Overlea Artsfest Street Art Installation

Overlea Artsfest Street Art Installation

It's always so interesting the way things happen. They say you're a gajillion times more likely to get a job if you know someone who works there, and they're right. Word of mouth is so powerful, and sometimes things fall into place in such weird ways! For example, my...

Snail Mail Game Show | Round 13

Snail Mail Game Show | Round 13

So glad the Snail Mail Game Show is back, and I'm in love with getting such creative piece of art in my PO Box! For Round 13, the participants received a piece of paper with the outline of a pair of glasses and the prompt, "If you could dress yourself up in a custom...

Straight Forward Self-Love

Straight Forward Self-Love

My coworker's daughter is four. Going to the bathroom has become a newly elaborate ordeal that involves taking off all her clothes, clearing the bathroom of sensitive materials (toothbrushes/toys), and requesting her mom stands outside the door before she goes in....

Why Low Self-Esteem is a Downward Spiral

Why Low Self-Esteem is a Downward Spiral

Low self-esteem is a common problem. We all have days when we look in the mirror and think “Eurgh!” or some stranger fat-shames us after we post a beach photo on Instagram. About the first statement, and it might seem insignificant, but owning a well lighted bathroom...

50 Ways To Cheer Someone Up

50 Ways To Cheer Someone Up

Shit happens. A lot. To all of us. No matter how good we're doing, who we are, where we live, how much money we make, what our relationship status is, or anything else... shit happens. And sometimes it seems to happen all at once. In fact, that's probably when we...

Honk If You Balloons Make You Happy

Honk If You Balloons Make You Happy

Continuing on with the Honk If You... series, I've got a "Honk If Balloons Make You Happy" sign to share with you! For this installment of the series, I very silly-ly made the sign in a different format, making way more words/letters than necessary for the sign! I...

Q&A Video

Q&A Video

I was long overdue to answer your questions in a Q&A video! Thank you so much for your questions, in this video I'm answering the following: "What's an average day like for Uncustomary?" "Why is using the word ‘feminist’ important to you? I’m a feminist myself,...

Love Yourself With A Luxury Vacation This Summer

Love Yourself With A Luxury Vacation This Summer

Part of taking care of yourself is being kind and loving to yourself. The world is often a harsh, difficult place to live in and enjoy. An uplifting smile goes a long way in your life and to the people who receive that ray of sunshine beaming back. A luxury vacation...

50 Ways To Use Your Public Library

50 Ways To Use Your Public Library

An Uncustomary Babe asked me to make a list of 50 ways to use your public library, so here we go! My dad has worked in a library since I was born, and my very first job was as a page putting books away. I have a deep love for libraries, so this was fun to write and...

4 Fun Things To Do In Park City

When people think about Park City in Utah, their mind goes to the winter skiing and snowboarding. But, actually, during the summertime the area has a vast number of things for vacationers to do. Thinking about yourself, whether you’re into great hikes, gentle walks...