Happy October!

I just love this quote from Anne of Green Gables because I love October! It's such a beautiful month here in the Midwest, and for those of us who are already dreading the predicted brutal winter (again?!?), we have to remember to savor this month -- the sunny days, crisp air, chilly evenings, changing and falling leaves, pumpkin patches, cider, fall flowers, football games, soups...okay, I could go on, but I'll stop! You get the idea. Yay, October.

I designed a little chalkboard art print to celebrate the month; I just learned how to turn my own handwriting and doodles into digital chalkboard art (I'm not limited by available fonts and graphics anymore!), and it's pretty fun. If you use the coupon code BLOGOCT, you can get it here for only $2! It's an instant download, so just print, frame, and enjoy.

Also, here's a song ("Ode to Autumn") about October, by this young artist I saw at our local farmer's market last fall. I love her sound and the lyrics to this song, so just thought I'd share :)

Happy Birthday, Steinbeck!

So John Steinbeck is one of my favorite authors. I love the way he can express so much with his simple style, and I also just love the things he thought and wrote about.

To celebrate his would-be 112th birthday (thanks for the heads-up, Google!), I have to share some of my favorites of his many notable quotations:

Source Note: I designed the collage, but I can't take credit for the beautiful images above! My sources can all be found on this Pinterest page (click on the image to take you to the original source), a collection of Steinbeck quotes: http://www.pinterest.com/explore/john-steinbeck-quotes/