Welcome to Monday!

Sorry I was so MIA last week. I was in Las Vegas for a freelance event and with the time change and working on another event and and and… I have lots of excuses as to why I couldn’t post! I loved coming back from hot, hot Vegas to a crisp New England fall! I [...]

Making a Home: Dining Room Chair Overhaul!

When planning our dining room makeover A. and I perused page after page of dining room chairs but nothing “moved us” (in case you can’t tell yet, I need to be “moved” in order to buy something or make a design choice). Eventually we realized that we weren’t going to love anything that matched. The [...]

Handmade Spotlight: Old School Stationers

I absolutely love today’s Handmade Spotlight artist. One) amazing colors, two) amazing designs and three) LETTERPRESS PEOPLE. We all know that I love letterpress. So feast your eyes on these pretties form Old School Stationers! When did you start selling? We Started selling in 2004. What’s the story behind your company’s name? We named our [...]

New Coordinating Kitchen Sets

In case you haven’t been following all the goodies going on in my shop… I’ve started rolling out complete sets. Check out this one!

More Making a Home over the Holiday Weekend!

Sorry I was dark yesterday, while everyone was out frolicking on the wonderful Labor day holiday I was stuck in an airless, windowless ballroom at Mohegan Sun. Despite my complaints of lack of air and windows (a complaint I apply to all dealings I have with casino ballrooms…) it was actually a great day. I [...]

7 Links to Love this Friday!

Some weeks only a few posts that I find awe-inspiring cross my path. This week dozens and dozens did. Of course it doesn’t help that I didn’t do a Link Love last Friday and there were a bunch from last week that I wanted to share today. There are so many in fact that I [...]

Making a Home: My New Schoolhouse Light Fixture!

Growing up I was surrounded by antiques and other lovely vintage items. My family stopped at every antique store we ever passed and hitting up auctions was a frequent past time. While many kids have memories of going to ball games with their fathers, my memories are of going to the auction house and getting [...]

All Things Cupcake Review

CKD received a wonderful review from All Things Cupcake today! Check it out!

Something Lovely for My 1 Year Old Goddaughter!

My baby goddaughter, Bridget (why yes, of the Bridget apron fame) is turning 1 years old this month. This is my favorite story to tell about Bridget (and if you’ve heard it before bear with me). Bridget Laura (awesome middle name) was due to be born via c-section on a Monday in September. The Wednesday [...]