We recently threw a sixth birthday party for my younger son (a science-themed party, which I posted about here on the Living Blog). He was lucky to celebrate with 20 of his dear friends–and get as many wonderful gifts. But, because I like my kids to be involved in the thank-you note writing, I was …

The August issue of Living is now on newsstands! We’ve also dubbed this issue our “Summer Travel” issue – be sure to check out page 26 for hotel picks from our editors here at Living: On page 68, Silke takes us to Mexico with a garland project and decorating ideas in Easy Entertaining: Head to …

Have you gotten a chance to play around with our CraftStudio App for the iPad? <object classid=”clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000″ id=”ooyalaPlayer_13421329_1342121601″width=”450″ height=”600″codebase=”http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab”><param name=”movie” value=”http://player.ooyala.com/player.swf?embedCode=kydG00NToShR6JbeDBovE9ARW0f1-85z&version=2″ /><param name=”bgcolor” value=”#000000″ /><param name=”allowScriptAccess” value=”always” /><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true” /><param name=”flashvars” value=”embedType=noscriptObjectTag&embedCode=kydG00NToShR6JbeDBovE9ARW0f1-85z&videoPcode=MyMGo6h73X-jHfvV7pidoDm3o4bK” /><embed src=”http://player.ooyala.com/player.swf?embedCode=kydG00NToShR6JbeDBovE9ARW0f1-85z&version=2″ bgcolor=”#000000″width=”450″ height=”600″ name=”ooyalaPlayer_13421329_1342121601″ align=”middle”play=”false”loop=”false”allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash”flashvars=”embedCode=kydG00NToShR6JbeDBovE9ARW0f1-85z&videoPcode=MyMGo6h73X-jHfvV7pidoDm3o4bK”pluginspage=”http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer”></embed></object> To help celebrate the launch of the app, we invited some of our favorite bloggers …

Getting out of the office to see things in person is always a good thing for getting inspired, collecting ideas or learning about something new. Getting out of the office for a little refresher on something you may already know is also useful, which is what a few of us did recently with a trip …

It’s already reached above 100 degrees here in New York this summer, which means gone are the days of sporting pants and leggings on the street. We’ve spotted a few cute DIY projects using simple pairs of shorts on the web, and thought a round-up was in order! Taking a pair of plain shorts- we …

Have you checked out the CraftStudio App for the iPad yet? You may recall our announcement last week, and since then we’ve been playing around with it non-stop. Today we’re excited to remind you about a CraftStudio Pinterest Contest we’re holding from now until July 5th. Here’s how it works: make a card with a …

The National Stationery Show begins tomorrow! We were delighted to receive these pretty invites in the mail from some of our favorite vendors. I love the pretty stamps used on this envelope – really adds a special touch. Inside was this lovely, simple invite from Seed House. (I especially love getting mail from my hometown, …

Mother’s Day is this weekend! What are you planning to do for the special Mom in your life? Whether you’re going to make or buy a card for Mom this year, see below for our picks from around the web. If you’re feeling inspired to make something for Mom (Bravo!), here’ are our picks for …