joy in motherhood, homemaking, faith & simple living
This giveaway is now closed! yeowwww! happy tuesday, friends! let’s celebrate this day with a $75 giveaway from acute designs. acute designs is a handmade shop featuring a large collection of jewelry + wedding accessories, including a large collection of earrings, hairpins and hair bands. take a peek at their bridal collection {my fav!} ~… [Read More]
smoochin’ on my sewing machine * * * so i feel a bit silly writing this, but moving along on the “let’s be more real with each other” blog post wagon… here’s another real-life confession: I AM TIRED! all the time. exhausted. i feel like i’m running at only like 37% and i can’t figure… [Read More]
spring flowers pinterest pretty colors + patterns workspace inspiration lemon cake be happy print polka dot nails this weekend has been, simply put, fantastic. zack and i went on a super fun date friday night and we feasted on an italian dinner. yesterday we slept in, cleaned the house {OH how it needed it!} and… [Read More]
This giveaway is now closed! my dear friend lisa, of lisa leonard designs, creates a beautiful line of handstamped jewelry, decor + wedding pretties. i don’t wear a lot of jewelry every day but many of my favorite pieces are by lisa {like this, this and this. i also have this + love it!}. lisa’s… [Read More]
yay, yay — Welcome to the Inspiration Workshop!, a monthly linky party where we blog about the scheduled prompt ~ and this months the prompt is SPRING! Not to be a dork, but Minneapolis is starting to smell like spring. I can hardly stand it, it’s just so lovely + fresh! Wanna link up with… [Read More]
Gussy Sews jewelry case, open [2009] Gussy Sews jewelry case, closed [2009] * * * do you ever take the time to reflect on where you used to be and the process that brought you from then to now? when i started sewing, in detroit, mi in november of 2008, my focus was on learning… [Read More]
My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance, –Erma Bombeck * * * most days our house is kept in the tidiest of tidy manner ~ that means a clean kitchen, living room, bathroom… even the bedroom. do you know what that really means? it means i spend a lot of… [Read More]
Helloooooo, Monday! So — CRAZY news Zack + I are traveling with Compassion in May to Tanzania! {Click here to read more about what Compassion Bloggers do.} I figured I’d share that part first, then go into details about how all of this came about ;] I’ve had an insanely awesome, but also insanely interesting,… [Read More]
video game tournaments, nerdy! // an afternoon snooze with bauer so far this weekend i’ve spent a lot of time relaxing and resting. friday night started out with zack heading over to the university of minnesota to volunteer for the rest of the weekend ~ like 32 hours total, with a starcraft tournament. it’s mega… [Read More]
