Faceplant Blog
WHY ARE BAMBOO SHEETS SO EXPENSIVE?
What you’re paying for is breathability, luxury, durability, and exceptional softness. Not all bamboo products are equal, but even the lowest quality products provide a higher level of comfort than...
Less Stress. More Peace.
One of my favorite Christmas traditions is watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas. I have a special place in my heart for little Cindy-Lou Who, who was no more than...
Faceplant Travels Well
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...
Resting Buddha Face
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...
The Value of Fearless Friendship
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...
Clean. Calm. Cool. Collected.
“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...
Friendship knows no boundaries
I recently celebrated a birthday and was overcome with the thoughtfulness shared by so many friends. I was sent online greetings and beautiful hand-made cards and gifts. I received yoga-inspired...
Celebrating women at Mother’s Day
Steketee’s Department store was the ‘fancy’ store where I grew up. Steketee’s represented quality and prestige, and I dreamed of shopping there. Usually, however, we shopped thrift stores and Kmart....
Your heart will never lead you astray. Our fabrics take your breath away.
Rumi said, “Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.“ My personal life mantra is a kind-of gruff...
Celebrating Adversity
We exchange Valentine’s gifts with our beloved and Galentine’s with our girlfriends. We send flowers on Mother’s Day, and we all struggle with what to get Dad on Father’s Day....
From Madness to Merry: Faceplant Family Edition
By a show of hands, who thought 2020 was hard? And then came 2021! We’ve all faced insurmountable challenges as we navigate the social graces of Covid and cultural...
