Here’s a milestone birthday idea that’s memorable and fun: a mailbox stuffed with personalized birthday postcards with well wishes from family and friends! Just mail these personalized pre-stamped blank postcards to friends and family asking them to write memories and best wishes. It’s a great birthday gift idea for milestone birthdays like 50th birthdays, 60th …
Make your own DIY personalized firefighter printable favor bags for a fireman birthday party. It’s super easy and you can make a personalized fireman birthday party favor bags at home in 15 minutes! I designed these personalized fireman printable goodie bags for Liam’s “Planes Fire and Rescue” 4th birthday party. And you can download instantly, …
Do you have a friend who is continually amazes you with the things that she creates? That’s my good friend Heather Crosby from YumUniverse. In addition to her two wildly popular plant-based cookbooks and plant-based recipe website, Heather just launched The Gluten-Free Baking Academy (affiliate) that teaches you how to bake gluten-free bread, tortillas, sandwich …
Hey friends, it’s February! Let’s talk about love. ❤️ A little love is just what the world needs right now. My February color palette inspiration for you is Re-Entry Red™, Pulsar Pink™ and Lunar Blue™ from Astrobrights Papers. Red and pink colors are Valentine’s Day staples. Yep, Valentine’s Day totally owns red and pink. I …
Here’s an easy and super quick healthy soup recipe to warm up your winter. It combines cauliflower and butternut squash so you’re getting your potassium and vitamins B6, C and K plus some fiber and folate all in one go. It’s 21 degrees in Chicago. I wanted to make my creamy dairy-free cauliflower soup recipe …
I want to share the DIY Lemon and Oatmeal soap that the kids and I made together for Christmas gifts. I like to make useful gifts that have a purpose; soap is something I’ve always wanted to try so we gave it a go. Super easy handmade soap to melt and pour We made a …
It’s a brand new year and January’s color palette inspiration is all about turning over a new leaf. What do you think, are you ready for a fresh start? My January color palette inspiration for you is Vulcan Green™, Terra Green™, Martian Green™ and Gamma Green™ from Astrobrights Papers. The first color I think about when …
Want to make a cute and easy Magic Tree House birthday cake? Here’s the Magic Tree House birthday cake that I made for Elise’s Magic Tree House party. It’s a number 7 cake (no special cake pan needed!) that looks like the tree house from the popular Magic Tree House book series by Mary Pope …
Here’s a milestone birthday idea that’s memorable and fun: a mailbox stuffed with personalized birthday postcards with well wishes from family and friends! Just mail these personalized pre-stamped blank postcards to friends and family asking them to write memories and best wishes.
Lately I’ve seen a lot of old-school handmade chocolate stir sticks for sale. I’ll tell you though, DIY chocolate stir sticks are so easy to make yourself! It’s an easy and economical throwback handmade Christmas gift for teachers, neighbors and family. The kids and I made a batch using candy canes and sprinkles and they …
December’s color palette inspiration is here to help you colorize your holiday paper crafts, winter wreaths, Christmas decorations and more. It’s based on my favorite Christmas decoration: Wooden German nutcrackers. I bought my first wooden nutcracker in Rothenburg, Germany on a post-college European trip with my good friend, Sarah. It was our first trip to …
We have a new Christmas tradition in our family: the Four Gift Christmas. We give four Christmas gifts to each of our children from mommy and daddy: Something You Want Something You Need Something To Make Something To Read Today I’m going to tell you about it and give you free personalized printable Four Gift …
Today I’m sharing a Toronto city guide for people who (let’s say this gently) are not in their 20s anymore. When Shane and I travel nowadays, we try to experience a city like the locals do. You know, like eating at neighborhood restaurants with great food and drinks, exploring streets where people live and shop, …
It’s been unseasonably sunny in Chicago this November. Today with loads on my mind, I decided to get off the computer and give the kids bags and collect leaves in our neighborhood.
You guys! Check out this cardboard and paper Magic Tree House birthday party decoration that I made for Elise’s 7th birthday. It was actually really easy to make, cost less than $10, made the party feel super magical. The Magic Tree House book series by author Mary Pope Osborne follows the adventures of Jack and …