There are playdates you have because your kids love their kids. There are those you have because you love the parents and can tolerate the kids. And there are those you have because the parents make the simplest things look fabulous. This is that sort of playdate.

Disdressed's Liesl -- yes, she does know her blog name is misspelled -- is a woman whose skill with a pair of scissors or a bowl of porridge is a thing of beauty. Not only is she a mom to a cutie-pie little girl, she also is a sewing dynamo who crafts kid patterns and sells them as Oliver + S.

Even if you aren't into the crafty thing, you can't help but fall for her New York neighborhood. Maybe "fall" isn't the right word. Perhaps it should be "live vicariously through while you briefly curse your luck that your home isn't quite as well curated." 

Still, I like playdating with Ms L. -- even if I do it in hopes that her way with things will rub off on me.