Welp, y'all Christmas is officially in 12 days. Soooo that means we should probably wrap our shopping up soon, right? ;) HA I am basically done, except for one person, but I know what I'm getting them, just need to order it. Soo what I'm saying is, this is my reminder to get my butt in gear. OKAY, so first though, let's talk some quick, last minute gift ideas. Walmart has some really great options that you should get in time for Christmas still ...continue reading >>
Easy DIY + Recycled Wrapping Paper Ideas
I’m actually really excited about today’s blog post because well one, it’s Christmas related and y’all know how much I love Christmas and two, it’s got a little bit of home decor love to it too so it’s basically a match made in heaven for me. I’m going to share with y’all a couple different ways I wrap presents using things from around my house, some quick tips to neat wrapping and then a DIY on a super easy bow to throw on your gifts this ...continue reading >>
Coupon Codes – All YOU Need to Know
So I've been getting a lot of Instagram DM's about specific coupon codes, etc. and since I can't always respond, I figured it was best to get these codes in one place because I know everyone is trying to get their shop on for Christmas! Soooo, I'll just quickly give shop deets + then the coupon next to it! Earth on a Day - Beautiful prints of the earth on specific days (anniversaries, birthdays, etc.) with quotes, times, etc. // CODE: ...continue reading >>
What’s in our Church Bag
Just a quick little look at what we keep in our church bag, you know - the bag full of all said possible activities to keep one tiny 3.5 year old content through sacrament meeting. Yeppp, that's the bag. ;) I typically keep the same things in there but will switch out coloring books, etc. as she fills them up! Then I ALWAYS have snacks for her and me ;) Shop what we keep in our church bag here: Church bag is from: Painted Paper Goods - use ...continue reading >>
The Her Gift Guide + Jewelry
Guys, I’m so excited to do a little gift guide for you today - but with a jewelry focus from PANDORA. If you aren’t familiar - PANDORA makes the beautiful jewelry. In fact, I remember getting my first PANDORA bracelet as a teenager and thinking it was so cool to be able to add on charms. Literally, I went to the store, picked out all the charms that I thought were “me” or had meaning and wore that bracelet everyday for close to a year HA! Well, ...continue reading >>
DIY Wrapping Paper with Littles
I love involving Blake in really as much as I can, life is just so dang busy and crazy that any chance I can do something with my sweet girl, I’m jumpin’ on that train. Plus, she’s at the age right now where she loves to help and be involved so this kind of felt like the perfect little project to do together this year. And now I get to share it with y’all so you can jump on it too! Last week, I let Blake “make her own wrapping paper” - then we ...continue reading >>
The Amazon Prime Gift Guide
Amazon Prime is basically life, so naturally it only felt right to do an entire gift guide revolving AROUND IT. ;) HA Seriously though, that two day free shipping, everything is way cheaper, life is where it's at. So I rounded up some favs, things I own, Blake owns, M owns, wants, all the things into categories to make it easy for y'all to shop. Again, my theme this year is less is more, so I didn't go over the top and kept things really simple ...continue reading >>
6 Sweaters You NEED
Y'all know I have a thing for sweaters, they just speak to me, mkay? ;) HA Basically if I could wear sweaters, all year, all the time I would be totally fine with that. However, my body doesn't agree when it's 80+ degrees outside and I'm sweating to death. SO I have to rock them during the winter as much as I can. Anyways, I get a lot of questions on where I get my sweaters, etc. So I thought I would share 6 of my favorite sweaters with ...continue reading >>
Shop + Stay at City Creek Center – Utah
Photos: Kelsie Emm Photography As you guys saw over the weekend we went to Utah for a fun little shop and stay and it was SOOO good, I recommend ALL OF YOU DO IT at some point. I thought it would be fun to give a few highlights, share some tips and then just give a little review and recap of our overall stay and my thoughts. So let's do it. We stayed at The Hilton Salt Lake City Center and it was perfect, literally a 6 minute walk to City Creek ...continue reading >>
Small Shop: Holiday Gift Guide
We did our small shop black Friday guide and now its time for our annual small shop - holiday gift guide! Great ideas for gifts for family members of all types/ages and exclusive coupon codes included to some of the shops! So let's dive in and do this thing. SHOP: TOM DESIGN SHOP Details: Y'all saw the beautiful necklace I got for my Mom, with the words "I love you" in her Mom's writing, my Uncle's (her brother's) and ...continue reading >>