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    Foliage Real Fun Wow Prints — Series No.2

    More beautiful prints from Real Fun Wow — Foliage edition! I love the feel of these vintage, bold, expressive foliage prints and I think they would look stunning in a gallery wall with other artwork. Click on the image to go to it’s shop page!

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    Real Fun Wow Prints | Series No. 1

    I have recently found this artist and I have found a love for his style. His work has a sort of spiritual feel to them and I love the subtle religious messages in them. I have gone through all of his prints and chose my favorites. Which numbers to multiple dozens! So I’ve split them up into series. This series is the quotes prints. It was hard for me to only choose 9 (here is 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 others I like) but these were the messages I liked the most! Which do you like the best?

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    Artists I’m Loving on Instagram

    1 | I can’t get enough of Briony’s floral mosaics! The colors and her ability to cut ceramic tiles into shapes to create these flowers is awe-inspiring. It’s getting me all excited to give it a go somewhere in our future home garden!
    2 | I’ve been on a sewing streak lately and this puff quilt is something I want to try next. I can only assume it is major cuddly.
    3 | The way this plant perfectly scoured into the fabric makes me want to take every plant and flower I see and pound it into any scrap fabric I can find. I haven’t bought her workshops on homemade dye but you can best be sure I will someday soon!
    4 | I’ve wanted to play with resin and flowers for a while and seeing these adorable earrings gets me antsy to get my hands on some resin asap!
    5 | Gosh this account of stained glass makes me so so happy. The color choices are just on point! I’ve got a design idea already prepped and ready to give it a go when I get the chance.
    6 | I just love the bold black illustrations that this artist does, in addition to all the other things she paints as well.
    7 | Another account I always love seeing new posts on. Her gathered natural items and the way they are organized makes me want to treasure-hunt every time I am outside!
    8 | Speaking of gathered items, this account has tons of ideas on nature kid crafts and I want to try all the things!
    9 | This artist has the most beautiful style that has an Impressionism feel but is very realistic as well. Makes me want to give oil painting a go again!

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    Unique Handmade Gifts for Grandma on Mother’s Day

    I love trying to incorporate kids into Mother’s Day gifts and gathered a couple of my favorite ideas for you to try this Mother’s Day!

    1 | Let your kids draw on some wooden spoons. Later, take a wood etching tool and burn it in. Grandma will love seeing the hearts and love burned in while she cooks. Personalize a cutting board from the whole family instead!
    2 | Take any recent photos of your kids with their Grandma and order a Chatbooks or Pinhole Press! You know Grandmas love any and all gifts that incorporate photos of their grandkids.
    3 | This idea comes from a friend who took photos of her kids, printed and cut out, then laminated and poked holes to create the cutest little unique bookmark for Grandma! I love this one so much.
    4 | Go on a nature walk with your child, find some pretty flowers, and stamp them onto sheets of beeswax fabric so your Grandma can use to wrap items in something made with love. Google Hapa Zome natural dye printing for tutorials and ideas!

    5 | Give cyanotype a try! Kids can easily participate in this activity and you can find tons of tutorials online for how to make this. I think a canvas tote bag would be a great gift for Grandma!
    6 | Make a book about your grandma! Or an ancestor from your Grandma’s side of the family. Cuento books is by far the cutest and easiest way to do so. I made one about my great-grandma Lucy and I love reading it to Hazel.
    7 | Marbelize Paper Card Take some shaving cream and food coloring and let your kids mix it into a beautiful mess. Press a paper on top, wipe it off, and you’ve got the most beautiful card to mail to Grandma!
    8 | Send a custom puzzle of your favorite photo of Grandma that she and your kids can do whenever you visit. Pinhole Press has a good 60 piece one.
    9 | Write a meaningful note and frame it with some pressed flowers that your child picked for Grandma. Something sweet that she will cherish and can hang in her room.

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    Stocking Stuffers for Kids: Creative Journals & Interactive Books

    I don’t know about you, but I find a lot of stocking stuffers ideas pretty useless. The little trinkets thrown in seem wasteful and so I wanted to create a guide that would be a bit more intentional. This group theme is all about creative journals and interactive books for kids. There are so many great ones out there and you can either cater to your kid’s interests with or introduce them to the world of journaling which they will hopefully continue throughout their life.

    1 | Me: A Compendium — This book is beautifully designed and is a great way for your kids to start journaling and using their imagination!
    2 | My Family History Notebook — It is the cutest little notebook for your kids to get interested in family history!
    3 | Beach Walk — This book is illustrated by my favorite artist and is a great little scavenger hunt for those that live near the beach.
    4 | Kids Book of Hand Lettering — If any of your kids love doodling, this book on beginner calligraphy is a great stocking stuffer for them!
    5 | Good Morning Yoga — I love that this book is interactive and will help your child (and you!) get moving in the morning. Could turn into a beautiful morning routine together.
    6 | Nature Anatomy Notebook — Not only does it have cute illustrations but they can draw their own nature observations which you’ll treasure.
    7 | Exploring Nature — Another nature book that has activities for kids to go outside and, as the book is literally named, explore nature.
    8 | Awesome Kitchen Science Experiments — For any kids that love all things science or kitchen, this book would be so fun to gift and experiment with your kid.
    9 | One Question a Day — This is a great beginner journal for kids. I remember having something similar as a kid and it totally instilled my love for journaling from it.

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    Olive Branch Painting

    I noticed that I save a lot of olive leaf branch paintings/embroidery on my Instagram (if you don’t use saved collections for your Instagram, you are totally missing out!!) so I decided to make a little collection here to inspire me when I finally get the time courage to paint one of my own!

    1 | @ohkiistudio

    2 | @themintgardener

    3 | @nynkelocher

    4 | @lissaova_craft

    5 | @sewandsaunders

    6 | @delphil_tatoueuse.de.tissu

    7 | @yongsam_artclass

    8 | @sabinaalcaraz

    9 | @mariannacarolin

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    The Cutest Rainbow Rugs

    When I think “kid’s playroom” I always see a rainbow rug on the floor. After some research, I found the top 9 rainbow rugs I love and would put in my home!

    1 | This one has just enough pop of color and I love how it’s just hinting at the rainbow shape.
    2 | By far my favorite one and just waiting for it to be back in stock to buy! I see it fitting so perfectly on the side of a bed.
    3 | This was a close second. It’s modern but playful. They also have a very cute navy one too!
    4 | I’ve seen this one around and it’s very iconic!
    5 | I love the texture on this, you need to click here to see it close up!
    6 | More shaggy and fun texture on this rainbow rug! You can personalize any color you want which is really cool.
    7 | A classy rainbow rug with just the right colors I think.
    8 | If a rainbow colors are too much, go for a subtle natural white. I love this one and am scheming where I can put it.
    9 | This rug has the rainbow shape but doesn’t scream it into your face. The perfect balance.

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    Christmas Activity Wishlist

    I’ve always been a gatherer of information and lists or goals or things I want to do. So when it comes to Christmas activities I, of course, have a list of things I want to do! I don’t think I can choose just 9 but these are what I really want to do this Christmas season or next!

    1 | I made these two years ago with friends and they were a little fragile but made the house smell amazing!
    2 | This is a tradition I will be doing at my house, the peppermint snowmen was my go-to activity as a babysitter during the holiday season.
    3 | I love the idea of a pretzel cabin than a gingerbread house because let’s be honest, those things never actually stand up
    5 | Next year we’ll have a cute foot to document so you can best be sure I’ll be making one of these next year!
    7 | I love hot cocoa and I love fudge, let’s put them together shall we!?
    9 | I think this colorful garland would be so fun with kids, and I’m sure they’d love to snack on them in the meantime too ha.

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    Autumn Random Nine

    A preview of my Pinterest pins lately includes a lot of baby toys and the cutest little girl outfits. I love the weavings with beads and I’ve recently found some beautiful hand-cut paper to inspire me as I work on my Crafter’s Box project!

    I plan on knitting that little sweater, the drop back and open embellishment is just so adorable. And you can be sure I will buy that lamb set as well as the matching bear and elephant set for my nursery. I can’t get enough of this store lately!

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    Waiting for Spring

    Starting a number of new mini post series, one of them including little moodboards of 9 random things, mostly from Pinterest. I totally use Pinterest for personal reasons even though it’s heavily suggested to use it for your business. But for now, I just like it to find inspiring images. And currently, my Pinterest boards are filling up with all kinds of cute Spring-related inspiration.

    1 | I am loving this lemon pattern dress, it is one for sure I will make for a little girl one day.
    2 | This embroidery of this dandelion weeds scream spring!
    3 | The colors in this photo I’m totally feeling.
    4 | Pink flowers and teal doors are what dreams are made of!
    5 | Isn’t this idea just the cutest! You can get the cutouts here.
    6 | Spring always makes me want to still my favorite to date.
    7 | Not sure what these flowers are but that yellow is so great.
    8 | A raspberry sherbert drink is definitely my favorite thing to sip.
    9 | Just recently have been a hat person and this pink one is so cute!

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    These are the kinds of things that get a Type A st These are the kinds of things that get a Type A stay-at-home mom excited. 🤪 I printed physical photos of my kids (I used @artifactuprising), am writing the date on the back, and organizing them by year with little labels for easy access!  These photos will be used at birthday parties, and a place to memory keep my favorites of each sweet child as they continue to grow up and change day by day. 🥰
    Hi! So remember in 2021 I sent out emails occasion Hi! So remember in 2021 I sent out emails occasionally? I LOVE sharing things that I find with a small group of you but the email wasn’t quite working spending the high monthly fee and how much time it took to format the whole email. Especially now that I’m taking a step back from working and diving feet first into motherhood.  But I STILL love gathering and sharing light. Whenever I listen to a great podcast (usually right in the middle of it), I text it immediately to a friend in mind. Or if I am loving a book I’m halfway through, I text it to another friend or family member. I love sharing products, insight, links, and if I REALLY like it, I will literally sit and text it to every friend group message I have.  So, I thought, why couldn’t I find a way to send out a mass text to anyone who wants to receive it of the things I come across during my week/month that I love! This will most likely include: an inspiring podcast link, great book rec, purposeful product rec, awesome quote find, a challenge to consider. Just little tidbits of light and joy randomly coming to your phone.  I am going to try out the “Remind” app, which is made for school systems but should work great for how I envision using it too! You won’t be on some big group text, you’d just get a simple text from me. I can’t bug you with a huge long message since I have a limited amount of characters I can use. And I promise this won’t be a daily thing 😉. Just imagine this a place to be considered as my friend who wants a text if I find something noteworthy of sharing ☺️.  Go to the link in my profile if you want to join! Since this company’s purpose is for schools, I am highly confident your phone number is safe.  Can’t wait to share more light during your day! ✨
https://www.remind.com/join/sharelight
    When Daddy works Saturdays, we watch tons of TV an When Daddy works Saturdays, we watch tons of TV and by the time James went down for a nap, I was feeling guilty though still tired and burnt out (a whiney and needy 2yo protesting food for snacks is exhausting).  I pulled Hazel aside and showed her a few activity options that I save on a Trello board of gathered ideas. She chose this playdough snake maze and it turned into a sweet 1 hour activity we enjoyed together. Music helps make it feel magical too 😉  All this to say, if you’re feeling like you were a terrible mom for the majority of the day, you can still choose to do something simple and bring joy in a small way to your child. I loved hearing her little commentary through the whole process and makes all the effort as a tired mama worth it. ✨  (Idea is from @filhoterapia_ saved way back in 2020! Theirs may be cuter, but ours has the Hazel touch 🥰)
    This is our Christmas — no busyness (our schedul This is our Christmas — no busyness (our schedule literally has nothing for next week), no running around for presents (thank you Amazon delivery and easy-to-please kids), and no fancy decorations (my kids have already broken what I did try to put out). We didn’t do the advent calendars (Hazel snuck her chocolate one to her room and ate them all in one sitting 🤪) and I don’t think I’ll get to Christmas cards this year (I’ll blame it on pregnancy).  And I wouldn’t have it any other way. Cozy cuddles, outside play in a mild CA winter, staying home and doing nothing but we’re doing it together. These are the little nothing-moments that build into big something-memories. These are the days I know I will miss. (And we’ll make up for all the Christmasy things I am not doing when we’re at Grandma Bri’s next week 😉.)  But really, if you boil down Christmas and get rid of the fluff, it is a time to celebrate the life we are given because of and through Jesus Christ. What a wonderful time to be alive and I love this season’s annual theme of sharing and focusing more of God’s light to each other. I hope you simplify your day a little bit today, take a deep breath of gratitude, and then try and shine that gratitude to the person next to you! ✨😘
    After taking the month of November off of Instagra After taking the month of November off of Instagram, I am back and I learned that as much as I missed being uplifted from seeing other people’s posts and creative content, I was very happily content without it.  I am excited to begin the traditional celebrations of the season and honoring the reason we celebrate: The Great Jehovah of the Old Testament, the Word and Creator and Light of the world, becoming flesh and coming down to earth to experience life in it’s fullness. All the glory of it, all the holy mundaneness it is, and all the pain and suffering that comes with living here on this broken world. But not only did he suffer for experience sake, but He suffered all of our pains for each of us. So that we could ascend up with Him, as undeserving and lovely as we are, and He can be our true and all-understanding Advocate. Just because He and Heavenly Father and Mother love us.  What a wondrous reason to celebrate. ✨
    We celebrated James’ birthday a week late since We celebrated James’ birthday a week late since he was sick for his birthday and this little bud needs a post all to himself. He is our bright and shining guy who brings so much happiness to this world. He makes me want to have at least 5 more kids because of how easy-going, adorable, flirty, chill, and happy he is.  He gets comments all the time from strangers about his smile, but not as many comments about his scooter skills!  His special talent, among many, is napping for 3-4 hours almost every day and then ~12 at night. He loves to very very slowly wake up and will chill in his bed for 40 minutes just doing nothing. Hazel and I love to come into his room and help him out where he instantly goes right to my shoulder for a cuddle.  He ate 4 servings of orange chicken on his birthday and is really into painting and coloring - his pencil hand-hold is pretty spectacular.  He loves his mom more than anything and I love him more than words can say - so we’re pretty much a match made in heaven 😉. He loves cuddles from mom, his Papas, or a select few others. He flirts with all the adults and his vocabulary is booming lately. Can’t imagine our family without him - Happy 2nd Jimmy boy!
    Happy Halloween! Our first Halloween trick or trea Happy Halloween! Our first Halloween trick or treating and the kids had a blast! Hazel was a unicorn and then a witch and for James he was “Hell on Wheels” — or with no scooter, just your plain old devil. 🥰🎃
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