Burlap Christmas Present Decor #Tutorial

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of FrogTape provided by ShurTech Brands, LLC for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Burlap seems to be all the rage these days. I see it on bottoms of plants, wreaths, and many Christmas decor items I've been looking at. On a recent trip to Michael's I found some really cute burlap canvas squares for 60% off and thought how the little squares … [Read more...]

Elf on the Shelf: Fun ideas and Service ideas

I LOVE Christmas time. When I grew up holidays were a big deal, and I have a bunch of fun family traditions that are close to my heart.  I have so many fond memories of our Christmas traditions like caroling around the neighborhood, eating homemade jam on muffins for breakfast from my grandma’s special recipe, and getting new pj’s to wear to bed on Christmas Eve. It is so special to pass on these … [Read more...]

Rock Your Holiday Fashion with Gymboree’s Family Looks {$75 Gymboree Gift Card Giveaway!}

I love this time of year. Clearly not for the weather but because my kids let me take tons of pictures of them. I have such a hard time coordinating clothing for them though since Sawyer is in toddler sizes, Gavin in big kid sizes, and Johnny is officially in adult sizes. I suppose I could start with one favorite outfit of the kids and then track all over the mall finding all the coordinating … [Read more...]

Alpha-Bits Cereal {Review) & Thanksgiving Activity and Snack

At our house we love reading.  Ever since Hayden was a little baby we would read.  We read during play time, we read before naps or bed time, and we even read during bath time with fun tub books.  I think because we started to read lots of books early and often Hayden now has his own appreciation for good books.  He is almost 5  and has been starting to sound out words and trying spell!  I about … [Read more...]

Autumn & Halloween Home Decor Ideas {My Tips & Tricks}

I need some motivation right now. My kids are finally back in school and my list of To-Do's is bigger than ever! I'm usually behind in everything I'm doing so last year when I finally sat down to write this post I realized it was time to take down the Christmas tree. So to get myself in the spirit of this and review how I had things last year I thought it was time to share how I decorate my home … [Read more...]

Sawyer’s 1st Birthday Party {Mickey Mouse Themed} #PartyCity

I can't believe I still haven't shared Sawyer's Birthday!!! Where has the time gone? I was so excited to put together this fun Mickey Mouse 1st Birthday party thanks to Party City. I had a really hard time picking a birthday theme and spent a lot of time on some birthday sites and often found myself on Party City because they had all the themes I was considering in one place. Not only that but … [Read more...]

Disney’s Mickey Mouse Birthday Name Banner {Cricut Craft Tutorial}

As you know we celebrated Sawyer's first birthday recently. His Mickey Mouse Birthday came out so nice! This cute Disney's Mickey Mouse Birthday Personalized Name Banner as a perfect touch too! Wanna know something else? I didn't make it! Johnny did! We used our Cricut machine, some cardstock, adhesive, and ribbon. We started it on a Friday night that was too cold to go out and Daddy was … [Read more...]

Monthly Milestone Birthday Banner for 1st Birthday! {Craft Tutorial}

I really wanted to find a way to take advantage of all those milestone photos I took of Sawyer over the course of his first year but I wasn't exactly sure what I wanted to do. I looked all over Pinterest and several crafty blogs but nothing really got me excited. Here's how I ended up with this cute Monthly Milestone 1st Birthday Banner! I started out by printing out all my milestone photos. … [Read more...]

Make Your Own Christmas Shaped Crayons! #Tutorial

I've been seeing all kinds of posts popping up all over about making your own crayons and while it is super easy and doesn't require much some people really assume it's so simple that you don't need directions. I pinned this project multiple times from multiple people and do you know I had to google for actual temps and times?!? So when we made our Christmas shaped crayons we documented what … [Read more...]