Ah, this article made me laugh out loud, “10 Ways to Avoid Hipster Baby Names.” I’m afraid the list of baby names I secretly hoard in my brain fall victim to rule #4:
Avoid the names of high-falutin’ writers.
This is kind of a thin line. We’d say Auden, Austen, Flannery, Harper,
Tennessee, and Tennyson are dripping in hipsterdom; Edith, Eudora,
and Ellison, still okay.
{W.H. Auden; Tennessee Williams; Flannery O’Connor}
How cute is this baby banana Halloween costume? Adorable!!
Check out Yummyfun Kooking’s Clare Crespo’s playhouse her husband built for their daughter, Ruby! This thing is a mini house! My goodness. When I have kids I’d love to have a backyard retreat for them, albeit a more modestly-scaled one, probably a tree house.
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{ Leave A Comment }Home + Garden, KidsI don’t have any children, yet, but I thought this idea from Brooke Reynold was so sweet. Sometimes I can’t remember the funny things my husband, or my family say, and this would be a great way to document those absurd comments + dialogue! Just use a piece of scrap paper, {anything nearby: receipt, post-it}, and jot down the funny moment, fold it, and place it in a jar. Simple enough.
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{ Leave A Comment }Crafts + Ideas, KidsI was delighted to see Domo-Kun as the Halloween mascot at Target this past weekend.
For those of you who aren’t on a first-name basis with Domo, he’s been entertaining the Japanese viewing audience as the official mascot of a major network there. To me, he’s one of the cutest things I’ve ever seen– he actually makes me want to buy Target brand candy corn. It’s also nice to see something my mom introduced to me as a kid come full circle and back into the world again.
You’ve come a long way Domo…with pumpkins!
I suppose it’s not right that I now have Halloween on the mind. I know, it’s too early to be talking about such things; but Halloween takes place during my favorite time of the year: Autumn! So I can’t help but think of all the fun crafts, pumpkin-carving, chilly nights, apple cider… So to help me get ready, I’ve signed up for the Martha Stewart “Halloween Workshop“; first project starts Monday!
Aren’t these the cutest toadstool mushrooms? They’d look great on my office desk…on my nightstand…in some potted plants… hopelessly lost within a mid-80’s video-game castle… Okay, they’d look cute practically anywhere.
