Hello there! Sorry to have left you for so long. I had to pop out to attend the National Stationery Show last week (you know, work...) and the long days on the show floor and the distraction of being...
I am back from a mini-break to California to celebrate my birthday with Coach. It was fabulous, fun-filled and much-needed time together. I am grateful for all of that. I am getting packed up for the...
Here are the "sparkle" results from the Curly Girl Design Instagram Scavenger Hunt Challenge #2!. I will be posting "Magic" and "Delicious" over the next couple of days....
Today is my 35th birthday. I have not done a ton of reflecting on this as per usual, the month of May is a busy one and the glorious occasion of my birth gets swept up in all the Mothers Day/Graduati...
Good morning! I am working on getting our _sparkle images up, but I wanted to share this with you. Melissa turned me onto this little gem a couple of days ago and I CANNOT GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD! I lo...
Hello! Here is Challenge #3 for the scavenger hunt! I have been loving how all the photos look together and think these should be especially breathtaking! Go out there and find some color!! (This wil...
Happy Monday! I hope this collection of our Curly Girl Scavenger Hunt images for "Inspiring" gets your week of to a fabulous start! I am loving this project more and more! You guys are find...
Good evening! Apologies for the late post, but I am traveling and that always screws up my sense of time and space. This Instagram Scavenger Hunt thing is so dang fun!! You guys are crazy brilliant a...
OH THIS IS GOING TO BE SO FUN!!! Ok, so I am sure I am not the first person to think of this, but since I think you guys are so cool and interesting and creative and amazing, I wanted to try it here....
Hello pigeons! I have spent the weekend giving my good friend from Kansas City a little tour of Boston. It was filled with lots of coffee, good food (of course), some art, some flea marketing and nat...
We had a cold and rainy start to the week here in New England, which reminded us for a moment that it is not, in fact, summer yet (though the recent weather patterns had us lulled into thinking so......
Hi Guys! Happy Friday! I am SO excited to introduce you to one of our newest Sweetheart Sponsors, Susabelle Boutique. Christine Willard is not only a long-time Curly Girl fan, she is also one of our ...
I found this on Pinterest and it struck a chord. Hope you are having a good day! xoxo
Technically, this year the darling buds are of April (or in some cases, late March!) because it has been so warm, but they do not rhyme with "day" and April has too many syllables. I spend ...
One year ago Sunday (April Fools Day, naturally) we opened our shop, Marmalade, in our town center. A bigger and more beautiful location with lots of foot traffic and parking (yes!) has made our pres...
Ever heard that phrase "I am so far behind Im ahead of myself"? Or did I just make that up? Well, either way, I got so busy working on my art deadlines for May, I made an extra one! Sadly, ...
Happy Monday! I hope you all had wonderful fun-filled or at least productive weekends! Mine had just the right balance of celebrating (a friends birthday), catching up (on sleep) and being productive...
Hello lovelies! I have been in studio most of this week working on an art deadline. Sorry if I have not returned an email or a phone call or if I was supposed to be somewhere and forgot. I am pretty ...
For a while now, my friend Lacy and I have been chatting on the topic of "happiness". What is it? Where does it come from? How do we get more of it? What makes us really happy? What makes o...
For those of you who know college basketball, all I need to say is that its March 15th and we are still playing. For those of you who dont... thats kind of a big deal. My husband is an assistant coac...
Hello!! I am back from a little vacation having achieved a dose of much-needed R&R (and a tiny amount of sunshine!) on the beautiful island of Oahu. I am getting caught up here at CGD and Marmala...
Hello All!! I am thrilled to introduce you to one of our newest Sweetheart Sponsors, Lettie McArthur from For Giving Works. Her breathtakingly soulful handmade jewelry speaks right to my gypsy soul a...
I spent this weekend working in the shop and in the studio. It was an all-together pleasant time and I must admit to feeling quite accomplished. This little card is in honor of my great love for the ...
Here is another sneak peek for the May 2012 release! Almost my entire family is made up of educators. English teachers, Business teachers, Kindergarten, French and my Mom just retired from teaching a...
Happy Happy Happy Happy Valentines Day!!! I am getting ready to put on my red heels and get into the shop to help the hoards of men-folk find the perfect prezzy for their sweethearts (yeep! so fun!),...
Good Monday to you all! It is the day before Valentines Day and do you know who your sweethearts are?? I love this day because it is an on-the-calendar excuse to write love notes. Now, though I encou...
No, I am not starting your Tuesday with soft-porn starring a young and brooding David Duchovny. Though, that depends on your definition of soft-porn. For some, a collection of beautiful red shoes mig...
Hi All!! I am back from the New York Gift Show and getting caught up. Phew! January is a bit of a blur... a lovely lovely blur. Between gift shows and catching up after the holidays, I had the pleasu...
While I have been in my studio making stuff, our girl Katie (Curly Girl Customer Service Guru and all around fantastic person) has been out there putting something REALLY REALLY beautiful into the wo...
Oh hello there, I am writing you from my third consecutive day in studio. Its incredible how even though this is part of my job, that phrase sounds like "vacation" to me. Third consecutive ...
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