Archive for October, 2009

THE LIST

Saturday, October 31, 2009 17:34 22 Comments

Are you ready for the best month ever?
When Miss B and I were brainstorming themes for the holidays, we knew we wanted a month that could potentially cover every single person on a shopping list. We decided we would call November’s theme “The List” and take care of everyone we know reads the blog: [...]

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FINALE! APHRO CHIC!!!

Saturday, October 31, 2009 0:00 141 Comments

{please visit aphrochic here}

And so this ends another fabulous month of goodies…Sigh.  We are thrilled to close ‘Home, Sweet, Home’, with the newly launched AphroChic.  What you haven’t heard of AphroChic yet?  Well, maybe the blog but the shop? Oh you will. Mark my words, we have ourselves a design super star on our hands…
San [...]

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STORYVILLE COFFEE COMPANY

Friday, October 30, 2009 0:00 234 Comments

{please visit Storyville here}
If you have never drank coffee brewed in a French Press, you are in for a real treat.  Frankly, drinking Storyville coffee is a treat in itself.  In fact, I will bet that sucking on one Storyville coffee bean tastes better than drinking a steaming cup of whatever you drink every morning.
Storyville [...]

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SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!

Thursday, October 29, 2009 16:05 9 Comments

Folks, you don’t even know what we are starting when we launch BSP No. 10 on Sunday.  I mean that like, yes, you don’t know what we are starting on Sunday because it’s top secret but also because, well, you don’t even KNOW.  Mark my words–BEST MONTH EVER.
The contributors?!  You don’t even know.
The contributions?! OH [...]

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MOONTREE LETTERPRESS

Thursday, October 29, 2009 0:00 398 Comments

{please visit moontree letterpress here}
Look into my eyes.  You are getting sleepy.  Veeeeery sleepy.  On the count of three, you are going to open your eyes and see a pile of mud.  You are not going to see an aqua, metal recipe box with a letterpressed label and recipe cards.  Mud.  Mud, mud, mud, mud.  [...]

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J. DAVIS STUDIO

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 0:00 226 Comments

{please visit J. Davis Studio here}
I kid you not: Miss B. and I were lamenting the lack of accessories this month when into our inbox dropped an email from Jill Davis, the “J” behind J. Davis Studio, an independent jewelry studio in Brooklyn, New York.  Folks, this is why you need to send us submissions [...]

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LOLA B. BOUTIQUE

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 0:00 327 Comments

{please visit Lola B. Boutique here}
It’s a fact: whether you do it consciously, or not, your buying decisions often beat in time with the pulse of society and culture at large.  Nowadays, with the economy still having a conniption fit, many of us are turning inward and looking to our homes to provide solace.  The [...]

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ELIZABETH WILLIAMS

Monday, October 26, 2009 0:00 217 Comments

{please visit Elizabeth Williams here}
Calm yourselves, jewelry fans, we have delivered. Miss. B. and I called upon Elizabeth Williams, middle school art teacher and jewelry designer with a bachelors degree and masters in art education, to create for us a necklace for this month.
Turns out, it’s tough to find jewelry that fits a Home [...]

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TRICIA MCKELLAR

Sunday, October 25, 2009 0:00 159 Comments

{please visit Tricia McKellar here}

Fine art photographer Tricia McKellar may be inspired by the southern landscape and an endless sense of wanderlust, but you will find much more than that in her extensive portfolio. McKellar is, clearly, not exaggerating when she states she takes her camera almost everywhere.
Perhaps that is why she has [...]

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BESEM NATURAL SCENTS

Saturday, October 24, 2009 0:00 117 Comments

{please visit Besem Natural Scents here}
We love, love, love to feature companies with a mission and culture as inspiring as the product they produce. No, we don’t expect our contributors to be philanthropic angels (after all, we’re not) but when a company makes good and does good, well, we take notice.
Wendy Lawhon of Besem [...]

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