It’s in the details

I’m convinced that my dad had so many children so it always seemed like a party — he loves to entertain — that and the fact that with 5 kids he was sure to always have some sort of manual labor around.

Anyhew, I too love to entertain. I’m most happy at a party not necessarily when I’m socializing, but when I’m hostessing — running around checking on drinks, refreshing food, pulling things out of the oven, answering the door bell, etc. The party prep is great too. I always enjoy figuring out the presentation for the food or the table. I have a wealth of interesting platters, dishes and linens, and enjoy pulling them out for my friends to enjoy as well.

Stumbled across this designer today and just had to share some of her wonderful work. Hopefully some of you will see these items at my next party.

Also what a sweet yet sexy gift these handkerchiefs below are for the man in your life.

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Slow and with Intention

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the pace at which our lives move and wondering if we’re missing something by not “stopping to smell the roses” so to speak. I’m going to make a concerted effort moving forward to take things slow and have an intention for my actions and activities. Now by slow, I don’t mean I’ll really stop and smell all the roses and I’m definitely not going to start walking a west coast slow walk. I’m a mom who works part time — get real people I get more done before 7 am than most people get done in a whole day. There is nothing “slow” about our life. By slow I mean slow in the “slow food” sort of way — being conscious of the process by which we do things.

In addition to slow, I’m also going to try to be more cognizant about setting an intention for the things I do. If you’ve ever taken a yoga class you may have heard the instructor ask you to set an intention for the practice, e.g. I’m going to try to let go today, I’m going to try to concentrate on my breath, I’m going to focus on my core, whatever it may be. I’ve always found this a very good way for me to feel fulfilled after practice and think that by setting an intention for my activities and creations I can become more fulfilled in them.

I’ve done this to a certain extent in my handmade gifts because I make them out of love for the recipient. But I think I’ll try to personalize it more with a specific intention for each project with the hopes that the intention behind the gift with the hopes that the intention will be apparent in the final product. I’m also going to try to bring more intention into my daily activities, setting a specific intention for my walk to the store, or to making dinner, or just in starting out my day.

Everything in our lives has become so immediate. We can connect with all of our friends instantaneously via our tweets and status updates on Facebook. We can find out what happened across the globe almost instantaneously by turning on the TV. Blah Blah Blah I don’t think we often have time to appreciate what goes into all of these things and what it means. Therefore my new mantra will be “slow and with intention”. Say it with me people “slow and with intention”.

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You know she’s my daughter when…

The New Kids on the Block were on the today show this morning.  As soon as they started to sing Mazie started dancing.  She thought they were awesome.  Big smile, arms going, lets kicking, bouncing up and down.  Yes my daughter is a New Kids on the Block fan.

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