Organizing Theory & Artistry
With holiday preparations added to the general mix of life, the fall months are flying by. November is here already! It’s another month and time for another Ruly theme. With our 10 pounds of Halloween candy piled beside me, I know that we need to …
In October at Ruly, we focused on the essentials of a good wardrobe. It was a fun month full of tricks and treats. Treats We started off with 3 strategies to stay sane during this holiday season. Then we turned to the women’s closet, identifying …
I have this little daughter “Lola.”
She is small and very funny.
One year, we decided to make a Halloween costume.
We needed:
and ended up with:
Then we took
and created . . .
Next we found
and made
to create
But no story would be complete without an imaginary friend.
For this, we need:
Our Lola has an invisible, beautiful fairy who is her best friend . . .
*If you are a Lauren Child fan, you absolutely get this. If you don’t, you must read, “I Will Not Ever, Never, Eat a Tomato.” Immediately. (Or check out the Charlie and Lola website.)
Thank you, Lauren Child! We love Lola who embodies all the imaginative exuberance of our girls and Charlie’s kind rationality trying to guide her in the right direction. We admire your deceptively simple, and extremely stylized art. Charlie and Lola will be the remembered classic books of my children’s childhood. Forever.
In the spirit of discussing closet minimalism this month, I have had to confront my Halloween clothing issues. You see, each October, in addition to buying/making Halloween costumes, there is always this wonderful supply of inexpensive black and orange or purple and black Halloween clothing …
All this month, we have been trying to identify the items in our closets that never seem to go out of style or that we simply enjoy wearing year after year. While the clothes may not be that exciting they probably form the bulk of …