• A Gift for the Bride-to-Be

    This post is not sponsored, I am just genuinely obsessed with photo albums. I love taking photos. I always have and I probably always will there’s just something fun to me about documenting life with the people I love and the experiences we have that gets my blood pumping.  For a long long time I was a hardcore scrapbooker. You…

  • The perfect Thank You Berry Much gift that you can make in under 10 minutes. Click here for all the details.

    Thank you Berry Much – Thank You Gift Update

    Three years ago I made a bosses day gift called “Thank You Berry Much.” I made a simple word document and use clip art to decorate it, printed on a tag I cut with my first-generation Cricut machine (woah, there) and attached it with a ribbon to a Bath and Body Works sanitizer – all on the night before bosses…

  • My Completed 30 While I’m 30 List

    One week ago I turned 31 (eep!) and my self-inflicted challenge to complete 30 things while I was 30 came to an end. Clearly I did better in some tasks and failed at others — I avoided exercise and shopping like the plague (why did I even include those on the list???) You can find the original post here. Now…

  • Thanks A Latte -Thank You Gift

    The “Thanks a Latte” craft I did two years ago for bosses day is my most popular pin on Pinterest and my most viewed post here on Polka Dotted Blue Jay. I have thought of countless other people who could use a “thanks a latte” and Houston suggested a graphic with options for other coffee shops – He is a…

  • Make this fun candy jar for bosses day and tell your boss thank you for holding the pieces together. An easy boss’s day printable, some candy, and a jar. #bossesday #bossgift #bossesdaygift

    You Hold The Pieces Together – Boss’s Day Gift

    When you have an amazing boss, it is important to tell them they hold the pieces together. So this is my annual “Bosses Day thank you gift” post. Every year I create a gift for my boss on bosses day – it is in October every year. Write it down. You should write it down and tell your boss thank…