I do love a good package. One of my favorite parts of Christmas preparation is wrapping up the givings. I hope everyone had a lovely Christm...

When our sweet niece was legally adopted we were fortunate enough to go to the courthouse, witness this and explain to our kid...

I love crafting with my kids but I end up with a ton of art pieces that I then need to decide: HANG UP or NO and then there's the KEEP o...

Everybody is sick around these parts. So we're IN for the long haul. I'm fine with it, I've completed my shopping and Christmas ...

My lovely sister-in-law, in all her generosity and wisdom recently provided...

I feel like I need to say something on 12.12.12. I know I just posted yesterday but I have plenty to talk about after...

I was out of town last week. It was the first time I've left my kids for more than a day. I went to New York with my sisters-in-law for ...

Although the time has passed, I'd love to share a few kids crafts for Thanksgiving. After cooking the big dinner two years in a row, I...

My dear friend, Carlyn and I worked together in San Francisco several years back. We also traveled to Europe together and she taught me to l...

My holiday decorations are pretty simple and usually a bit monochromatic. I don't get too overly colorful. That will probably change soo...

We didn't carve all of our Halloween pumpkins so I'm using a few of the small ones for the pedestals I made for Emily's farewell...

I've wanted this tray by Up In The Air Somewhere for a while now. And I love to gold leaf things so I thought this would be a fun and f...

I bought these a while back but Halloween decorations took over. I love the color combinations and would like to thank Target and Campbell...

She's obsessed. Ariel is all around as is Belle, Cinderella, Aurora and every other princess conceived by Disney. When I asked my oldest...

I saw this cute chain in a nearby shop for... too much money... and thought, good grief, that's easy and it was. Takes about two hours t...

This was by far the easiest DIY project I had done in a while. I bought some glass vases at Savers, each only .99 and I have lots of acrylic...

My sister-in-law is moving soon to be with the love of her life. She will be missed indeed. Maybe this will inspire some road trips for our ...

I am fairly organized. I admit this sickness and people that know me, know this about me. But with all my obsessively organized ways, I hav...

Nina's party was Saturday evening, the ONLY day with rain in the forecast. It had been high 90s for weeks and weeks and of course here w...

It's everywhere. Dip dye. I first fell in love with the Casamania Philippe I cafe table and since then, the trend just hasn't faded...

It's on its way! See a preview here and here . Can't wait for the tension between these two bitties.

I have a few rules about Birthday Parties for our kids: 1. Don't over do it. 2. Family up until age three. 3. Friends starting at age...

We did it. After neglecting my children to accomplish some serious research on the topic, and discussing the options with my husband. After ...

This has been on my to-do list for months and I finally got to it. It only took an hour. And it looks so nice to see in my daughters crib, i...