joy in motherhood, homemaking, faith & simple living
Women encouraging women, mamas encourage mamas. That’s my inspiration for this new “mama + biz owner” series. Today is part V and although it’s a bit longer than the others, it’s chalk full of great inspiration for you to soak up. Two sisters who both have 5 children share how they manage life, business +… [Read More]
Months ago, it crept in. I didn’t quite see it coming. Everything around me was bustling + growing. It was noisy, the good kind of noisy. We had just learned of an exciting new change and that sort of covered up everything else that was happening around us. Suddenly we were busy planning a cross-country… [Read More]
eleanor & samson’s nursery tour NOTEWORTHY LINKS FROM THE PAST WEEK: – On giving grace. And then giving grace again, via (in)courage – eleanor & samson’s nursery tour, via rockstar diaries {simply darling} – What happens when there is no room for a nursery?, via cupcakeMAG – How to make easy homemade pita bread, via… [Read More]
…have been like a whirlwind. Getting settled, making this apartment feel like a home –by the way we bought a gray couch last night and it’s beauuuutiful!–, setting up the Gussy shop, taking lots of walk, eating lots of fruit and drinking lots of water + juice. Zack has a late start time so while… [Read More]
blue skinny capris: Old Navy | orange striped shirt: c/o Francesca’s | red wedges: Target Time is passing so quickly, I really can’t believe it. I have a routine ultrasound scheduled two weeks from yesterday and they’ll be measuring the baby’s organs + limbs, looking at all the organs, reviewing the 8 week ultrasound to… [Read More]
If you haven’t heard, Zack + I moved to Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago. It’s been a dream of our family to live IN the film industry city and when the end of our lease in Minneapolis was nearing we acted quickly to get moved out here the end of August. When we… [Read More]
Our annual Holiday gift guide is one of my favorite blog events. Learning about other handmade shops, promoting them, bringing the heartfelt trade full-circle… Building a solid community around life’s passions makes my world go round. For three years now I’ve hosted a seasonal guide, showcasing handmade pretties during the holiday season — and this… [Read More]
skirt: Old Navy | v-neck tee: Target | wooden necklace: handmade in Africa Now that we have most of our items in our West LA apartment — today I’m meeting Jess to pick up the boxes we shipped to her house, it’s time to begin getting ready for baby… dontcha think? ;D Every day this… [Read More]
Just the other day I wrote how partnering with other businesses makes my world go round — it’s that sweet satisfaction connecting with other business brings me. This is the fourth post in my Mama + Biz Owner series, and I think based on your response I’ll be extending it a bit longer than I… [Read More]
