Sale alert! Sale alert! I’ve listed a bunch of iPad and iPhone cases in addition to laptop sleeves at the Pencil Shavings Studio Outlet.  There are some crazy good deals. iPhone cases are $22 (regularly $40), laptop sleeves (and a few iPad ones too) are $40, regularly $65, and the iPad cases are $42, regularly […]

After several months of shopping, planning, painting, and organizing, my nephew Ben’s room has finally all come together. You may remember a few months back when I showed you the mood boards for the project, and if you’re an instagram follower, you’ve also seen some of the progress. I’m pleased as punch as the way […]

I’m still not entirely sure that New Year’s happened. That’s what being sick over NYE will do to you; for all I know, it’s still 2012!  I’ve always been in my happy place –  that weeklong space  in between Christmas and New Year’s. The stress of Christmas is off but you still are in a […]

How’s your New Year going? Were you happy to see 2012 come to an end? While 2012 was good — no, great — to us, I definitely can think of several years that I was happy to see pass. I loved Whitney’s post on this topic; it reminded me of what my Grandmother Blanche used to […]