Something Lovely… to Inspire You

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and a great Superbowl “Holiday”! As usual we made way too much food, ate way too much food and went to sleep way too late… but that’s what makes it a holiday! It’s no secret that I love quotes. I installed a chalkboard in my living room for [...]

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 [...]

Inspiration Monday

Happy Sunny Monday Morning everyone! I don’t know about where you are, but there is a huge Back-to-School craze going on here today. It’s all over the news, the stores and my friend’s facebook pages. I have lot of facebook friends from high school that went on to be teachers and each year when I [...]

Inspiration Monday

Happy Monday Morning All! I hope all of you had a lovely lovely weekend. A. and I were ridiculously productive. I finished upholstering my dining room chairs (photos to come later this week), cooked a lot, finished spackling our living room plaster walls AND sanded them AND washed them (finally ready to paint!), ordered arbor [...]

Handmade Spotlight: Kirameku

Hey Lovelies! Sorry I missed you yesterday. My 10 year old and soon-to-be 13 year old little brothers are visiting this week and the day got away from me yesterday! Today I bring you the gorgeous work of Kirameku. I adore her colors and designs. Make sure to check out her shop for her full [...]

Inspiration Monday

Happy Monday Morning! I hope all of you had a wonderful weekend. A. and I spent a wonderful weekend at our future sister-in-law’s family lakefront camp in New Hampshire. It was full of good food, good time on the water, good people and learning how to play corn hole (my arm still hurts). Today’s quote [...]

Inspiration Monday

I just got back from dropping my mom and step-father off at the airport. One of the last things that my mom said was to the effect of “People keeping wishing me a good trip to Spain. I’m not visiting Spain. I’m moving there. Oh my god. I’m moving to Spain”. Obviously she knew it [...]

Inspiration Monday

Today’s inspirational “quote” comes from… me! And it’s not really a quote. Two weeks ago I spent a couple of days helping my mom pack up our house for her big Spain trip. I came back with a car full of goodies including a HUGE box full of books. This is where the inspiration comes [...]

Inspiration Monday

Happy Monday lovelies! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I spent most of Sunday doing work so that I could free up some time for this week. Why? Well this afternoon I’m heading back home (where I grew up “home”, not where I live now “home”) to help my mom pack up the rest [...]

Inspiration Monday

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and is enjoying this beautiful Monday afternoon. I spent the weekend on the Massachusetts/New York border camping with the in-laws followed up by a Sunday visit from my mom and step-father. Summer perfection! New Day- All Profits Go to Pigs Peace Sanctuary from turqouisezen on Etsy, Curiouser Alice [...]