The last time we had floating candles in our house, we were throwing a Harry Potter-themed Halloween party. That was one of my favorite parties to-date. For spooky season, we’re trying some out of the box floating candles and having a lot of fun along the way. This year, we bought this set of floating candles on Amazon. Lilies and Loafers has affiliate relationships, so we may get a small…
A few weeks ago, an Etsy ad jumped into my Pinterest feed pushing a faux gingerbread house to me. These weren’t just any old gingerbread houses. These were dollhouse-sized replicas of historical homes. They were gorgeous and way out of my price range. But they gave me an idea. Can I make these in real life? And then I saw a video of someone making faux gingerbread houses on Pinterest.…
It would not be a proper fall on the blog unless there were two new posts: a fall dessert and a DIY project. The fall dessert is on the way, but here’s the DIY project. These DIY pumpkin pillows are inspired by Pottery Barn’s Halloween 2021 collection. Over the summer, Pottery Barn released their Halloween collection. Two pillows caught my eye: a ghost pillow and a jack-o-lantern pillow. I wavered…
We’re halfway through October and Halloween is right around the corner! We’ve been getting into the spooky szn through some baking, crafting, and spontaneous Monster Mash dance parties. This weekend, we’re heading out for some leaf peeping and pumpkin picking. If you’re looking to get into the holiday spirit, here are some activities you can do right now! Pumpkin Picking for the ‘gram…or to carve Get in some fresh air,…
While summer officially ends in a few weeks, the unofficial end to summer has always been Labor Day. Well, maybe in today’s world it’s when the PSL returns. This summer, we’ve closed the season with a staycation that included a trip to the Bronx Zoo, ice cream, and tie-dye! Growing up, I loved having that one last weekend at the lake house before school ramped up. One summer, about a…
I have decided that for every birthday, my kids will have a themed photoshoot. They’ll make great memories to look back on and this way we get family portraits out of it! This year’s birthday theme was Two the Moon. For our son’s portraits, I crafted this DIY rocket backpack so he could land on the moon! Because my wife and I are crazy planners, we ended with six of these backpacks…
Nothing says the holidays like a house decked out in decorations and Christmas music on full blast. But then the holidays are over and it all abruptly goes back into hiding—unless you’re my family and it’s Valentine’s Day before the last Christmas decoration is put away. However, this DIY Winter Wreath is here for you until the first day of spring—or until Memorial Day. When I get inspired to do…
The fact that we have a toddler now is surreal. We felt like everything has been leading up to this milestone. We’ve been pinching ourselves a lot lately because we’re having so much fun watching this little human grow up. Where did our newborn go?? We celebrated our son’s first birthday with family. We poured so much energy into this party, it felt like we were planning our wedding all…
We are so excited for our son’s first Valentine’s Day! Like any first holiday, we are more excited to get him involved in whatever cute DIY Valentine craft we are creating. So, we decided to make these adorable stamped feet cards and sent them to our family. Do you remember those Valentine’s Day cards you would buy in grade school? They were themed for whatever cartoon character you loved. They…
If you want to put a smile on my face there are two guaranteed ways: feed me or give me flowers. There is nothing like having a fresh arrangement to brighten any room. When I was a little girl, I remember there were these Robinson crabapple or magnolia trees, which would bloom pink flowers every summer. Those trees lined the block and I would pick flowers to give to my…
Every December, we scramble to find a cute or ugly Christmas sweater for a holiday party. It usually ends in a last-minute purchase with one we aren’t thrilled about. Since ugly sweaters became trendy, prices have gotten out of control. Last year, I searched for Mrs. Weasley sweaters. I was looking for something we could monogram with our initials (like in the film) not just an ‘H’ nor ‘R’. The…
Every Halloween, Fatima and I do a couple’s costume. In college, we were Peter Pan and Tiger Lily, then themed to Shondaland’s Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder, went easy and comfortable with Salt and Pepper, and then Harry Potter. Last year, we stayed in and sat on the couch dressed up as a pregnant married couple. Now, we have a third wheel that has to be themed with us. Our…
Liam is nosy. If it moves, makes noise, stands still, is colorful, lacking color, or not visible to the naked eye, he stares at it. He even has conversations with things around the house, like our shiny doorknobs and the corners of any room. Once his sight began to expand and his focus developed, we knew we needed to give him a mobile to focus his attention. However, every mobile…
When I take photos for our blog, I love using natural light. It’s my preferred lighting and it should be yours, too. We have two large windows in our living room that let in a ton of light. To take advantage of this light, we setup a makeshift studio in the corner of the living room where we style and take photos during the day. However, we can’t always take…
I wish I could say that these metallic alphabet magnets were made on my first try. I’m not that perfect. This is my second go-around. The colors don’t quite jive with our space, so I gave them a touch of gold spray paint. Before I get yelled at and judged by other parents out there, I have a second set of letters that I did not spray paint. The baby…
I love flowers. They make me happy. They also make the space they fill brighter and happier, too. When it comes to gifts, I am a very simple person. Gift me flowers. For Valentine’s this year, Brian gave me a homemade spring flower arrangement. When we first started dating, Brian sent me a beautiful bouquet of Peruvian (alstroemeria) lilies to my dorm. They were gorgeous. I swear, they lasted for two…