We’ve been enjoying small symbols of spring at our house: an Easter supper, flowering branches, eggs everywhere — and a bottle of Zyrtec omnipresent on the counter. A peek inside: I piled together this textured table setting for our Easter dinner for two: eggs, mini vintage terracotta, slubby linen and a sprig of green. [...]
The patron saint of blue and white visited the Phoenix Art Museum this week to share her life’s story about being an independent woman. Author and interior designer Carolyne Roehm grew up in the midwestern “boonies” and dreamed of being a big New York fashion designer. She married fabulously, was divorced oh-so-publicly, and still made [...]
Oh, my. Here’s the thing about working for a start-up: every other part of your life shuts down. It’s exciting (we had four million hits in our first month!), and exhausting (there was the day I worked from 8 am to 2 a.m.) and rewarding (I’m just back from NYC, where I got to hang [...]
“Make memories,” my mom always says in December. I am always grateful for those moments when I listen to my mom. Memories from Christmas at my house: There were quick lunches with friends to trade presents and plans, and an evening of Christmas lights and pizza with my nieces and nephews, who turned me into [...]
At night, it feels like fall. Tomorrow, the forecast in Phoenix is 84. That’s practically polar. To celebrate the cool nights and glorious days, I’m plotting major outdoor activity. Prime Living Magazine tasked me with creating an outdoor Moroccan idyll. My friend Heidi Lisherness kindly lent her exotic local abode for the photo shoot — [...]
I love that when a friend or a reader finds a piece of Halloween/pumpkin brilliance floating out there in the Internet ether, they think of me. “Jaimee Rose will love this,” they say to themselves. And yes, yes, I DO! Casey Hagarty spotted these loves outside Design*Lab in Mesa. Those are masks from Target, I [...]
This summer, my sisters and I sneaked behind some curtains and crept into the annual Halloween manor under construction at one of the most inspiring stores anywhere — Roger’s Gardens in Newport Beach/Corona del Mar, California. It was worth getting kicked out over — and yes, we did. “Blackstone Manor” is a crystal-studded, bone-laden, black-painted, [...]
My friend Jill McNamara sent me an excited note over the weekend: she had discovered mini herbs at Trader Joe’s in beautiful vintage terracotta pots, and she knew I’d want to partake. They are $2.49 each. Aren’t they sweet? So small. The pots are so beautiful that I bought a few to reuse later for [...]
My sister Kapri’s overachievingly gorgeous birthday parties for her children continue. This year, Scarlett is four, and she invited me to come to her house for a babydoll birthday. Behold, the pink and blue parade, beginning with homemade vanilla cupcakes with cream cheese icing, and a fur-trimmed party hat on top. Scarlett had the cutest [...]
My sister, known around my office as The Diabolical Party Genius, threw a surprise bash for our 5-year-old niece, Khloe. At this party, she and my mother conspired to hang hot pink feather boas from the ceiling. Killer idea. Secure them with thumbtacks, then mix with paper lanterns and paper flowers. Easy insta-party. (Below, the [...]
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