each penny pretty

Launched in march 2009, Each Penny Pretty is a design blog dedicated to sharing ways to infuse your life with beauty, color, and creativity. It parts ways with other design blogs in its staunch refusal to concede that living a beautiful life means spending a fortune.

Updated daily (Monday through Friday), Each Penny Pretty features diy projects as well as free downloads and tutorials from around the web. It also features affordable handmade goods, design inspiration, decorating ideas, and giveaways.

Each Penny Pretty is written and edited by Julie Green, a Ph.D. student-turned-graphic designer who lives a simple life with her husband and son. With close to a half a million dollars in mortgage and student loan debt (oh. my. god. can that be real?), Julie is dedicated to finding ways to surround herself with good design, great handmade products, and lots and lots of color without spending more than one might at, say, Generic Bigbox Discount Store.

Julie also blogs at upupcreative.blogspot.com (since 2006) and runs upup.etsy.com.