Career Day Photos!

As I walked up to the line of Kindergarteners today, I heard, "There's Grace! She's a furniture builder." It was the cutest thing EVER! And then I said, "You look AWESOME!" to a handful of girls dressed in their finery. Thank goodness they said, "I'm a teacher!" And I said, "I know (but I didn't)...you look just like a teacher! So great!" They all looked so cute I wanted to bite them. You know that feeling?!?!I'm...

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Update: Career Day

I totally messed up last week. Apparently, Career Day is THIS Friday so I promise to have photos of Grace for you. She's running around looking for a pencil to put in her hair as I write this. It'll take Little G two days to get her outfit together to look like me. Which is exactly how long it takes me to get ready every day....

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Italian furniture goes further .....modern art and visual challenges

Our new wardrobe collection is out! Actually the right name for this supreme Italian furniture wardrobe collection is W-ART-ROBE! Because these wardrobes represent real pieces of art. We have injected our collection with advanced design, superb finishes and stylish minimalistic look. Now we like to add art to it.When it comes to modern Italian furniture there 's something you wouldnt want to miss: get the total look...

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Shelterrific Featured The Owyn Toy Box

Oops I did it again. This was posted in April and I just saw it today. But it's still cool. You'll see my response to the pricing/design comments made on the post. Good to know people are still talking about this on mod design websites/blogs even when the design is three years old.But I do have one note about the comments section. I always find it to be a tiny punch in the stomach when someone makes a comment like the one at the bottom of this article rating my work. But then I remember, it's a big world and there will always be haters. ...

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Like Mother Like Daughter

This one's a doosie, I promise! On Friday, Grace's kindergarten class is dressing up in the form of what they want to be when they grow up. Naturally, when she told me she wanted to dress like MOD MOM (LOVE THAT!!!), I asked what she thought she needed for her costume. Here's what she said in list form....1. jeans2. white t-shirt3. tool belt4. dirty fingernails5. stain on hands and arms6. fake toenails7. hair in a bun with a pencil stuck through it8. sawdust on the jeansIt's really too bad that Little G doesn't know me at all. P.S. I'll have...

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OMG...

.....could things get any weirder? In the past 24 hours, we:1. Bought and installed one of those trashy above ground pools with flimsy ladder in our backyard. I'm stocking up on yard birds and beer cozies to go with said pool.2. Had an earthquake...3. ...which i believe hindered the Tooth Fairy's ability to get to our house and leave money under Grace's pillow. Anyone else's tooth fairy get off course because of...

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The Mother of All Lilac Festivals And Then Some

It was a gorgeous, hot Sunday in LA so we decided to trek up to the mountains to get a break from the heat. There's also the tiny fact that I'm obsessed with cinnamon candles and craft fairs and small mountain towns. Scott made me breakfast in bed, the kids showered me with gifts, and by 10am, we were ready to get ready for our 1 1/2 hour drive out to an area called Frazier Park. Scott found out, through a friend, that they have a Lilac Festival complete with parades, crafts, cinnamon candles, and carnival-like food (elephant ears). No need...

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Think Outside of the (Toy) Box

Thanks, LavieCherie, for the great article on my storage pieces!Click this link for the artic...

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Get Ready for Another Round of....Translate That Blog Entry!!

I knew I loved the French!! I just found this blog article (written by a lovely shop owner in France) from 2008. Oops. Sometimes it's hard to catch all the press (boy did that sound conceited) and it drives home the importance of having a publicist/press person. Or in my case, a fictitious assistant who handles that stuff so I can build and design. She or He didn't show up today, my fictitious assistant. Which is not...

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Remember Maddie

Madeline Alice SpohrNovember 11, 2007 - April 7, 2009www.remembermaddie.comBeautiful Memorial Video For Maddie by newr...

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Dwell On Design

It was that moment. The Mom Moment. The one where you're annoyed as hell by your bickering kids who are constantly asking you questions in between fighting with each other AND WON'T STOP TALKING. I'd had it and was just about to let THEM have it and I checked my email. "We'd like to send you information on the upcoming show Dwell on Design in LA...and have a great area on the show floor that might interest you with...

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Feelin' Good

I am so proud of myself today. I got up, worked out, and even offered to walk with Grace (as opposed to drive 100 miles an hour three minutes before school starts) to school AND take the dog with us. See how many things I checked off before 10am? It's no secret I've been struggling with my diminishing ability to self-motivate. I think one thing people don't quite get (unless you yourself owns your own business) is that it's all self-motivation....every day...for three years. Sure, I have deadlines and a production schedule but I don't have...

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