Just perfect to remind me that yes, this is my body, and I best work very, very hard to keep it healthy, so that it doesn’t give out on me for good one random day. Like I swear it almost did, Sunday night. (And the Lip Shimmer in Radiance is awesome, too!)

The girls received a package in the mail today. Totally unexpected, especially since our youngest just had a banner birthday party celebration week, and I thought it was finally over. But Daddy clearly had something else entirely in mind…
And after several hours of sitting at the dining room table and designing the most fabulous fashions [...]

Where have you been all of my life? Really? Where?
I entered a Google search for tree lamp and somehow came upon Bleu Nature.
And the rest, as they say, is history…

I’ve seen Roberto Dutesco’s pieces in several home design editorials, and obsessed would be an understatement. Blame it on that little girl in me who fell in love with Dusty Baron.
Some of his photographs are obvious. Others, it takes a minute for my eyes to focus in on what I’m seeing. Either one, I’d give [...]

We just returned from a very long visit to Dallas, and had a ball. But it’s always good to be home. Took yesterday off to settle back in, after a long morning of struggling with flying with a little one who had an ear infection, too many bags and not enough hands, dogs at a [...]

What is it about cupcakes that has so captivated me?
After days of searching on-line for a suitable bakery to create my husband’s birthday cake during one of our stays to visit him in Vancouver, I finally hit the jackpot when I found the most beautiful website featuring nothing but cupcakes…
Sadly, I was unable to order [...]

iomoi is my absolute favorite source for all things paper; stationery, address labels… You name it, this is where I get it.
And now, they have expanded their inventory to include some incredible items, including ice buckets in many of the same fabulously chic prints as their paper goods, also with the option of monogramming.
How amazing [...]

I don’t have a lot of jewelry. I like to keep it simple. Most days, actually, nearly every single day, it’s just my rings and my watch. But I do have some pieces that I’ve accumulated over the years, and they’re all just strewn about in my ‘unmentionables’ drawer. Shameful, right?
I love this jewelry box [...]

I love these ruffled pillows from Pier One. We bought the pink one not that long ago for Pea’s room, but ended up returning it after a particularly harrowing drive home from the store, in which I was referred to as “stupid mommy” several times. And I’m okay that they’ve since sold out of the [...]

I really wish I’d remembered to make these cake pops for my daughter’s Valentine’s Day party at her school. I think I would’ve been very popular…
Oh, well. At least I get a second shot: Easter. I’m totally making these…

I’m currently working overtime trying to teach my oldest the value of a dollar. Or at the very least how to respect property: hers and that belonging to others. She’s having some major issues taking care of her possessions: putting toys away at the end of the day, turning the pages of her books without [...]

I love pretty little dishes scattered about, to catch things. You know, the ’stuff’ that gets emptied out of pockets, cleaned out of purses. Whatever, just stuff…
I have several of these on my bedside table. They are gorgeous, make me so very happy at the end of the day, when I drop my hair clips [...]

We’re taking the girls back to Texas this month to visit family. We haven’t been back since we fled the heat and twang of Texas for the snow of Utah. I don’t miss much about Texas. Perhaps Uncle Julio’s, drive-thru Starbuck’s. And the family, on occasion. But there is something that northern Texas does better [...]

I stumbled onto made by joel via the givers log, which is another site worth checking out, too, for some pretty incredible ideas on upping the amazing! factor on your giving. (Did you know that you can slap a mailing address label on a Frisbee and send it, just like this, through the mail? Neither [...]

Yes, they might look ‘cheap’ because in France they are cheap. Sort of like the Parisian woman’s Keds shoe. Or Jack Purcell. Or Converse Chuck. Or Superga. All of which have been my staple all-white kick, at one time or another. And all of which have currently been replaced with my awesome new pair of [...]