gin and tonic and a quick valentine’s DIY.

Valentine’s Day is a time to show the one you love just how much you care about them, right? Well, I thought I’d tackle a little DIY I pinned ages ago from A Beautiful Mess as a V-Day gift for Craig. I wanted to make him some wall art for his bar area in our house […]

out and about on the interwebs.

I always forget to share what I’m working on over at Babble and Disney these days, so I thought I’d update you real-quick-like in case you want to check it out. Basically you’ll just be in for a whole lot of Fern cuteness, a bit of snark and some real cute DIY inspiration…so if you […]

sick sick sick.

Just wanted to pop in to say hello. Fern is sleeping right now, but has been feeling under the weather today. We actually had a scary morning…Woke up to her loud, wheezing cough on the baby monitor and rushed into her room thinking she was choking. It sounded super scary and by the time I […]

DIY baby scarf + what fern wore #7.

This outfit was inspired by the main accessory: a DIY baby scarf. Bear in mind that I use the term “DIY” quite loosely. This is the easiest “DIY” of all time. Here’s what you do. Step 1: Drive yourself to a fabric store. Step 2: Purchase pre-looped stretch jersey fabric (the fabric comes in a […]

a diy bridal shower.

A couple of weeks ago I co-hosted a bridal shower  for my future sister-in-law. I love party planning, but now that we’re on a tighter budget it can be a bit trickier. I want to be able to host parties and I want it to look nice, but it needs to be affordable.  So, here […]

super simple summer drink recipe.

If you know me at all, you know that I love short-cuts. and things that are “almost homemade”. (You can see examples of this, here, here, here and here). I love hosting meals for friends and family and I love DIY’ing gifts for people, but I’m slightly lazy about it in that I don’t make […]