Category: Holidays
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A Message from Cinderella…
Happy Halloween! Our photographer posted the perfect caption to accompany the bottom photo: “Pretty sure she is thinking, Don’t make me turn you into a frog!”
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Fall and Halloween Traditions
Lately, we’ve been: …watching the leaves turn. …visiting the pumpkin patch. …helping Olivia stand and pull herself up on various pieces of furniture. …singing (lots of singing). …practicing different learning concepts like “on/off, open/close, up/down, etc…” with our very active 10 month old. …picking out the perfect Halloween costume for our girl. Our darling little…
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Ready for Halloween: Decorations
Halloween at our house looks a little like this: At night, the soft glow of all these candles, Halloween decorations, and twinkle lights is downright magical… I love this time of year!
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Happy Birthday J!
Happy Birthday, dear James! What an incredible year- we’ve definitely done our fair share of growing (literally by two feet), laughing, traveling, compromising, and generally trying to figure it all out. To my partner in crime, cheers to 31!
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In the Workshop: Handmade Halloween
I’m so excited to share that I’ve been selected as a member of Jessica Sprague’s new Create Inspiration Team! Since joining The Dating Divas team over a year ago, I’ve really worked on my photography skills. Jessica’s amazing digital classes have been such a blessing to start learn the ins and outs of Photoshop to…
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“Posting” Our First Father’s Day Memories
I might be a bit biased, but this beautiful baby girl has the most amazing Dad. To celebrate Father’s Day this year, I was inspired by Paige’s “Post-It Pictures” idea on The Dating Divas. Instead of leaving general fun captions, however, I tailored each message to be a specific reason explaining why James is a…
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Father’s Day Card Ideas
Last year, I was newly pregnant when Father’s Day rolled around. I wanted to do something special for James to mark the day so I created this card inspired by a photo I found on Pinterest: I was thrilled that one of the talented graphic designers working with The Dating Divas agreed to translate this…
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First Mother’s Day
I love you so much, Olivia. I can’t wait to meet the beautiful, confident, caring, and intelligent woman you become. In the meantime, I’m cherishing your sweet smiles and little gurgles, as well as sneak peaks into your blossoming personality. You are already so independent! We spent our first Mother’s Day at my parent’s lake…
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In the Workshop: December Greetings
Lots of fun creating Christmas crafts this season! Here’s a peak at some projects that I have been working on during the month of December: I taught a class at Checkered Cottage in early December where participants completed 4 cards and a treat box. Aside from basic layering and stamping techniques, participants learned how to:…
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In the Workshop: Reindeer Food
When we visited our nieces over Thanksgiving, we surprised them with a special package of magical reindeer food! I spied these cute little bottles at Read Lead, a local paper-crafting and stamp store, and knew they would be perfect for this project. A darling printable note from The TomKat Studio provided the perfect description for…