After several months of absence, I now find myself, as half of our planet’s population, at home. I hope you are staying safe and healthy and trying to make the most out of this incredible situation. Many things have changed since my last blog post, which include additional work commitments, a move to a new… Continue Reading
It’s not often (if ever) that I share fashion related topics, but I would like you to know that I have an eye for fashion and that I follow closely the latest trends. I love watching the Oscars as well as most of the red carpet events for the glamor of the dresses, the hair… Continue Reading
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, then you might have read a myriad of times about how much I like white; white walls, white kitchen, white furniture, white bed linens, white for almost everything. But even for a person who’s always had a love affair with white, this bathroom was way too sterile. This is a Jack… Continue Reading
Hello sweet friends! I don’t mean to be indiscreet, but I have a question for you and hopefully your answers will somehow be similar to mine … I’m on the bed linens subject today and I would like to know how often you guys, launder your bed sheets. A long long time ago, I had a… Continue Reading
A tropical leaf pattern, like the one I found on this pillow from Nordstrom is always stylish for a late spring and summer décor. As much as I loved the pattern on that pillow for being fresh and happy, I didn’t consider buying it as I couldn’t find a place for it in my home. But I happily… Continue Reading
I first started thinking about my Christmas table setting in August last summer, when I found this remnant on sale at my local fabric store. I bought it, not too sure how I was going to use it. As Christmas approached and time was flying by, I decided to go the easy way and use the fabric to make three… Continue Reading
One thought leads to another and this is how I ended up with these gorgeous dinner napkins! Over the holidays, we hosted a couple of dinner parties and I realized that I was short on napkins; I do have some white hemstitch linen napkins that are suitable for most occasions, but cotton napkins are way more convenient for semi-formal… Continue Reading
I found a soft chocolate brown fabric that I thought would make a cozy blanket. Although it looked like wool because of the thickness and the herringbone pattern, it’s actually a 100% cotton material, so we’ll be using it year round, even on cool summer nights. The width of the fabric was the regular 45-inch, which would… Continue Reading
Two birthdays ago, my mother and sister gave me a present that made me ecstatic: my very first sewing machine! My initial reaction was to promise my sister that I would sew something for her, anything she wanted! She asked for fabric pouches to store her jewelry when traveling. Very easy to make, but it seemed that I was always too… Continue Reading
This cozy and easy-to-make coverlet requires no stitches, no seams, no hems, no sewing skills at all! All you need to know is how to thread a needle and how to make a knot. Easy, right? I simply used a duvet cover and I inserted a layer of batting. Then I stabilized the three layers (fabric… Continue Reading
