I closed my shop & here’s what happened.

Living

Emily Ley Simplified Planners at Pencil Shavings Studio www.pencilshavingsstudio.com
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Emily Ley Simplified Planners at Pencil Shavings Studio www.pencilshavingsstudio.com

Jan 12

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As you may know, I closed my shop on December 31st after 5 years of designing and manufacturing and styling and shopkeeping and tax-taking and pop-up-shopping and … well, you get the point. A few days after I made the formal announcement, I went into my favorite paperie here in Oklahoma City and I looked […]

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5 Things

Miscellaneous

pink color study - kate spade all in good taste - garance dore book absolutely beautiful things pencil shavings studio - www.pencilshavingsstudio.com
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pink color study - kate spade all in good taste - garance dore book absolutely beautiful things pencil shavings studio - www.pencilshavingsstudio.com

Jan 9

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This week we’re back into the regular routine of the schoolyear which is equal parts sucky and awesome. Sucky because homework, and awesome because routine and normalcy. Archer went back to Mother’s Day Out, and I’ve enjoyed cleaning house, rearranging furniture, making plans for the New Year, and throwing stuff out. One thing I’m working […]

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Recliners: the Ugg boots of interior design

Interiors

Stylish recliners: do they exist? the hunt for the ultimate stylish man chair www.pencilshavingsstudio.com
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Stylish recliners: do they exist? the hunt for the ultimate stylish man chair www.pencilshavingsstudio.com

Jan 7

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For the past year or so, Simon Shingleton has been on the world’s never-ending hunt for stylish recliners which is pretty much the holy grail of interior design.  What is it with men and recliners?! Internet, as you might imagine, I am dubious about this whole stylish recliner business. I have yet to see a recliner […]

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Beauty: Cleansing Oils & Other Oxymorons

Style

Beauty issues: cleansing oils and other uses for oils www.pencilshavingsstudio.com
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Beauty issues: cleansing oils and other uses for oils www.pencilshavingsstudio.com

Jan 5

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Have you ever used oil in your beauty regimen? At a routine eye appointment, my doctor (who incidentally has some pretty amazing skin. Also: her husband is a cosmetic surgeon so there’s that) told me that I needed to start using baby oil to remove my eye makeup because whatever I was using (makeup remover wipes) wasn’t cutting […]

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