When a good friend invites you to a celebration of their birthday, your answer is yes, of course, with a ton of extra exclamation points. This week, Alexandra Hedin, my good friend, celebrated her birthday with all the splendor and sparkle a weeknight party girl can muster. With party inclusions like a play list, an… Read More
Hurray for the stars and stripes! Just in time for Independence Day, Alexandra Hedin has together a tutorial for a firework tablecloth the whole family can help with. It’s so fun! It will definitely add some pyrotechnic flair to your holiday fete. I’m really looking forward to taking the children to a fireworks display this… Read More
Father’s Day is coming soon; I have the best (and simplest) (and easiest) (and cutest) idea for you. I tend to lean towards consumable items for non-birthday gifts. As a non-stuff person, I like the idea the gift won’t take up space for too long. I like to make things, people like to eat and… Read More
It’s another birthday week here. My baby girl turns 6. And every birthday needs a cake. Or 12. Along the lines of the puppy faces we made for Sweet J’s birthday, we used chipboard to make some very sweet and absolutely darling cakes (she said shamelessly). This project started out very differently. First, it was… Read More
Our Sweet J is officially three. His birthday day did not go as we thought it would. The Tuesday before Sweet J’s birthday, MJ came home with some sort of illness. (At the end, the takeaway is -> MJ is a germ-sharer.) A few days later, I wasn’t feeling too good either. At 4:30am on… Read More