Colleen Hadden 
In Need of Quality Time As a family of five, our weekly schedule is crammed with school and work, sports practices and games, other activities and obligations. The constant reminder of our busy schedule sits illuminated in our kitchen: a color-coded calendar screen, organizing each day, and the week ahead. Last fall, I remember reading … Read more
Daylight savings may be right around the corner; but landscape lighting makes a huge difference no matter what time of year! We moved into our new house in May and didn’t initially notice how dark the exterior was during the longer spring and summer days. It wasn’t until we pulled up to the house one … Read more
Holiday Tablescapes with Hadden: Hosting + Holidays? Two of my favorite things! I love hosting friends and family, and there’s just something about the holidays that make it feel so magical. I find having an inviting tablescape makes everyone feel at home as they gather around the table. Gather Around This Thanksgiving! Growing up, it … Read more
Mudroom Makeover! September brings routine back into the Hadden household, but our “routine” is held together by constant planning, preparation, and organization. Between school forms to keep track of, homework to be completed, backpacks to unpack each day, and sports every week night, our family needed some organizational solutions to keep everyone sane in the … Read more
It’s June… Baseball has ended, the school year is officially over, and our move is complete!! To celebrate, we checked out some well known, long standing ice cream places in the area. Read on to explore our local favorites! Gracies’s Water Ice & Ice Cream Parlor Gracie’s Water Ice and Ice Cream Parlor in Haddonfield has … Read more
In the last 10 years, I have moved multiple times: within the city of Philadelphia, back to the suburbs of New Jersey, across the world to Japan, back to the US to North Carolina, then back to New Jersey … and now within the same town. Moving is stressful, but also a great time to … Read more