BLOG

Small Shop Guide – July Edition

You know how big a fan of small shops I am! This year I've been ALL about supporting small shops! I want to do my best to help support them and encourage others to do the same!All of the shops listed below, are small shops that need your support! All of these products and gifts are made with such thoughtful love and care! I encourage you to check out each one of these shops and boutiques and...

Furniture Painting Tutorial

People often ask what hobbies I have (especially since I turned my singing and performing hobby into a profession!!) If you’ve been following my journey for very long you’ll know hands down my hobby is crafting and DIY projects! I’ve always had a mind for repurposing, upgrading or refinishing things. Patterns and how things are made are things I can visualize very easily in my...

Top 10 Tips for a Stress Free Move

Disclaimer: * This is a sponsored post *  Moving can be the most stressful time! Packing up everything in your life and trying to keep it all straight can be super crazy! Add kids and/or pets into the mix and it’s total chaos.  When we were first married, we moved once a year for 4 years. We had some pretty easy moves, but we also had some really stressful ones as well.  (If you read my...

Small Shop Guide – June Edition

You know how big a fan of small shops I am! This year I've been ALL about supporting small shops! This year I want to do my best to help support them and encourage others to do the same!All of the shops listed below, are small shops that need your support! All of these products and gifts are made with such thoughtful love and care! I encourage you to check out each one of these shops and...

Top 7 Surprise Party Tips

My hubby just turned 30 last month and being the go big or go home type that I am, I of COURSE threw a surprise party!  Based on all my other posts, you know I love event planning!  (If you haven’t read my other posts on the parties I’ve thrown, check these out!)  While I was planning the party I started to think about how many surprise parties I’ve actually thrown over the...

Our Bentley Boy

Now that the cat’s out of the bag, (or should I say dog…) I thought it would be only fitting to share a bit about our sweet Bentley Boy! As you know, we’re total animal lovers. We’ve had 2 dogs and 3 cats since our first year of marriage.  WHERE IT ALL STARTED Our two dogs Chloe and Allie are Shi Tzu Bichon mixes (aka teddy bear breed). They were 3 years or so apart in age and such...

Small Shop Guide – May Edition

You know how big a fan of small shops I am! This year I've been ALL about supporting small shops! This year I want to do my best to help support them and encourage others to do the same!All of the shops listed below, are small shops that need your support! All of these products and gifts are made with such thoughtful love and care! I encourage you to check out each one of these shops and...

6 Reasons Why We Chose Baby Led Weaning

When I first heard of baby led weaning, I found the title to be misleading.  At first, I pictured some interesting form of weaning your baby similar to sleep training.  Personally, I think baby led eating or feeding would be a better title for what baby led weaning really is.  When we were making the decision about how to start feeding Jaden, I heard about BLW from...
Surprises About Motherhood

Top 10 Surprises About Motherhood

As a mom, I would have to say there were a lot of surprises about motherhood. Over Mother’s Day weekend I started to think of life before babies. I started thinking about what I was like. The person I used to be.  Things have changed so much since having kiddos. I’ve heard it said that two people are born when a baby is delivered. A baby and a mother.  That couldn’t be any closer...

Staying Organized As a Busy Mom

Us mamas are all extremely busy. It can be extremely difficult to stay organized as a busy mom. Between school, work, house hold chores, meals, doctor visits, sports, lessons, etc. The list is basically never ending! My schedule is jam packed with things from morning until night.   My role as mom, maid, cook, home manager, homeschool teacher, music teacher, musical director,...