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She’s been waiting for this day for a long time. Me…not as much. Today this little lady got her back pack out, insisted on carrying and lunch and toted it all off to her first day of preschool. I just got home from picking her up and she had a great day. I however am still …
The kids and I had a lot of fun working with Kohls this year to get geared up for back to school. We even put together a pin board with pins to help us get inspired for the transition. The boys are going to a new school this year so we’ve got a lot of …
About a year ago I found the most adorable vintage dress while thrifting in Colorado with my sister. I’ve been waiting for Miss M to fit it and now she finally does! So the other week we had lovely time playing hide and seek, drawing pictures and putting Free Babes adorable bows on Mr Bunny …
Not sure this little performer will make it until midnight but we still made her a crown for New Years Eve. It’s so easy, we made it with pipe cleaners and glitter card stock. I basically started with two pipe cleaners and twisted two end together. I then measured the size of her head and twisted …
I had a shoot last week for a Thanksgiving craft and thought I’d pop in a share a few of my favorite outtakes. Miss M was such a sweet little assistant. I’m really feeling the colors burgundy/wine, auburn browns and french blues for this time of year. I typically don’t get into the traditional colors of Thanksgiving …
We did a couple of shoots for the Playful Fair Maiden in my book PLAYFUL: Fun Projects to Make With and For Kids and this particular shoot was one of my favorites but didn’t make the book. So I’m excited to share more of it with you now. I loved this field that we shot in and the …
Miss M turned 3 last week. We have a tradition of putting up tape on our kids doorways so that they can jump through it into a new year of life (a tradition we got from my friend Ruth Schultz) so that’s how we started off her birthday. We also give our kids one gift on …
Little Miss M’s birthday is coming up, and fast! She’ll be three!! My baby. Wasn’t it just yesterday when this day happened? Last year we had a little house theme birthday party for her with just a few family members. But this year I think we’ll have an official party for her with guests and …
I love the sweet and comfortable kids clothing line Izzy & Ferd so when Cindy contacted me about how they used the tutorial from my Twig Crown, found in my book Playful, I was so super excited! And then she sent over this crazy adorable behind the scenes shot of this li’l guy wearing it and I was …
We had fun braiding duct tape and turning it into accessories to wear such as headbands and bracelets, etc. I think we’ll have to make a red white and blue one for the fourth of July! Get the full tutorial on how to make these on Minted Julep today.