I am all over the place–not just my clothes pulled from a suitcase, littering my closet floors, or the weave of words in this post, or even my travel schedule, or hair. I’m a blur of thoughts and to-do lists,…
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craft + decor mags make you inept
May 7, 2008
I have good intentions. In my mind I’m the type of mom who’s sneaking in wheat germ, the kind of wife who’s still buying sexy underthings, the kind of woman who finds time to read and return phone calls. But…
welcome to nerddom
April 5, 2008
The redesign of stephanieklein.com is long overdue. To design and re-architecture a site so it makes sense–not just to me but to those who visit–it helps if you begin by asking "What works? What doesn’t? What’s missing? and if I…
first scrapbooking project
January 30, 2008
It’s my first scrapbooking project (if you don’t count the ones from high school, assembled on shoe boxes, with magazine clippings, such as "his small size doesn’t excite her.") As you click through the images, you’ll notice navy blue cards…
monkey in the middle
July 17, 2007
(Naughty Betty, by Stephanie Klein, #2 Pencil on paper)
In second grade, I wasn’t permitted to use adult scissors, so I improvised with a pair of safety scissors, the small sort with padded grips and a rounded wide tip stored…
cows, pigs, chicken, and things
June 25, 2007
At a certain point "just" just ain’t gonna fly. "I just gave birth to twins" stops being just, just about when exactly? When can it stop being an excuse for your weight or fatigue? "We just moved in" isn’t really…
hi, my name is stephanie klein, and I’m a scrapbooker
May 28, 2007
There. I said it. Titled it, even. I’ve been in the closet about it because it’s as middle America as calling Target, "Tarjey." I’ve admitted to hoarding supplies before. From embroidery skeins to porcelain paints and etching creme, I’ve got…
straight up & thirty
July 1, 2006
While the white gold ring I received with my favorite quote (Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you’ve always imagined) engraved was definitely up there, the best gift I ever received, hands down, was a…










October 21, 2008
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