I love attending conferences. I didn't realize how important they were to my personal and professional development until I took some time to reflect and realized that every good friend I have made in the blogging/social …
Last month I gathered a group of local Austin mamas for the second Munchkin Maker Mamas workshop to learn to make a simple canvas and leather origami wall planter. This series, generously sponsored by Munchkin, is …
Eliot turns five-years-old today! As he's grown up, so has his deep love of wearing costumes, jumping on the trampoline, and watching movies. We have a family movie night every Friday, so we switched it up …
When we moved to Austin three years ago, I could never have imagined how hard and fast I would fall for this city. Not only is the weather beautiful most of the year enabling an …
This post isn't my usual inspiration for motherhood and making, but I'm headed in for an unusual surgery today and wanted to share a little about it. My Mirena IUD got lost in my abdomen, …
I’ve always been very low-maintenance when it came to make-up, skin care, hair care, and most other beauty. Maybe because I have relatively dry skin without a tendency for blemishes, I never developed a serious …
This post is sponsored by Kodak Alaris as part of a Mom It Forward Blogger Network campaign. Memories are powerful. When I really take a moment to sit and remember a moment, usually one captured in a photograph, I can …
Introducing the new Maternity Countdown Tee! If you were reading my blog back in 2010, you'll remember the original tee I designed and created to record Project Baby, my regular documentation of baby number two. Soon after, …
Everyone who loves to craft wishes that it could be a little easier. The setting aside time, gathering the correct supplies, finding a great project, and figuring out instructions to hone a new skill. I …
If you had told me six-months-ago that I would love my hair today, I wouldn't have believed you. Back then I was in the middle of what I can only describe as a year-long hairdentinty …
It's no secret that I'm a huge IKEA fan. I was converted by the good, simple designs, affordable prices, readily hackable products, and family friendly stores that can feel like a day trip adventure more …
The change of seasons is a natural time to shuffle through the closets and cupboards, replacing tee shirts with sweaters and pastel plates for the candy cane stripes. With growing kids it is also the …