In a Pickle
Paul and I have been married for 8 years and with small children we just don’t get out much. I would say for us there are two major obstacles. The first is that childcare can be hard to find and...
View ArticleNew House Pictures (Part One)
Last Spring we closed on our very first home in San Francisco. We just moved in this last week and I’ve been going 100 miles an hour working on projects for the house and getting unpacked. I am...
View ArticleNew House Pictures (Part Two)
Yesterday I shared photos of the front half of the house and today is the back of the house. The back rooms are some of my favorite rooms and I think the kitchen and bathroom hold the most potential...
View ArticleA Day in The Life
We made this fun little video with Staples that shows a peek into our routine at Oh Happy Day (though we did leave out the part where I answer 1 billion boring emails, ha!) As a small business owner, I...
View ArticleSan Francisco 3 Hour Tour
Today I am sharing my favorite San Francisco Tour, I call it the 3 Hour Tour. This is where I take all my family and friends when they visit me. The idea is to do all the touristy stuff really quickly...
View ArticleMidsummer Pop Up Dinner Party
Last weekend, on the longest day of the year, we threw our first Pop Up Dinner Party of the summer on the top of Bernal Hill in San Francisco… This is my seventh pop-up dinner party and by now we’ve...
View ArticleMy First Pop Up Dinner Party
Have you ever hosted a Pop Up Dinner Party? I’ve always wanted to, but have been too intimidated to actually give it a go. The practicalities seem so daunting. Then a few weeks ago, I was invited to...
View ArticleFall Picnic
Fall is the prettiest time of year in San Francisco. So we decided to take advantage of the awesome weather and host a picnic with our friends. We set up in Crissy Field, which has the best view of the...
View ArticleValentine Party In A Box
This is a Valentine variation on a very old project from almost six years ago. (It’s so funny to read the unpolished posts from back then–I miss the good ol’ days of blogging.) For Valentines we filled...
View ArticleDIY Roller Skate Pinata
It seems pretty clear to me that what the world needs right now is a giant roller skate piñata. I know you were all thinking the same thing. I mean, how else are we gonna channel our secret inner...
View ArticleOh Happy Day Studio Tour: Photo Studio
Today is the day! We’ve been working so hard on getting our new studio up and running and it’s finally time to share it. We’re going to focus each day on a new part and today is the photo studio! But...
View ArticleOh Happy Day Studio Tour: Living Room
Today for our studio tour we are sharing the Living Room Area. (Here is the Photo Studio in case you missed it.) I knew I wanted some sort of sitting area or “Living Room” but after managing all that...
View ArticleOh Happy Day Studio Tour: Craft Area
Today I’m sharing the Craft Area! Crafting is how Oh Happy Day started and it’s really built into the DNA of the brand. I remember sitting on the floor of my living room making these pinatas for a blog...
View ArticleOh Happy Day Studio Tour: One Desk 4 Ways
The office area is one of the last areas we decorated in the studio. All the managers have desks along the back wall and when we designed them we decided to call this post One Desk: 4 Ways because...
View ArticleOh Happy Day Studio Tour: The Kitchen
Today is the last part of our studio tour! The kitchen was the biggest endeavor and took the longest to finish. In the construction phase we had to completely demo and move a wall! Then after we moved...
View ArticleGeronimo Balloons + OHD Birthday Balloon Installation
Oh Happy Day turned 10 Years old this year! Technically our birthday is in May but we were moving into a new studio at the time so we had to postpone the celebration. I wanted to take the time to throw...
View ArticleOh Happy Day Birthday Party
Oh Happy Day turned 10 years old this year and we had BIG PARTY to celebrate. It feels crazy that this little blog I started could grow to be a part-time job, full-time job, a career and now a team of...
View ArticleOh Happy Day Team Birthday Party
Since one giant crazy party wasn’t enough (ha!) we planned a second more “intimate” party for employees past and present. From the beginning we’ve had such wonderful people contribute and give their...
View ArticleGoogle Wifi
Getting strong Wi-Fi across your house shouldn’t be that hard but it’s something we’ve struggled with for a while. We tried several different extenders and they “kind of” work. Well Google Wifi is here...
View ArticleBalloon Poetry
Today we are launching a new column we’ve wanted to do for two years. We partnered with Amy Turn Sharp, one of my favorite poets, to create balloon poetry. The idea is she writes poetry and we go...
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