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You’ve still got time to plan a great Halloween party! And with all your decor made out of beautiful paper it’ll be simple and affordable. I’ve teamed up with Astrobright Paper to bring you super fun and simple ideas, like these paper strip hanging ghosts!, to colorize your spooky bash. Aj and I worked on making these …
It’s the weekend of creating costumes! Oh how I love this time of year! Some of you have already made this duct tape bird costume from my book Playful and shared on Instagram. Soo soo cool. Check #playfultoysandcrafts to see more. My book Playful has templates for each piece of the costume making it super …
A little while ago my designer friend Meta and I went antique shopping (one of my favorite things to do with her! I love the hunt and that girl can find hidden wonders most people miss) and she spotted this fabulous vintage rocking elephant. We talked about how it was perfectly Playful French Industrial and that I couldn’t live …
Today Jordan Ferney is giving away two copies of my book Playful: Fun Projects to Make With + For Kids over on Oh Happy Day! Woo hoo! Head on over there and mention why you would like to add this book to your library for a chance to win! Crossing my fingers for you! I’m also offering templates …
If you know me you know that I’ve been a HUGE fan of Halloween for all my life. I love autumn, the crisp air, the falling leaves, dressing up and a slight bit of the spooky. So we’ve done quite number of Halloween crafts over the years. This 10+ round up are some of my …
My boy’s initials are AJ and OJ and for the longest time I’ve wanted to make them Apple Juice and Orange Juice box costumes. I’m so happy to say that this year I’ve finally made a juice box costume! I love it for the littles but I think it’s totally perfect for older tweens/teens and even adults. …
My baby girl had a birthday this past week and she turned two. We had a mini little family party and she was just the cutest. I’ve been collecting Mifi books over the past year for her and it was fun to finally wrap them up and give them to her. She LOVES books and …
Thanks to everyone who entered the trapeze doll and PLAYFUL book giveaways! We have 2 randomly selected winners! Katelyn of Be Katelyn has won the trapeze doll! woo hoo! and Ry Simmons of Oh Little Lovelies has won a copy of the book PLAYFUL! I do hope you both enjoy! Please email me with your mailing addresses …
If you haven’t hopped on Instagram today you best be over there because in honor of our little girl’s birthday I’m giving away one of our covented Playful Book launch party Hi Five swag bags! It’s full of creative and artsy goodies such as all natural watercolor paints from GLOB Colors (can’t wait to play around …
So last week was nothing short of crazy AMAZING! On Tuesday I had my launch party for my newly released book PLAYFUL: Fun Projects to Make With + Kids and it was soooo sooo fun! The turn out was incredible – 322 people showed up to craft, purchase books (we sold out in the first hour!), enjoy snacks, …