tell your story. here. a girl. sun-soaked & squinting at the road left behind. recognizing bitter moments of a comformists sly grin. a girl. twirling around the sweetness she fondly remembers she picks through each slice, dissecting the true. she picks away at the layers discovering a juicy center. a girl. sun-soaked & wide open. [...]

I am in this really great space of paring back, simplifying and wanting to bring in more wholesome things into my daily life. Here are some wares and products that put a smile on my face!  here are a few items to start. 1. klean kanteen! i had one gifted to me and i have [...]

last year around this time, i was talking to my friend liz, and she was telling me all about a new collection she had created for her shop. she was going to donate proceeds to the two hospitals that her daughter ellie had stayed at while her heart was on the mend. a few years ago, my dad [...]

“moving along quietly so he can hear stuff he can use later for personal enjoyment”   ..story people.. good morning tuesday. good morning you. the house is quiet. it is just me today. like almost everyday. love looking about. all the goodness collected. saved to bring a smile. good morning tuesday good morn  - you. [...]

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night. ..steve martin.. a new ellie is on the way to the shop soon.  i am in love with this new color! i would have never thought of yellow. i rarely wear yellow, but i had a custom order and after i put it together, i knew [...]

i have been home exactly 5.5 days, since returning from the YOUR STORY retreat. if you have ever attended any type of retreat or workshops – i am pretty sure you know the feeling. it is as if life has hit the slow motion mode, but not your brain. my brain is in HIGH PING [...]

it has been a week of staying on the smoothie train. i can truly tell the difference when i am eating better. yesterday we took my nephew mac to culvers for lunch. an hour later, i felt buzzy, lethargic and just plain crappy.  while i enjoyed the sweet crunchy onion rings, my body said otherwise. [...]

it has been awhile and we promised a few things to those of you who were kind enough to make a donation to lauren and the gonzaga girls.  danielle and i ( okay, okay… i am the one who threw us behind!) have finally gotten our (my) stuff together and tonight my clancyface picked the [...]

a little shout out from the shop. eight :: new bittys can be found here. six :: items reduced, new to the shop – last chance. fifteen :: baubles galore. candy colors here. next week…new tees, magnets and buttons. …….. thank you for all the shop love this week. my heart swells.

months ago, i ordered my first twiggy.  i first fell upon the amazing world of twiggy when we were part of the core show in los angeles. she just lived around the corner in louisville. now she is shining her stars over los angeles….yes, i  do have al little mapenvy to say the least.  i [...]