Building a new career around your kids can sound both testing and trying. Trying to manage everyone’s expectations while trying to push forwards can be difficult – even for the most experienced and seasoned mom. Starting and building a career around a role that you wish to thrive in is important. After all, you deserve to push forwards with your own dreams and goals (as well as being a mom)…. Continue Reading
Sailing With The Scotts, Part Two
Welcome to Part Two of my recap of sailing the seas with an amazing group of designers and bloggers! Catch Part One here! No joke, after the private beach party, we ended up drenched and slopping through puddles to get back to the boat. Or rather, running through puddles back to the boat. That evening was our VIP Blogger event with the Brothers. Hosted by Lug , it basically was a Q&A/trivia… Continue Reading
Sailing With The Scotts Design Cruise Part 1
Ok, show of hands, who here is a fan of HGTV? More specifically, who here is a fan of those witty and wonderful guys, The Property Brothers? I’m over here reminiscing on when I got to take a gorgeous cruise with them . . . Yeah, that happened. I received an email with a blogger invite to partake in this amazing design cruise, and the answer was a no-brainer. My original… Continue Reading
Dollar Store Makeover: Pretty Framed Pictures
I don’t really know any crafty people who aren’t on a lifelong quest to make dollar store purchases into something people will say, “Wow, how perfect! You MADE that!?” about. I’m similarly diseased. My best friend has two little girls, so they are always great guinea pigs for my Frankenstein Craft Monsters. When her second little girl was born last year, her firstborn got her own big-girl bedroom,decorated in pink… Continue Reading
Playing with Paint #3: Super Glass-y
It’s kind of fun pulling out old photos of crafts I’ve done in the past. (Yes, I’ve always been narcissistic enough to photograph my work for posterity.) This is a project from over a year ago – eek! – that I did as a gift for my best friend’s big 3-0 birthday. Living so far away from all our oldest friends and all our family can be hard at times,… Continue Reading