As you may be noticing, I’m a project girl. I love taking old things and making them new, but in a simple way that won’t take up too much time. I recently did a little DIY project for my backyard with tons of color. I’ve really gotten into spray...
Now that I have your full attention! I wanted to congratulate all of the hard working women on the US Women’s World Cup Team. I know we didn’t win but they played their butts off. When a game is decided by penalty kicks it’s basically a toss up...
My family and I are going camping this weekend. My husband and I haven’t been camping for 20 years and this will be our kids first trip (not counting pitching a tent in our own back yard). We don’t know what we are doing, don’t know what we are...
About a year and a half ago my middle daughter became ill. At first we thought it was the stomach flu and kept her home from school for the week. She went back to school the following week but within a few days she was sick again. Over the next two months she stayed...
I know that it is July and the temperature has been hovering near 100 degrees, but here at Simon+Kabuki we’ve been finalizing holiday designs. We usually finish up our holiday stationery designs for some clients in May, but others are due in July and August. It...
I’ve been in the DIY mood lately and dig anything that has to do with paint. If feels good to do a project yourself, but I want to see speedy results. I lose patience if a project takes more than 2 days. I live in an Eichler that we’ve furnished with both...
I’ve always had the fantasy of being locked after hours in Disneyland. I imagined that all of the pirates and ghosts would come to life and we would have a grand old time. When I read first read “Horton hears a Who!” by Dr. Suess, I checked...
Last week I went into the book store to buy a gift but I stayed to browse around looking at books. This time I wasn’t looking for a specific genre or author, just book cover design. When I go to the book store I’m like a kid in a candy store tasting...
It’s been a few years since we were shocked into the “what do we do with our school-age kids in the summer” dilemma. What will they do? I have to admit, summer as a kid is the best thing ever. Camps, swimming lessons, all day playdates, sleepovers,...
We recently needed to replace our front door handleset. I did not think it would be a difficult task, we do a lot of home projects ourselves. I purchased a handleset from Lowes and brought it home. When I tried to install it, the new handleset did not fit with the...
I get obsessed with an item and then go on a mission until I find the perfect one. I have done this with shoes, purses, mascara….you name it. My current fixation is finding the perfect summer maxi dress. I love this trend for many reasons but the most important...
Yay for nice weather! It’s the countdown to the summer soltice, which is the longest day of the year on June 21st. Time for beach trips and late bbqs on hot nights. I have mentioned before that the change of seasons always makes me want to redecorate. There is...
Father’s day is June 19th, right around the corner. I always panic a bit because I never know what to get my dad. It’s not that he’s picky, I just don’t want to give him yet another golf shirt. It seems like he already has everything within my...
June is graduation season and the pomp and circumstance is not limited to High School or College anymore. My son just graduated from Jr. Kindergarten last week. It was a formal affair complete with speeches, diplomas, and audience members sitting in the sun. Each name...
Today’s post is just going to be a bitch fest. I am going to complain and then hopefully I will feel better and can get on with my day. Some things may seem trivial but when everything piles up at once it seems like a mountain of crap. My dog, Ben, has had a...
At the risk of revealing my age, “feathered” hair had a totally different meaning when I was a youngster. Now, the current trend of adding real feathers to your hair has taken flight (pun intended). Celebrities such as Steven Tyler and Jennifer Love Hewitt...
Here is the setting: we are in a long-ass line at the grocery store and the kid starts to throw a fit. A world class flailing body total meltdown. This experience is right up there with a root canal. Every eye in the store is laser piercing my head as I am standing...
We are always hard at work on new designs so we thought we would showcase some of them on Wednesdays. We are working on some right now for the Licensing Show in Las Vegas. When we were in New York for Surtex we saw snowmen everywhere and one of our colleagues said you...
Can appliances make you happy? If they last longer than a year, then the answer is yes (I will post about my dead vacuum cleaner later when I feel ranty). But they can also make you happy if they can be a fun pop of color in your kitchen. I personally am in love with...
So my city has decided to phase out plastic bags (what?) Okay fine, I can get used to that. I used to get paper anyway when the bagger would ask “paper or plastic” back in the day. I can be environmentally friendly and do my part. I’m...
The end of the school year is upon us and I for one could not be happier. In between all of the end of the year festivities, class parties, and volunteer commitments, it’s also time to think about what to get your kid’s teacher as a token of appreciation....
We had a blast in New York City but it certainly was not because we had awesome cab rides and even better dinner service. We had a blast because there is so much to do and see in New York city. I thought it would be appropriate to give some thoughtful advice to New...
If you have kids and haven’t visited ohdeedoh you must-go-now! It is a super informative site for the latest and greatest ideas in kids room decorating. Plus ideas on how to live with kids in a small space without feeling like you live in a daycare –...
If you haven’t had a chance to drop by Booth #404 at Surtex to witness the superfeet of Erin and Ilene, here is a small taste of what you would find. Meet our resident animal collections: Nerdiebumps, Cuddlebumps & Meeniebumps. Besides being cute and easy to...
This post is brought to you by PMS, and not the Pantone Matching System honeys. Question for the day: did our ancestors suffering from PMS run around searching for chocolate like a rabid elephant, crushing everything in their path? Well, I certainly don’t (lie)....
