Wednesday, May 6, 2009




When the day is long and life gets hard we all need a little beauty to make us feel better. This is where I find happiness. Paper napkins! Just seeing a beautiful napkin makes me smile. They add such a great splash of color to your dining.

These are a few of the patterns we have at M & Co. currently. I am particularly enamoured with the watermelon print. The back side of the napkin has a beautiful pineapple. I can hardly bring myself to wipe my mouth on these beauties.

Sometimes it's the small pleasures in life that sustain us. Thank you Caspari for printing such dreaminess!

-M.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Oops, sorry about the 'Have a Good Weekend' comment below! I guess I really had my days messed up when I scheduled this post. Oh well. Did I mention I'm turning 40?!
These are some pictures from my trip to Kansas. I absolutely loved it! The sky was so blue and lots of green grass everywhere. I kept thinking all of my nightmares were going to come true and a tornado was going to swing through at any moment. Of course that didn't happen. But you can't help but think these thoughts while in the land of Dorothy.

This is downtown Lawrence where I spent most of my time.
Photos taken from somewhere online (I forgot where).

I would have died and gone to Barbie heaven to have these pink beauties when I was little! I am still coveting them.

These photos were taken in the cutest fabric store I have ever been in. Good thing I don't know the first thing about sewing because as it was I had to restrain myself from buying endless supplies of fabric that I would never do anything with!

(love the cat lounging shamelessly)

This picture speaks for itself! Hysterical! (Tip jar in one of the downtown cafes)


This was a delicious French restaurant we dined at in Topeka. (What? A French restaurant in a western saloon styled building?)


I just had to take a picture of possibly the best grilled cheese sandwich I have ever tasted!
Bob and I were extremely fortunate to happen across one last great restaurant on the way to the airport. I highly recommend this cafe if you are ever in Kansas City. Missouri that is. Until then check out the menu and get inspired! Kansas City Cafe
There is one more restaurant I feel I must mention just in case any of you get to Topeka. We were given the recommendation to dine at the Rowhouse Restaurant. It didn't disappoint! This wonderful restaurant changes it's menu every week. I was so enamoured with the food that I emailed the chef to request the recipes and believe it or not, he actually sent them to me!
Have a great weekend.
-M.

Monday, May 4, 2009



Think happy thoughts! It's Monday!

Have a good one -
M.

(photo from LaLa Lovely)

Friday, May 1, 2009



I love, love, love these new invitations we just got in by Mindy Weiss. And these images aren't doing them justice! I am going to have to take a picture of them and post it because these are all printed on a beautiful, creamy background which makes them look vintage and luscious. And the blue is definitely not aqua! It is a robin's egg blue.

These invitations are the perfect first impression to your fabulous event!

-M.

Thursday, April 30, 2009




We just got a new shipment of Table Topics in the store. These conversation starters have always been a great selling gift for us! The 'Family' version is a great gift idea for Mother's Day. My sister has this one and we love to use it every time my family gets together!
-M.

Friday, April 24, 2009

There's No Place Like Home!


Home again! Where my pillow is happy to be reunited with my bed. And so am I for that matter!
Have a great weekend.
-M.