Andrea Cooley Creative Services

my love for magazines started with printed magazines that come in the mail every month or that you pick up on the newsstand. anyone who visits our house knows that i love magazines after seeing the stacks of them sitting around the coffee table and through the house. but i am starting to pay more [...]

I was back in Cedar Rapids a few weeks ago. I’ve lived in Des Moines for 6 years, it is truly my home, but Cedar Rapids, and more specifically B Ave NE will always be my home, where I grew up. My parents moved to a new house a year ago, and when I’m home [...]

At church people refer to Adam and I as “the Cooleys.” That is who we are, but every time I hear it, I kind of pause and become aware that I’m not a Schmidt anymore. I am used to signing my name as Andrea Cooley and hearing people refer to me as Andrea Cooley, but [...]

1. Fireworks after Friday night I-Cubs games. Tonight was the first home game and we didn’t go (it’s still too cold for that) but we could see parts of the fireworks show from our bedroom window.
2. Tulips and daffodils blooming (even after the snow on Wed)
3. Fruit snacks (Adam and I rediscovered them at [...]

I am a writer. Even if I didn’t write for my job I would still be a writer. Sometimes I lose site of the fact that I get to write at work. Like today, a Friday, when I have this story about low-maintenance remodeling products that I’ve been pushing around all week. Not very exciting, [...]