Rhode Montijo
As many of you know, I love art. My family and I collect whimsical surreal pieces in our home. One artist I have had the pleasure of meeting is Rhode Montijo. We own four pieces of his fun art. He is...
View ArticleAnthropologie’s Holiday Display Workshop: San Diego 2013
That is right! I did a workshop. Well, actually I did two! Monday’s post will be the workshop from Corona’s Anthropologie. I chose the ones based on their scheduling during the one week I had free. I...
View ArticleHow To Get Your Framing Done Cheap…er
With so many framed paintings in our home, I have found it essential to figure out how to get my pictures framed without breaking my budget. I have learned some fabulous tricks. And this is the time...
View ArticleI’m Crafty Crazy
I am not crafty. Oh, how I long to be. But I’m not. Please remind me of this the next time I decide to do a project. Because I always do. And I always end up reenacting Amelia Bedilia. And crying....
View ArticleAnd I Become The Crazy Rabbit Lady
I saw these Menagerie Pillows online and I knew. I had to have them. Then Anthropologie had a customer appreciation day and they went 15% off. I purchased two of them for my husband to give to me at...
View ArticleChristmas Ornaments
Am I the only one with an ornament hoarding problem? I hope not! I cannot resist a cute ornament. It is beginning to be a problem. In fact, we now have so many ornaments, we have had to get not one,...
View ArticleEasy Christmas DIY Ideas
These Christmas projects I have completed around my house are so incredibly simple anyone can do them. I see you are still skeptical. Well, let me introduce myself. “Hello. I’m Anyone.” And if I can do...
View ArticleMy Christmas Wishlist
For Christmas, I like to “ask” for things I would not normally buy myself. Things like a nice bag, a piece of jewelry, or an interesting accessory (such as a magic shawl to ward evil spirits away). It...
View ArticleDecorating Christmas
I try. I try to stay ahead of things, but inevitably I fall behind. I meant to take pictures of my home decorated for Christmas and post them weeks ago. You know. Before Christmas. Like all of the...
View ArticleMy Children’s Self Portraits
For those of you with children (or if you are planning on having children or know someone with kids who likes fun ideas), I wanted to share one of my favorite things in my home. For three years (it...
View ArticleTarget In January
I recently went to Target. As I do. When I want to buy a mindless variety of unnecessary items. The reason I had gone there was because in my rummaging cleaning, I found 4 gift cards totaling $100 to...
View ArticleBathroom Progress
My good friend, Jessica, has been at my house this week stenciling my bathroom with the Otomi design I had purchased from Etsy last year. I had a vision in my head and it is so exciting to see it...
View ArticleIt’s The Little Things: On Our Fireplace Mantel
Sweet Brynne asked me last week if I would do a post about the items on my mantle. I thought it was a great idea. I take most of my outfit photos in front of my fireplace, because of the convenience. I...
View ArticleAntique Shopping
My kids were at school. My husband went to work. The house was clean acceptable. I headed to the antique store to browse. There is something about being around antiques for me. I find it very soothing....
View ArticleOur Finished Otomi Bathroom
I am so excited to share our finished bathroom! Here is part one and part two in case you missed them. My friend, Jessica, owns Bella Wall Designs. She was such a sweetie and stenciled my walls for...
View ArticleAntique Shopping With My Mom
My mom wanted to have a girl’s day a few weeks ago. I was in. Since we both love antiquing, we planned on heading down to some local antique stores and picking out a fun restaurant to eat at. It was a...
View ArticleIt’s The Little Things: A Giraffe Hook
I first wrote about The Raja Hook way back in March. And then I waited. I knew I could be patient enough for a sale price. But then Emily Henderson created a beautiful office space a few weeks ago and...
View ArticleMoroccan Shag Pillows
The week before we went on vacation, I had stumbled upon a delightful surprise. These Nate Berkus Moroccan Shag Pillows. They are from Target. They are sold out online, however, the website was saying...
View ArticleIt’s The Little Things: Matryoshka Doll
For my birthday, my family surprised me with this sweet stacking Russian doll. As an outsider looking in, this seems to be just a sweet gift. But there is more to this little doll than meets the eye....
View ArticleTHE Room: Summer 2014
I never know what to call this room. Technically it is the Formal Living/Dining Room. But since there is nothing formal about my 1800 square foot house, I try to come up with other alternatives for...
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