In her Bikram yoga class, she noticed women putting drops of oil on the edges of their mats and wondered why. Cheryl MacCluskey learned that the women were using essential oils for the calming effects created by the aromas. She went on a quest to learn more about the oils
In the summer of 2012, a temporary job as the Editorial Director of a national parenting magazine sounded great after ten years of climbing the editorial ladder of national publications in NYC, followed by ten years of freelance writing and editing. Christina loved the fill-in job, but when they offered
She was always drawn to the closets at estate sales. Karen Ellman loved to tour older homes when she first moved to Connecticut from California and a tag sale was the perfect opportunity. But it was never the furniture that caught her eye, it was the clothes. “I couldn’t imagine
When she was young, and growing up with three sisters, her Italian Grandmother taught them all to sew. Claudine Maidique would gather the left over swatches of fabric and make doll clothes. This passion for creating with textiles was carried over to her schooling and her studies in textile design