Now that my youngest is mobile–and, thanks to the open-plan design of our house, cannot easily be confined with baby gates–I’ve had to buckle down and get serious about keeping the floor clean. A…

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Continue reading → Clean up, clean up, everybody clean up

I’ve been a fan of white serving pieces ever since my mother taught me that the food should be the star of the dishes, and not the dishes themselves. (Of course that presumes that I am capable of…

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• Sleighs Christmas Current 1991-Now Holiday, Seasonal Collectibles
• Ceramic Ornaments Christmas Modern 1946-90 Holiday, Seasonal Collectibles
• Angels Ornaments Christmas Current 1991-Now Holiday, Seasonal Collectibles

Continue reading → I’m dreaming of a white Christmas table

We’re at the moment in the holiday season when I realize I need gifts
for all those other deserving people in our lives: teachers,
dance instructors, party hosts, house cleaners, the personal chef…

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• Candles, Candle Holders Christmas Modern 1946-90 Holiday, Seasonal Collectibles
• Tree Stands, Skirts Christmas Current 1991-Now Holiday, Seasonal Collectibles
• Tree Toppers Christmas Current 1991-Now Holiday, Seasonal Collectibles

Continue reading → O Christmas Tree (candle), O Christmas Tree (candle)

I have this dream. In this dream, my house is always organized, dog hair is contained on the actual dog, cushions are kept on the couch, and I frequently host elegant cocktail parties attended just…

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Continue reading → 1,2,3,4 Tell me that you love (my napkins) more

I’m the person who walks by a candle shop or perfume store and starts sneezing uncontrollably. So just imagine how well I do trying to find a nice subtle holiday scent that doesn’t make me run…

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Continue reading → A Method to your holiday madness. Literally.

You know you’re a parent when you try to “zoom” any bit of food into your kid’s mouth. But who cares, right? If it works to get them to eat, then by all means, fly that plane!

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Continue reading → Airfork One - Fly me to your mouth

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Continue reading → Custom Christmas ornaments, delivered on doves’ wings

Merino wool? Old hat. Soy cotton? So last week. The new hot luxury fabric of the day it would seem is hand combed yak hair. Heavenly soft like cashmere, thick and yummy in every way.

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Continue reading → Yak yak yak

The weather is finally turning cold here in Colorado, which means that it’s time to begin our annual battle over the thermostat.  My husband turns it up, I turn it down, and round and round we…

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Continue reading → Nap + Cuddle = Nuddle

Call me ecologically bankrupt, but I’m willing to pay for convenience. Disposable dipes and wipes are a mainstay around here, as was jarred baby food–until I tried the Beaba Babycook.

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Continue reading → Beaba Babycook: Now you’re cooking, mama

Is there any better time to reintroduce the joys of tooth-brushing to your kids than Halloween? I’m going to say no. Which gives me the perfect segueway to introduce all of you to the joys of …

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Continue reading → It’s okay to stick that in your mouth - you know where it’s been.

One thing we haven’t seen a whole lot of for some reason is cool kids wallpaper. And then we discovered Rollout, a creative design studio in Canada, which is doing some truly dandy things with…

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• Kids Shoes Clothing, Shoes Accessories Golf
• Babies, Kids Toys Contemporary 1970-Now Miniatures Dollhouse Miniatures Dolls Bears
• New Kids on the Block N Rock, Pop Music Memorabilia Entertainment Memorabilia

Continue reading → Rollout - Some enchanted wallpaper

When I was pregnant, I painted three pieces of furniture out in the cold because I was so freaked out about what the paint fumes could do to the bébé. But when you’re pregnant is precisely when you…

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• Paint Guns Sprayers Painting Supplies Sprayers Building Hardware Home Improvement

Continue reading → Painting without fear. Or formaldehyde.

Yes, there’s the scent of their yummy heads and soft skin, but babies do a lot of stinky things. But using a big fake room scent machine just doesn’t seem like the healthiest choice, nor does…

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Continue reading → Because not all baby smells are…pleasing

If only there was a way to get fabulous clothing, accessories, and other merchandise while helping others in need. Oh, wait–there is.

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• Footware Clothing, Shoes Accessories Camping Hiking
• Gloves Clothing, Shoes Accessories Golf
• Hats Visors Clothing, Shoes Accessories Golf

Continue reading → Shop Nest, improve women’s lives

My husband gives me gift cards for a special occasions with the excuse that I’m just way too picky. Most of the time, I roll my eyes at him, however, had he given me one to 1154 Lill Studio, I would…

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Continue reading → Designing the wipes case of your dreams. Should you dream of such things.

As a bona fide word nerd, I was instantly taken with the name The Regional Assembly of Text, although I had no idea what it meant. (Sort of ironic if you think about it, huh.) As it turns out, this…

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Continue reading → The Regional Assembly of Text - a store as cool as its name

If you find manilla, vanilla, add International Arrivals to your bookmarks and check out their modern assortment of file folders, journals, photo albums, and organizational accessories that make a…

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• Photo Albums Antique Pre-1940 Photographic Images Collectibles
• Albums, Folders Supplies Publications Supplies Coins Paper Money

Continue reading → Schoolwork and work work get a lift with International Arrivals

I’ve never
equated cleaning my house with achieving zen, but while using Posies Cleaning Products, I can at least take some deep calming breaths while I mutter and scrub.

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Continue reading → Posies takes cleaning the house partly out of the “things that suck” column

I tend to spend so much time worrying about the gory details of my kids’ parties that the birthday candles are the last thing that I think about. In fact, one year, I almost forgot them. Bad bad…

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• Happy Birthday Barbie Barbie Dolls Barbie Contemporary 1973-Now Dolls Dolls Bears
• Birthday Vintage Greeting Cards Paper Collectibles

Continue reading → Candles Worthy of that Special Birthday Cake

I can’t even believe we’ve entered the phase of Nooooo that’s MY plate! I’m not sure exactly what makes my daughter think something is hers besides the fact that her sister touched it first, but I’m…

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Continue reading → Keeping the peace with personalized plates. And maybe a whistle.

I cannot tell you how many times my husband has busted through the door after a long day of work only to singlehandedly wake up the baby who I just got to sleep. Talk about grounds for divorce.

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Continue reading → A very nice way of saying, “Shut the heck up the baby’s sleeping!”

Considering I have yet to figure out the formula that will make my son eat even one vegetable consistently without tossing it at my head, I’m willing to try anything, like this Gimme Veggie bowl
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Continue reading → A Bowl With Magical Powers? We Wish.

When I got married (the first time… ahem), we received endless items from Crate and Barrel. And don’t get me wrong, it’s all very useful stuff, but… well… plain. Boring. So color me surprised…

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Continue reading → Comic Book Fans, Start Your Appetites

Despite my insistence that it would never happen, the toys have in fact eaten our living room whole. I evidently can’t keep the toy animals and crayons and blocks and play silks restricted to the…

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Continue reading → Can It, Kids

The siren song of convenience is strong, even for a greenie like me, and at times I’ve been compelled to some of those one-use cleaning wipes. I never feel right about it though, so I switched back…

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Continue reading → Definitely Spongeworthy

As a mom to toddlers I tried that whole organization thing where you put pictures on the toy bins, rather than words, so that the kids know what goes where. The only problem? I can’t draw worth a…

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Continue reading → Putting Away the Toys Gets A Little Cooler, If Not Less Tedious

My memories of picnicking as a child include my poor
dad struggling to carry a giant plastic cooler weighing approximately
100 pounds to our picnic site.  He’d heave the monstrous beast onto a…

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Continue reading → Picnic Week: Built NYC’s Neoprene Six-Pack Tote

While in the great outdoors, someone once said, Take Only Memories, Leave Only Footprints, which is really a polite
way of saying, Don’t You Dare Throw That Cup On The Ground, Bucko.  If only…

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Continue reading → Picnic Week: Cool Handmade Napkins and Eco-Tableware

When you get a pitch for something called Poo-Pourri you think it’s a joke. Maybe a teaser for a Will Ferrell movie or an April Fool’s email that got lost in the ether for three months. But holy cow,…

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Continue reading → Poo-Pourri: The $9.95 Marriage Saver

Since moving my fair-skinned family to Georgia last year, I’ve really had a baptism by fire(ball) when it comes to sun protection. Oh, sure, we took precautions in the sun up north, but the sun here…

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• Fire Escape Ladders Home Security Home Improvement

Continue reading → Turning All Your Kids’ Clothing Into UPF Clothing.

BPA-free baby bottles and pacifiers. Natural wood teethers. Organic baby food. We think a lot about what goes into the mouth of babes, but what about the soaps we use to clean off those bottles,…

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• Baby Phat Women Discount Fragrances Store
• Baby Dolls Dolls Dolls Bears
• Baby Ornaments Christmas Current 1991-Now Holiday, Seasonal Collectibles

Continue reading → Dapple: Natural Dish Soap That Works. Naturally.

My kids are masters of The Heap. Think: The coat that just missed the peg on the entryway wall.  The wet towel they couldn’t get onto the rack in the bathroom.  The backpack they left…

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Continue reading → The Captain of the Hooks

I’ve come to look forward to my daily afternoon tea (timed ever so carefully to coincide with my kids’ daily breakdown). So it’s no surprise that when I saw the eco-friendly tea towels from…

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• Maxwell House Coffee, Tea Advertising Collectibles
• Tea Sets Tableware Housewares Kitchenware Collectibles
• Tea Kettles Kitchenware Housewares Kitchenware Collectibles

• Do you like coffee or tea? Tea is my drink of choice...I used to drink iced tea by the gallons until I gave up caffeine (except in chocolate, LOL.) OTOH, I like Ben and Jerry's coffee ice cream (with heath bar)...and Starbuck's Venti Mocha decaf Frappuchino... And I like tea in fragrances, so long as they......

Continue reading → High Tea, Hold the Snootiness

I’ve come to look forward to my daily afternoon tea (timed ever so carefully to coincide with my kids’ daily breakdown). So it’s no surprise that when I saw the eco-friendly tea towels from…

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• Coffee, Tea Advertising Collectibles
• Tea Pots, Sets Decorative Collectibles Collectibles
• Starbucks Coffee, Tea Advertising Collectibles

• Do you like coffee or tea? Tea is my drink of choice...I used to drink iced tea by the gallons until I gave up caffeine (except in chocolate, LOL.) OTOH, I like Ben and Jerry's coffee ice cream (with heath bar)...and Starbuck's Venti Mocha decaf Frappuchino... And I like tea in fragrances, so long as they......

Continue reading → High Tea, Hold the Snootiness

The modular carpet tiles from FLOR are taking the design world by storm with their new offerings by the renown mid-century textile designer, Alexander Girard.

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• 1960s Vintage, Retro, Mid-Century Collectibles
• Unknown Vintage, Retro, Mid-Century Collectibles
• 1970s Vintage, Retro, Mid-Century Collectibles

Continue reading → Alexander Girard Underfoot

The modular carpet tiles from FLOR are taking the design world by storm with their new offerings by the renown mid-century textile designer, Alexander Girard.

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• Vintage, Retro, Mid-Century Collectibles
• 1950s Vintage, Retro, Mid-Century Collectibles
• Plastic Vintage, Retro, Mid-Century Collectibles

Continue reading → Alexander Girard Underfoot

Do you consider yourself brilliant and utterly intelligent? How about busy? And forgetful? If so, then we have found the to-do list for you.

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Continue reading → Don’t Forget

Do you consider yourself brilliant and utterly intelligent? How about busy? And forgetful? If so, then we have found the to-do list for you.

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Continue reading → Don’t Forget