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A Letter From Katie

2022-08-10T00:00:00-05:00

A LETTER FROM KATIE

Welcome to KK Daily. We’ve been working on this for a while now, a place to talk more about our pillars: Live Well. Celebrate More. Travel Often. And I’m so happy to finally share it. Here you’ll find everything from travel guides to deep thoughts on living to creative spotlights of designers we love to one minute reads that hopefully brighten your day.

Each article is accompanied by a hand drawing by a Ukrainian artist and here you’ll also find my own art projects as well as those by artists around the world we’re learning about and loving.

On the wall of our office hangs another motto I love: style and substance are not opposing philosophies. It’s a thread that runs through much of my life, a deep conviction that the sacred and the mundane are more intertwined than we think. As Einstein said, “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is.” And I think that applies to everything from how you decorate your home to how a dress makes your feel in the morning to the hand-written note you send a loved one. Maybe they aren’t miracles in and of themselves but the process around all of them – creativity, love, self-expression – certainly are.

So is the case with daily life and this crazy ride we all find ourselves on, this rock that’s hurtling through space. The trick seems to be how we choose to see things. So our hope here at KK Daily is to take the time to see our lives for what they are, explore everything from the pretty to the profound, and find daily meaning even in the mundane.

Thanks for being here.

Katie

My Summer in The Hamptons

2022-08-04T00:00:00-05:00

MY SUMMER IN THE HAMPTONS

Summer is winding down. Each year at this time we find ourselves gearing up for a new school year, the Q4 madness when you work in retail, and what always feels like a whirlwind last half of the year.

For me this time is also the winding down of a maternity leave and basing most days on the changing needs of a growing infant and a growing business. Adjusting as their demands do. Tonight we'll take one more trip to the farmers market in East Hampton and grill its harvest by the pool. Tomorrow we'll see some our best friends for some rosé and our last summer round of our favorite card game, and soon we'll start packing up.

I’ve released more prints and tears this summer than ever before. On so many different fronts and for varying reasons and in different color-ways and themes and expressions and it’s been one of my most beautiful, challenging, favorite summers ever.

Our company tagline is Live Well. Celebrate More. Travel Often. This summer I feel like I've lived up to that in the simplest yet most significant of ways. It's sad to leave, and yet what we're planning for the rest of the year from a company standpoint has me chomping at the bit to get home and started on it all.

I shope you too have made lasting summer memories and we can't wait to share the rest of the year with you.

On Dad Jokes + Learning Levity

2022-08-03T00:00:00-05:00

ON DAD JOKES + LEARNING LEVITY

Every time we pass by a field of hay my husband Greg gets the attention of our kids, points and in a surprised tone says, “Hey???” as if someone just stole his last bite of dessert. We all roll our eyes. Every single time.

His jokes could use some work but what he (and they) have taught me over time is that kids need lightness and levity – particularly from their parents – far more than we realize.

When we have to have a serious conversation with one of our kids I am ready, my talking points planned out, already heading in to whatever private room the conversation will take place. Then Greg will says let’s play pickleball or swim with them first then we’ll talk.

And sure enough every time they are more relaxed, more open and everything is held a little lighter but no less effectively.

I think I was pretty much born serious. And when it comes to parenting (and running a business), I am so focused on what needs to be done or isn’t going right or how a goal gets achieved that I can so easily miss the forest for the trees.

So I am trying to lighten up when I can and certainly at home learning that there will never be a shortage of lists and lessons and things we implore our kids to listen to. But some days maybe learning levity - and a few bad dad jokes along the way - is what they (and we), need above all else.