From the monthly archives:

June 2011

A Fieldtrip to New York + Nate Berkus

June 8, 2011

Note from Design Mom: I met Nate Berkus at BlogHer last summer and think he’s fabulous! So when I was invited to an event featuring his partnership with Lowes and Valspar Paint I was super excited. But alas! I couldn’t go, and I asked Melanie to attend in my place. Mel’s report is below — it [...]

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Book of the Week: Possum Magic

June 7, 2011

Today’s book, called Possum Magic, was written by Mem Fox. It’s a happy story about a little possum who asks magical Grandma Possum to make her invisible. After enjoying the invisibility for awhile, Hush is ready to become visible again and they go on an adventure together to bring the visibility back. My kids are [...]

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LiaMolly

June 6, 2011

Last week I heard about LiaMolly, a knitwear line based out of New Orleans. It’s not an extensive line, but each piece seems extra-special — like it would be the favorite thing in your closet. Share and Enjoy:

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Ask Design Mom: Shopping as an Expat

June 6, 2011

Question: How are you getting your Warby Parkers shipped to France? On their site, they write that they only ship within the U.S. I’m in Canada, and as so often is the case, apparently out of luck in trying out this company. — Anna Answer: Great question, Anna! I have a few different options. 1) [...]

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The French Open

June 6, 2011

On Saturday morning, Ben Blair decided it would be really amazing to attend the final match at this year’s French Open. It was between Federer and Nadal — who are quite possibly the best two players of all time. So he got to work searching every possible online source and around dinner time, we were [...]

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A Few Things

June 3, 2011

Hello, Friends! Did you have a good week? I can hardly believe it’s already June. Our kids don’t get out of school until the very end of the month. How about you — has summer vacation already arrived? Totally unrelated to summer vacation, I was editing photos last night and found the image above. I [...]

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La Cressonnière: Springtime

June 3, 2011

A few months ago, I gave you a photo tour of the exterior of the farmhouse. But as you can imagine, Spring has totally transformed it. So I thought I’d show some of my favorite images of La Cressonnière in bloom. These were all taken over the last 2 months. There are more rose bushes than [...]

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Warby Parker

June 3, 2011

Ralph’s glasses broke last weekend and we just ordered new ones from our go-to glasses source, Warby Parker. Don’t laugh, but we’ve ordered 6 pairs so far! Ben Blair and Ralph both wear Japhy. I wear Huxley. We love the flat fee and we love that they donate a pair of glasses for every one [...]

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Cinnamon Sticks Giveaway

June 2, 2011

Today’s giveaway is sponsored by Cinnamon Sticks Jewelry. They’re offering up $50 gift certificates for 2 lucky winners! This very day, Cinnamon Sticks is introducing a line of men’s rings to their shop. Just in time for Father’s Day! In fact, if you use the code “lovemydad”, you’ll get 10% off your order. Rings not [...]

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Instagram

June 2, 2011

My brother-in-law Paul introduced Ralph to Instagram and I think Ralph has found a new hobby. Instagram is a free app for iPhones with a dozen or so really good image filters and easy ways to share the filtered images. Paul, who says he’s not verbally social by nature, has found Instagram to be a [...]

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Georges Magazine

June 2, 2011

Heather sent me a link to this beautiful online magazine for children. My French is awful, but the issues are so well-designed that I’m trying to stumble through them anyway. P.S. — I just finished my weekly French lesson and Friends, I think I’m getting worse! Far and away the hardest part of moving to France [...]

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Red Shoes

June 1, 2011

How cute. These maryjanes are handmade in Spain of 100% leather — and they only come in red! I have a weakness for red shoes. I’m pretty sure if I buy the polka dotted beauties for my girls, they’ll inherit the same weakness. : ) Looking for other gorgeous kid products? Check out Babyccino Kids. [...]

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Shutters

June 1, 2011

Another new-to-me aspect of living in France is using shutters. In America, if there are shutters on the building at all, they are generally non-functioning. But in France, shutters are real working parts of the house and they are typically opened and closed daily. In fact, one of my favorite mornings in Paris was spent [...]

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Oh Happy Day!

June 1, 2011

Did you see? My sister, Jordan relaunched her blog!! Even better, she’s at a new easier-to-remember url: ohhappyday.com. Site redesigns are such a big project — especially if you’re moving from one blog platform to another (like Blogger to WordPress) or changing your url. Congratulations, Jordan — the new site looks great and your content [...]

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