Multifunctional Home Office

Or dining room. Whichever way you choose to look at it, living in a small space comfortable means utilizing space effectively. I am currently in love obsessed with the idea of a round table that can be set in a corner for use as a home office, and the leaves extended for use as a dining table when entertaining. The transformation would go something like this...

Home office:

Dining room:

Those gorgeous hydrangeas don't hurt the visualization. And that comfy-looking upholstered chair? I need.

ZARA KIDS

Dear Zara,
Stop it. Stop it right now. This is just not fair. I had no idea kids' clothes could be this enviable. I'm going to need that peacoat to get me through the rest of winter. Oh, and that mocassin/scarf/cross-body bag number?Two of those.
xoxo,
Me

H&M Home Decor, yes please

According to the brand's Facebook page, H&M will be offering Home Decor starting in March! Excited? Although it will only be available in store in Europe, it will also be available for us Americans to purchase online.

I am most excited that this fashionable home decor will be available at H&M prices (aka affordable)! Those pink florals would make for a super cute little girl's room, and I already have my eye on the linen pillows!

CHARITY COOKIE EXCHANGE

I'm loving this idea for a new kind of holiday cookie exchange, from Better Homes and Gardens...

Invite your friends to share their holiday cookies, each representing a charity, and vote with cash for the winner.

Get friends excited about the upcoming event by sending out cookie-themed invitations. I love these invitations that include a cookie spatula! Add a cookie spatula or a cookie cutter (you can find both at the dollar store) for a low cost wow-factor.

Label every cookie with a number, so that voters can keep track of which cookie is which. Create a voting station and have each partygoer vote for their favorite cookie by putting cash in that cookie's numbered envelope. The winner donates all the cash to her charity of choice.

Provide boxes lined with parchment paper for guests to fill with cookies to take home at the end of the party. Some other packaging items you could add are tags, labels, ribbons, or twine. Don't forget scissors and tape!

Serve some festive cocktails and finger foods, and you've got yourself a party! Why not make philanthropy a part of your next holiday celebration?

CHRISTMAS SWEETS

One of my favorite parts of Christmas is the baking. I'm loving these ideas from Sweet and Saucy Shop.

 chocolate cupcakes with peppermint buttercream and bark topping

 snowflakes decorated with sanding sugar

brownie pops wrapped with baker's twine

LOVE THE YOU YOU LOVE

 

Photo Credit: Gabe Aceves

“Later that day I got to thinking about relationships. There are those that open you up to something new and exotic, those that are old and familiar, those that bring up lots of questions, those that bring you somewhere unexpected, those that bring you far from where you started, and those that bring you back. But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you can find someone to love the you you love, well, that's just fabulous.”

-Carrie, Sex and the City

THE OFFICE OF THE TOOTHFAIRY

Now this is just too cute.

Details from the website:

Kit Details: The Official Tooth Fairy Kit contains one letterpress Certificate of Record for filing with your local Tooth Fairy and one reusable silkscreened cloth deposit bag for your first and all subsequent transactions. The offical certificate keeps record of name, age, tooth lost, method of extraction and compensation information.

Official Filing Instructions: Simply place tooth in the attached envelope and insert your completed certificate in the deposit bag. Place the full bag under your pillow. The tooth fairy will collect the Certificate of Record and place your compensation in the deposit bag. 

This is sure to up the street cred of the toothfairy. Find it at http://www.officeofthetoothfairy.com/