Free Template: Baby Shower Cake Topper

I love sharing free templates of my latest crafting adventures and I've got a new one for you! It is an adorably simple cake topper I made for a baby shower. I must have still had calligraphy on the brain :). The materials needed are minimal - thick gold colored floral wire, bamboo food skewer…

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A Father's Day DIY Dad Will Actually Use | Personalized Grill Prep Plates

My husband, along with most other men I have met in my life, has a love of grilling (and meat). This is a love I fully support. It gets us outdoors, inspires us to invite friends over, reduces my cooking burden, and usually results in less dishes to clean. Basically a win-win for everyone involved.…

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DIY Watercolor Calligraphy Gift Tags

If you follow me on instagram ( theselittleloves ) you may have noticed that I have been a little obsessed with calligraphy lately. I took a class a little while back on modern calligraphy and I've been looking for excuses to practice ever since. I told my husband that if I start to calligraph m…

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An Airplane 2nd Birthday Party

Anyone who has been around my son for 5 minutes has likely witnessed his obsession with airplanes. As I write this there are 9 airplanes in view just in my living room. I'm pretty sure Dusty from Disney's Planes is his BFF. Realistically, his first birthday theme was mostly for me. It was …

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A Toddler's Easter Card

Well, we are in full birthday party preparation mode here. Today alone we made cookie dough, shaped fondant, made icing, and spray painted cardboard airplanes (yes, they are adorable and I will put them in a future blog post!). Most of my free time lately has been spent on party planning, but this…

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Finding Nemo Smash Cake + Sugar Cookies

2013 was a special year in our family. Not only did we get to celebrate my husband's 30th birthday and my son's first birthday , my only nephew also turned 1! We live a few states away from each other so it was a huge treat to be able to attend his party. The party theme was Finding Nemo, w…

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