Andrea Cooley Creative Services

I love pretty paper: stationary, wallpaper, calendars, wrapping, I love it all. But stationary is my real weakness. I love giving and receiving cards. Adam has learned that if we are out shopping and I’m looking for cards that it can take A LONG time for me to pick just the right card (and we [...]

I’m all for doing my part to save the planet, but sometimes I have to admit I’m a little skeptical about some of the “eco-friendly” campaigns out there.
That said, I made a stop at one of my favorite local grocery stores yesterday (Campbell’s Nutrition) and made a few purchases.

The first was a KleanKanteen. I like [...]

While we wait to move to a house with a yard and enough sunshine to grow tomatoes I am contenting myself with gardening on our balcony. Every morning I head outside to check on my plants and tell them good morning. Adam laughs at me and calls me a “plant mom” but they make me [...]

I’ve had fairly steady freelance projects for about the last month and I’m learning some things about working at home. I’ve also finally settled into our office (seen above). Before I was working at home, the “office” was Adam’s domain. He had a fancy set up with a stand for his laptop, a wireless keyboard [...]

In my former life as product editor for Country Home it was my job to shop for beautiful decorating and design products and I loved it. These days I’m keeping myself busy with various writing and web projects, but I still have to satisfy the designer in me by visiting my favorite design blogs (Design [...]