Fall Cookies, from Dean & Deluca QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Need to give yourself a quick manicure so your hands look nice for the holiday? I need to, I don’t want to show up at Thanksgiving with chipped nail polish. Add 15 minutes to your normal exercise routine today – Thanksgiving preparedness! Gather phone …
Harvest Pumpkin Serving Tureen, from Williams-Sonoma QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Try to get your grocery shopping done very soon. The closer it gets to Thanksgiving, the busier and crazier the stores get. Try to plan ahead so you don’t have to run to the store at the last minute on Thanksgiving. If you’re hosting …
Felt Turkey, from Cost Plus World Market QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Are your kitchen sponges or dish scrubbers old and yucky looking? Need to replace them? Need to go grocery shopping for the week? I highly recommend doing it before Wednesday afternoon. Avoid stores on Wednesday and Thursday if you can help it. They’re …
Gingerbread Man Garland Kit, from Paper-Source Tonight I’m prioritizing downtime and some quiet alone time. (Hopefully I can do this!) I had a couple of opportunities to go out and do things tonight, but I said “no thank you.” I know when I need to step back, even from very fun things, to give myself …
Festive Body Butter Trio Gift Set, at The Body Shop This afternoon I’m going Christmas shopping. I normally don’t like to do this on any weekends near the holidays, since the malls get so busy. But I’ve been sick lately and wasn’t able to go out on weeknight afternoons and evenings like I’d hoped. My …
Winter Cranberry Cleansing Hand Soap, from Bath & Body Works This week I’m working on just maintaining my home in a lovely clean and organized condition. I want to enjoy it this way now, but also have it ready for the upcoming holidays. I’m not feeling well this week so wasn’t up to any major …
Hanging Pumpkin Tealight Holders, from Pier 1 Imports QUICK THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND: Have you had a glass of orange juice lately? If you don’t have any orange juice in the house, add that to your shopping list for the week. Or shake things up a bit from your normal routine, and pick up …
Beaded Pumpkins and Gourds, at Z Gallerie This month I’m working hard to get my house ready for the festive season ahead. There will be dinner parties, birthday parties, Family Dinners, movie nights, a cocktail party or two (I hope) and of course, Thanksgiving. I’ll need my kitchen in top working order (and I’ll need …
This lovely dahlia is still blooming through our chilly, rainy autumn Thank you so much to everyone who commented here and on Facebook encouraging me to keep going with Lovely Living. I plan to proceed with twice-weekly posts from here on out, instead of daily. I’ll post on Sundays with tips for the workweek ahead; …
Garrett Glass Cabinet, from Pottery Barn Most of the material objects that are very sentimental to me are housed in my two curio cabinets. Antique dishes passed down from my great grandmothers, family goblets we drank milk out of at the dinner table growing up, and the martini glasses I use to make memorable parties …