Category: Honor Roll

• I remember going to the Drive-in with my parents as a kid, and after seeing this I want to go again.
• Simple toy + hot glue + shadowbox = cute art.
• Define the ration of people to cake. So awesome. (via Mighty Girl)
• Supersized IKEA Expedit!
• The Stocked Kitchen looks like a good book. I’m hopeless when it comes to meal planning, but I want to be better prepared. (via Everyday Treats)
• I love a good “After” living room, don’t you?

I also write for Babble’s Family Style blog. Here’s what I’ve been sharing there…

• How do you like your storage? Indestructible? Or pretty?
• Warby Parker has come out with a new line of sunglasses. Cute.
• It’s a $200 litter box. What do you think of it?
• Please tell me I’m not the only grown woman that loves this video game.

• Such a beautiful, colorful, fun wedding!
• A couple of pretty downloads for you: hand-painted stripes and digital labels.
• Have you ever slept in a tipi? I haven’t, but now I’d like to.
• How has motherhood changed your style?
• I hope that this is good too. (And I love that Jason Segel is such a huge muppet fan. So endearing!)

I also write for Babble’s Family Style blog. Here’s what I’ve been sharing there…

• I put together a gender-neutral, mid-century modern nursery. Would you like to see more of these from me on Babble?
• A patriotic twist on rainbow cakes! Would you make one for the Fourth?
• Two modern cat’s eye sunglasses at two very different prices.
• Get in on the vintage-style industrial pendant trend (some for less than $20!).
• The new season of Design Star starts soon. Is it too early to pick favorites?

• Joy’s little lady is going to have a really great nursery. (That’s just part of it, above.)
• I had seen this colorful home making the blog rounds, but it wasn’t until I saw the floor plan (scroll down) that I really appreciated it.
• Youth? Sure, it’s great. But I’m looking forward to becoming an old woman.
• That door is BANANAS!
• Great interview with Sweet Paul.
• So much inspiration from C designs.

I also write for Babble’s Family Style blog. Here’s what I’ve been sharing there…

• Three beautiful dresses nursing mothers can wear. (Worth a look if you’re not nursing too, of course.)
• Make your own DIY rug patterns! I think it could help camouflage stains too.
• What’s funnier than the ‘Go the F**k to Sleep’ book? A free download of Samuel L. Jackson reading it.
• Martha has a new line of party decorations. Fun!
• Cute, inexpensive, and easy to wear striped skirts!

• 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 fun to do one up and traverse the country. (I just sent a proposal to Brandon. Let’s see what he says…)
• Here’s a cute yellow and gray nursery for a baby named Gus. (Yay for more babies named Gus!)

I also write for Babble’s Family Style blog. Here’s what I’ve been sharing there…

• I finally joined Instagram! Hello, bandwagon. You’re pretty fun. I’m digging the Instagram screensaver too.
• It’s Disney, but it doesn’t look like Disney. There’s a line of diaper bags and kids’ clothing to celebrate the 45th birthday of “it’s a small world.”
• Can you pull off a striped dress like this? I wish I could, but it’s just not happening right now.
• Charley Harper dinnerware!
• I picked my favorite Kate Spade tabletop pieces. Do you have any favorites from the collection?

p.s. You still have today and tomorrow to enter my Social Space Makeover Contest! Finalists will be announced on Monday.

• I’m not sure what a beet cake tastes like, but I wish I could make videos as pretty as this one. (via Poppytalk)
• Jules says: “One day I’m going to wear a striped top, paint my lips in Mac Lady Danger, and clutch a bunch of pink peonies.” Also? She found a great orangey red lp gloss.
• And just to be a total blogger cliché, I’ll be photographing myself in stripes this weekend for Stripe Mania. (Do it! It’s all in good fun.)
• Read this: The 6 Hour Cat. ‘Tis funny. And disturbing.
• It was a good week for redesigns! Design*Sponge and Oh Happy Day are both sporting a new look.
• The new issue of Anthology is out, and it’s the best one yet.

I also write for Babble’s Family Style blog. Here’s what I’ve been sharing there…

• Bow ties for the ladies!
• And bows on pillows and totes! (I like bows, OK?)
• As the temperature climbs, this is what I’ll be wearing to roller derby practices this summer.
• This is cool: a quill made entirely of graphite.
• I wish I had a big tree in the backyard to hang this wooden swing from, but since ours seems to be dying, I don’t think it’s going to happen.

p.s. I’m announcing a contest on Monday with a pretty amazing prize. I’ve been very fortunate lately to work with some excellent sponsors, but on Monday I’m turning over one of my opportunities to you!

• I had seen a few early examples from the Mural Arts Project’s Love Letter series, but I hadn’t realized that they had done so many now! (via The Crafts Dept.)
• Baby names are so much fun to ponder.
• Ombre drawers look nice, yes?
• So many rainbows everywhere these days… now for floors too!
• I really want this vintage coffee table.
• It’s awesome being awesome.
• I’ve had this song in my head for days now. It’s her voice that makes it stick.

I also write for Babble’s Family Style blog. Here’s what I’ve been sharing there…

• Did you see Jonathan Adler’s new line of coated canvas bags?
• Pretty but pricey tassels. (Yet I still kind of want one.)
• Babies can pick up on subliminal messages, right? These prints had me chuckling.
• One floral dress for me, and one for Eleanor.