Truth be told, I’ve got a thing for redheaded babies. That precious bright head of hair and ivory skin, forget about it. And as they get older, they tend to develop the sweetest little freckles, which I have always sort of coveted. I think I’ve only ever done one birth announcement for a baby that was a…
We’ve already had quite a few adventures this summer, partly because my kids were done with school in mid-May – but we also just happened to plan a lot of summer activities for the first full month of summer. After a quick visit to our house from Grammy & Papa (who live in California), we all…
I’ve been trying to convince my daughter to do an art party for a couple of years now. She has always loved crafting (she is mine, after all), but up until this year she was too into princesses and mermaids to want to have an art party (view past birthdays parties here). I guess 6…
I love a good handwritten note. There’s nothing like opening the mailbox and finding a letter from a friend. This, of course, is why I’m obsessed with stationery. And why I wanted so badly to expand the stationery options in my Etsy shop. I’ve started rolling out some fresh, new designs that feature watercolor details…
I both love and hate birthday parties. I have fun planning them and setting them up, but I also stress myself out and always try to accomplish way too many projects. I think I fared slightly better this year; I only party prepped until about 9 p.m. the night before and had plenty of time to…
I personally have always struggled with keeping up on documenting the year. I am good about taking photos and organizing them on my computer, but in all my years of being married and having kids, creating photo books for the year has just never happened. Last year I vowed to make a change, and I set…
I think it’s a cruel joke that society expects us to deliver birth announcements when we’ve just had a baby. As if I don’t have enough to do? Why not throw a party at my house, too and invite the neighborhood!?
If you were around earlier this year, you may remember when I started selling the “Capture the Little Moments” scrapbook & journal for 2014. I designed it as an easy way to keep up with documenting life throughout the year. I’ve been using it throughout 2014 and guess what? It’s working! I am actually keeping up with printing photos and journaling our goings-ons during each month.
Our little man turned two this last week. Hard to believe. Luckily the day came and went and I didn’t go into labor, so he is safe from having to share his birthday with his soon-to-join-us brother. Although they will probably have joint parties for years to come. Sorry, boys.
With Valentine’s Day almost here, the race is on for every mom to gather up Valentines to pass out in class for each child. My daughter is in preschool, therefore I can still decide what she gives out and don’t have to succumb to the over-priced, hideous Dora/Princess/*insert random character name here* Valentines sold in stores. Thank God.
