Midnight Boheme

08/20/2026

✨ All that glitters is GOLD! ✨ My karaoke stage officially got its sparkle upgrade! 🎤💙💛 These golden ornaments are now completely glittered and glowing thanks to my lovely friends who joined me for a Glue & Glitter Party last weekend.

There was glue. There was glitter. There were cocktails. And I’m pretty sure we’ll all be finding sparkles in our homes until Mardi Gras. 😂✨ Thank you to my fabulous glitter crew for helping me make this over-the-top vision a reality! 💛

08/18/2026

From Idea to Ex*****on: The Hidden Layers of Design - https://mailchi.mp/dcdd4e4b1269/fromideatoexecution

08/15/2026

Quite the spread at last night’s Glue & Glitter Party! ✨🧀🍇

Charcuterie and plenty of sparkle with friends old and new. The wine flowed, the karaoke rocked, and a fabulous time was had! 🍷🎤✨

Thank you all for sharing in my pirate DIY décor journey and making the night so much fun. 🏴‍☠️⚓️💜

Here’s to good friends, good snacks, and a little glitter everywhere! ✨

08/14/2026

✨ GLUE & GLITTER TONIGHT! ✨ The hair is up, the glitter is calling, and I am READY. 💋✨💜 Tonight we’re getting crafty, sparkly, a little messy, and having entirely too much fun at Glue & Glitter! Because everything is better with good friends, cocktails, and an unreasonable amount of glitter. 🥂🎨✨ Let’s make something fabulous! 💜

08/01/2026

The Pirate Isle w***h is dressed, the rum is flowing, and the treasures are waiting to be discovered! 🏴‍☠️✨ Ready to welcome my favorite scallywags aboard for an evening of mischief, merriment, and plenty of pirate revelry. ⚓️🍹💀

08/01/2026

🌴 Another scene from my over-the-top pirate party home décor: welcome to Calypso Grove, a moonlit tropical hideaway where exotic monkeys swing from tangled vines, brilliant winged birds guard the canopy, and a great python snakes its way through the gilded treasures below. Beneath the lush foliage and flickering firelight, every skull tells a story—and every glittering prize may come with a curse. 🐒🦜🐍🏴‍☠️

08/01/2026

When your Halloween party is this elaborate, decorating isn’t a last-minute project—it’s a whole season! 🎃🏴‍☠️

Yes, Halloween is still a few months away, but the transformation officially began in late January. I’m building each scene piece by piece, testing lights, plotting projections and slowly turning the house into a pirate-infested world of cursed captains, haunted seas and buried treasure.

Some people decorate early. I prefer to think of it as giving the ghosts plenty of time to settle in. 💀⚓🌊

Here’s a little preview of Ferryman’s Crossing with Mr. Bones at the helm. Many more spooky surprises are still to come!

07/23/2026

A.I.: Tools, Taste, and the Future of Design - https://mailchi.mp/a4fa019858e3/aifutureofdesign

07/12/2026

✨ For 20 years, these words lived only on paper. Today, they have a voice. 🎶

When I wrote this poem years ago, I could already hear the melody in my head—I just didn't have the orchestra to bring it to life.

Today, "Home Sweet Home (My One-Traffic-Light Town)" becomes the first of many original Midnight Boheme poems transformed into music.

This is the beginning of a new creative journey where poetry, music, art, and storytelling come together to build immersive worlds.

I hope you'll enjoy the very first step behind the red velvet curtain.

❤️ Laura

06/18/2026

Controversy & Confusion: Why Jumping to “That’s AI” Misses the Point -

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