joy in motherhood, homemaking, faith & simple living
Hello Maggie Whitley Designs community, I’m Karla, a stay-at-home mom living in Minneapolis, MN with my husband and two children. Prior to being a stay-at-home mom I worked in the pharmaceutical industry — and I didn’t have any plans to ever leave the workforce, but the company I was with when pregnant with my first… [Read More]
Last night I knew I would have a few hours all to myself, to do anything I wanted: read a book, answer work email, take a long bath, watch a movie, sew something for myself — or even go to bed early. And while my body probably wanted me to go to bed early, I… [Read More]
Oh goodness, I’m probably going to totally regret staying up this late, but sometimes it’s just worth it — right? It’s been a long time since I’ve felt this inspired by color, texture, video, black & white and just general online-ness. There is truly so much talent to be found behind the screen, but sometimes… [Read More]
As hard as it is on my mama heart to admit Maxwell is no longer a tiny baby, but a toddler boy, watching him grow up & experience life blesses me immensely. Last year at this time I was on my way to being super pregnant. And now, an entire year later, I have a… [Read More]
Well, hello there! If you’re reading via a RSS feed I hope you’ll click over so you can see the new updates. We have a new blog name: Maggie Whitley Designs; blog design & color palette (what do you think???); and a new URL: www.maggiewhitley.com. And it feels so, so good to have launched. In… [Read More]
It’s true — my knees buckle at the thought of sewing ruffles, and one day last week I found myself pairing fabrics and sewing ruffles on new products for the Gussy shop. We’ve received so many messages (in nearly every single format possible) with the sweetest “pretty please tell me how I can order a… [Read More]
What’s special to me about writing a blog isn’t just the content that I share that’s hopefully inspiring, it’s learning about others who inspire me. The talent that manifests when people share their dreams with the world is incredible, and the story behind the designer diaper bag company Lily-Jade is living proof of that. Landon &… [Read More]
these days I can’t take a photo of Maxwell without catching him mid-thought ;) Not to get all mama // sappy // “this motherhood thing is so hard, isn’t it?” — but, I’m about to get all mama, sappy, “this motherhood thing is so hard” on ya. We have had some great moments this week…. [Read More]
custom family illustration by my dear college friend, Lisa of My Little Buffalo Whoooo. It’s kinda been crazy town over here. The mister has been working lots of hours lately (like 60/week) and so Max, Bauer and I have been trying to hold down the fort on our own. We are only kinda succeeding ;)… [Read More]
