On my calendar ...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3MQ1poE7iUiOjPqt6vS4K1UEGdA0nbGBvM9HWxNzGtbVwXKyu0vA6TOX0LzfZcA3lV2sk8I3QDxLfKXLZ_Rhmy4msRJumtcCoG9-G3Z4DgSjV0_R4CKM2mQomTopEUx3hMXA9mGoiGWel/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-03-29+at+10.24.45+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3MQ1poE7iUiOjPqt6vS4K1UEGdA0nbGBvM9HWxNzGtbVwXKyu0vA6TOX0LzfZcA3lV2sk8I3QDxLfKXLZ_Rhmy4msRJumtcCoG9-G3Z4DgSjV0_R4CKM2mQomTopEUx3hMXA9mGoiGWel/s800/Screen+shot+2013-03-29+at+10.24.45+PM.png" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Sweet swag from Designer Bath.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">March has been a whirlwind ... we have had so many after-hours social events at work that it has been difficult to keep up with posting regularly on my own blog after sharing everything via Designer Bath. If you would like to see photos from the recent ASID Gala at the Mandarin, or if you are curious about the last Passport to Design seminar at Landry and Acari, then please visit the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DesignerBathMA">Designer Bath facebook page</a> and <a href="http://designerbath.blogspot.com/p/passport-to-design.html">design blog</a> to check out my photo recaps. <a href="http://www.bostonmagazine.com/passport/index.html">Boston Home Magazine</a> will be announcing the winner of the $20,000 Passport to Design Sweepstakes next week so stay tuned!  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5V7mci2NikLbiWxnkWrkHT8E-5p4N6Y2VVOmE1KLyL9vW7LPew1k4TRpZ4n1KG_3UKsWIIiFt2z15S_6tsKRmb0qn90kT1DTlm4edhnISwClgc8pHtddVEp4i2YGLsyDp6qVKAA0yuqgW/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-03-29+at+10.12.40+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5V7mci2NikLbiWxnkWrkHT8E-5p4N6Y2VVOmE1KLyL9vW7LPew1k4TRpZ4n1KG_3UKsWIIiFt2z15S_6tsKRmb0qn90kT1DTlm4edhnISwClgc8pHtddVEp4i2YGLsyDp6qVKAA0yuqgW/s800/Screen+shot+2013-03-29+at+10.12.40+PM.png" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Passport to Design seminar at Landry and Arcari, March 14th</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>with </i><i>Lynda Onthank, Katherine Hawkins, and Barbara Bradlee</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>photo credit: Barbara Lynch Photography</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqNl4QyZ0iyA_ttQKbHUNsRa36uJ5tLoq-Gir15qfDjvv3sPAbbONAeDUlmQnUjWbR2_XYVKmwWOvsaMrK2A8EwOeuBMrc6mlineLuSpcDPKS5xWx_C2p8J4bSlpXB6EQMR-YtSiBOwbLG/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-03-29+at+10.14.11+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqNl4QyZ0iyA_ttQKbHUNsRa36uJ5tLoq-Gir15qfDjvv3sPAbbONAeDUlmQnUjWbR2_XYVKmwWOvsaMrK2A8EwOeuBMrc6mlineLuSpcDPKS5xWx_C2p8J4bSlpXB6EQMR-YtSiBOwbLG/s800/Screen+shot+2013-03-29+at+10.14.11+PM.png" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Designer Eric Haydel at the Frette showroom pre-ASID Awards Gala</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Boston, March 21st</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx4npz5X4aTNcXBuD-WipNP0HOIWDTrK-6tzvJVPjnhXtDtJ0TrGxXZCC9wAHPfxbcCw75yie-A556IKP6Pr14daoSOu-kznu5Ny2RYhM9FHqkag8jKd2BSo1iI3jHD15OkpEc2ShUtaVx/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-03-29+at+10.20.56+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx4npz5X4aTNcXBuD-WipNP0HOIWDTrK-6tzvJVPjnhXtDtJ0TrGxXZCC9wAHPfxbcCw75yie-A556IKP6Pr14daoSOu-kznu5Ny2RYhM9FHqkag8jKd2BSo1iI3jHD15OkpEc2ShUtaVx/s800/Screen+shot+2013-03-29+at+10.20.56+PM.png" width="350" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Candice Wu fashion show sponsored by Boston Magazine</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>at the Peabody Essex Museum, March 27th // <a href="http://instagram.com/yblacker">via Instagram</a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I may be working a lot of nights lately, but it certainly has been fun (hello signature cocktails, passed hors d’ouevres, and swag bags filled with design goodies!) I’d love to see YOU at our next event at <a href="http://www.landryandarcari.com/">Landry and Arcari</a> in Salem MA on this Thursday night, April 4th, from 6pm to 8pm. Sponsored by <a href="http://nshoremag.com/events/northshore_events/#sthash.ZdLauKUj.dpbs">Northshore Magazine,</a> this will be another really fun event! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNgaSboPlSE6cIAYCHqryuEgtJL0ijeGFXoiyXUXhr1Nz8o9HT_AvE4Q8N6uigGlwR2DpW3N2xb7MIIKOhR-3R6yjkL4VWHa1_qBZijNgXRzuxqW1nUSAeU-xOAK-8N7omB0kjgsu7o7n/s1600/Home.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNgaSboPlSE6cIAYCHqryuEgtJL0ijeGFXoiyXUXhr1Nz8o9HT_AvE4Q8N6uigGlwR2DpW3N2xb7MIIKOhR-3R6yjkL4VWHa1_qBZijNgXRzuxqW1nUSAeU-xOAK-8N7omB0kjgsu7o7n/s800/Home.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><i>Join me at the “Love Your Home Design Challenge Event”</i></i></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Three lucky readers will receive virtual home makeovers and have their previously submitted design challenges solved by local experts. The winners will be unveiled that night. ALL of our guests will have the chance to enter to win a Mini Home Makeover raffle prize valued at $2,500 donated by <a href="http://www.sueadamsinteriors.com/home.html">Sue Adams Interiors,</a> <a href="http://designerbath.com/">Designer Bath,</a> <a href="http://www.howellcustombuild.com/">Howell Custom Building Group,</a> <a href="http://www.landryandarcari.com/">Landry and Arcari Oriental Rugs and Carpeting</a> and <a href="http://lucialighting.com/">Lucia Lighting and Design.</a> All proceeds from raffle ticket sales will be donated to <a href="http://www.merrimackvalleyhabitat.org/">Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity.</a> And if you are a twitter fan, you could win an additional prize that night just by tweeting during the event. To register to attend, <a href="http://nshoremag.com/events/northshore_events/">click here</a>. Dress code? Why spring colors, of course!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUtcFsWefNy2PyK0I0RS4fyc8bpQUYRdDlqf33aErv6F2H4-l3qOTkxXpYypz0oUxpjoEDBkJyHPV-Kpw1CFYiFbDt2D9U8a8_iNZZ7XCLp9wcnp03erDwUcpMMysQcV31cCK4LMkRID-/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-03-29+at+11.47.15+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUtcFsWefNy2PyK0I0RS4fyc8bpQUYRdDlqf33aErv6F2H4-l3qOTkxXpYypz0oUxpjoEDBkJyHPV-Kpw1CFYiFbDt2D9U8a8_iNZZ7XCLp9wcnp03erDwUcpMMysQcV31cCK4LMkRID-/s800/Screen+shot+2013-03-29+at+11.47.15+PM.png" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=77211541">Design Vignettes via Polyvore</a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>

On my calendar ...

Sweet swag from Designer Bath. March has been a whirlwind ... we have had so many after-hours social events at work that it has been difficu...

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Designers Shine Re-cap

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9kBE8y-3ZvREOutqYmUiEcyiGFBcMXs6vBQQ3sDuKWpzo3rBdFLhFKDs_Fa_bHWu4_H_plDwMqGFRelKghu66ihfWTi6qe_JegD3T5kHWdEoHSWUvNog1YBdu-tbpT4JFSGmyN0xxgIvd/s1600/Yvonne-Ann-Linda-NancyFaye-Laura.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9kBE8y-3ZvREOutqYmUiEcyiGFBcMXs6vBQQ3sDuKWpzo3rBdFLhFKDs_Fa_bHWu4_H_plDwMqGFRelKghu66ihfWTi6qe_JegD3T5kHWdEoHSWUvNog1YBdu-tbpT4JFSGmyN0xxgIvd/s800/Yvonne-Ann-Linda-NancyFaye-Laura.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>At the Designer Bath showroom with Ann Murdock and Linda Hentschel</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>of <a href="http://renaissanceinteriors.com/">Renaissance Interiors</a>, Nancy Faye Glass of Glass House Designs</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>and Laura Gifford of <a href="http://www.giffordevents.com/">Gifford Events</a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAjdVQajyVQ0Vjx47AZs17wCNEg1BBwmaY5UvDI1E0CkbADy2adhgjWBeWMwooHLYt2-8_-O9mMswNLsMbABULRp7zcUWfsTCx6WMW7eatFfqVoq6xzZ3Z4sUtTM3VhqG_vy4GucjXUW1/s1600/ChiveEvents+tending+bar@DB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAjdVQajyVQ0Vjx47AZs17wCNEg1BBwmaY5UvDI1E0CkbADy2adhgjWBeWMwooHLYt2-8_-O9mMswNLsMbABULRp7zcUWfsTCx6WMW7eatFfqVoq6xzZ3Z4sUtTM3VhqG_vy4GucjXUW1/s800/ChiveEvents+tending+bar@DB.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Lindsey Wishart and Julia Frost of <a href="http://chiveevents.com/ChiveEvents/home.html">Chive Events</a>  </i><i>serving up designer cocktails </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgojAi6v8uVYzp_CBDmwQCH5f6XouSnYoCc9nMNJPkrW01Yd4QPPn7Vsfct57F1uecRfOHPvkilrXeZNgLUxdgAwLl0U4S2TMZ4Sk0MPJI4-3t2coA30C-mG91JaNcMmpi62CKhD3gI5bcd/s1600/Shine+Awards+gift+bags.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgojAi6v8uVYzp_CBDmwQCH5f6XouSnYoCc9nMNJPkrW01Yd4QPPn7Vsfct57F1uecRfOHPvkilrXeZNgLUxdgAwLl0U4S2TMZ4Sk0MPJI4-3t2coA30C-mG91JaNcMmpi62CKhD3gI5bcd/s800/Shine+Awards+gift+bags.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>A swag bag of goodies for each of our Shine Award Party guests</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">My summer has been a busy one. I am just getting caught up with posts that detail events that took place in July! The “Designers Shine with Designer Bath” award party was certainly a highlight of my one year anniversary as the marketing director at <a href="http://designerbath.com/">Designer Bath</a> (officially on the calendar last week, but technically started with them around mid-July of last year on a freelance basis). This was a special opportunity to celebrate the relationships our showroom has with the interior professionals that use Designer Bath and Salem Plumbing Supply as a resource on their kitchen and bath projects. It was also a fun way for me to combine work and pleasure. How great was it to host a party at work and have so many of my design friends on the invitation list? To see more photos from the event – along with the announcement of the winning designer who will be featured in the next issue of Design New England Magazine – see <a href="http://designerbath.blogspot.com/2012/08/designers-shine-at-designer-bath.html">my Designer Bath blog post.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvJsw1H7zKPeKyAmEQHlsfDl0tNebQmwnwRJhQJ_hCxBFHMLNvzwdbXPCfwjMzEj0XIUHpCnjwrf5zE1rXA0OZrmEmMasngtIeAd-ZgA7nmgv1UKsL6MlCVqA3qEwP8By4pMuczjSN5rt/s1600/NEF+Summer+Issue+part2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvJsw1H7zKPeKyAmEQHlsfDl0tNebQmwnwRJhQJ_hCxBFHMLNvzwdbXPCfwjMzEj0XIUHpCnjwrf5zE1rXA0OZrmEmMasngtIeAd-ZgA7nmgv1UKsL6MlCVqA3qEwP8By4pMuczjSN5rt/s800/NEF+Summer+Issue+part2.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>photo by Cassandra Charest</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Speaking of magazines, I am extremely happy to announce that part two of the summer issue of <a href="http://newenglandfinery.com/">New England Finery</a> is now online! I have a lot to say about how much this issue means to me, but before I start another long blog post, I will leave you with this photo by Cassandra Charest, a Lawrence high school student whose work really moved me while sourcing content for our follow-up to the Habitat for Humanity Home Builders Blitz that took place in early June. Along with <a href="http://issuu.com/nefinery/docs/nef6_habitat_issue/65">her photo essay</a>, there are some great tips on achieving <a href="http://issuu.com/nefinery/docs/nef6_habitat_issue/87">designer style for less</a> plus a <a href="http://issuu.com/nefinery/docs/nef6_habitat_issue/87">scrapbook of photos</a> that highlight the five days that it took to build a home from the ground up for two deserving families in Lawrence. It was an amazing process to witness – get a glimpse of it by checking out the <a href="http://issuu.com/nefinery/docs/nef6_habitat_issue/59">time-lapse video on page 59.</a> Wouldn’</span><span style="font-size: large;">t it be nice if all of our home renovation projects were completed as quickly? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />

Designers Shine Re-cap

At the Designer Bath showroom with Ann Murdock and Linda Hentschel of Renaissance Interiors , Nancy Faye Glass of Glass House Designs and La...

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