Each year The Needlepoint Finisher and I go to the Needlepoint.com Retreat. The past two years, the retreat has been at the Needlepoint.com Shop in Raleigh, NC, and I love the excuse to stay at the beautiful Fearrington Inn.
Breathwork | Health & Wellness
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” – Rumi This year I’ve been focusing on being more positive, but in order to…
Give Me Some Nude Lip | Sephora
When it comes to lip color, I stick to shades of rose or nude because those shades tend to look the best. Thankfully I’ve been able to find quite a few favorites from Clinique, Marc Jacobs and BareMinerals.
Moisturize, Illuminate and Get the Boy Brow | Glossier
Since starting my skincare journey towards softer more luminous skin, I’ve tried out quite few products. Some have worked better than others, but I’ve learned so much about what works for my skin and what doesn’t. One of the things…
How to throw a Valentine’s Day Party
Ever since we were little, Valentine’s Day was a very important day to us. Not because of the Valentines cards we may or may not have gotten from our classmates, but because we always knew that my mum would make…
Savory Crepes with Spinach, Mushrooms & Chèvre
As some of you may know, I currently have a foodie blog in addition to theavidpen. Last week I came to the decision to introduce more food posts here on theavidpen, and make my foodie blog more of a collection…
How do you like to spend a rainy day?
This winter has been a rainy one lately, with temperatures going between freezing to almost spring like. Since this weekend was filled with showers, I thought why not share some of my favorite things to do on rainy days.
5 Tips for Beating the Winter Blues
The Winter Blues… it’s something we dread in our house every year, and every year it strikes like clockwork. If you find yourself dealing with the blues every Winter (or like some people, every time the seasons change) these are…
How to Throw a Gingerbread House Party | Home & Holidays
This year, we decided to throw a gingerbread house party. Since we were going up/down (I can never remember which) to visit my sister and brother-in-law’s home in Clinton, SC to see their holiday decor, we thought why not make…
Autumn Florals
While I hope to take some floral arranging classes and share some more floral DIY’s in the coming year, the only thing I can take credit for in regards to this arrangement is picking up these lovely flowers for my…
A Day in Davidson & Cornelius | Food & Travel
Saturday although a bit on the chilly side, was an ideal day for a mini-road trip, so we bundled up… or rather I bundled up, and we headed up to Davidson. For those of you who aren’t from the area,…
Sarah Helser & Brigid Watson | Hidell Brooks
Sometimes it’s hard to decide whether we love being art lovers or foodies more. We recently had a chance to check out the latest exhibit at Hidell Brooks Gallery in Charlotte’s Southend that showed off the artistic talents of Sarah…
