I remember when I got back to the U.S. after living in Italy for seven years, and people often asked me “how my trip was.” I never figured out how to sum up seven years of my life in a quick, conversational way, so, I usually just ended up responding, “great!”. Well, writing this blog…
Justina's Journal
Jungalow By The Mountain
I’m so excited to share that my family and I just got a new house! I have been ‘keeping my eye open’ for a new home for almost two years. I religiously read new house listings. I’d get notifications every time a new house popped-up that fit my price and location criteria and filters, (must…
GRATITUDE!
I wanted to take a minute to give thanks to you, our community, for the incredible support of Jungalow this year. This is our third year as an online shop. I jumped into the world of retail with no real e-comm experience, although my two years working at Express in high school, and the four…
Staying Creative and Connected
Hello friends! I hope you’ll join me tomorrow for an event with the New York Times on Staying Creative and connected. The event is free. The conversation will be led by reporter Nellie Bowles, and I’ll be joined by fellow creatives, Samin Nosrat, Hrishikesh Hirway and Gretchen Bayless. Click here to RSVP. xxx ~Justina
I love Paper
This post is sponsored by the Paper & Packaging – How Life Unfolds® campaign uncovering how my life is #PoweredByPaper. When I first started my business, my main gig was graphic design and blogging. I designed logos, business cards, websites and packaging for small businesses, and started the blog to chronicle my creative inspirations and…
Checking in
The last few months have been crazy. And even though it’s admittedly getting increasingly challenging to carve out time to post to the blog, I didn’t want to let this month go by without being present here. I want to say hello and check in with y’all, mark this intense, challenging and emotional moment, and…