Author Archives: Jane

July 27, 2008 – 9:20 am

Monday Giveaway, on Sunday

Welcome to another installment of The Speckled Egg giveaway. This week’s giveaway is an Audrey Fine Finishing Touches set. It includes letterpressed notes, page markers, and gift enclosure cards. I have a set and love it, and I hope you’ll love yours (if you win). Here are the rules: Leave a comment (one per person […]

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July 25, 2008 – 4:00 am

Construction Update Nine and the Five

                  Good news to report: the masonite has left the building! Painting is going on today, and then we’ve arrived at final inspections and, of course, the punch list. I think that next Friday will be the last construction update so that you can see the chairs, […]

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July 24, 2008 – 4:00 am

Under pressure

This is one of those days where “pre-writing” the blog entry feels a bit odd. By the time blogger posts this, I will hopefully still be asleep, having seen and enjoyed Coldplay. As I type, we haven’t left yet, my husband is at work, and my buddy is napping on the family room sofa. The […]

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July 23, 2008 – 6:19 am

Oh so cute

photo from 29olives.com I love schoolhouse typefaces. And so when I found this (at 29 Olives, courtesy of Design is Mine, via Free Design, thanks to Decor8 – did you follow that web segue?) it was love at first sight. Want it. The linked blogs are a lot of fun. Who couldn’t use a design […]

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July 23, 2008 – 4:00 am

Summer goodness

Oh, what a gorgeous day Tuesday was! This photo is of our front yard, sparkly with dew after I came back from my 7am run. It was in the low 70s all day, so I opened up lots and lots of windows and let the fresh air in. It felt great. I have to let […]

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