A Carefully Curated Life

Loving the Ordinary

100 Days of Summer. Are You Ready?

Summer starts soon. There are roughly 100 days of summer; are you ready for fun? For creating the first steps to the life you’ve dreamed about? For designing your home or garden? Think of the friendships, habits, or more fun that could all happen over the next 100 days. Starting the Friday before Memorial Day and over the next 100 days, we’ll: I know 100 days sounds like a lot, but we have ... View Post

May’s Loving List

31 Ways for Loving the Ordinary Each & Every Day Every month, I create a list with 31 ways for Loving the Ordinary each and every day. It is a list to help you enjoy life by Carefully Curating the days with home, garden, and life, taking time to enjoy the moment alone or with someone special. I've expanded on some of these ideas to further inspire you. Please find one or two that ... View Post

2021 Trends on Refreshing the Kitchen

Spring is a time of Renewal, Rebirth and Refreshing. Why not start with refreshing the kitchen?   Spring is a time to clean out the cobwebs inside and outside of your home. Subsequently leads to dreams about BBQs and porch parties. With that idea let’s look to see about refreshing the kitchen.   Please take a look around your kitchen. Then ask yourself, "Is there something you ... View Post

A Month to Reawaken ~ March’s Loving List

Take this month to reawaken your days, home, and garden. And don't forget to reawaken and spark spring joy in yourself and those around you this March. The month to reawaken ~ March’s Loving List. When all lovely things start to reawaken, birds migrate, flowers start pushing through the soil, and if you are a basketball fan, March Madness is here.   “March arrives, the last hurrah ... View Post

10 Reasons to Start a Creative Journal.

I call it my Curated Life Journal. And these are the reasons to start a Creative Journal. Curated Life Journal, What is it? It is a Notebook or Journal for your life broken down into dreams, goals and activities. What reasons did I have for starting a Creative Journal? This blog will give my reasons to start a Creative Journal. My big reason to starting it was I needed a way to reclaim my ... View Post

A Month to Romance ~ February’s Loving List

Take this month to romance every day, include yourself and those around you. The month of February has long been promoted as love, hearts and romance. Certainly, Valentine's cards, flowers and balloons are floating everywhere. I Love All of This! Yes...Love on ourselves and those we care about. Take a moment and listen to our heart - pause for a moment - care for our heart both physically and ... View Post