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Reader Request: Dish Towels

Reader Request: Dish Towels

Reader Request: What type of dish towels do you use, and how do you keep them fresh-smelling? Thank you for your question! A few years ago, after realizing the obscene amount of paper towels I used on a daily basis, I switched to using cloth dish towels for most general […]

November 1, 2013 × 2 comments

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Quick Tip: Determining Your Personal Style

Quick Tip: Determining Your Personal Style

Fashion magazines, style books, and runway shows all are great sources of inspiration, but personal style is just that: personal. Individual. How do you want to dress? What types of clothing make you look and feel your best? Which pieces make you squeal with glee*? Here are a few things that […]

June 15, 2013 × 0 comments

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Quick Tip: Produce Prep = Easy Healthy Eating

Quick Tip: Produce Prep = Easy Healthy Eating

When I first started trying to eat more healthily, I would buy tons of fresh fruits and veggies, and stash them in the fridge. Then, a week or two later, I would find myself throwing out all the mushy, moldy, overripe, and uneaten produce I’d spent good money on the […]

June 4, 2013 × 2 comments

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Organization: Jewelry

Organization: Jewelry

One day I’ll have a proper jewelry box, but for now, this drawer – in the same dresser I use to organize my scarves and belts – is working out really well. *Technically, these acrylic drawer organizers are designed to hold office supplies… I ignored that memo 🙂   (image courtesy […]

May 14, 2013 × 6 comments

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How-To: Use Bamboo Trays as Drawer Organizers

How-To: Use Bamboo Trays as Drawer Organizers

Bathroom (Toiletries) Drawer Bamboo trays – cutlery/utensil holders, randomly sized modular squares and rectangles, etc. – make very easy work of organizing drawers all around the house. They’re functional, customizable, easily cleaned (in case you’re like me and always spilling something), and they allow everything in a drawer to be […]

April 30, 2013 × 0 comments

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Quick Tip: Smoothie Prep

Quick Tip: Smoothie Prep

What’s not to love about smoothies? When made with quality ingredients and without tons of extra sugars, juices, and empty calories, they’re the perfect portable, quick, easy, painless, and above all yummy fruit and veggie delivery systems. Some mornings are crazy hectic though – I don’t always have time to […]

April 25, 2013 × 0 comments

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Little Luxuries: Lavender Soap

Little Luxuries: Lavender Soap

 To me, Little Luxuries are those small things that don’t cost a fortune – or anything! – but that never fail to bring a bit more shiny, happy Joy and Sunshine to my day 🙂 Natural lavender fragranced soap is my go-to little luxury after a long day. Here are my two […]

April 23, 2013 × 2 comments

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Quick Tip: Soap Dishes and Sample Sizes

Quick Tip: Soap Dishes and Sample Sizes

West Elm appetizer plate and Aveda rosemary mint mini soaps QUICK TIP #1: Use common items in off-label ways When I couldn’t find a soap dish I liked – I know, I know: picky much, J&S? – for our master bathroom, I left the “bathroom accessories” department and headed for the […]

April 16, 2013 × 0 comments

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Quick Tip: Portion Control

Quick Tip: Portion Control

Public Service Announcement: THIS is a serving of ice cream. Left: Mini Latte Bowls; Right: Latte Bowls Doesn’t look so bad…until the bowl holding the suggested 1/2 cup serving size is compared to a regular size bowl. Contrary to what I want to believe, all those cute little neatly-packaged small […]

February 21, 2013 × 0 comments

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How-To: Add Color to Wall Art & Photography (Part II)

How-To: Add Color to Wall Art & Photography (Part II)

This is a quick, easy project – my favorite kind 🙂 – to add some color to wall art and/or photography. It’s removable and changeable for the commitment-phobic like myself. Click HERE to check out another way to add color to wall art and photography 🙂 Materials: Frame with mat […]

January 16, 2013 × 0 comments

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Entertaining: Dessert Party

Entertaining: Dessert Party

Hubby and I hosted a pink-themed – okay, I chose the theme and he kindly went along with it – dessert party this past weekend. Fun, calorie-rich times 🙂 MENU Brownie Bites with Strawberries & Whipped Cream Red Velvet, Chocolate, Yellow Cake, and Oreo Cheesecake Cupcakes Chocolate Covered Strawberries Mini […]

January 16, 2013 × 2 comments

STYLE

Quick Tip: Outlet Shopping

Quick Tip: Outlet Shopping

      Originally, outlet and factory stores sold items that either didn’t sell in regular retail stores or that had slight manufacturing defects that prevented them from being sold in stores in the first place. Now, a large percentage of outlet merchandise is made specifically for factory stores (i.e. […]

January 15, 2013 × 2 comments