Category: Style & Home
How to Be a Curly Haired Girl
This probably won’t come as a shock to anyone who has ever gone to the beach with me. Or the pool. Or seen my hair after a bit of rain touched it. But I have wavy-curly hair. However, if you have ever seen me beyond the confines of water-related places, maybe you don’t know. Lord [...]
Integrating Eco-Friendly at Home and The Honest Company
Do you use eco-friendly products? I often do but I also pay careful attention to how well a product works. That’s an important factor. I mean, why use something that’s not effective? I first started thinking about products — and their impact on the environment — more than a decade ago. When I was moving [...]
My New Favorite Flats
How cute are these flats? These are totally the kind of shoes that mean you’ll be getting lots of compliments while out and about. Not a bad thing at all. They’re also the kind of flats that are super versatile. Totally a good thing too. But those aren’t the only reason I love these — [...]
Brown Boots to Drool Over
Two or three years ago — almost to the day — I was sitting in Cape Cod late at night with friends talking about my dream pair of brown boots. I wanted ones with a bit of a heel — but not a high heel, per se. And maybe in a earthy or camel-y tone. [...]
Easy DIY Fairy Wands
Is there a little magic in the air? ‘Tis the season and all, right? Your kids will love these simple but oh-so-fun wands with imaginary magic just bursting off them. And you will adore making them — this craft couldn’t be simpler. Easy DIY Fairy Wands You need: sticks (about 8-10″ long) 2 metallic pipe [...]
Think Like a Business: Insight from the Fashion Forward Conference
“You have to be scrappy.” That might just be my favorite quote from the first-ever Fashion Forward Conference for moms who love fashion. It was spoken by Michelle Madhok, the woman who created the mega brand that is SheFinds. Madhok, tired of having her ideas not implemented, set out on her own to create the [...]
Morning Beauty in 15 Minutes
Back when I was a single girl just out of college, I had a beauty routine that lasted close to an hour. It was such an important part of my day, and one I never missed no matter what. It didn’t matter if I was headed to the grocery store or to the office — [...]
Choosing a Beachy Bedroom Paint Color
Two years. Several test runs. Countless paint chips. And one day of painting. That’s what it took to finally choose — and put up — new paint for my bedroom at the Cottage. The walls have been white with white wainscoting for a decade. It was so time for a change — and a [...]
BlogHer ’12 Find: Heading Back to School with Lands’ End
Back to school is looming. Before we know it, the kids will be flinging backpacks over their shoulders and heading to the big yellow buses to go return to the land of homework assignments, tests and classroom learning. This summer has been a fabulous one, filled with crafting, lots of beach time and happy days [...]
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