Last week I scorched my finger on a scalding hot baking dish, like an idiot. As I held my throbbing digit under cold water for upwards of twenty minutes (as instructed by some incredibly detailed and sort of bossy online forum participant) I got to thinking about the necessity of keeping your first aid kit stocked. Most of you will have the stray box of band-aids and an old tube of Neosporin laying around, but ...

  I've been thinking a lot about questions and about fielding questions lately. We humans love to ask each other a whole lot of questions, don't we? It seems that everyone in my life keeps coming to me with the same trouble-- dealing with the questions they get asked that they either don't feel like answering, or for which they simply don't have an answer to give. The truth is that everyone has particular questions, ...

Congratulations to the two lucky winners who've scooped up a See Jane Work Jonathan Adler iPad case! # 15, Miss Kellie Rose Wilson, and lucky 20, Diana Camden! Contact me at Livesimplybyannie@gmail.com or through the contact form on my website with your information so that I can get your case shipped out to you. You ladies have until Wednesday (5/2), 9am EST to claim your prize. To everyone else that entered, thanks for playing, better ...

Happy weekend troops! Now that you've made it here, you deserve to be rewarded. Look no further than the five links shared below: 1. Absolutely love these 18 Simple Reminders c/o Carolyn Rubenstein. 2. The new issue of Styled magazine is a little bit of an eye feast. 3. Brian Gluckstein's feature on The Coveteur. Organization. Amaz-tion. 4. A very interesting piece on Instagram and photo sharing. 5. A fun, little collection of fashion-related trivia with some ...

Happy Friday little papayas! Today I have to start by sharing some pretty exciting news-- I am so honored to be featured in this month's issue of MUSES Magazine, the slogan of which is, "Inspired Style of Living." I mean, hello. MUSES' May living section centers around experiencing life through the touch points inspired by the nine Greek muses: celebrate, create, dance, dream, laugh, like, love, meditate and sing. "Guest MUSES," (that would be me) ...