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Create a Style Board

May 25, 2010

Style or inspiration boards are used as a tool by designers as they plan a new collection for a line.  They include inspirational images, fabric swatches and photographs of inspiring people.  All of these images together create a mood, or a feeling that the designer then uses as a guide while working on a future [...]

Overcoming Choice Overload

May 5, 2010

Two of my favourite bloggers/writers, Seth Godin and Leo Balbuta recently wrote about the consequences of having too many choices.  We are in an age where we are priviledged to have endless options.  We can do anything, be anyone, and go anywhere we want.  Yet research shows that having too many options actually decreases our level [...]

Dear Diary,

April 10, 2010

When I was a kid, I wrote in a journal pretty regularly.  I still have one from when I was five or six and entries are literally: "I had a fight with Jenna and Jennifer on the bus today because they wouldn't share their My Little Pony's".  The last time I read my journals from [...]

9 Ways to Celebrate Your Birthday with Style

February 21, 2010

It was my birthday yesterday (Happy Birthday to ME!) and a friend suggested I write a post about celebrating in style.  Good idea!  I love my birthday.  Its not that I expect everyone else to love it too, but ever since I was a child, I have woken up on my birthday feeling good and [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2010

Happy Valentine's Day lovely friends! Take time today to send love, hugs and kisses to all the special people in your life.  I shared the love with friends yesterday via these melt in your mouth Rosemary Walnut Shortbread Cookies courtesy of Martha.  Make the heart-shaped ones today or simple round ones another time.  Most [...]

Why Feeling Bad is (sometimes) Good

February 11, 2010

We all have those days where we just feel bad.  Sad, angry, confused, frustrated, pitiful, pathetic and/or just plain pissed off.  Sometimes it is set off by a specific situation and other times it is just life catching up with you.  Here is why its good:  feeling bad is a wake up call to take [...]

Love Day

February 7, 2010

Last year I wrote a post about taking back Valentine's Day, the idea being that we should celebrate Valentine's Day as a day of love of all kinds (love for your family and friends and for your significant other) rather than an "over-priced prix-fix dinner and roses" day.  Here are more ideas on how to [...]

Paris, Je T’Aime

January 31, 2010

Last week I visited Paris to attend the Maison et Objets show for work and to sneak in a few days in a city I love with the guy I love.  As we wandered the streets with no particular destination in mind (we'd seen all the major sights on a previous trip), I reflected on [...]

The Power of a Password: 3 Easy Ways to Add Positive Messages to Your Life

January 15, 2010

Every book on personal development, success and happiness will tell you how crucial it is to think positively.  Experts in their respective fields from Deepak Chopra, to Donald Trump, to Diane Von Furstenberg have written about how keeping their thoughts positive is a key to their success and happiness.
Sometimes as we rush through life, it is [...]

6 Ways to Hold On to the Holiday Spirit

January 7, 2010

I wrote this article just over one year ago, but it is still very timely and appropriate.  It is hard to get back into normal routines after the fun and festivities of the holidays.  Hopefully these 5 tips will help you to hold on to the holiday spirit as they have helped me!

Holding on to [...]

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