So here we are. I never paid attention to how many blog posts I had written until I noticed the count getting somewhere near 190. I’ll take any excuse to celebrate – so raise your glasses and toast to the 200th post since January 2008 on ohbrooke. Willow has so graciously offered to host our [...]

My iPhone is stocked with photos of things I’d like to make. Here are a few:

My mom surprised me with this cute little bolster pillow she made. It is the perfect size, and I’m always amazed how well the grey looks on our chocolate-brown couch. She used Amy Butler’s Lotus Wall Flower fabric, and she created her own pattern with piping, but you can use one similar to this. LOVE [...]

I’m an internalizer. Everyday I try to do better: be a better wife, write a better blog, be a better designer. When I started reading Jessica’s blog, Make Under My Life, I was inspired by her weekly “exfoliations” where she purges one thing per week. I’ve continued her tradition and donated, recycled or tossed one [...]

The “Oh Yes!” Party: Me + 5 blogging trendsetters, fashionistas, and cooks respectively are getting together to talk about products that are oh-so-fabulous and oh-so-necessary. We’re discussing them together, taking them home and then blogging on our own blogs about how we’ve used the products. The party is scheduled for June and I can’t wait [...]

btw… we’re nearing the 200th post… do you smell “giveaway”?

I’ve been playing volleyball with Elida for over ten years now {woah}, and I have come to learn over the years how great she is at cooking and baking. She studied at the Culinary Arts Academy in San Francisco, and has been baking ever since. I just finished her logo and website, www.byelida.com, which is [...]

My Bestie’s baby shower was Saturday, and my friends and I had a lot of fun! Here are some of the pictures of the details, unfortunately not all of it was captured on film, but most of the fun stuff was. We used the community room at my condo which provided contemporary furniture, seating for [...]

My kickball team’s name is “That’s What She Said.” It only seemed fitting that we have our own custom logo, what with a few graphic designers on board. I traced some clip-art of a woman, and made her wink. Then I added a typeface for the team name, all in Illustrator. If you want to [...]