My good friend Stephanie (who hosted my baby shower seen here) has this great Valentine’s get together every year just for the gals. Anyway, it’s super fun, filled with delightful people and A-mazing valentines (I still have intense cravings for a certain waffle cookie that was passed one year). A couple of years ago I …
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DIY Animal Envelope VALENTINES!
We’ve been having so much fun with our Animal Envelopes that we couldn’t stop and just one or two! So we decided to take it even further and make a complete set of Animal Envelope Valentines! To make them we pretty much followed our original technique, only this time we used smaller envelopes and added a …
Free Desktop Download and ALT Summit recap
Happy Friday friends! In 2013 I mentioned that I like to do themes for each year (you can catch up on a few from the past here). I like theme’s because they are easy to remember and can guide my goals, motivations and decisions throughout the year (particularly when I might forget that ever ambitious …
My Book! PLAYFUL: Fun Projects to Make With + For Kids
Friends I’ve been dropping a few hints here and there about some exciting things I’ve been working on this past year and I’ve been dying to share more images and reveal more details. And I’m happy to report that I can do so now! I have a book coming out this fall!!! It’s titled PLAYFUL: …
DIY Animal Envelope
We had a lot of un the other afternoon making these little Animal envelopes. They would be so cute filled with candy hearts and a note for your favorite Valentine. I think we’ll use ours for a teacher Valentine. Get the full DIY over on Minted today!
DIY Stacking House Blocks
Hello good friends! Yes we’ve been absent for quite some time. During our holiday travels baby girl got very sick with respiratory issues and was hospitalized over New Years. She’s recovered nicely but I then proceeded to get sicker than sick (for over 10 days – no fun people) but rest assured we are all …
DIY Eraser Stamped Christmas Tree Card
Send your little one off to school this week with this custom Christmas tree eraser stamped card that they can personalize themselves. Their teacher is sure to love it – and the handwritten not inside. (This year AJ was sure to remind his teacher that he’s been very good and has avoided quite a bit …
New Christmas Printables in the Shop!
I’m so excited to share with you my latest printable! You may remember our carolers from a few years back. Well I have received so many requests to make them available in the shop and now they are! And with a few more friends to join in on the fun! In additional to the carolers …
Putting Together Scenes from our 2012 Christmas
Just popping in to share a bit of journal keeping I’m working on. Aside from this blog, I’m not much of a record keeper but I do wax nostalgic from time to time and yearn for something tangible to remind me of days past. The Christmas season often brings about a bit of yearning for …
24 Merry Days: Win this Lion Coat from Little Goodall!
Friends I’m so excited! My day of the 24 Merry Days Giveaway has arrived and it just might be my favorite prize of the bunch! You can win this incredibly gorgeous handmade Lion Coat from Little Goodall! Hip Hip Hooray! How cute would your little one be in this darling coat come Christmas day? I love Molly Goodall’s …








