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valentine’s day

  • self-care, two ways.

    It’s February in the year 2017 and if ever there was a time for acknowledging that we need to be gentle with ourselves, it seems this is it. Self-care is having a moment, you…

    February 6, 2017 21 Comments
  • fancy underthings with brook there.

    This post is sponsored by Brook There, a sustainable clothing and lingerie company selling garments that are designed, cut, and sewn in the United States.Sometimes you need fancy underthings; impending holidays loosely related to…

    January 26, 2016 10 Comments
  • valentine’s day gift guide.

    This isn’t really a gift guide, but I had to get your attention. Also, if this post sounds like a not-so-thinly-veiled attempt at hinting to my husband about what I’d like my Valentine’s Day…

    February 9, 2015 13 Comments
  • Valentine Posies

    Posies for Valentine’s day, paired with family snapshots that seemed to exude just the right amount of gentlemanliness and romance for a Valentine-y ode to love. To all of you gentlewomen and men: wishes…

    February 14, 2013 8 Comments
  • an avian valentine.

    I’m a big proponent of small-scale additions to public places. If it’s the kind thing that blends into a landscape or eventually disappears altogether, even better. For Valentine’s Day this year, I’m decorating the…

    February 12, 2013 31 Comments
  • blushing sugar cookies.

    In preparation for this week’s love themed festivities, I rolled up my (pajama) sleeves on Sunday morning and got to baking something appropriately heart-shaped. Fittingly for a girl who lives in a tiny apartment,…

    February 11, 2013 38 Comments
  • make-believe: valentines

    I know there are a lot of folks out there who could really rather do without Valentine’s Day.  February rolls around and I begin to hear sighs about the hype of what’s essentially a…

    February 7, 2013 9 Comments
  • a job well done.

    on valentine’s day, while i was out, james ventured to our local florist and handpicked the blooms that would go into a sweet bouquet just for me. full stop. now, i don’t mean to…

    February 16, 2012 22 Comments
  • linzer hearts

    yesterday, my friend carrie came over to make cookies. we filled the tiny space between these four walls with the smell of so much butter and sugar it was almost stifling. almost. wishing each of…

    February 14, 2012 22 Comments
  • paper hearts.

    i scrounged around in the boxes under our bed and found these guys from last february. new city, new wall. the sun’s coming out in bits and bursts today and i’m home from work,…

    January 27, 2012 6 Comments