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Hello. I live in an old house in a great big city with a man who cooks, a boy who loves to laugh, a sweet + spunky girl, an old dog we gave up trying to train long ago and another young whipper snapper who plopped into our life and now it's complete. By day I design websites in my home studio. This is my space to write about projects, capture fleeting moments of family life before they fade away, and share discoveries. Thank you for stopping by. Enjoy your visit and please make yourself comfortable. More about … Read More

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Fancy Nancy Birthday Send Off Spa Day

Hadley had the perfect gift idea to celebrate my mom on her birthday before she and my dad head to Hawaii this week for a ...
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BFFs + Littles in the Windy City

Our first ever trip with my college girlfriends and our mini mes. We stayed in the Lincoln Park neighborhood and were treated to spring temps ...
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Holiday Recap

Neighborhood tree hunting {take 2},  dreidel spinning, cousin bonding, stories + snuggles, Christmas Eve seafood feast, santa secrets, Sunriver stayover, Elfie fails, homemade gifts, sleeping ...
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DIY Simple Holiday Vases

It was fun to create these easy and inexpensive vases for our Thanksgiving table this year. Only took a few minutes and the kids enjoyed ...
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Goodbye, Sweet Summer

I love this time of year. My two favorite seasons collide. Overlap and trade places for a couple of weeks. Hot afternoons telling me that ...
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Frozen Birthday Party with Scavenger Hunt

Even I couldn't help catching Frozen Fever planning Hadley's 6th birthday. With the soundtrack on constant rotation combined with Hadley's contagious excitement when the party wrapped ...
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As long as you embrace struggle and mistakes, you can learn anything.
–Salman Kahn

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined.
– Henry David Thoreau

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.
– Hodding Carter, Jr.

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