Ever feel like keeping up with the Joneses is more like keeping up with the Kardashians? Our decor doesn't feel right, our homes don't feel big enough, it just doesn't seem to be enough. After a recent conversation with my family about why our 2500 sq/ft home wasn't big enough for our extended family to come and hang out in. It got me wondering...Is our home not big enough? When we have kids that fills these ext[...]
Chang'e, the spirit of the moon, or the moon goddess, is based off a chinese myth of love, loss, and sacrifice. Hou Yi, husband to Chang'e, who saved the world from burning when he shot down 9 of the 10 suns in the sky was awarded two elixirs of immortality for his efforts. Together, Chang'e and Hou Yi planned to take these elixirs to spend eternity together but fate would change their direction. One night, an[...]
Have you ever found an old journal from when you were a kid and cringed as you read through it? The grammar, the handwriting, the whining (or was that just me?), that couldn’t have been you. And yet, it was. You were young. You were learning. You didn’t know what you know now or have these years of experience to know any better. It’s funny when we get the chance to look back at something like that we can[...]
I’ve always dreamt of having my own space to create. A place where there are no rules, no one to ask permission from. A place where wonder and magic and creativity can come alive and be transformed into whatever I want. When we moved into our home right before the pandemic my dream was born. A house with enough space for the kids we want in the future and the creative spaces we needed now. My atelier (French[...]
Space is precious. The space that you leave in your day to go for a walk or meditate. The space you take up when speaking your mind and honoring yourself. And the space that you live in and the objects that occupy it. All avenues of space are precious because they’re limited and therefore what fills them (or doesn’t) needs to be intentional. The same is true for art on our walls and yet I still believe you can n[...]
I thought it was just me craving more simplicity, more slow, more quality and less quantity. When I started my journey of slow living, I knew that I was on a level of burnout I hadn’t been before and thought, this will help me heal. Maybe it will even help my find happiness again. It did. But it did so much more for me. I realized that it wasn’t just slow living I was looking for, it was the divine feminine[...]
I saw it come to life as I listened to the Highwomen’s self-titled song for the 100th time. The stories of these women, unnamed and unknown, highlighting what they sacrificed for the world. How their lives made the lives of women to come better. It’s a story as old as time. What the marginalized have sacrificed in hopes of a better future. What women sacrifice in hopes of honoring themselves. To me, this song, t[...]
I love things. This feels like a terrible thing to say as I talk about living slower, choosing less, and going against the grain of our consumeristic culture, but the truth of the matter is, I love things. My husband is more of an experience person, but me, I like the tangible things I can hold onto to transport me back to a place and time. It’s easy to get wrapped up in just collecting things, but in my practi[...]
The holidays are approaching which means we’ve all got shopping on the brain. But what most people don’t think about is gifting art to their friends and family. There seems to be a bunch of myths around buying art and I wanted to extinguish those before it’s too late (as in, you miss out on getting your loved ones the ultimate gift!) Myth #1: You Can't Buy Art For Others Art is deeply personal. F[...]
I’ve alway had an eye for design. Even at 3 when I wore every piece of jewelry I owned, I had a vision for things. But design isn’t everything when it comes to creating a slow home. Yes, having a beautiful place that welcomes you in, is nice, but I’m more concerned about having a place that supports the way you live and then is designed well. (What can I say, I like pretty things). Function over fashion has[...]