Heather is one of Simon’s realtor friends and she shares a home office with her husband in the prettiest little cabana-turned-workhorse that you ever did see. She asked if I would come over to chitchat about updating the space to make it more of a great his-and-hers space that’s not only functional but beautiful too. […]

Happy Friday, darlings. Another week has passed and here we are almost to Valentine’s Day! Yippee! Next week I’ll be hosting a girls’ Valentine art party for a few buddies. I love any reason to host a party and now Simon is on me to plan a party that he can actually be a part […]

I’m hardly able to believe it, but two fast years have gone by since I launched Pencil Shavings (then Pencil Shavings Paper) Studio on Etsy.  I opened the shop on January 26th, 2011, and I had $100 in sales that first month. After having been blogging for 3 years at that point, I was feeling […]

If your family is anything like mine, you have a million-and-one device power adapters lying around the house for various electronics. And then somehow, even though every iPad and iPhone comes with its own adapter, you’re fighting to get your device fully charged before someone else comes along to recharge their gadget.  Familiar? I got […]