by Julie Armock | Jan 2, 2018 | Feature-Products, Trending
Auld Lang Syne. We have all sung it, or tried to sing it, on New Year’s Eve as a kind of farewell to the old year and toasting the new. Loosely translated, it means “long long ago, “days gone by”, or “for old times sake”. ...
by Julie Armock | Dec 7, 2017 | Feature-Products, Trending, Uncategorized
Christmas should be a lot of things. But to me, above all else, it should be fun. Mischievous. Whimsical. It should be a time where we can laugh at the absurdity of chaos in our lives and welcome the time with friends and family who always take the time to get...
by Julie Armock | Nov 14, 2017 | Feature-Products, Trending, Uncategorized
The kitchen cupboards in the house I bought a few years ago were white. And although clean and chic, on a whim last year, I took all the doors off and painted them turquoise. I can now see all of the beautiful pottery I have and the color of the cupboards is so...
by Julie Armock | Sep 19, 2017 | Feature-Products, Trending, Uncategorized
There are many songs and poems about staying forever young. But what does that really mean? Doing foolish things, not a care in the world, playing in the rain, laughing at silly jokes, talking to our friends for hours, listening to music, learning new things, dancing...
by Julie Armock | Sep 13, 2017 | Feature-Products, Trending, Uncategorized
Somehow, saying we are Cruelty Free seems better than saying We Do Not Test On Animals. Just the words ‘test on animals’ never felt right to write, as the images it paints in my mind are of rats in cages as scientists in white jackets injected them with...
by Julie Armock | Jul 25, 2017 | Feature-Products, Trending
This is me, a few years ago, walking with my daughter and my friend Brittney in downtown Grand Haven to watch fireworks on the 4th of July. Time after time, I look back on pictures of me and think “what in the world was I thinking, going out dressed as I...