January seems like a rather serene month.  There’s lots of white out the window and the colors of Christmas have faded away.  Sometimes I imagine what it would be like to get married right now, or even plan a fabulous dinner party.  Lots of candlelight and coziness seems appropriate yet, but I’m over the glam […]

The landscape is grey and white.  There’s billowing snow all around.  Perhaps you can see a few evergreens or some of last summer’s weeds still poking up through the snow, but beyond that, January is a pretty barren month here in Northern Michigan. But thankfully, there are still flowers growing in other parts of the […]

I’ve been loving a more minimal approach to design lately.  Whether it be one element repeated over and over or a really simplified pattern – I just find myself drawn to a cleaners look. However, I don’t always feel that this is an area I excel in,  I typically use a little more “fluff” when […]

Oh autumn.  We all love you so.  The colors of the woods melt our hearts and we all long to bring those golden tones indoors. I find my decorating style to get simpler each year, relying more on what’s in the worlds around me than trips to the store.  Leaves bring that perfect shade of […]

I fall into this trap when I look at other businesses, the trap of thinking that if they go silent on social media, they aren’t constantly bombarding us with emails and information overload, then they must be stagnant.  They must not be doing anything.  If my friends aren’t posting status updates that not much must […]

We’ve moved towns twice in the past 3 years.  That means both our family and my business.  It means getting the word out, hoping success will follow, networking, rebranding and letting a new area know who I am.  It’s not easy.  And doubt has been creeping in… how do I make it all work? There’s […]

Words.  They’re powerful tools.  I have pages of journals, notebooks, computer documents, paragraphs jotted my phone, post it notes and scraps of paper full of ideas, thoughts and verbiage that will never see the light of day.  I have shared words with paper that eyes will never see.  I have captions that I will never […]

Prior to this day, I had never been to Grosse Pointe.  I had never met Sarah in person, despite our many phone calls and email exchanges.  I was traveling alone and it was a long drive.  None the less, I knew this was going to be a good day. I drove through neighborhoods of impressive […]

I found this picture as I was digging through wedding galleries last week.  It’s a soft and sweet sentiment for a wedding day and I love the idea that regardless of how anything else shakes out, it’s the two of us – husband and wife – together forever, two against the world. Photography: Samantha James […]

A couple days ago I was watching some mindless entertainment brought to you by the wonder that is Netflix.  It was a show that was meant to be funny and fairly lighthearted but of course for entertainment value, there’s always a little drama.  This particular episode was centered on a husband and wife and a […]