School has been in session for a couple of weeks now and School Picture Day is coming up soon! Here are a few quick tips on how to dress and style your hair for this special day. Wear a solid color shirt other than white or green. Whites and prints do not photograph well, and green...
Some kids are naturals in front of a camera and love taking school pictures, but others, especially the younger set, may have a few reservations. To help calm your child’s nerves so that they can take their best school picture, here are some school picture day tips and a run down of what they can expect....
Recently my oldest friend (since kindergarten!) had a baby shower for her first baby! I wanted to give her something cute for her little girl and add a special touch to show her how much she means to me. I love the sentiment and meaning that comes with sharing my time, thoughts, creativity, and love...
It’s that time again! Kiddos are going back to school, crazy Fall sports schedules are starting and structure is begrudgingly being put back in place. Since my kids started school, I’ve gone back and forth about rather or not I am ready for them to return to spending more time at school than with me after a fun...
Here is a little more Christmas in July. In addition to the square ornaments that I found from the previous post, I also ran across these cube ornaments. With these you can adhere different pictures to all four sides and the bottom. I chose to include pictures of my 3 kids on the one I...
It amazes me every year how early Christmas items start filling store shelves! I was recently walking through Hobby Lobby and these little gems caught my eye! When I have decorated ornaments in the past it has proven to be a little bit of a difficult task to use pictures in ornaments because the round...
I really loved the look of the DIY coloring book photo frame that I created with my younger daughter, so my older daughter and I created another take on the idea. We decided to wrap a frame in the page she colored, similar to some other wrapped frames I have done! I love including her...
I have been working with my kids on ideas for Father’s Day and we decided to focus on a frame idea. This project is one my middle daughter and I came up with using the trendy adult style coloring page. Coloring the detailed page gave her something to do on one of our lazy afternoons...
I found some cute mini wooden flower pots at the craft store and thought it would be fun to do something with them. So, I looked around and used some scraps and tools I had laying around and created a cute little flower featuring one of my sweeties! I decided to keep it on my desk, but it...
As you begin your summer and reflect on the school year that was, there are likely several things about your yearbook that you’ve identified as things you want to remember to replicate next year or to never do again. We’ve been doing some reflection of our own and have a few dos and don’ts for you...