DIY holiday gifts… nuts

11 ▪ 04 ▪ 09

Not everyone is as easy to shop for during the holiday season as my little cousins… they always seem to know exactly what they want… and this year it happens to be a soap squirting dish brush. yup. Gotta love em… every time they come over they beg to do the dishes with my soap […]

how to make a pom pom

11 ▪ 03 ▪ 09

POM POMS. Among my favorite things in life– other things on the list include chocolate, tufted leather, chaise lounges circa 1890, tutus, and Mimi. I am going to teach you a little lesson that my grandmother taught me when I was a young one. I thought she was the only woman in the world who […]

pumpkin decor

10 ▪ 27 ▪ 09

I used to get annoyed at the thought of pumpkin decor, but I suddenly think it’s one of the coolest things ever. I was totally inspired last year when I saw somewhere, and I cannot remember where, a pumpkin that had a lace pattern on it… The designer simply put a doily, or piece of […]

spooktacular window treatments

10 ▪ 23 ▪ 09

I don’t know that it’s normal for me to be so into Halloween decor… I’m not so much into the little stuff, but rather, I have this strong urge and desire to transform my home into some sort of gothic, haunted house. I don’t want a cute skeleton centerpiece, I want a real skeleton hanging […]

Anthropologie, a heaven on earth

09 ▪ 07 ▪ 09

If I were to bottle up the feelings that went through my body as I stepped food into Anthropologie and sell them… well, I’d be rich. Errr… Idunno if people would actually buy them, but if they did– or if Madonna did and then told everyone how awesome it was… then I would be rich. […]