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have a lovely weekend

With the beginning of summer + Ike graduating pre-school this week (more on that later : ) I'm finding the need to try to slow everything down + enjoy things a bit more.  So, I thought I'd end this very busy week with these lovely + calming photos by genius photographer Rodney Smith ...

Have a great weekend, everyone!

donna hay goods

I'm hoping one of these days soon Donna Hay will have online shopping -- I really want some of her simple but really pretty goods ...

LOVE all the wood products. 

ps. thanks for all the GREAT party tips + sweet comments about the new site!  and enter to win the giveaway through the weekend!

new site + giveaway!

The new SIMPLESONG site is up today, we're on Design*Sponge this morning (yay!)+ we're doing a $100 gift certificate giveaway...

Enter a comment to win a $100 gift certificate to the shop + I'll choose someone at random by Monday, June 14!  And in the comments if you have good indoor activity ideas for a bunch of 3-year-olds I'd love to hear them -- Ike's end-of-year school party is tomorrow and I was in charge of outdoor activities .... well, now its supposed to rain + I need indoor activity ideas ASAP!

And finally, a big thanks to Lauren Hardage for Aeolidia for the site design, to the amazing Aeolidia team for building the site (and their patience with me : ) + Steven Redfearn for photography. 

first letterpress class

I had my first letterpress class yesterday + I loved every minute of it.  I blogged about it over at The Hive blog ...

Thank you Jillian, Princess + Andrea for making it such a great class!  

ps.  for those who have emailed me or are interested in taking the class - more workshops will be added in a few weeks!

pudding cups :: bakerella

I think these pudding cups are so clever, cute + fun ...

A good summer activity I'm going to try w/ our 3 year old, Ike.

Happy weekend, all!  My first letterpress class is tomorrow -- check out The Hive blog next week to see some of the behind-the-scenes!

coriander girl

Isn't this shop the dream neighborhood flower shop? I would go there all the time to pick up a sweet little arrangement ...

Love everything about it!

hip hip hooray

Among what feels like a million other projects, I've been working on a new little site called Hip Hip Hooray!

It will be fun blog where we catalog all things kids + celebrations.  I'm excited to create a resource for moms + party planners and for those who just enjoy a little party!  I'm hoping for a mid-summer launch - sign up here to know when we've gone live + until then we're on Twitter!

And a big thanks to Lauren O'Neill for the lovely design.  Hooray!