Author Archives: Andrea Howe

Andrea is the founder of For The Love Of, a lifestyle blog dedicated to approachable, modern living. She writes about style, her love of DIY, and living a healthier life through wholesome, nutritious cooking. She is also a regular contributor at Babble.
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You can find Andrea on Instagram @andreavhowe and @gwynethmademedoit

For the Love Of – Our Last Day of Summer

Tomorrow my first born enters 2nd grade and my 2nd born becomes a Kindergartener.  I give birth in less than 4 weeks and I’m co-hosting a sold-out event next week.  I’m a bundle of emotions and I have lots to share and write and post, but today I’ll be doing a lot of this on […]

For the Love Of – Crystal Cove

I don’t usually talk much about our day to day happenings around here, but would like to maybe start changing that, because in between me trying to dress myself or think up fabulous new DIY’s, we live a pretty mellow but fun life around here. Summer vacation for us is quickly coming to an end […]

Insiders – Lisa Rodman, PR Manager Neiman Marcus Topanga

I met Lisa over 5 years ago when we were working at St. John together. She had just come from Escada and had such good, well rounded experience that it was fun to pick her brain.  She was nice enough to let me pick her brain and we became fast friends.  On a personal level, […]

Daily Style – Black & White

Bolero – St. John; Maternity Tank & Jeans – H&M USA; Necklace – DIY by me The feet have officially swelled to epic proportions, just as I had predicted.  Style shoots are going to be a bit precarious now for the next few weeks, if they even continue to happen.  We went out to dinner […]

New DIY Supplies – Wire Guards

I’m always on the look out for new craft and jewelry supplies to add to my repertoire. Ha! I love combining craft and repertoire in the same sentence. Anyhow, a few weeks back I was talking to my local jewelry supply guy and telling him that sometimes, my wire slipped through the opening of my […]

Sandalista Giveaway

Flip flops in Southern California aren’t just for summer; they’re usually worn year round and are in many ways a way of life. So us Southern Californians are picky about our flip flops. For a while I stuck with Havaianas, but when our friend Will, an expert in the shoe industry, branched off and started […]

Sunday Color Love – Warby Parker Crystal Collection

I love my Prestons from Warby Parker so much, and they’ve changed the way I look at glasses.  Wearing glasses since I was 8, for years I just slipped them on before bed time after I took out my contacts.  But since getting a pair that I actually love, I wear my glasses just as […]

Introducing The Craft Cabinet

When you’re passionate about something, especially if it involves anything somewhat businessy related, I’ve found it helps to have a partner in crime.  With each of the companies I’ve worked at before, I always had a person or two that I could go to and bounce ideas off of, share frustrations, share things I was […]

Big Belly Project

Hello everyone!  I’m back from our 5 day trip up to the mountains, where I did everything from fishing, to hiking to getting the best massage of my life.  I’m tired but ready to unpack and get back into the swing of things, which includes blogging!  I’ve missed it the past 2 weeks and am […]

Break Time

I’ll be taking a little break for the next few days to spend time with my family and catch up a bit.  We’ve had construction going on in the house, getting things ready for baby, and there’s just lots to be done to finalize things.  And I’m running out of steam a bit as I […]