Tomorrow’s the big day. We leave for New York. This will be our first year exhibiting at SURTEX. We are a little nervous, mostly about our feet not falling off from standing all day. I guess we sound like a bunch of wimps but we are new to this. We’ve gone...
I love Cinco de Mayo mostly for the food (Mexican food is my all time fave – next to cookie dough), but I love it next for the kid friendly crafts. If you are throwing a party, kids can actually help with decorations without breaking anything! The above party...
Today I wanted to talk about one of my new favorite sites, www.houzz.com. For anyone that is remodeling, moving or just likes to update with the seasons this is a great place to peruse. You can search by room, style and even by city (just in case you want to snoop on...
This post was inspired by a recent damage-causing shopping spree (don’t tell my husband). It’s not my fault: the new fun jewelry was speaking to me. Gold, silver, pewter, and a pop of soft color are the latest trend. Don’t be afraid, I am not talking...
In case you have been living off the grid for the past year, you should know there has been a Royal Wedding Dress Unveiling! (Oh, and a wedding too: Prince William and Catherine Middleton have been hitched.) Congratulations on the excellent choice of dress Cate! And...
Usually by the time Mother’s Day rolls around, I am pooped from celebrating Easter and all of the April birthdays we have in our family. Spring is also heavy duty soccer season in our household so we are on the go from San Francisco to Morgan Hill every weekend....
After many summers of playing on the backyard play structure, my kids finally out grew it last year. We decided that it was the perfect time to clear out that area and plant a vegetable garden. We built wooden boxes and filled the area with pea gravel so that we would...
Earth Day is a time for reflecting on our planet…and finding new cool iPhone apps! A stretch? Well, being that its Earth Day today, I thought I would share a cool iPhone app that was shown to me by dooce’s blog. I have been having a ton of fun with it. Try...
I am not even close to a green thumb. Give me a plant and I can kill it by just standing next to it for too long. I am glad that my kid did not get the black thumb gene passed down to him. He just finished some preschool projects where they got to plant seeds in...
…and sunburns are painful…and red. This is the time of year that we start venturing to the beach with our glaring white skin and attempt to cover every inch in sunscreen. It never works, we can never get all the spots, and someone in my family ends up...
No, I haven’t bought a car. Yet. I think it’s time I start searching for my next car. I do love a new “project”. Although projects like these usually end before they get started. For me, the entire process of buying a car is right up there with...
Having a Girl Scout means lots of cookies around our house in February. I was excited about Girl Scout cookie season until we became buried under a leaning tower of leftover boxes of cookies. And…drumroll…I was getting sick of them! Impossible. After one...
Spring is here and I am happy to have things around me that feel like spring to me. I love having fresh flowers in vases, eating cool salads, and wearing flip flops (even without a tan). My house gets happy too with colorful throw pillows and rugs. I used to reserve...
I will start out this “Friday Finds” post by telling you what I “found” this morning. Having a cat and a dog is not always pretty. “Gifts” from the cat and dog are NEVER pretty. Without completely grossing you out, I will leave the...
Coordinating a baby shower isn’t as hard as you think. The Simon+Kabuki “Goo Goo” Shower Kit helped a bunch for my baby shower (a while ago). Set up for 24 people, it comes with plates, cups, napkins, games, coasters, clear boxes, basket grass, and...
When I think of white on white, I remember when my kids tried to color with the white crayon on the white paper in their coloring books. When one of them old me the white crayon was broken because they couldn’t see it on the paper, I told them to embrace the...
I dedicate this post to the person on the internet (whoever you are) who wrote “using a template to design your blog would be like using a tax form to write poetry”. Amen. For me, having something to say comes easy, but making it look good on a platform I...
“Someday” is now here! And look what we found! We are so excited to announce that our notebooks have finally appeared in Target! It’s a pretty awesome feeling if we do say so ourselves. We are thrilled at the start of this new adventure and look...
My daughter wanted a canopy bed (who doesn’t?) Kids grow up and the twin beds just don’t cut it any more. I was lucky enough to have a friend (Erin) who’s daughter was leaving for college and they needed a new home for this cute canopy bed. Sure...
Have you ever been at a garage sale and thought that rocking chair would be cool if it wasn’t for the hideous fabric, and how would I change that? Or hey that bag of basket grass is really sparkly but I don’t know what to do with it. That happens to me all...
With the recent sadness of the past two weeks, I think spring should be more than ever a time for renewal, positive vibes, and forward thinking optimism. A spring cleaning for the soul if you will. The tree outside our office is doing it’s best blooming even...
Lately I have been drawn to designing and decorating with more natural surfaces, texture, layers, patterns and vintage objects. This trend using canvas, wood and neutral colors is popping up everywhere. It’s very warm and nostalgic but not too stuffy, and it...
I’m starting to plan my daughters birthday party which makes me overly giddy about decorating around a theme. Theme parties, being the standard, can involve everything from invitaions to outfits. Seems pretty different from when we were kids. My mom was very...
I am in an empowering mood today. A lot of challenging things have come my way lately and in order to avoid being swallowed up I have begun the habit of waking up in the morning with game face on ready to hit the ground running. So today’s DIY is about knowing...
Irish? Not Irish? Hate green? Love green? Forget to wear green on St. Patrick’s Day? Ever try to convince co-workers you are wearing green underwear so you don’t get pinched? You must be careful, apparently St. Patrick’s Day may be the only day you...
