I am beyond excited, thrilled, tickled pink, delighted, and over the moon to tell you that I was chosen to be on Frigidaire’s new Super Influencer Team. That means I get to test Frigidaire’s new line of kitchen appliances as well as a new washer and dryer. Did I mention I’m excited? I didn’t sleep the whole night after I found out, I felt like a little kid the night before Christmas. I have a kitchen full of barely working…
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So, remember how I’m speaking at Alt, a design conference in SLC? Well, my panel is all about how to find the best, most inspirational, wonderful, tickle-your-fancy, design blogs out there. And I need your help. So if you’d be so kind would you tell me where you go online to get inspired? What are your favorite design blogs?
With the flooding, rearranging, and new flooring in our house came a shifting of furniture. The study, formerly only home to my desk {$30 at a yard sale} and some bookshelves, turned into a major family hub when the sofa from the family room moved in. I had to move my desk over to a blank wall and away from the front window, {a perfect eagle’s eye view to Charming’s daily activities outdoors} a move I wasn’t thrilled about, but…
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I promise I’ll get back to more fun and interesting things, like fashion and style, once I get this post out of my system. I just can’t help myself, I’m too excited about my new floor. You might remember that we had the great flood of 2009 way back in October and I’ve been living with a cement slab for a family room floor ever since. Well, last week Viktor must have felt guilty about the fact that he bought…
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Some of my favorites for some New Year’s Eve mixing, mingling, flirting, toasting, and two-stepping Fly Me to the Moon–Frank Sinatra The Best is Yet to Come–Frank Sinatra Save the Last Dance–Michael Buble Everything–Michael Buble Come Fly With Me–MIchael Buble Be Ok–Ingrid Michaelson It Had to be You–Harry Connick, Jr. We Are in Love–Harry Connick, Jr. Better Together–Jack Johnson Melody–Kate Earl Moondance–Van Morrison The Show–Lenka Auld Lang Syne–Bare Naked Ladies Auld Lang Syne–Straight No Chaser all available at itunes This…
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I’m on day 5 of pajama wearing heaven, and I’m not coming down off this high anytime soon. I only interrupt my magazine consuming, chocolate devouring, Netflix watching euphoria to share a little something we did on Christmas morning. Something we do every Christmas morning at my parents house actually; we make German müesli. And it’s the highlight of my entire year. Fo shizzle. My dad doesn’t do a lot of cooking, but this is the one tradition we’ve done…
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I make homemade toffee for Christmas every year. I give it to friends, neighbors, family, and the mailman. No, seriously I do, he’s the nicest guy ever. Sometimes I wish I’d never started this tradition because my kids won’t let me stop. It’s not that making toffee is complicated {it’s not} but that I make batches and batches and batches of it, until my house smells of nothing but butter and we’re eating toffee for breakfast. But it’s as much…
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This year for Christmas we’re doing a little less of everything. A little more homemade, a lot less commercial. My kids are getting a small smattering of presents {and I do mean small} and Viktor and I are keeping the gifts between us pretty basic and practical. I already bought myself the camera I wanted, the only thing left on my list is every available song from the Glee Soundtrack. But I digress. My point was that we’re keeping it…
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I have to scale back my thrifting a little as I’ve found some seriously amazing things in the last couple of months. I scored something awesome for Viktor’s Christmas present that I can’t show you until after the holidays, and I had a ridiculously awesome trip to D.I. {one of my favorite thrift stores} a couple months ago that has to go on record, so here it is. This antique milk can is the creme de la creme. It was,…
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