisconsin recently posted on her Facebook page: Just so I NEVER forget….. April 2, 2020 Gas price a mile from home was $2.08 School cancelled – yes cancelled Self-distancing measures on the rise. Tape on the floors at grocery stores and others to help…

THOUGHTS IN THE TIME OF CORONA VIRUS AND SOME FREE STATIONERY FOR SPRING

March 30, 2020 • Julie Saffrin • Leave a Comment

Hello friends, Greetings in the time of the corona-virus pandemic. Hope you’re all hanging in there with your sheltering-in-place. I found some things to smile about today. Maybe you’ve experienced a number of them since your residential work relocation? I have to say, the first one, yeah, I’ve experienced it. But nothing that a bag of Cadbury mini eggs couldn’t help to get me going again. So, I’m an Enneagram 7 and according to Enneagram experts, 7s haven’t met a hobby they haven’t wanted to take up. Which is why there’s this next string of photos, because yes, I decided…

FREE QUOTE BOOK FEB. 13-15, 2020

February 12, 2020 • Julie Saffrin • Leave a Comment

For all my life, I’ve collected quotes. So, to celebrate Valentine’s Day, I’m doing a three-day giveaway of my book on quotes, “Kissing the Shoreline: Quotes and Reflections to Live By” You can download a digital (e-book) version for free on February 13th, 14th, and 15th, 2020. Here’s one of my favorites from the book. “Friendship is the warm cloak we wear over our winter lives. Friends wrap us with affirmation, enfold us with understanding, and protect us against the cold winds of hostility and criticism. Friendship is the cool breeze of our summer lives. Friends sail along with us…

THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED

January 3, 2020 • Julie Saffrin • 17 Comments

Minnesota, USA. After our 2019 post-Christmas-ing, we bid adieu to our son, Jake and his wife, Jenny, as they headed back to their new home in Arvada, Colorado. Rick and I headed up to the cabin to make sure all was well. We drove separately because I wanted to stay an extra couple of days to do some writing. He got a ten-minute start. In the way-back of my mind, Rick’s words echoed in my head that supposedly there was a snowstorm in the area. I know some of you live according to The Weather Channel or a weather app. I…

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