If you have been following me for a while here on my blog or Instagram, you know I've ditched my candles and have started diffusing instead. This is just one area where we have made changes to have a healthier home. I have always been about creating a meaningful home for my family and essential oils play a big part in the journey. If you landed here because you want to learn more, that's ...
A spring brunch table and menu
6 Bloggers Share their spring tables Today I'm joining Mary Ann and Cindy and a few friends to share our spring brunch tables and menus. When we started talking about this particular Project Design, none of us knew we would be in the middle of a health crisis. My spring brunch would have been on Easter and the table would have been set for seven or eight, rather than our family of four. Everyone ...
Best Ever Tomato Soup
Comfort Food in the way of tomato soup and grilled cheese How is everyone doing? Are we starting week three? Oh my gosh, how can that be? And even longer for people in some areas. Today I'm joining my dear friends Cindy and Mary Ann and we are all sharing our favorite one-dish recipes. Have you been surviving on comfort food and pantry dinners? Today we made a pot of the best ever tomato soup ...
A visit to Plain Goods in New Preston, CT
Field Trip Update: We visited Plain Goods today, and the store is stocked with more of everything from vintage goods, art, clothing, and shoes, plus lots of beautiful home goods. I uploaded a little video at the bottom of the post. My friend Diane and I went on a little field trip to a lovely shop our friend Karen had shared on Instagram. We knew we were going to love Plain Goods. It's a ...
Buvette + West Village + NYC
I've updated this post with new photos on a recent visit to Buvette: Since we can't go to Buvette right now, I'm cooking from the Buvette cookbook. We made two recipes today using what we had in the house. Homemade potato chips and apple and cheese fricos. Frico means cheese crisps. Buvette's recipe calls for Montasio cheese (or any cow's milk aged cheese). It's so simple, but the result is ...
Make DIY Hand Cream that really works with essential oils
With all the handwashing and hand sanitizing, my hands need some deep relief in the way of some serious hand cream. I made this before (you can read that post here), but this time I used lavender and lemon essential oils. The result a wonderfully smelling, super soft hand cream that I might feel is a bit too greasy during normal times, but these days...it's perfect! Make your own hand cream A ...