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Graduation Party Season and a discount code

By Jessica On April 20, 2018 · Add Comment · In Party
It’s been a long time since I’ve been here sharing fun, pretty things. Today I’m excited to share beautiful stationery options with you in partnership with Basic Invite.  I have so many friends and colleagues who have kids graduating this year. I still often think Bodhi is in Kindergarten! He’s not. ;) When we moved [...]
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Midnight Sun prescreen and interviewing the actors

By Jessica On March 26, 2018 · 2 Comments · In fancy things to do, Review
Editor’s note: I’m working my way to blogging regularly again. There are fun things happening behind the scenes here. We recently had Tim Edwards, an incredibly talented local actor and my neighbor, cover the Midnight Sun movie prescreen and press conference for us. Tim is a senior at Maple Grove High School. Enjoy reading about [...]
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Scary party tips plus free Halloween party printables

By Jessica On October 25, 2017 · Add Comment · In Party
Anyone throwing a spooky soiree? I’m helping to host our annual Trick or Cans event this year but we seriously took it down a notch. My cohost and I have some big life changes happening lately and soon so we’re keeping it extra simple. I wanted to share my tips for hosting a simple party [...]
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Free Lunchbox Notes for Kids with Fedex Office

By Jessica On October 24, 2017 · 1 Comment · In Children, free printables, Parenting
Hey hey! We’re already deep into the school year. I find that a month or so in is when things become routine which is great in many ways. But, things can get stale. Being in the swing of things means that we’ve sorted through back to school shopping, backpacks, lunchbags, messy mudrooms, figuring out new [...]
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Free Printable First Day of School Signs

By Jessica On August 25, 2017 · 2 Comments · In free printables
One of my favorite back-to-school traditions is taking a first day of school photo of my boys. I’ve done it every first day and every last day of school since my older son was two. It’s so much fun to look back and it’s a great way to celebrate the start of a fresh new [...]
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A lovely change in direction

By Jessica On July 11, 2017 · 16 Comments · In Career
I’ve had the joy of running this site, freelance writing and consulting for the past five years. I’ve been self-employed and it’s been wonderful for our family. It was more than I ever dreamed possible when starting the blog and even when leaving my last company to do this work full-time. I’ve had so many [...]
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A Modern Beachy Master Bedroom Plan

By Jessica On July 7, 2017 · 2 Comments · In Home, Home decor
We have some big changes happening over here and in the chaos of it all, I’m trying to create spaces and systems for calm. Our snack cabinet is stocked fully. My husband and I have a combined Instacart account for easy grocery shopping, laundry is caught up (temporarily anyway), we have removed much of our [...]
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Creating Your Own Birthday Theme: Ezra’s Surfing Animals Third Birthday Party

By Jessica On July 6, 2017 · 1 Comment · In Backdrops, Children, Entertaining, Party
Ezra turned three two weeks ago. We’ve had a tough season of life lately with the loss of my grandfather in early June. Although I had to plan the party fairly quickly, we pulled off a cute “Surfing Animals” party which was just what the birthday boy hoped for. As you can imagine, surfing animals [...]
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DIY painted patio bar cart plus easy patio happy hour ideas

By Jessica On May 25, 2017 · 3 Comments · In DIY, Entertaining
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of True Value. The opinions and text are all mine. Spring time always has me feeling giddy to spend hours outside enjoying our short sunshine filled seasons! We installed the teeniest tiniest patio last year and we LOVE it! It fits our dinner table and grill [...]
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Free Mother’s Day Breakfast In Bed Printable Pack

By Jessica On May 10, 2017 · Add Comment · In free printables
Mother’s Day is such a wonderful time to show love to all of the women in our lives. For many moms, sleeping in followed by a sweet breakfast in bed is the perfect start to the day. If I’m being honest, an entire day in bed sounds pretty great too. Today I’m sharing a few ideas for [...]
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