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For Christmas I bought Brooke one of OctopusMe’s sets of earrings. She had just returned from almost a month in Africa and had, like so many, found it a very transformative trip. The octopus is a wonderful animal that can regenerate itself, if wounded in an attack is just regrows a tentacle – I like […]

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Today it was sunny and almost 60 degrees in New York. I wore a coat but could still tell that Fall and Winter were behind us and Spring was just around the corner. As we say goodbye to cold weather I found these amazing, needle felted (of course), acorns that will serve as a colorful […]

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I just learned that you can search locally on Etsy – I know, not news to many people, but news to me. First I went through Austin and found some amazing things and then I went through Boston where I was once again racked with nostalgia when I came upon the store Twigs and Heather. […]

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Where my folks live in New Hampshire there are some fabulous little antiques stores for the peepers who come up every year to see the leaves change colors. My favorite is Red Chair Antiques for its collection of furniture, household items, as well as collectibles, a few beads, ribbons, stamps, vintage bags and nightgowns, odd […]

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When you’re a renter you don’t want to do anything too destructive to the apartment for fear of losing your security deposit. I’ve been in the same apartment for almost three years and I’ve still not painted the walls. Plenty of art but no paint. Today on Etsy I stumbled upon Elephannie, who creates wall […]

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Sometimes when I’m missing Boston all I want to do is look at pictures of my neighborhood or my family. Today I came upon a company called Ork Posters, which will allow me to look at an awesome map of Boston’s neighborhood in the colors of my beloved Celtics! Other colors are available but this, […]

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Since gaining confidence (or getting over) the massive discrepancy between the size and shape of my ears I’ve been buying larger more ornate earrings. Still sometimes though I slide back into my love of rings. Sarah Perlis‘ work is so delicate while still showing her hand in each piece I wanted to post as soon […]

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In New York there’s a rule that a certain percentage of your hardwood floors must be covered in rugs when you live in an apartment building to manage the noise. I brought many thick carpets when I moved in but they were hard to keep clean and they added no personality. I got new rugs […]

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I recently got rid of the curtain in my kitchen and decided to make something more cheerful. The previous curtain was made out of Charlie Brown’s t-shirt…at least it seemed that way. The new curtain is out of a beautiful Virginia Johnson print, Teal Waffle, seen below. While I did have to call customs to […]

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In keeping with my creepy Rubie Green affections of late, I wanted to post about Chairloom, a company that takes old chairs, stools, benches, etc and re-upholsters them with contemporary and fabulous fabrics. The above wingback is in Megan by Rubie Green and I think it looks inviting. These stools are in East Village…my future […]