Posts tagged: christmas

Christmas in the City 12/16/24

Christmas in the City 12/16/24
Today's note highlights a few NYC gems from my girls trip there last week with my fabulously chic, fun and clever friends Anne and Camille, as well a few gems for under your own tree.  Fear not -  if your final week before Santa DESCENDS is jammed with everything excepting a trip into the city, give this note a save for Christmases yet to come.  READ MORE

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Christmas in the Country 12/9/24

Christmas in the Country 12/9/24
Welcome to the raucous rollicking second week of December!   Today my dear readers, we are armchair traveling together to the countryside, with some fabulous tastemakers for a soupçon of inspiration on bringing the outdoors into our hearths and our homes.  I hope that perhaps you'll also find some inspiration as to what shall be placed under your tree.   READ MORE

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& Friends 9/23/24

& 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

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Do You See What I See? 12/25/23

Do You See What I See? 12/25/23
I am pretty sure you do.   You see, I think, the good in the world.   You see first the little bits that connect us all.  You see and share a light in the world.   A smile.  An outstretched hand.  Little drops of beauty all around.   

You see not just a Christmas tree.  You see a beautiful image which needs no words to spread good tidings of great joy.  READ MORE

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Party Favors 12/11/23

Party Favors 12/11/23
A friend's husband once called me "the gift fairy".  Gifting is definitely my love language.  In my version of heaven, I would just give all of my jewelry away ... "You have the most beautiful auburn hair and hazel eyes, these earrings would be perfect on you".   "Oh, you love the Brindle earrings?  Then have these!"  "Off to Tortuga, Robin? - here!"  Vail, Jane? - "This is for you!"   Can you hear me wistfully sigh now, "if only..."  READ MORE

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