Faceplant Blog
Pajamas so cozy, they'll make you late
It seems like a simple question: “Is it bad to be late?” For me, the answer always seemed straight-forward. My Dad taught me that if you weren’t 10 minutes early, you were late. And that seemed like sage advice.
Faceplant tools of the trade
My Mom was a seamstress, potter, clown at local festivals and she made wedding cakes on the side. Our home was filled with tools to make their projects, dreams and lives better. From sewing machines and the rose piping tip to arc welders and helium tanks, we had it all.
The Secret to Happiness
National Relaxation Day: Relax. You got this.
NATIONAL FRIENDSHIP DAY: Nature Edition
It’s said that friendship is the foundation of life and community. This summer, my family had the good fortune to spend several weeks with family and friends in Alaska. Away from cell phones, tv shows, conditioned routines and totally submerged in nature and love.
Caring for your Bamboo Sheets
One touch will tell you that they simply feel amazing. You'll roll around in them, cozy up, and sleep like a baby! You’ll begin to wonder, what on earth IS this magic?
Father's Day Tale
When we got our first shipment, I grabbed shirts and lounge pants for my closest motorcycle-racing buds and handed them out at the next race. Biker tested. Race approved. Everyone raved about the Hendrix line.
School’s Out for Summer!
In honor of teacher appreciation week, May 3-7, 2021 we donated $50,000 worth of slippers to Hillsborough County School district to be shared in goodie packages with our local teachers. Just a token of our deep gratitude for the way they support our students and our community every day.
How do you design the perfect elegant robe?
My Mom, Alice, had amazing taste and was able to find the gems wherever we shopped. With our limited budget, this was often thrift stores, or when we were lucky, the sale rack at Steketee’s, the ‘fancy’ department store where I grew up.
Taking your cozy to work
We learned that every-day showers are optional, messy buns are sexy, make-up is completely unnecessary and that pajamas RULE!
Mommy’s best friend = Faceplant Bamboo
Like many new moms, I started out with a significant level of discretion when nursing in public, but by about the third month, with errands to run, work to do, “mommy brain” and the simple exhaustion of running on about 3 hours of sleep a night, let’s just say, I got sloppy.
Words Talk. Emojis walk. 💖
The value of language to express sentiment has been hijacked by social media acronyms and emojis. And I for one, am on a lifelong mission to preserve language.
