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experiments with live christmas trees and gilded nuts
While prepping a post on live (potted) Christmas trees for Gardenista this week, I was inspired to create a decorative scheme that was as organic as our new evergreen. Therefore, the kids and I set...
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this year’s expedition in wrapping paper
Last year the kids and I made our first homemade wrapping paper using potato stamps. This year we refined the process with cookie cutters. Read the complete how-to on (yeh, you guessed it) Gardenista....
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a little down east on my desk
Last week for Gardenista, I was challenged with the task of creating a “non-cheesy” desktop zen garden. I will say, the project had me flummoxed (world’s best word) for a day or two. Until I...
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dried fruit at home
This week Solvi and I made dried fruit at home for an article on Gardenista. It was fun and easy and made the house smell wonderful for hours! Click here for the complete how-to, as well as “the...
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another room down… more or less
Thank God I work for a design blog, otherwise I fear I would never get anything done on my house. As it is I actually find myself volunteering for Remodelista deadlines, just to force my hand. My...
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razor clam pendant
Remember Sheila’s “installation with razor clams” on her living room shelf? This week, I too got creative with these elongated shellfish, when, inspired by the porcelain works at Parma Lilac, I...
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this is work?
This week I had so much fun putting together a spectral dining room for Remodelista’s Dark Shadows week. Though it took some time and effort, it hardly felt like work. As I said in my open to the...
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DIYing up a storm
Just a glimpse at what I’ve been up to… For Remodelista: DIY Black Beeswax Candles. My family has a passion for black beeswax candles, which we procure at great expense. I wanted to see if it was worth...
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autumn bough with snowy cotton
Just in time for Thanksgiving, I made a bough with foraged fall foliage and cotton bolls. See my complete DIY on Gardenista.
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keepsake book: studio carta, designskool collaborative no. 3
Spring has sprung! And with it weddings, babies, and all things “new beginnings.” In celebration of this season of rebirth, for our 3rd project Angela and I chose to resurrect one of her old talents:...
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