Inspiration

SuperHero Water Bottle Labels

I am very detail-oriented and decided to add little superhero-themed touches to the girls' upcoming party. Since our main beverage at this shindig is going to be water, why not make cute little water bottle labels? We loaded up on Kirkland water bottles at Costco and I used a this Superhero scrapbook kit to create the ...

Superhero Birthday Invitations

This year the girls are having a Superhero themed birthday party. This was in no part influenced by me. As girly as my two daughters may be at times, they definitely have a tomboy side to them. So when we asked what they wanted to do for a birthday party this year and they mentioned ...

Pink Ombre Mini Chest

Eleanor had been asking for a jewelry box to store all her play jewelry in since we moved to our new house. While we were at a local craft store last week, she saw these unfinished wooden mini chests and asked if I could buy her one for her jewelry. As soon as I saw ...

Easter Egg Decorating

Confession: We waited until tonight to decorate Easter Eggs. I've been seeing tons of posts of people decorating eggs for the past week or so, but Paul and I intentionally waited until the night before Easter to do it. We wanted to get the girls all excited for their big Easter egg hunt, which will ...

Pink Ombre Dresser

About a week before we moved, Paul and I were on our way home and drove by some furniture with a "free" sign. Not in any rush to get home, and being in a pretty good mood, I asked Paul if we could stop to take a look. I noticed an old wooden dresser and ...

Martha Stewart Wall Manager

Now that we've moved to a new home and have gained an extra bedroom, I now have a home office! Yay! Well, that's until Baby Parquer arrives in August. Then it'll become half-nursery and half-home office. But for now, I'm loving having an entire room to blog and craft. Since we've only been in this new ...

Pauline Ochola

The REAL Awards are a first-of-its kind global awards program, launched by Save the Children, to honor health workers around the world. Health workers rarely receive recognition for the lifesaving care they provide millions of people. It is estimated that the world is short more than 5 million health workers. In the developing world, frontline ...

#GivingTuesday

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! This holiday season, instead of just giving, give back! Next Tuesday, November 27, 2012, #GivingTuesday takes it place on the calendar. This campaign will provide Americans with a framework to contribute to their community, and help all to give back in better, smarter ways to the charities and causes that help create a better world. #GivingTuesday ...