My friendly neighborhood bridesmaids sent me flowers yesterday. What a treat to come home to. And DUDE. Orange, you rock my life. It is too cool that my mixture of girls from college and girls from high school are bonding over this adventure. I am a lucky lady. In other flora related news, my bean…

It is cold and rainy again in Maryland. Here is some sunshine from my google reader this past week: + heart embroidery on frolic (I am currently out of thread so my own sewing project is on hold.) + a perfume recommendation from marta + letterpressed cards from Studio On Fire + the cutest paper…

AH-HA! A peek of sunshine yesterday was good, good. And a nice beer to ring in St. Patty's was just right as well. Thank you for the comments on my bridesmaid invites. This wedding is going to be craft central. As well as quite elegant. Handmade Elegance. Paul said yesterday we should bring some CORAL…

Last month, I switched to Google Reader to keep track of all the blogs I read. I used to be addicted to Bloglines, but was tired of feeds either not updating at all or re-updating (and re-updating) with the same material. I am thrilled with the format of Google Reader and love that they have…

I have heard so much about this show – "The money's in the banana stand" – but tonight we sat down and watched disc one of season one. It's a knee slapper, let me tell you.

How cool is this idea? Paul and I might make them into T-shirts. I am running on empty – it has been a very busy week with the no sleep + the many hours of work. I am very much looking forward to tomorrow. A real live day of rest. If you emailed (or commented)…

I am loving my 5 Year Diary. It is surprising how easy it has been to think of something to say every single day. There is not a lot of space which means I can be very concise. (Somedays this is easier than others.) But, wow, it is such a cool idea and already something…

   I am a big online browser but not a big online buyer. But I clicked a link tonight that took me to J.Crew and I saw they were having a take an extra 30% off sale items sale. I think 30% of the women of the world are on the site right now because…