2006

Find the winner for yesterday’s Giveaway at the bottom of this post.____________ So excited for today’s Giveaway! It’s a total Friday kind of prize. Get your comments in quick and keep your fingers crossed, because today’s winner gets the MEDIUM RED STAR BAG FROM SEA BAGS!!! I originally came upon these bags in an issue [...]

I was interviewed this week about Design Mom by a local magazine, Westchester Parent, and they asked for a photo. Lucky for me, I have access to very talented photographers. In this case, Travis Stratford of Studio Case hooked me up with some great shots. The Stratfords even let me stage the shot on their [...]

A Child’s Christmas in Wales, by Dylan Thomas, is another not-new Christmas book. And I love it so much. My kids are just getting old enough to love it too. Great details and beautiful language — it’s easy to see your own childhood holidays reflected. Hearing it totally makes me want to curl up with [...]

Find the winner for yesterday’s Giveaway at the bottom of this post.____________ Have you ever walked into a friend’s kitchen and seen a super cute apron hanging up and thought that is so cute why don’t I own a super cute apron because then kitchen work would be about 10 times as wonderful? Well today’s [...]

Dearest Readers, I received a wonderful Ask-Design-Mom question that I need your help with: Hello Gabrielle! I wanted to know if there were any neat ways of incorporating Christmas and Chanukah together? My fiancé and I are an interfaith couple, getting married in a few months, and I wanted to decorate our apartment in a [...]

Find the winner for yesterday’s Giveaway at the bottom of this post.____________ Not too long ago I posted about a wonderful baby gift I’d received. And I can only assume you were all jealous. But covet no more — because Sarah Starr Smith has put together an etsy shop and now her fab designs are [...]

The weather turned suddenly cold here and I am looking for cozy afternoon activities for the older kids. Here’s a good one: I love the patterns for these paper snowflakes. Maude is especially handy with scissors and would have no problem pulling something like this off. Find directions here. Share and Enjoy:

Find the winner for Friday’s Giveaway at the bottom of this post.____________ It’s the first full week of December. I’ve got mulling spices on the stove. The wreath is on the door. And I am ready for gift-giving — so let’s get started! Today’s Giveaway winner will receive 4 BOXES OF TRULY REMARKABLE STATIONERY FROM [...]

Hello friend. I am a huge fan of Design Mom and happy to be guest blogging here in the company of design gurus/mavens/enthusiasts; however, there’s one glaring problem: I don’t know what design is. Do you “do” it? “Practice” it? “Execute” it? To be honest I can’t even say, “I know it when I see [...]