Despite my hefty paper product obsession, I never feel like I have ENOUGH. I have shelves full of stationery and cards and specialty envelopes and varying thicknesses of colored card stock, but I still want to craft my own. I use washi tape like Alyssa did for her masculine birthday card and colored markers and stamps
Watercolor Easter Eggs
I love decorating Easter eggs. It takes me back to my childhood, and let’s face it, it’s just plain fun. But the kits just don’t give me the flexibility I want. I want to be able to make my own mix of colors and have more control over the vibrancy. And as much as I
Weekly Love Letter for April 4th, 2014
[ezcol_1half] “The cherry blossoms are out in full force, as well as other flowers. The whole city is covered in green and pink. It’s beautiful, but the accompanying allergies are killing me. I guess it’s worth it, though! Our days are full of walks along the river, cherry blossoms, street food from all over the
DIY Clay Cupcake Toppers
One of my nieces has a birthday coming up in a few weeks and every time I see her we try to hammer out a few more specifics about her party. Her birthday seems to have developed into a nice tradition: a small family picnic in a big park in the hills near us. In
Cherry Blossom Cocktail
I pretty much have a rule in bars: no pink drinks. But sometimes you have to bend the rules on certain occasions. Like when you’re surrounded by fluffy pink cherry blossom flowers on the perfect spring day.
Make Your Own Lemon & Herb Salt
People collect different things. My mom, in her lifetime, has collected Precious Moments figurines, Longaberger baskets, and Cat’s Meow houses (which is hilarious, because she’s really not into cats at all). I have a friend who collects anything with elephants on it. Another friend collects travel experiences. I collect salts, apparently.
Weekly Love Letter for March 29th, 2014
[ezcol_1half] “Life is really exciting around here these days! We have several waves of visitors coming to Tokyo and the cherry blossoms are beginning to bloom. There’s a whole culture around viewing cherry blossoms in Japan, called hanami. It involves heading to one of the parks with hundreds of cherry
Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chip Hot Fudge Sauce
My family is a big fan of ice cream sundaes. This is a pretty recent development, but we now frequently go all out on flavors and toppings and sauces. As we were talking about our editorial calendar for this month’s posts, I decided that in honor of the coming warmer months and our summer family