Love Notes

Oct 13, 2024

Rainy Days and Mondays 10/7/24

Rainy Days and Mondays

Some days. Some days, I feel crazy searching for little drops of Love Note beauty. Like today. How do I reconcile ruminating on life's little luxuries amidst all of the devastation from Helene? And now Milton, gathering speed. “They” say the show must go on. But really, must it?

I don't know. I hope that some of our country's sharpest minds are hard at work developing better ways to support our fellow Americans in the path and aftermath of Mother Nature's destruction. We do go on. As individuals, we give what we can, and maybe we stretch to give a little more. We love a little harder and we hug a little more fiercely. We continue to reach out, to connect. READ MORE

Oct 01, 2024 • #dresses #fall #nantucket

Boho Elegance 9/30/24

I spent last weekend on Nantucket with some dear old friends. Despite nonstop rain and incessant winds which managed to sink several boats in the harbor, we had a ball. Of course that brings to mind all the communities from Florida to North Carolina, still reeling from the devastation of Helene. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. My friend Sarah Tucker, whose home on the west coast of Florida narrowly escaped the flooding, has shared this link to purchase supplies big and small through Amazon, which will be delivered to areas in her community that were the worst hit. Sarah knows the organizer personally, and "can absolutely vouch for her delivering this into the hands that need it". How amazingly brilliant that this effort can be organized by distributing an Amazon wish list? READ MORE

Sep 23, 2024 • #christmas #holiday

& Friends 9/23/24

I have something new & fun to share today. Well, it's not perfectly perfect quite yet, but I don't look exactly like one of these chic friends above quite yet either, so why hold off a minute more?!

Having been at this design thing for just shy of twenty years now, I've met a ton of wildly talented and creative people, many of whom I'm lucky to call friends. While I was in Atlanta at market earlier this summer, I got to see many of them - in fact, it was pretty much an all out love fest, and so I got to thinking, "Why not bring some of these friends right onto my virtual storefront?!" And guess what, they loved the idea! READ MORE

Sep 23, 2024 • #blue

Glimmers in Blue 9/16/24

All that glimmers is not gold. Sometimes it's blue (which happens to be the theme of today's note). Sometimes what glimmers is not even a color - it could be a sound (the opening notes of a your childhood best friend's favorite song), or a scent (a whiff of your mother's perfume). Glimmers are little surprise moments of joy. How about a baby smiling at you while in the grocery store line - that will always light me up. And here's the thing - the more you look for glimmers, the more you'll find them. So take a mental snapshot, and try to keep a glimmer file in your mind's eye. READ MORE

Sep 15, 2024 • #fall #travel

Slip Inn to Fall 9/9/24

If you're a longstanding Love Note reader, you'll know plenty about my end of summer blues + lackluster enthusiasm for falling into fall (if not, or if you're just looking for a kindred spirit on this topic, then have a read here). Fall, after all, is the season that brings us brown. It's also the season when you realize the pants that you haven't worn for three months might not fit so well. Need I say more? READ MORE