Introducing.. Enchanted Alphabet

My new blog, a letter every day with something beautiful, magical, mystical or enchanting to look at. http://enchantedalphabet.blogspot.com/ A is for Apple, B is for Edward Burne-Jones, C is for… come visit to find out. Subject matter runs from artists to jewels, foods to movies, books to fashion, furnishings to music. Visit every morning for …

Back to School For You

Basketweave Throws, at Pottery Barn With September underway, kids are back in school. I live right next to a school, and every morning I hear their excited little voices as they are being dropped off. I’m so jealous. I want to go school supply shopping; take notes in a fresh notebook; pore over a syllabus …

Budgeting for Autumn

Creamy Nutmeg Slatkin candle I’m taking time today to look at my budget for the next couple pre-holiday months. (I’ll worry about my Christmas shopping budget a bit later). I’ve been living away from home for months, working at a gift shop for far less wages than I make in my own home business, so …

First of September

Apple and Pumpkin Pocket Pie Molds, at Williams-Sonoma Today, I’m looking back over my summer, finishing up diary and journal entries, reminiscing, and seeing if there’s anything I wanted to do and forgot to make time for. I need one more picnic in a park, one more night spent sleeping under the stars, and one …