About

Me (Nicole Balch)

I’m transforming my so-so house into a lovely home. Follow along, offer advice, or just get a glimpse into the creative process!

When I’m not working on my home, I’m working on my business, Pink Loves Brown. I design and sell cards, stationery, gift sets, bookplates, pins, magnets, and pocket mirrors. Running my business is my full time job, and I love it. When I have extra time, I take on additional design work at Smart & Lovely.

My husband Brandon loves movies and video games, tolerates the color pink, and makes me laugh. Often. We just had our beautiful daughter Eleanor on April 29, 2009. We’re totally in love with her but we’re also fairly sleep-deprived. Oh, and we have a dog named Murray, and three cats in varying sizes: Violet (S), Mabel (M), and Kili (XXL).

I should probably write more, but here’s something I can tell you… I like to use ellipses too much – and I don’t use em dashes nearly enough.

Contact Me

You can send me an e-mail, or write:
Nicole Balch
P.O. Box 1268
Oak Park, IL 60304

My Photos

I use a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT and the lens that came with it. I don’t know much about photography (other than “don’t use flash”), but I know a thing or two about composition. I fake the rest with Photoshop.

I have a Photo Gallery here on the site, and I also put all of my photos up on flickr.

This Webite

I started blogging on Blogger in January 2007, and switched over to WordPress in January 2008. WordPress and I are now besties and we’re very happy together (sorry, Blogger).

The blog design was done by me.

Active WordPress Plugins

For those that are curious about the technical side of things…