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  • Be Like a Duck

    What I’ve Learned From Blogging

    Summed up in 3 images… sources: 1, 2, 3 …and 5 sentences. You have to hustle. Push yourself. You can't…
    January 30, 2013
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    Let’s Have a Seat: Affordable Velvet Kitsch

    The chairs could go more sophisticated, and the pillows could make a serious space more playful. Together though? Quirky. Kitschy.…
    January 29, 2013
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    Craft Night at Anthropologie

    I'll be hosting a Valentine craft night at Anthropologie in Chicago next week! Come help me check off a Lovely…
    January 29, 2013
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    The White House announced a National Day of Civic Hacking. I'm sure I have some coding smarties reading — consider…
    January 28, 2013
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    The Sequin Dress

    There's nothing like writing about feeling uncomfortable wearing a sequin dress to make you question wearing said type of dress…
    January 26, 2013
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    Blue and Green Kitchen

    I found this image on my hard drive that I had saved in 2009. Oh, the era before Pinterest! Oh,…
    January 24, 2013
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  • Be Like a Duck

    What I’ve Learned From Blogging

    Summed up in 3 images… sources: 1, 2, 3 …and 5 sentences. You have to hustle. Push yourself. You can’t please everyone. Ask for what…

    January 30, 201354 commentsFAQ, The Blog
  • Let's Have a Seat: Affordable Velvety Kitsch

    Let’s Have a Seat: Affordable Velvet Kitsch

    The chairs could go more sophisticated, and the pillows could make a serious space more playful. Together though? Quirky. Kitschy. Way too much fun. Fuchsia…

    January 29, 201318 commentsDecorating, Let's…
  • Valentine's Day Craft Night with Making it Lovely

    Craft Night at Anthropologie

    I’ll be hosting a Valentine craft night at Anthropologie in Chicago next week! Come help me check off a Lovely Life List item (“teach a…

    January 29, 201320 commentsCrafty (& Handy)
  • Honor Roll

    The White House announced a National Day of Civic Hacking. I’m sure I have some coding smarties reading — consider helping out, will you? This…

    January 28, 201312 commentsHonor Roll
  • Sagmeister Kiss

    The Sequin Dress

    There’s nothing like writing about feeling uncomfortable wearing a sequin dress to make you question wearing said type of dress to Alt Summit. This is…

    January 26, 201338 commentsStyle
  • Sky Blue and Olive Green Kitchen

    Blue and Green Kitchen

    I found this image on my hard drive that I had saved in 2009. Oh, the era before Pinterest! Oh, the folders upon folders of…

    January 24, 201325 comments'D' for Decorating, 'I' is for Inspiration, Kitchen
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