a life of design
May 1st was always an exciting day when I was a kid. I loved making May Baskets! Ringing doorbells and bolting before someone answered was exhilarating. What kid wouldn’t like that!? I remember poking a pipe cleaner through a paper cup for a handle and filling the cup with Smarties, Tootsie Rolls and other goodies. I always understood the custom as just a nice, fun thing to
I am always completing DIY tasks for my parties. Not necessarily to save money, but to customize my party and to be sure all of my elements are unified. For my Stoop Egg Hunt party, I wanted to make paper baskets for my guests to egg hunt with. I found a fantastic tutorial – “A Wider Origami Basket” by Clara of Bloomize. I started with a 19.5″ square piece
Being inspired by my daughter’s name… I decided to make Greek God and Goddess halloween costumes this year. My son went as the Greek Titan God Oceanus and my daughter went as the Greek Titaness Goddess Theia. The costumes were absolutely adorable and super comfy for baby and toddler! For inspiration, I looked at images of the Titans and Titanesses depicted in ancient art. There are
I saw an absolutely adorable idea for a table runner I had to use for this year’s pumpkin carving party! A paper pop-up table runner! How cute and easy, right!? I loved the idea of having spooky little shapes popping up between food and pumpkins for my kids to touch and look at. They loved it! I also liked that the runner was made out
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