I can’t believe there are only 5 days left until Christmas! Where has the time gone? Well, if you are like me and need a stress free (and fast!) treat idea for friends and family, look no further. These super simple origami boxes filled with some delicious goodies are just thing to put a smile …
[cards for the teachers and a…]
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Good times were had at our family Christmas card photo shoot this year…and, thanks to the ever fabulous Jordan, the pics turned out great too! I’m a little late on the family and friend Christmas card front this year but I’m happy to report that we have little A’s teacher cards completed and sent out …
[slow down, you move too fast. you’ve got to…]
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I’ve been trying to slow things down a little bit this year in an effort to make the most of the Christmas season and the priceless time I have with my little guys while they are young. It’s really been great (if not a little bit hard) to let go of some things and just …
[Cyber Monday Sale!]
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Hello friends! Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend and scored on a lot of great Black Friday deals (I actually got up at 4 AM this year for the first time and hit the shops with my sister! It was a blast!). But isn’t it great that the sales don’t stop there. I …
[Little O turns 2!]
Little O (formally know as Baby O…sigh…) recently turned two and we threw him a little Knights and Nobles birthday party, to coincide with his Halloween costume. With his b-day so close to Halloween we found that we need to either throw him a Halloween bash or a themed party based on his costume to …
Halloween 2010
Knights, King Arthur, castles, dragons, etc….they are all a big deal at our house. In fact we keep the boys from fighting over their medieval acquisitions by giving all red knight paraphernalia to Little A and all things blue knight go to Little O. So it only seemed fitting that for this years tricks-or-treats the …
[Trunk-or-Treat]
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I was asked to put together a Halloween photo booth for a trunk-or-treat after-party at our church this year. Being a fan of the photo booth movement, I was of course totally on board. I had grand plans for this but as the clocked ticked closer and closer to Halloween time seemed to melt away …
[Gifted Magazine!]
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Hello friends! I’m so excited to share with you the fabulous holiday online magazine, Gifted, that the extraordinary Ez, of Creature Comforts blog, has put together just in time for us to start thinking about our 2010 holiday gift giving. She was so kind to invite me to be apart of the incredible line up …
[Last minute ghost costume: how-to]
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If you’re like me and are slightly manic about what you want to be for Halloween (Frida Kahlo? Liz Lemon from 30 Rock? Cool spooky ghost?) and have been waiting up to the very the last minute to put something together, well you’re in luck. With this simple hooded cloak ghost costume (made from two …
[oldie but goodie…]
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For day four, of our five days of Halloween, I bring you an oldie but goodie – paper snowflake pumpkins! Making these fun and festive paper decorations has become an annual family favorite for us. So gather around your little ghouls, grab your scissors, decorative papers and loads of imagination and your sure to have …