Another crack at it...

I've so often wanted to "blog" but never thought that anything I had to share would be of interest to anyone. BUT I am starting this year with a more positive attitude and even if I only attain 1 follower in 2011, my resolution will be complete.

I originally wanted to start this as a design blog as it's what I do for a living but I feel like we're a little over-saturated in design these days...

Although I definitely want to incorporate design ideas, I wanted to share about life. My life. Your life. Just life....kids, books, cooking, entertaining, families, husbands, friends, work, etc. . .

Who is Mod Ethel? She's me.

I came by the name when brainstorming with my husband, Josh, who is a creative genius in my humble opinion. I wanted to name a small side-company I started sewing pilows, curtains, aprons, etc... after a female ancestor... I LOVE old fashioned names. We had Olive (after my granny), and Frances (my nanny who is still going strong at 96), and then I thought of incorporating both - Olive + Frances.

All of them were good, but not great. Then I thought of my great grandmother, you guessed it, Maude Ethel. LOVE IT! And here's where my genius husband comes in: "why not spell Maude, M-O-D?".... Perfect! That's me. A modern girl with a traditional twist.