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Rethinking our Advent Calendar

Today we took down and put away ALL the Christmas decorations.  The holidays have officially ended in our house…. …and I will be honest, I AM BEAT!  From Thanksgiving till New Years, it is exhausting.  Every year I want to find a way to make it slower, with less stress and more joy.  I want to be able to do the things I enjoy (a.k.a the Christmas craft, make cookies with the kids, maybe sing Christmas carols? It COULD happen. I decided for this season we were not using the “treat” advent calendar, the adorable one with little doors where I needed to find 25 days worth of items for my 3 children.  That is 75 items!!! And they all needed to fit in a tiny door.  It was too much. Maybe someday I’ll go back to it but not… Read More »Rethinking our Advent Calendar

Baby It’s Cold Outside

Tonight we celebrated a soon to arrive baby in our family.  A sprinkle of sorts.  A small sprinkle.  Almost like a misting. Just immediate family, only girls and you needed to be a sister, mother or sister- in- law of the babies Mom or Dad to attend.  My husband’s brother and his wife, Kelley, are expecting #2.  Kelley’s Mom and I equally LOVE party planning.  Even though it is a small gathering, she could not resist incorporating a theme.  I agree, it is essential.  She asked me to make the cake topper.  So, I did.   The theme…Baby It’s Cold Outside. Cute right? Here we go, let’s celebrate this cute, cute soon to arrive snowflake:) Here is the Pinterest inspiration picked by the Kelley’s Mom… Here is my Cricut design… Practice round… in different papers and colors…yes, they are similar so… Read More »Baby It’s Cold Outside

The Cork Clutch

The Cork Clutch.  Environmentally friendly, fun, functional and with a little flare.   My father-in-law traveled to Portugal a few years ago and brought my daughter a bracelet made of cork rope. Cork rope is a very soft, beautiful material which comes in a variety of colors used for jewelry making.  This was indeed my Christmas Craft of 2018 (hopefully, a post on my bracelets in the future). In buying cork rope, I came across cork fabric on Etsy and thought it was so interesting.  My mom bought me a sewing machine a couple years back and over time the idea of trying to sew cork fabric grew. Cork is a renewable resource harvested from the outer bark of a cork oak tree.  A cork oak tree once planted takes about 25 years to reach the appropriate size for a harvest. … Read More »The Cork Clutch

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