• You Are Loved Baby Care Kit

    This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #HuggiesNewYear #CollectiveBias   I have been so fortunate to be an Auntie to my sisters’ five boys, one girl, and now my two best friends’ daughters! I am also wiggling my way into Auntie status with Houston’s family as well. I served on…

  • 2015 Blog Post Recap

    2015 was a whirlwind year full of excitement, joy, and a little bit of stress but I wouldn’t trade it for the world. Here are some of my favorite life and blog moments from 2015! January We announced our engagement and told the story of how Houston proposed at Disneyland! March I finally got around to photographing some of Houston’s…

  • Merry Christmas 2015

    This month has been a blur and I only crossed off a fraction of the things on my Christmas to-do list! BUT, I finally managed to get our Christmas cards ordered!  Better late than never, right? We hope you had a merry Christmas and a wonderful weekend, friends!

  • Ever wonder how to make gift wrap bows like a professional? Click here for an easy tutorial on how to make gift wrap bows from wire ribbon!

    How To Make Gift Wrap Bows

    Last week I told you how to wrap beautiful Christmas presents with some tips and tricks I learned while working at a department store in my 20’s. The crisp edges and double-sided tape are my secret weapons. The other part I have always loved about department store gift wrap is the bows and ornaments and I am sharing how to…

  • How To Wrap Beautiful Christmas Presents

    When I was 22 and working at Robinsons-May, I made a deal with my friend James. He would learn how to work the Ticketmaster program and I would learn how to gift wrap. Well, I think James got the short end of that stick because Ticketmaster was always busy and it was a complicated system to use but when gift…