This past weekend three of our best friends threw us an awesome couples’ baby shower. The theme was Indiana University, where Brad and I met. Brad also proposed on campus and we were married in Bloomington, where IU is located. So it only made sense to work IU into the next major event in our…
Step-by-step tutorial showing you how to make tissue paper pom poms! Tissue paper pom poms are the perfect, inexpensive party decoration. After I posted our gender reveal party, many of you wanted a tutorial on how I made the tissue paper pom poms. Well, today’s your lucky day– it’s tissue paper pom pom making time, people….
One of the things I had to have for our gender reveal party was a fabric backdrop behind our antique buffet. There’s lots of backdrop ideas out there. At first, I had planned to make a crepe paper backdrop. But after doing a miniature mock-up I immediately nixed the idea and it popped into my head…
I’m going to share my favorite finds from all three retailers here. I’ll update this post often so keep checking back throughout the day. Use the Table of Contents to easily navigate to things that are of interest to you. Keep in mind that now is a great time to grab birthday and Christmas gifts!…
I’m going to share my favorite finds from all three retailers here. I’ll update this post often so keep checking back throughout the day. Use the Table of Contents to easily navigate to things that are of interest to you. Keep in mind that now is a great time to grab birthday and Christmas gifts!…
You’ll love these delicious no bake chocolate covered peanut butter balls! This recipe includes only 5 ingredients and is so easy to make. Every Christmas growing up, my mom and I would make the same Christmas goodies– peanut butter balls and cut-out cookies. I loved helping my mom make and bake these special cookies at…
This past weekend I co-hosted a baby shower at my house for my very good friend, Jen. And while this will be her third child, it was her very first baby shower. So we tried to make this shower as special as possible for her. And instead of doing a general recap, I thought I’d…
Last month, we were invited up to the newly opened Great Wolf Lodge in Gurnee, Illinois north of Chicago. If you’re unfamiliar, there are 18 Great Wolf Lodges in the US. They’re family resorts with indoor waterparks and other fun activities for families. Keep in mind prices and policies vary by GWL location. It was…
I helped co-host a baby shower for Kristin, one of our good friends, last weekend. I’ve taken her pregnancy announcement photo and helped her with her baby registry, so it only seemed fitting to help throw her a spring baby shower. Interesting story: The night before Kristin and Andrew were going to the doctor to find out the…
Did you miss Part One of Owen’s birth story? That’s okay, you can catch up here. I got a new nurse at 6 AM on Sunday morning. She took over for the nurse I had on Saturday afternoon for a couple hours so she was a familiar face. And I liked her. I think liking and getting…
Do you want the good news or the bad news first? Let’s just jump in with the bad news. Brad was laid off 6 weeks ago. I was at Haven, a DIY & home blogger conference in Atlanta, when it happened. I talked with Brad that morning on the phone– he was about to walk…
