Our daughter graduated from High School this week. We celebrated with dinner at one of her favorite restaurants in the city, Butter. We still had a little celebration at home that included a cake in school colors and candles from Party City that I had to spray paint black and even her presents were wrapped in black and red. It was prefect and the kind of day that she said it was so great she ...
identical twins
Happy birthday to my twin sister Lynn! I adore that we share our birthday and of course we wish we were in the same city/state so we could celebrate together. A while back I saw this print on Design Mom. Gabrielle finds the greatest stuff from all over the world. The illustrator, Judy Kauffman is from Barcelona and when I mentioned that I am an identical twin, she sent me two! One for me and ...
The Louvre in the afternoon sunlight
A rather quick visit to The Louvre before heading home. The great thing about getting away is how wonderful home sounds. And it's impossible not to think of all those affected by the terrible events in Boston as well as those suffering in Texas. ...
The South of France + paint colors
Driving through the countryside, on the train and walking the streets...I am reminded how the French seem to have the perfect shade of color on their doors, shutters, gates, walls... Whether it's blue, green, lavender, pink, yellow....it's the perfect shade anytime of day. I don't know what it is, but I love all the colors and the patina of them too. ...
baseball, pinstripes + birthday celebration
Today is my son's 14th birthday. He was born at the perfect time of year for someone with a profound passion for baseball....watching, playing...everything baseball. He's a huge Yankees fan and by the 14th year of coming up with original baseball themed celebrations, I was starting to run out of ideas. So this year, the theme is "Pinstripes." It's amazing how easy it is to work around a theme ...
DIY * Gift tags inspired by the book: Sara Midda’s South of France ~ A Sketchbook
Inspired by the book cover of Sara Midda's South of France ~ A Sketchbook, I created a few one of a kind gift tags. Now for true artists, this may seem rather mundane, but with just a few school supplies like simple water colors, a brush and a piece of cream colored construction paper I made cards much like the cover of the book. We are going to France next month and I have been reading and ...