Faceplant Blog

When you slip into your pajamas and tuck beneath your sheets, you create your personal sleep micro-climate. Protecting and controlling the equilibrium of your sleep micro-climate is critical to improving...

I’m struggling with the divisiveness around us. That may be a cliché thing to say these days because I think we all are. Through images and sound bites, media along...

Earth Day reminds us of the importance of taking care of our planet. But it’s important to consider how we can have a positive impact on the environment every day....

Pilling is caused by friction, which causes the fibers in fabric to tear, tangle, and twist into a tiny little ball. Pilling can be reduced by avoiding friction, however, that’s...

The word sustainable in regard to fabric has to do with its environmental impact. Every store purchase we make, whether it be a honey crisp apple or a pair of...

The holidays are meant to be a time of joy and family and it’s easy to get lost and forget. Come on home. Let Dr. Seuss remind us all to slow down, to listen and to share in the joy of the season.

My sixteenth birthday changed everything. Teenage angst convinced me that Grand Rapids, Michigan was a cultural dearth from which I needed to escape.  With insatiable wanderlust, I saw my driver’s...

A friend gifted me this beautiful resting Buddha statue last year.  I know Mackenzie’s heart, and her intention was to remind me that I carry this same beautiful calm and...

My dear friend and neighbor Judith is 97 years young. She’s brilliant, an accomplished painter, dancer, and an amazing storyteller. She has magnificent tales of her 1930’s childhood, and of...

“Know Thyself” is a classic dictum. A moral guidepost of sorts. Inscribed at the entrance of the temple of Apollo at Delphi, it has challenged seekers throughout the ages to...

In Chinese culture, jade symbolizes prosperity, success, and good fortune. It’s known as “the stone of heaven ” and it’s said that “gold is valuable, but jade is priceless”. Her gift was not only a lovely necklace to be enjoyed but also blessings for a prosperous and loving future for me and my family – a much greater gift to be treasured.

With good taste and a limited budget, she often preferred to make her own clothes… and that woman always had STYLE. My Mom grew tired of me knotting the bobbin thread on hers, so I got my first sewing machine when I was 6. I was hooked!