
I was given a fun opportunity to spruce up my front door with a sponsor of mine: SticViews. I was instructed to create anything I wanted using their incredible resources. SticViews creates custom art in all different shapes, sizes, colors, and materials. They can create your design on reusable vinyl to be used for so [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 02.25.2010 at 4:08 pm// Tagged: products , product review, Sticviews

People keep asking me if I’ve been having weird cravings while pregnant. I think the only consistent cravings I’ve had in the last nine months have been milk, cheese, and this knock-off office chair. I simply must have it.
Posted by ohbrooke on 02.24.2010 at 5:12 pm// Tagged: products , cravings, eames office chair

There’s no link online, but Joann’s has it’s Easter decorations out and I noticed their ceramic egg crates. You’ve seen Young House Love use them for jewelry organizing, and Joann’s has them for a fraction of the price, and even on sale right now.
{image from Young House Love}
Last year I used ice cube trays for [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 02.22.2010 at 3:53 pm// Tagged: products , ceramic egg crate, jewelry organization

This is the rocker my mom used with all of her seven children; it is over 40 years old. She offered it to me and my husband when we found out we were pregnant {although me and several siblings have been diligently hinting at it for years}.
I scored at Joann Fabrics to recover it for [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 02.19.2010 at 10:34 am// Tagged: baby, design solutions , baby room, pillowsbymom, rocking chair

Maternity clothes always look so cute when you’re not pregnant. But my experience tells me, that when it’s your turn to buy maternity clothes, it seems like there are very little options.
Enter: Shabby Apple Maternity Line {Mama Apple}.
Shabby Apple sent me this beautiful dress for my maternity pictures, and I am in love. When they [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 02.17.2010 at 9:41 pm// Tagged: odds and ends

I’m not good with words. I always come up with the right thing to say 10 minutes after the opportunity presents itself.
I don’t bake that well. Yes, I have chocolate chip cookies and chocolate crinkle cookies that I can deliver consistently. But anything more complicated than that will take me LOTS of practice to be [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 02.16.2010 at 2:54 pm// Tagged: graphic design, odds and ends , Valentine's Day

I received my bag from the infamous Green Bag Lady. I first heard of her movement from Whitney at Whisker Graphics. The Green Bag Lady makes beautiful reusable totes out of scrap fabric and gives them out for free in exchange for your promise to use it instead of plastic bags. She has created quite [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 02.11.2010 at 10:14 am// Tagged: odds and ends , Green Bag Lady, reusable totes

This website was both so fun to design, and *excrutiating* to look at these delicious chocolates for long stretches of time without having some to snack on. Check out my new Danville Chocolates website design: www.danvillechocolates.com.
Posted by ohbrooke on 02.09.2010 at 11:04 am// Tagged: graphic design, web design , Danville Chocolates, Website Design

After sharing Houzz.com with you, I won a beautiful mirror from the Rowan’s Room Etsy shop via the Houzz site. Karma!
Posted by ohbrooke on 02.08.2010 at 3:21 pm// Tagged: odds and ends , mirror, rowan's room etsy shop

2 months to go!
Sleep is not happening. It’s hitting number one on my list because I was thrown awake by a charlie horse in both my calf and shin at the same time this morning.
I can only lay on my left side. If I spend more than three seconds on my right side or my [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 02.04.2010 at 11:03 am// Tagged: odds and ends, pregnancy , pregnancy