Take Me Out to the Backyard: How to DIY a Baseball Birthday Party!
Well hello there! Its been a little bit since I’ve posted and I have to say thank you to Jenna for holding down the fort on the fun content! I promise I haven’t just been sitting over here eating bon bons and goofing off. Since my last post, our kiddo has started preschool (co-op so […]
Dog Treats for the Picky Pup
Back in 2011, my dog Olive was diagnosed with food allergies and at that time, there weren’t a lot of allergy friendly dog treats on the market. So the veterinary dermatologist we were seeing shared a few recipes that would be grain, dairy and meat free. These treats are surprisingly delicious for pets and for […]
How to Find and Print Free Museum Art for Your Home!
This past week, I’ve been searching for some decorative and artistic inspiration for a couple of rooms in my home. I’m hoping to do a gallery wall in our family room with a look that channels a gentleman’s hunt/sport study, library, and sort of Ralph Lauren whiskey lounge vibe. The room is far from done, […]
Love, Legacy, and Handmade Cards: Celebrating America’s Mother of Valentines
With my son coming up on his 3rd birthday, he is really starting to understand the concept of holidays. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, he seems to get the basics of these events. So with Valentines day a stones throw away I have been thinking about how to explain it to him. What is this holiday about? […]
Gingerbread Village 2024
Every December we create a gingerbread village. We do a ton of brainstorming and come up with a theme that really inspires us. Some years it is more elaborate with completely home made buildings and some years it is less elaborate with all store bought buildings. Throughout the year we keep an eye out for […]
Gingerbread Building Tips & Tricks to make this the easiest year yet!
Building gingerbread houses should be fun and easy, right? If we’re going to get complicated lets do it in the decor, not the building! After years of building and baking our own gingerbread we’ve come up with a few things we do every year to make it as easy as possible. First off, you might […]
The History of the Gingerbread House
In our family, a gingerbread house village has become a tradition that we look forward to every year. We take one day and spend the entire day decorating and enjoying each others company. Some years it’s just my mom and I, and other years it’s 6 or 7 people. Sometimes we make our own gingerbread […]
Painting the Viral Walmart Nutcrackers
This post contains affiliate links, so if you make a purchase we may be compensated. Hopefully you love anything you might purchase as much as I do! Last fall I started to see these super fun giant nutcrackers all over social media. People were painting them in all different designs and creating totally unique and […]
The most Satisfying Halloween DIY
This post contains affiliate links, when you purchase through one of these links a small percentage comes our way at no extra cost to you 🙂 Fall is in full swing and something deep in my soul is saying “it’s crafting season!” I think October sort of marks the beginning of crafting season which really […]
Play Kitchen Glow up
Well this project wasn’t exactly planned, but sometimes an opportunity just falls in your lap and… Back story, I’ve been looking at play kitchens for a while and was sort of struggling with a couple of aspects… 1. They are actually pretty expensive, I mean yes you can find them for around $100, but when […]