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our design for inspired products blogcolor huesday: spring renewal
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 when the...
milfy monday: defying gravity
Do you ever just wake up and feel like you aged 5 years overnight? It might just be the winter blahs, or the 500 milligrams of sodium I had for dinner, but I woke up looking like I'd been run over by a truck. I have these awful mornings more often in winter when I'm...
friday faves: texture trend
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 feels...
designer kids: party inspiration
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 crafty...
diy: road trip with kids
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 you can...
color huesday: don't get pinched
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 can discuss the...