June 6, 2018
May 20, 2018
Born to be an only child. Thoughts on beauty. Not what you might think.
I was born with the perfect personality to be an only child. Good thing too, because I’m not sure my mother had any other names if she had had more children. 🙂 I had, and still have, no problem spending time alone. A trait I shared with my mother (no shocker there). I know many people who […]
May 12, 2018
“I like to use the freedom of my own imagination” – parenting, Eartha Kitt style
My mother taught me the power of imagination and parenting, Eartha Kitt style. “I like to use the freedom of my own imagination.” ~ Eartha Kitt Video Transcript So Mother’s Day memories and stories that I would love to share with you. I like to share stories with people about my life […]
May 3, 2018
Memories of Mom. Eartha Kitt – Life is simple.
Eartha Kitt – Life is simple As we lead up to Mother’s Day, I thought I’d share a little video of my mother’s philosophy on life. Eartha Kitt Speaking Freely My mother, Eartha Kitt, 'Speaking Freely' clip Newseum with Ken Paulson#rolemodels #WomenLeadingTheWay #SpeakingFreely Posted by Kitt Shapiro on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 Join […]
April 10, 2018
Eartha and Kitt styled together. Combining hers and mine beautifully.
Eartha Kitt and Kitt Shapiro. Our mother-daughter styles blend beautifully together. This is definitely my favorite room in the house and I have the pleasure of looking into it every day because the french doors of my office open to this serene space. Even though we finished the renovation on our house almost a year […]
February 19, 2018
Eartha and Kitt blended together. Her wisdom, my eye.
My mother was my biggest supporter and maybe because I was an extension of her name, she thought I too had the ability to be a creative. One of the many hobbies I have delved into over the years has been photography, and my mother always praised my ‘eye’ and enjoyed having my images framed […]
February 14, 2018
Be Your Valentine. Love Yourself First
Be Your Own Valentine. Let’s make Valentine’s Day a day we celebrate loving ourselves and teach our children the importance of self-love. “It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self-love deficit.” ~Eartha Kitt #EmbraceWhoYOUAre […]
February 3, 2018
We can make a difference with your love for hearts…
We’re on a Lovin’Spree I have a love for hearts. Especially my mother’s hand-drawn heart, which I use in many of my Simply Eartha designs. And, February is filled with hearts. Hearts for Valentine’s Day and American Heart Health Month. To celebrate all this ‘heart awareness’, I am donating 20% of all sales from Eartha […]
January 24, 2018
Our Mother Daughter Style
Our mother daughter style was quite different. Aside from the difference in our height (she was five feet two inches and I am five feet seven inches), skin and hair coloring ( check out my post Why Don’t You Look More Like Your Mother?, for more on that), my mother, Eartha Kitt, was attracted to […]
January 17, 2018
The Kindness Of Strangers. Going back to Eartha’s roots
Last year I went down to South Carolina and the small town called North, where my mother was from, to celebrate the first official ‘Eartha Kitt Day’, January 17th, also known as Bill H3036, which was approved and passed by the State legislators in 2016 and signed by then Governor, Nikki Haley. To say I […]