Blame it on Design Mom

Design Mom came across my radar screen via Rebecca Bingham, whom I met blogging and who now is one of my favorite people. I became addicted during Design Mom's wildly generous November/December giveaway spree in which I won absolutely nothing, but which I enjoyed immensely. What I love about Design Mom are the great ideas, the fabulous guest posts and the cool shopping finds. But especially how the photos are like eye candy for the soul.

In the past several months Design Mom helped me discover the perfect Christmas present for my husband.

She also put me on to a great deal on three new ornaments for my Christmas tree. ("Why three?" you may ask. Because eventually one will get broken. And then another. But by the time my three boys and one tomboy are out of the house I should hopefully have at least one ornament left intact.)

And, after practically drooling over some of these on Design Mom, I was able to truthfully tell a close friend who made me thishow much I had been wanting a beautiful wreath for my front door. It was just what she needed to hear.

And now I'm madly craving--of all things--a pretty pastel cashmere sweater because I really NEED to cut it all up and make me some betz white bunnies for Easter.

In addition to some great product and website recommendations, Design Mom's posts are full of great ideas. You will find fun project ideas (such as the one above), tips on just about everything, book recommendations, and even a feature called Ask-Design-Mom. And it's all presented so tastefully.

So I do love to look. Window shop, if you will. Imagine soft sunlight shining through perfect window sill, which looks out onto some pretty green foilage. Dotted along the sill and the top of the bottom window are a number of mismatched glasses, cups and such. Hanging from the ceiling are some bright decorative cards. Something like this:
After a long hard Utah winter, it was the perfect vision of spring. It didn't have to belong to me. I was happy just to look at it.


And not just that. Although previously I found it easy to aware of elements of design found in nature or to apply them while gardening or quilting, I'd never given much thought to what Design Mom describes as "where design and motherhood intersect." But since reading Design Mom regularly (she posts early so it's become a great way to start my day before the kids wake up), I find I notice and fall in love with even the simplest of things. (Might I recommend some of these beautiful cards, creations of my good friend geo?)

I even made an entire family event just out of opening my first ever gift from


(Thanks! Maure and Angela)

Design Mom's generous giveaways are some of my favorites. I cheered when some of my blog friends won, but I was never one of the lucky ones. Until this time. I quickly wrote some generic comment because I was almost late for work. Knowing competition is tough for these coveted prizes and comments often number in the hundreds, I was doubtful I would ever win. But this time I got lucky and scored a great gift from YoonKids. (Keep entering! Design Mom gives away great prizes quite regularly. The next lucky winner could be you!)




So you can blame it on Design Mom if I'm now more inclined to pick up and purchase the perfect polk-a-dot skirt. Covet a great new find at Moda Home. Or find myself tempted by the prettiest easter chocolates available on the world wide web. Design Mom makes my world a more a better place.

And that's a beautiful thing!






(Don't miss guest bloggers c jane and nie nie on Design Mom on Monday, April 2.)