• Thanksgiving Table Decor

    This year is the first year I really feel like we are โ€œhostingโ€. I have had a lot of practice over the past ten years cooking Thanksgiving Dinner for just my husband and I, and also my sister and/or my in-laws some years. But this year we will have my mom, all of my sisters and their families/significants others. It will be 8 or 9 adults, and 4 kiddos. We recently finished our home addition which included a reno of the back deck. For us – in our small, southern California home, with no dining room- we eat our meals on our back patio. I love this gauze fabric that…

  • Polka Dot Big Girl Room

    Carli was such a trooper while her room became more and more torn apart, as we made it through the home addition construction process! The new construction was being built right off of her room and the sliding door had to be removed and patched up with boards. Her playroom/nursery was always a mess and looked a little scary! Once the addition is was done and we could move into our new bedroom, I was able to redecorate and give Carli a bright and playful big girl room that she deserveCarli was in a bubbly phase where she would say that โ€œRainbowโ€ was her favorite color! I felt that a…