Today’s guest post comes from Honestly WTF, one of our favorite resources for DIY’s and inspiration: Who knew adding marbled nail polish to the bottom of glass cups would be the perfect way to add color and pattern to your next tablescape or party? This is a super easy technique that can be applied to …

It’s hard to miss the bright and beautiful meringues on the cover of this month’s issue of Living but if you did, hurry up and get your copy off of newsstands! Head to page 31 for the ultimate baby shower (in a box!) guide. Jodi put together the latest and greatest gifts for moms-to-be. One …

Each Spring, I am so thrilled to see the trees blooming and the tulips and daffodils popping up (despite my seasonal allergies!)  Cherry blossoms are a real highlight for me, so I was pretty excited to see them opening up last week.  The beautiful blooms have a short peak season, so you’ll have to be …

With the crazy snow storm back in October, we lost quite a few trees and have just done some major Spring cleaning to get all those logs and branches more organized. Some of the stumps are quite beautiful and it makes me sad to cut them up for firewood (which we have plenty of anyway, …

Last week on the Martha Stewart Show, guest Kevin O’Brien showed Martha one of the processes that he uses to create his amazing textiles as seen above and below. The process is called velvet burnout and so much fun to learn about and not as difficult as I thought it might be! Some things to …

A few weeks ago, my family and I went to see the play War Horse at Lincoln Center here in New York City. The play, based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, was recently adapted into a movie directed by Steven Spielberg. The play has approximately a dozen cast members and a handful of unbelievable …

Over the past number of months I have been quite interested in pixelation and how to represent images as collections of neatly organized little squares – so geometrically satisfying! At the same time I have been looking at classic fabric prints and patterns and how striking they are when done on a large, graphic scale. …

On a recent outing in SoHo, I noticed a lot of pattern in the shops.  Ben Sherman has some fresh gingham- And Kate Spade has stripes galore- If you like these fresh takes on very classic patterns, we’ve got just the projects to keep you crafting on-trend.  Make a statement with this gingham screen- photo …