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hand-painted photo mat

hand-painted photo mat

With Mother’s Day coming up I decided it was time to have another bathtub painting party for my little budding artists. I pulled out finger paints in varying shades of pink, purple, aqua, and blue and let them go to town on two blank photo mats I had. They had a great time, although they […]

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new dad hospital survival kit

new dad hospital survival kit

My hubby’s birthday is this Wednesday and one of his BFF’s is just 4 days before his, AND he’s about to become a dad for the first time, which we are pretty darn excited about. We got to go have a little combined birthday lunch this past weekend (no kids! well, except for my littlest […]

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a pie present

a pie present

As always, picture edited to protect privacy 🙂 Last week on Pi Day a friend of mine had a birthday party and she threw a “pie party”, it was so much fun, just a bunch of families hanging out and chatting, kids running around like little hooligans, and lots of pie that people brought (I […]

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20+ ideas for stocking stuffers for babies and toddlers. Stocking stuffer ideas.

20+ stocking stuffers for babies and toddlers

Ah, Christmastime, the time of year when you scurry around like a crazy person trying to find that perfect balance of gift giving. You want your kids to be excited, be surprised, but also be grateful and not too expect too much. And then there are the stocking stuffers, le sigh. Sometimes it can be […]

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metal stamped initial necklace

metal stamped initial necklace

I made an initial metal stamped charm last week for a friend’s birthday present, and can I just say, I was a little jealous? I’m a fairly simple girl when it comes to jewelry so I pretty much rotate between 2 necklaces, so it doesn’t make sense for me to make one for myself, buuuutttttt… If […]

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