Confession: I’m an unashamed fan of Hallmark Christmas movies. It all started for me last year. I sort of feel like maybe Hallmark Christmas movies made a leap into pop culture last year? All of the sudden it felt like people were watching and talking and slightly embarrassed by the cheesiness and yet not able…
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Christmas Essentials (free art print!)
Merry Christmas, my friends! I’m so happy to share this watercolor illustration with you! The Christmas Essentials print has been on my ‘can’t wait to make’ list for a while. I did a winter essentials print (found here) to go along with the seasonal essential prints (here is the spring, summer and autumn designs), but…
My favorite carrot cake + free printable recipe card
I have a million favorite desserts (#sweettooth), but my favorite of all favorites is forever and always carrot cake. I’m a little bit particular about my carrot cake, though. I’m not a fan of spice cake; I prefer a true carrot cake. I like nuts in the cake for texture and a generous amount of cream…
serve one another in love (free printable)
As I was thinking about different quotes and song lyrics, phrases and thoughts about love, my mind remembered a verse that truly is the embodiment of how I want love to look for me and my family. To serve one another in love for our family means being kind and generous with our time, our…
Free Printable Love Coupon book
FEBRUARY. The month of … ridiculously overpriced roses … half of my family’s birthdays … the superbowl … those sugared cinnamon jelly hearts that I can’t stop eating. The month of love. If you’re starting to think about what to give your sweetheart, I have a simple gift idea for you. In all my years…
Our favorite November Tradition: the thankful tree (with free tags)
Each year, on November 1st, we pick back up with a favorite family tradition of creating a thankful tree. You may remember this from years past … here’s the first post I wrote about it (from 2011!), and another a few years later. We missed doing a thankful tree last year – with the chaos…
who am i?
I sat on the beach, tears streaming down my cheeks, asking the hardest question I could think to ask: WHO AM I? Towards the end of our trip to Hawaii last spring, I just needed a moment to myself. Just me. And God. On the beach. I get this way sometimes; it’s the true introvert in me. After…
Look what made it into the pages of BHG Christmas Ideas Magazine! (and free gift tags)
I’m so pleased to share that our home is featured in the 2015 issue of Better Homes & Gardens Christmas Ideas magazine (on newsstands now). The photos were taken last January. I know, forever ago. We did our family Christmas like normal last year and then I started fresh with a new tree in a different spot…
Free Fall Iphone Covers (in updated sizes!)
A friendly reader emailed a week ago mentioning that she loved the free iphone covers I posted years ago and switches out the cover with each new season. To tell you the truth, I forgot about these darling covers! My poor phone has been naked for over a year (and it shows with all the…
First Day of Fall (free prints and giveaway winner!)
Happy first day of Fall! I feel like I’ve been in fall mode for a few weeks now (what with the fall home tour and fall outfits being the topic of conversation around here) so I’m pleased that it is officially my favorite season of all. I wanted to share two darling art prints that can…
fun freebie / fruit note cards
While cleaning off some files in my computer, I came across these fruit note cards. I designed them months ago – probably more like a year ago – and they sat there in a hidden file, forgotten. Poor cute little fruit note cards. So yesterday I finished them up, formatted the pdf file and today they…
fun freebie: summer essentials watercolor art
Well happy (official) summer! School ended for us last week and we’ve jumped right into summer mode: lazy mornings, shorts + flip flops, grilled anything for dinner and evening walks around the neighborhood. This time of year is the best in the Pacific Northwest – the weather is warm, but mild (think high 70’s –…
fun freebies: striped number art
Because I can’t get enough of black + white stripes (I even have a pinterest board dedicated to the pattern!) and bold typography (here’s the pinterest board for that!), I had some fun combining the two into these cute STRIPED NUMBERS ART PRINTS. You could use them for birthdays, add them over coat racks to…
free spring art print
There is still a week or two before the official first day of spring, but don’t you just feel ready?! We’ve had some uncharacteristically sunny, warm days in the Pacific Northwest and it’s been lovely. We’ve played outside and opened the windows and bought my first bunch of springtime tulips. Last year I watercolored an…
freebie gift tags
Are you busy wrapping gifts? I’m still shopping (still!) but soon I’ll move on to the wrapping phase and the pretty gifts will sit under the tree for all of two days before they are torn open. Someday I’ll learn to move things along a little faster so I can enjoy those festively wrapped gifts….