What a week it has been! How about those Royals?? Between hosting World Series parties and Halloween, I'm pretty spent. I love a break from the monotony of life, but sometimes the return to the routine is refreshing. Saturday ... READ MORE
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Halloween Bone Table Runner
When I first started concepting our dining room for Halloween, my initial idea was something gruesome running down the table. I came across these bags of bones, and they seemed like the perfect item to focus on: the bones are sculptural, graphic, ... READ MORE
Halloween Highlights and Housing Hurdles
While brisk, Halloween was a great night. Every year brings more cousins and more noise, but what joyful noise it can be. We always go to my parents because the neighborhood is wonderful and simple to trick or treat in. Everyone is ... READ MORE
Halloween Costume Countdown
Sometimes I love stress. Not the average stress we face, like paying the bills or working through our children's more difficult stages; but the kind where there are deadlines, but the process in general is a good time. Creative stress. ... READ MORE
Throw Back Thursday: 80’s Hair Band Boy’s Halloween Costume
I'm trying to make myself get into full-on costume mode right now, or in a week I will be having major regret and anxiety for not starting sooner. 2 years ago, Xander dressed as one of the easiest and funniest costumes I've put ... READ MORE
Making a Home: Easily Adding a Bit of Spook for Halloween
I really love Halloween and much of what goes with it. At this stage in my life (raising small babies and trying to keep up with a home and other activities) I've come to realize that simple decor is what I prefer. I don't have a lot of ... READ MORE
To Make or to Buy: Halloween Costumes?
It is a decision I seem to struggle with every year: to take the time to make a unique, quality costume, to buy something that is quality but will take a bite out of my wallet, or to just get something cheap and disposable? With Xander's Friday the ... READ MORE
Graves Into Gardens
I love decorating for Halloween, I always have. If you've been here a while, you know my excitement for this time of the year. It's nostalgic (we had so much fun decorating as kids), fanciful (I think my time as a performer makes me enjoy a costume ... READ MORE
The Watermelon Sofa
I’m hopeful this table will soon be filled with puzzle pieces as things slow down a bit for winter, but for now it houses some curiosities and critters. All of my kids come find me to show me beautiful butterflies and green grasshoppers, but Domino ... READ MORE