Tips For Hosting A House Party
Paneling = oy. Update tomorrow. But while we’re here… Can you believe that the kid’s b-day bash was the largest party (weighing in at 25 at…
Holiday & Entertaining Ideas and Projects
Tons of ideas for affordable holiday & entertaining ideas like charming Christmas and Halloween decorating tips (so your house feels festive and fun) along with place setting ideas, unique centerpieces, Thanksgiving and Easter ideas, and more.
Hosting A House Party For Our Daughter’s First Birthday
Oh man did we party like it was 1999. the kid’s big birthday bash was so much fun, and even the weather miraculously cleared up for us (whi…
Planning Our Daughter’s First Birthday
the kid’s big birthday shindig is tomorrow! Along with her actual birthday. It seems utterly insane to think that this time last year she w…
How To Sew A Fabric Bunting
Growing up my aunt and mom sewed all the time (they made all my Halloween costumes and my aunt even sewed my mom’s wedding dress) but whene…
Creating Custom First Birthday Party Invitations
It’s her party and we’ll DIY invitations if we want to. You would DIY them too if it happened to you if you were us. After all, our wedding…
Updating An Old Cheese Plate For Christmas
Better Late Than Never? I tackled this project about two months ago before we moved (hence all the pics of our old kitchen counters). But I…
Christmas Gift Ideas For Your Partner
We realized in all of this new house hubbub we never shared what we gifted each other for Christmas. Fishsticks! (No, we didn’t give each o…
Dog And Baby Christmas Card Ideas
Merry Christmas!
Decorating A New House For Christmas
We actually got our tree back up a few days ago amidst boxes and general chaos (here it is the first time when we set it up in the old hous…
Inexpensive Holiday Gift Ideas
Here’s our last installment of our recent gift sleuthing spree (see part one here and part two here) and this time we paid Urban Outfitters…
Christmas Gift Ideas For Everyone
As we continue to unpack, we thought we’d share this year’s virtual gift roundup (a la this one from last year). It’s a three-post-in-a-row…
How To Make “Baby’s First Christmas” Silhouette Ornaments
Back when we admitted to putting up our Christmas tree before Thanksgiving (oh the shame) a bunch of you asked if the kid was getting a spe…