This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™ and Soma, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #givesoma http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO When I first began hosting family and friends at our home for holiday gatherings, I continuously went with the approach of more is more when I set […]
source I wrote this post quite a few days ago, about a server offering my kids fries with their spaghetti, and boy did it piss some people off. Since Thursday I’ve been fielding tweets and blog posts and comments written in angry response to it. For the first few days, it really, really got to […]
I’m always looking for creative ways to use the craft supplies I seem to have an over-abundance of. I tend to hoard my supplies, especially the good ones, until I’m overspilling with stuff and/or it goes bad. So the other day I came across this stash of metallic pens I had forgotten about, while the […]
Without fail, every single year we celebrate Thanksgiving together as a family, I leave the feast feeling like we should have snapped more photos. Actually, there’s quite a few years where we don’t have a single family photo. While Easter has the egg hunt to capture, and Christmas has the unwrapping of presents, Thanksgiving, which […]
Blouse – Salvage Life on sale; Jeans – Paige Denim; Floral Flats – Madewell; Necklace – J. Crew; Handbag – Reed Krakoff I wasn’t sure what I was going to be able to wear this top with, but it was so flattering and different than anything I had in my closet alraedy, I had to […]
It was a good week around here. I’ve started to feel a surge of creativity again, which feels wonderful, and am anxious to get some projects completed around the house, for myself and to show you all. I feel like it’s been so long since I’ve completed a proper DIY. I’m playing with my camera […]
Chopping off my hair still seems like it just happened, even though it was so long ago I already have 2 inch roots and I need more than a trim, for which I’m going in tomorrow for. I figured before I decide to grow my hair out again, I should probably publish this tutorial we […]
Top – c/o Kiki La Rue; Leggings – originally from Salvage Life but similar here; Flats – Zara old but similar here I was given pretty clear direction from Miranda that Ojai was a laid back casual town, so with that in mind I kept it simple and just packed 3 outfits for daytime and […]
Ojai’s famous “Pink Moment” we were able to witness A few months back my friend Miranda and I decided to, on a whim, book a room for 1 night at the Ojai Rancho Inn. It was Veteran’s Day, and the rates were crazy low, as in $89 for the night. As much as we love […]
I’ve noticed quite a few posts on social media these past few weeks inquiring about persimmons. While persimmon season is definitely upon us, it turns out that some of you don’t really know what to do with them. I don’t blame you, they are a bit of an obscure fruit that still very much remains […]
