
Hello, my sweet friends! I apologize for the absence. I thought I would have so much open time this summer to catch up on my blogs, but instead have had so much open time to play with my kiddos. It has been so much fun and a complete treasure to be able to play with [...]
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Today, my mom is contributing one of her favorite things…all things by Stephen Huneck. We discovered the Stephen Huneck Gallery in Nantucket about fifteen years ago. When I saw the colorful whimsical paintings of Labradors, I just had to have one. His own black lab is named Sally and has created paintings, books, stationary, etc. in [...]
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A few years ago, a friend of mine brought a stack of her favorite children’s books to a Bible Study I was in. My oldest was still a young toddler at the time so I soaked up all she had to offer. One of the books she recommended was Big Thoughts for Little People by [...]
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Recently, my nephew had a shark party…thus the cute shark cupcakes I posted last week. My mind has been shark-focused of late and I have found some of the cutest shark things to share with you. I loved my sister’s idea of a shark-themed party and of all things, there are some really cute shark ideas [...]
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My mom gave my sister and I both these darling books a year or so ago at the beginning of the cupcake rage….“Hello, Cupcake!” How much do I love that cupcakes are en vogue? Yum! At first glance, I was a little panicked about making such beautiful cupcakes/works of art. It looked to me like only a professional [...]
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Today’s post comes from Alli… My friend, Kinzie, created the cutest personalized book! It’s called “Find Me.” Think “I Spy” but you’re hunting for your own pictures. I ordered one for my daughter’s 3rd birthday, but it turns out that my 8 and 11 year olds love it too! It was very easy to create…just [...]
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Oh my goodness. I might be living under a rock, but I just stumbled upon these cool custom binders at Zazzle. I use binders. I love binders and I love to be organized. Last night I was simply trying to print a cover page for my Recipes Binder and saw a link to these babies….cute [...]
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Texas Tables is yet, another fabulous cookbook that would be a great last minute Christmas gift! I love Junior League Cookbooks not only because they have great recipes, but they are getting prettier and prettier. This cookbook is beautiful! So for the pretty cookbook collector, this cookbook is as much of a “must-have” as it is [...]
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I set out to share with you a fun new book I found this year, The Everything Christmas Book. I found it after discovering The Everything Baseball Book for my son. I bought the baseball book for Christmas. It is full of fun facts, history, rules of the sport and records. “Everything” a little boy could [...]
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Alright Sports fans…well, Kid fans, anyway! I have been waiting on pins and needles to introduce you to Noteworthy Kids. This is the greatest concept for your children’s artwork. Surely you have a box of all your kiddos artwork stashed away like me? My box will continue to gather dust until one day the kids [...]
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