Stephanie Klein's Greek Tragedy

chinese love, black dolls, and racist friends

Growing up, each Chinese New Year, my parents held a potluck, inviting their friends to bring their most treasured dishes from their favorite Chinese restaurants. Maybe they didn’t do it to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Maybe it was a…

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a year in review: scrap forward

I wouldn’t say that I’m a last-minute kind of girl, not aloud anyway. More like a last-month-of-the-year kind of girl. I wasn’t always like this, either. In school, I always finished all my homework on Friday night, so I’d have…

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mindmapping: idea generator for writers

Mind maps. You begin with a blank page, turn it horizontally, then smack a word or image at its center. By association, you see what grows. I don’t always follow those directions, but I do find that following my…

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holiday card time & let’s talk turkey

I never send holiday cards. I just can’t get (sh)it together in time. This year, I’m hoping that changes. I’m loving the keepsake holiday card mini-books, like this one I made of the taters. Here’s hoping we take some…

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busy toddler activities

My sweet natives are getting restless. So mama’s come up with some new activities for her two, almost three’s. Clean activities. Good fun that doesn’t involve paint, dough, or not-so-magic markers. What quantifies as a good activity? Sure, there’s…

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all the cool shit you see on etsy

I really love the scrapbook pages that you have shared on your blog in the past. I’ve recently become obsessed with scrapbooking, and I’m trying to invest in some good tools. One thing I would like to get is…

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achieving balance for a work at home, stay at home, hot mama

Now, pay attention. Again. What does the 3rd C stand for? I should warn you that I’m delirious right now, and the screen is kinda looking like she’s posing for a series of "glamour shots." Even as I type…

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his and hers

I get it. Giving feels good. Doing for others is what really makes us happy. Not things. Actions. Selflessness. I so get it. I do. But what happens months later, when you gave and gave, and now you’re stuck…

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stephanieklein.com design update

  I’ll spare you the embroidered pillow reading "Bless This Mess…" …Mostly because I don’t understand the point of needlepoint pillows. They feel like bushy yarn, like the sweater your grandmother knit you, that your mother forced you to…

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slacker mom

Abigail has had a fever for the past two days. 102. Poor thing just wants to breathe on me and use my face as a tissue. So we’re sick, together, again. Her more than me. In writing the pilot of…

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