Category Archives: Life

If you’re headed into a long one, enjoy! We’ll definitely be making the most of ours, spending the first half immersed in apples and strawberries and rhubarb and all sorts of pie goodness, and then maybe going on a little day trip to spend some time in the sun.

I hope you have an amazing, relaxing, sunny start to this lovely pool season of ours — I’ll see you all back here on Tuesday!

But before you go tell me all about your plans!

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Eye this inspiring, eclectic home in Sweden.

Buy this perfect summer top.

Make this fantastic knit throw.

Bake this cherry pecan picnic cake.

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This Instagram account is pretty much the best thing ever.

What does your state’s internet search history say about you?

This pickled rhubarb crostini is brilliant (Memorial Day party anyone?)

A really great post on the future of blogging.

How to write a bio for your website.

I hope if you’re a mom, you’re planning to be appropriately pampered — and if you have a mom well, you know what to do.

Our weekend is turning out to be a full one, with lots going on before a big announcement that may or may not be (okay no, it is) coming next week. Plus plans with friends, errands to run, and Mother’s Day brunch to be had. It’s a good thing we rested up last weekend, because this time it’s full speed ahead.

How about you? Any plans for the lovely mom’s weekend ahead?

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Eye this light-filled home (and the cute pup it belongs to).

Buy this awesome jumpsuit.

Make this crazy-awesome woven bench.

Bake up something with whipped coconut cream. (It’s everywhere!)

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11 ways to avoid burnout.

Mother Mag, gorgeous and just in time for the day.

These totally brilliant and adorable cement dominos.

10 best lessons from mom.

Spring has sprung and good things are cropping up everywhere.

I’ve officially booked each and every place where we’ll be staying on our trip to Ireland, tackled some serious 2-minute tasks I’ve been putting off for a while, and I dare say you guys (close your ears if you can’t stand a good cliche) that it really is darkest before the dawn. Maybe it’s just the weather, but things are looking up… and I’m looking forward to a nice long weekend and a very short list of to-dos.

Happy Friday! Any big plans on your end?

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Eye this lovely lunch and every single recipe included in it.

Buy eeeeeverything from Kinfolk’s new venture, Ouur.

Make a big, beautiful eucalyptus chandelier.

Bake lots of things with rhubarb, especially this rhubarb-raspberry tart.

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How I haven’t come across this until now I don’t know, but Theo and Beau you guys? I’m going to explode from the cuteness.

A really great post on sponsorships that has me rethinking my use of hashtags ever. Hmm.

Also, Elsie & Emma’s new e-course looks pretty fantastic. (Did I ever tell you I took one of Elsie’s old e-courses way back when I started this blog? That one’s long gone now, but if it’s any indication I’m sure this one is amazing.)

So I’ve wanted, needed a Wacom for something like a million years now. I just knew it would change my life, the beautiful things I would create — I was sure I was only an Amazon purchase away from pure brilliance. So I finally broke down and made it happen.

Earlier this week, the Wacom showed up on my doorstep all shiny and new, just begging for me to break it out and get the party started. So I did… and let’s just say the experience has been something like that time when I really really wanted to bust out a canvas and paint…

Even though I hadn’t picked up a paint brush since preschool.

Holy wow you guys, you don’t realize how much all of that type typing away is crushing your motor handwriting skills until you try to go all crazy with a Wacom. Cursive? What is that? So there might be a little bit of a learning curve, but hey, that’s what this space is all about, right? I’ve been learning here with all of you on a pretty steep learning curve since 2011, and I hope you’ve all enjoyed the ride as much as I have. For me, it always goes back to this Ira Glass quote. If you know what you want it to be, and you work hard, you’ll get there.

So I changed things up a little bit on my Friday links this week with the vast scribble skills I’ve acquired so far — and hey, it’s something right? Next stop, masterpiece.

Maybe I’ll get in a little more practice this weekend. Tell me, do you have any big plans?

P.S. Does this mean I also won’t have Melissa Esplin-like calligraphy skills if I pick up a pen?

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Eye this lovely artists loft in Berlin.

Buy this Steven Alan quilt on sale!

Make these beautiful onion-dyed flags. (And check out the rest of Cassie’s amazing wedding DIYs while you’re there, I’m kind of obsessed.)

Bake these tasty looking buttermilk cakes.

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Definitely reserving judgement until there’s more than a trailer, but I thought this commentary on the “American Blogger” controversy was very thoughtful.

Also thoughtful — this article via Cup of Jo.

Some of you out there are Wacom masters, and to you I say this. But seriously, wow Corina this typeface is beautiful.

If this works, I might die of excitement.

This camp wedding really is dreamy.