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Let’s Set the Table for a Simple Weeknight Dinner
June 15, 2011
Time to play! Which glasses, dinnerware, and flatware would you choose from to set a simple, everyday dinner table? I’ll tell you which ones I’d pick…
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Sisters, 1990
June 14, 2011
That’s me and my little sister, Ashley, circa 1990. My Uncle Ray used to be a professional photographer, but this was just a quick snap that he got of us on the back porch of his old Chicago-style bungalow. He has since moved (many years ago now), but the photo still hangs in his dining [...]
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Terrarium Craft
June 13, 2011
This book looks fantastic. I bought teeny little deer and even teenier little mushrooms last month, and when Brandon saw and asked me about them, I sheepishly told him that I was going to make a terrarium for Eleanor. I think he thought I had gone a little nuts. I’m going to need this book [...]
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Social Space Makeover Contest Finalists
June 13, 2011
I’m working with American Express to give away 150,000 Membership Rewards points and a custom Making it Lovely design plan. We’re looking to help people make over their social spaces; the spaces where they spend time with family and friends. Nearly three hundred people entered (here was the original call for entries), and it was [...]
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Honor Roll
June 10, 2011
I think this is my favorite Curated Collection yet. (above) Illustrated missed connections! (via Girl’s Gone Child) I always look forward to Maggie’s Mighty Closet posts, and the latest one featured the lovely Liz Stan. She’s a cutie. Every time I see cute vintage campers, I get it in my head that it would be [...]
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