by Mary | Feb 17, 2017 | Blog
Isabel, I’ve been meaning to write this for months now, but since you’ve joined your dad and I we seem to always be at a loss for time – mostly because we are enamored of watching you babble and giggle and say “da-da-da-da-da-da” on...
by Mary | Feb 5, 2016 | Before + After, Blog, DIY, House and Home
In addition to hunting for a new nighstand, I’ve been meaning to replace the drawer pulls on our bedroom dresser. I wasn’t crazy about the vintage/americana pulls that came with it. Before (Sorry for the truly awful photo – I took this at night,...
by Mary | Feb 2, 2016 | House and Home, Mood Boards
Much to Dan’s chagrin, I’ve taken on some home decor projects I’ve been meaning to tackle since we moved into this house. Over a year ago. Living with a designer is SUCH a treat for him – as I am certain he will tell you. One of the major...
by Mary | Jan 19, 2016 | Web, Work
Morgan has a vibrant, growing business helping people on their road to a healthier lifestyle. Her developing business outgrew the original design of her site, so she came to me for some design assistance. Before After These changes were purely cosmetic – I...
by Mary | Aug 19, 2015 | Blog, Design
In keeping with the design I created for the save-the-dates, I also made our invitations. I had a much easier time with these than the save-the-dates – I might even say I had fun with these! I also learned how to do a mail merge in In Design, so that I could...
by Mary | Jul 22, 2015 | Blog, Photography
After reading many, many reviews (many of which were far too technical for me to understand), we finally settled upon our very first big kid camera: the Nikon D3200, in all its glory, bundled with the 18-55mm and 55-200mm lenses. We took it to Colorado with us, and...
by Mary | Apr 14, 2015 | Blog, Design, Projects, Work
I spent more time fretting over the design of these postcards than was entirely appropriate. Putting them in the mail made me feel somewhere between extremely relieved and extremely anxious that there was some typo on them that I missed during my 93856 proofreading...
by Mary | Apr 10, 2015 | Blog, Recipes
Dan makes this delicious wheat bread, and lately I’ve been very into chicken salad sandwiches on a big slice of it. In an attempt to make it a little bit healthier, I serve it open-faced over a ton of greens. Quick and fresh and filling – doesn’t get...
by Mary | Apr 9, 2015 | Design, Work
I frequently fall into the trap of being my own worst client. When it comes to self-promotion, I tend to shelve those projects time and time again. For many reasons – paying clients obviously take priority, I don’t want to spend the entire day staring at...
by Mary | Feb 1, 2015 | Design, Work
Client: Amber Grove Role: designer, front end developer John McBride, owner of Amber Grove, recognized that his old site wasn’t doing this beautiful wedding and special event venue justice. He was open to a total overhaul of its look, which made my job very fun....