an organized mom is a (fill in the blank) mom

I say that an organized mom is a … happy mom!  Heck, I’m not really sure how you could have twins without being organized.  They rather force you to get on a schedule.  

That’s just one reason I am beyond delighted to be over at Cristin Bisbee Priest’s fabulous blog, Simplified Bee.  Cristin and I share a similar philosophy — that style and function can beautifully co-exist — and I am forever inspired by her posts.  Thank you, Cristin, for the thoughtful feature!

Meanwhile, I’ve been a busy little bee here at High Point Market.  Mini-Design Camp received rave reviews, and I have a feeling that the upcoming camps — Seattle from May 1-3, 2013 and Philadelphia from October 16-18, 2013 — will be selling out even faster than usual.  Cash in those frequent flier miles to avoid last-minute fares to Seattle or book early for Philly now!   Have I mentioned that I really, really want to hang out with Nathan?  

Sunday brought the debut of Traci Zeller Textiles in the fun and fresh Younger Furniture showroom … and I am just overwhelmed by the love and support that so many of you have shown me.  Thank you!

Becky and Bert Vanderveen did an amazing job capturing the joy and spirit of the party … not to mention the talents of some other extraordinary twin moms.  Not only is the incredible Meredith of Younger Furniture a twin mom, but the party invitation was designed by a twin mom (Carolina Consulting Company) and the delicious cookies — decorated like my fabrics — were created by a twin mom (Creative Cookies by Lindsay).

The … ahem … original cupcakes were also baked and decorated by a twin mom (Double Take Confections by Tabatha) … but a near-miss car accident for my beloved babysitter meant that replacement cupcakes were needed.   No mom cares one bit about smashed cupcakes when the results could have been so much worse.  What a blessing!

On that note, let me say a huge thank you to the Traci Zeller Designs team and everyone else who participated in or donated to the third annual Sarcoma Stomp.  The TZD team wore t-shirts with this incredible quote on the back … and I can’t think of anyone else who lives up to that more than Paula Takacs, the founder of the Sarcoma Stomp and the namesake of the Paula Takacs Foundation for Sarcoma Research.  The way she has used her battle with sarcoma to serve others who suffer from the same terrible disease is simply remarkable.  This one event raised over $150,000 for sarcoma research.  Can you believe?  If I’m ever in a fight, I want Paula on my side.

How has your week been?

Photos by VanderVeen Photographers.  Elizabeth Edwards quote, downloadable as a free printable, via Life After NICU.

Categories: Business of Design, Guest Posts, Organizing, Traci Zeller Textiles April 25, 2013
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pack for camp! it’s a giveaway!

** this giveaway is closed.  congrats to jordan merricks! **

Y’all already know that I loved, loved, loved Design Camp in Atlanta.  And if you didn’t hear it enough from me, pop over and see what Paloma and Tawna had to say!

One of the things that is so awesome about what Lori Dennis and Kelli Ellis do at Design Camp is that the content is constantly refreshed … which means you can go again and again and learn something new every time.  Which is why I’m sooooo tempted to hop a flight to Seattle — one of my favorite cities — and head to camp again.  I mean, who can turn down a date with Nathan Turner?

What makes me even more excited, however, is that I get to offer that incredible opportunity to one of you!  Yes!!!   Lori and Kelli are so graciously giving a free admission ticket — worth $1,297 — to Design Camp Seattle (May 1-3, 2013) to one very lucky TZD blog reader.  Once again, they have an all-star line-up of “camp counselors” — Nathan, of course, but also Ronda Carman of All the Best blog and author of the soon-to-be released Designers at Home; Cassandra LaValle of Coco+Kelley; Randall Whitehead, America’s top expert in residential lighting; Leslie Newsom Rascoe, Decoration and Design Editor of Veranda and part of the design team at Wisteria; Michael Ragan, renowned designer and owner of RAGS, a design build custom manufacturing company … seriously, the list just goes on and on.  And once again, they’ve got incredible sponsors on board, now including Joss & Main and Williams-Sonoma.

Along with thousands of dollars worth of design education, you’ll get the perfect excuse reason to visit one of the most fabulous places!  On my Seattle agenda would be trips to a Glassybaby store, Great Jones Home (I haven’t been in years, but I hope it is as fabulous as I remember), and Foster/White Gallery.  Aaaaaannnnnnd I just might squeeze in a visit to the flagship Nordstrom.  I love our Charlotte, North Carolina Nordstrom but seriously, it’s a mini.  

Here’s the deal.  Overly complicated giveaways exhaust me, but I want to give you two ways to win.  You’ll get one entry for a comment on any TZD blog post between now and April 2.  You’ll get one entry for any tweet with a link to this post.   Pretty, pretty please use @tracizeller in the tweet so that I can track it … and retweet you!   Easy peasy lemon squeezy.  I’ll draw the winner on April 3.

So who is packing her bags?

Interior design (top and bottom photos) by Nathan Turner.  7102 Siren Screen custom built by RAGS.  

Categories: Business of Design, Giveaways March 27, 2013
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