My sister Shelley and I have just launched a fun new venture for us, revolving around something Shelley feels passionate about: GIFT CARDS! And who doesn’t love getting a gift card? It could be one of our favorite gifts to give, but often times our friends and family feel that by giving a gift card, [...]

This is my West Elm Chandelier that I like to decorate for the holidays. This year, I used my new angel wing tree decorations from Pier 1 tied with Whitney’s Divine Twine {you need to buy this stuff, you can use it for EVERYTHING}.
I decorated with bats for Halloween, and tree branches for Christmas last [...]

I’m trying to get off my feet in the evenings a bit more. But I still need a project in my lap. Here I’m making shop tags for Pillows By Mom, whilst my little one encroaches on my surface area.

{I made the tags in Illustrator, attached Whitney’s Green Apple Divine Twine, and clipped them on [...]

I know, I’m sorry, it’s way too early. But in efforts to procrastinate cleaning, I pulled out my blingy Christmas decorations and made room for shiny things.

Every year I have participated in “Black Friday” shopping. Although I feel my list is small, there are a few things I’ll be needing.
Let’s start with my bent/warped/wobbly baking sheets. How’s a girl supposed to make some good looking cookies if they all slide to the middle? I either embrace it and open up a [...]

CONGRATS to:

Emails are on their way! Congrats! {And thanks to all who participated. I think we all got good ideas for Xmas presents for our friends and family!}

Blogspot is great if:

You are using your blog as a journal; documenting your family, books, cooking, etc.
You don’t know much about computers, HTML and design
You don’t want to spend any money on your blog
You want your blog up and running in 15 minutes
You don’t mind if your blog has a generic theme, or you don’t [...]

I wanted to do some geometric shapes on the wall in the baby room, so I created a stencil. Start to finish on this project is about 1-2 hours.
Pick your shape
You can trace fabric, freehand, or create your own shape. I used one of Tristan’s Photoshop brushes.

Trace your shape
Trace your shape onto the stencil surface. [...]

Measure the length for the crib skirt

I have the mattress at the highest setting for a newborn, but you should make the crib skirt to hit about an inch off the ground from the lowest mattress setting. Mine was about 12 or 13″ long.

Cut out your 3 pieces
{front and two sides, no need to do [...]

As a ‘Thank You’ for your support and funny comments,
as a celebration of being half-way through this pregnancy shenanigan, and
in homage to the great Lisa Leonard Designs…
A Fabulous Necklace Giveaway!

Besides adorable handmade jewelry, Lisa has a fun and endearing blog at lisaleonardonline.com/blog. She has the most adorable family, tutorials and fashion ideas {we all need [...]