// Artists

As an Obama supporter, I, like the rest of the country, have taken notice of how stylish our First Lady has been. My mom drew my attention to her jewelry – in particular the necklace that she wore to the first state dinner by designer, Tom Binns. I had known the jewelers more understated works […]

// Materials

I’m a big fan of handprinted fabric. I’ve posted on Virginia Johnson here before but today I came upon an Etsy printer, HomeSweet, who is a blockprinting scientist – literally. Her Eyelet pattern above is simple and fresh! I love the varied green shades in her Leaf Weave pattern. Minileaves here – very Orla Kiely!

// Products

I recently was turned onto the Brooklyn-based company, Design Glut, while trying to find a birthday gift for a client who just happens to be a CEO of a publicly traded company. I came across their Dow Jones Hanky and immediately thought to myself, “too soon?” Since I track the company’s stock closely I know […]

// Products

Someday I’ll have a whole house on the coast full of Maine Cottage furniture. Another fabulous thing I’ve learned about from Abby and another dear friend, Charlotte. Maine Cottage has the most amazing colors available for all of their furniture pieces and great accessories from artwork to lamps to tableware. They also sell my favorite […]

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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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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, […]

// Products

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 […]

// Site

When I moved to New York I didn’t know what the neighborhood I was moving into was really like. I live in Chelsea and knew I’d be on the West Side and that there was a lot of history here but I didn’t know what the people, stores, restaurants, and more would have in store […]