Category: Holidays
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Valentine Party Ideas: Pinks and Drinks Invitation
As you might have seen in my Instagram feed, we are decorated for Valentine’s Day! Each February, I look forward to pulling out treasured Valentine’s I’ve received from family and friends over the years. I came across an invitation I sent out nearly 4 years ago and couldn’t resist sharing it with you. The inspiration…
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One Decoration that I’m Keeping Up…
It’s the end of January and I wanted to share one Christmas decoration that I couldn’t bare to take down right away: my 2013 Holiday Card Display. I LOVE love love receiving these greetings in the mail. Normally, I would have hung them on a decorative frame in the hallway leading to the kitchen. With…
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In the Workshop: Santa Cheer
This month for the Create Inspiration Team at JessicaSprague.com, I crafted a Santa Cheer package. This DIY festive wine bottle served as a a perfect focal point to highlight two darling digital tags from the Aspen Frost collection. Here’s a peak at the process of making these simple paper cuties: Start with mini red wine…
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Lately… Fall 2013
It’s been an incredibly busy Fall… I am really looking forward to slowing down the pace of our daily life- embracing the concepts of relaxing, savoring, and dreaming. It seems like we’ve been on a continuous loop of create, publish, start, finish, hurry, document, and perfect. Lately, I’ve been… … reflecting on motherhood after reading…
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In the Workshop: Fast Christmas Card
I am having so much fun working mixing digital and traditional paper elements. Here’s a peak at a super easy card that can be created in under 10 minutes after you’ve gathered all your supplies: Steps to making this card: Print out the Santa card from the Very Merry Christmas Element Pack #2 featured on…
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30 Days of Thankful: Week 3
Another week has gone by and I am loving Cathy Zielske’s 30 Days of Thankful project. Here’s a peak at my pages through yesterday: Before our trip, my Mom and I stopped at Pottery Barn Kids and I picked up a pack of DIY butterfly paper masks to bring to Wisconsin for Halloween. This darling…
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30 Days of Thankful: Week 2
What an incredibly busy week! Here’s a peak at Week 2 of my hybrid album as I’m following along with Cathy Zielske’s 30 Days of Thankful: And some of my favorite details: In case you missed it, here’s WEEK 1.
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30 Days of Thankful: Week 1
Last year, I started intentionally documenting this season of gratitude by participating in Cathy Zielske’s 30 Days of Thankful. You can find a glimpse of my 2012 album HERE. Life seems to be moving at 1,000 mph lately, so this tradition is especially meaningful for me right now. Here’s a look at the first batch:…
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In the Workshop: Halloween Scrapbooking
As I mentioned in this post, I created 2 scrapbooks to savor the season and preserve some of our first Halloween memories with Olivia. I just love how these turned out! I followed Kathy Orta’s instructions from her Interactive Mini-Scrapbooks guide to transform a mixture of photos, papers, and embellishments into a treasured keepsake. I…
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In the Workshop: Congrats Card
Remember this post on my favorite new glitter technique? Here is one of the cards I made using this inspired process: The glittered leaves were the perfect addition to the background of this card. For a step-by-step guide on achieving this look, visit my post In the Workshop: Glitter Techniques!