Tuesday Tunes: Share the Moon

I know that I normally blog about music on Mondays—but I was excited to show the progress on the painting for baby Sam yesterday. —so for this week we’ll have Tuesday Tunes! Yesterday on my way home from picking up the bebe I heard a new song off the new Indigo Girls CD.  Share the…

Baby Sam in Progress

Baby Sam’s painting is coming along. I’m currently playing around with the shades of the colors—tomorrow the lines will begin.

Thursday Threads: Gilt Gal

Over the past few years, this fabulous lady and I have run into each other at a few social events. Turns out that Ms. Alexandra Wilkis Wilson (co-founder of the Gilt site) is friends with a few of my cousins. She’s such a doll and obviously dresses impeccably. This past week we were in Nicaragua…

Ava Baby

My dear friend Jessica is having a sweet girl in April. Ava’s nursery is so pretty and I am going to be painting this for her sweet space. Also I will be out of town with the WHOLE kit and caboodle starting tomorrow—so I will not be blogging for a little under a week. Have…

Music Monday: Downton Abbey

If you are like me, you have been swept away by the magic of Downton Abbey and are now in a sweet post Season 2 hangover. They say it will make its grand return in the fall, which makes me happy. In the meantime you can listen to the music and you can also buy…

A Boy Named Sam

My friend Lia and her family moved to the Carolinas this past spring. From Miami they took with them their sweet daughter and apparently the intentions of having another baby! Last week Lia saw one of my paintings on Pinterest and asked if I would do something similar for her Sam. At first I was…

Thursday Threads: That Chicago League Girl

Last night I was at the Junior League meeting and one of our transfers walked by, we’ll call her CLG—as she did I said my fashion forward friend, I love what she has on! My friend said to me, “She’s from Chicago”…and I said, “Yeah I know”. So I have said it before, and I…

Wardrobe Wednesday: Butterfly in the Sky

Happy Wednesday! I hope you had a lovely Valentine’s Day with people you love. I know I had a great burger and fries dinner just like I wanted :). Today is Wednesday though and here is my weekly sketch!Today I am wearing….1. Ray Ban glasses2. CZ necklace and earrings3. cSd oval locket4. Turquoise cardigan, Norstroms5….

Music Monday: Whitney Houston

I remember it, not crystal clear…but I remember it. I was 7 years old when her first album was released and I instantly liked the sound of it all. The poppy tunes, the catchy lyrics, the big bows in the hair and ruffled skirts in the videos. I wanted to get up and dance with Whitney…