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here we go.

Summermanifesto

Summer is absolutely my favorite. I love the fresh fruit. The colors. The heat. The bonus daylight.

I don't know that I feel more inspired in summer, but I absolutely feel like more is possible. I'm thrilled that this season, I'll have Paul home – with no training or deployments on the agenda. We have a decently busy summer ahead of us, but lots of downtime and weekends to enjoy too.

Just perfect for a summer manifesto and I was so excited when Ali issued the challenge to create one. On our way home from Palm Springs, Paul and I jotted one down.

Ready, set, go, Summer. We're excited for you.

font used in the graphic above is bebas. I added the circles and arrow with my wacom tablet.

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16 responses to “here we go.”

  1. Elizabeth Avatar
    Elizabeth

    I love your summer manifesto! I saw Ali’s and was inspired to do one too. Should have mine on the blog soon 🙂

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  2. Kelsey Avatar
    Kelsey

    Elise,
    I LOVE the graphic you developed for this! The concept is essentially the same as our Family Summer Bucket List (a bunch of stuff we want to do together before the end of the summer) but your presentation is so much better than the standard bulleted list that I created [lame]. Looks like it’s back to the drawing board for me 🙂 Thanks for the inspiration!

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  3. Pink Ronnie Avatar
    Pink Ronnie

    Sounds like an awesome manifesto. Love the idea of reading a book together and sleeping with the windows open!
    Ronnie xo

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    CitySingle

    girl you look absolutely adorable, fresh and hip in your blog pic to the left. and I agree!!! love love summertime! anything IS possible!

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  5. Stephanie Avatar
    Stephanie

    Love the summer manifesto! So inspiring!

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    nichole

    Love, love, love the graphic and love the idea of simple super attainable goals. Per usaul: amazing. 🙂

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    Samantha – Fluffyland Craft & Sewing Blog

    disneyland! disneyland! have fun 🙂 i wish i were that close!

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  8. Vanessa Avatar
    Vanessa

    This post inspired us to do the same during breakfast this morning – thank you!

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  9. Naomi Avatar
    Naomi

    The kids and I are sitting down to write ours tomorrow during Sunday breakfast. Love yours! Borrowing the “see fireworks” and adding “NOT related to 4th of July!”

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    shannon b

    love this!

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  11. ana magdalena Avatar
    ana magdalena

    I haven’t written my summer list. Thank you for reminding me to 🙂

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    J3SS1C4

    I love this idea! I got it off Ali’s blog a couple of weeks ago. It’s winter here in Australia, but I decided to do a winter manifesto instead. Such a fun idea to make the most of the season your in!
    http://inspiredlifewithjess.wordpress.com/2012/05/25/winter-manifesto/

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    Chrystina

    Love this. My neighbors and I used to sit at the kitchen table and get that realllly long printer paper (the one where every page was attached and had the holes punched along each side that you could rip off) and crayons and make a summer to do list. Maybe that’ll be the first thing I do when I move into my new house. I think it would be good karma to start off with.

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  14. Frankie Avatar
    Frankie

    I saw this the other day and I loved it so much, I immediately created my own. I linked to you in the post about it that’s up today. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  15. kate Avatar
    kate

    i really love this idea and the image you created. it inspired me! http://katerees711.blogspot.com/2012/06/summer-2012.html

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  16. Hannah Crain Avatar
    Hannah Crain

    i took a while to finally post but I linked back to you in a summer manifesto of sorts in this post http://hannahcrain.blogspot.com/2012/06/summer-of-twenty-twelve.html 🙂 thanks for the summer inspiration!

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