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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

DIY HALLOWEEN COSTUME FOR LITTLES - DUSTIN, STRANGER THINGS

Dustin, the most endearing character on Stranger Things!! As soon as he came on the screen I was like... bam. Halloween costume. If I had a girl you KNOW she would have been dressed up as Barb. Ummm anyone have a baby I can borrow?

My almost 3 year old, Max, kind of exudes Dustin's personality. Silly, funny even when he doesn't mean to be, totally into farts and chocolate pudding and thinking both are awesome... plus the curly hair! If only I had let it grow longer the past couple months! But hey, can't plan everything.

Everything is linked at the bottom, but the key pieces here are the hat and shirt.

HAT

The hat is from Sweetgrly Designs and actually comes with the A.V. Club button! How nice is that? Love this Etsy shop! Lots of Stranger Things buttons, 70's/80's/90's trading cards. She sent me a Back-to-the-Future card which I obviously love (see Ari's Marty McFly costume here). Just tons of retro fun! The hat is adult size but fits Max just fine on the tightest setting.

SHIRT

The shirt is from Tattaaboo, retro clothing for all ages! They shipped super fast, so plenty of time for your Halloween costume. They come in adult sizes in case you want to adapt this for yourself!

I couldn't find the exact jacket, so I layered a plaid shirt on top of this JACKET which is on sale now! I think any pants and sneaks would work. The tooth paint was the best part hahahaha! I'm still giggling about how it turned out, and I can't believe it, but Max totally laid still while I painted it on there. It just brushes right off when you're done. Add a backpack and flashlight, and you're all set! Now to teach him some of Dustin's famous quotes....

"She's our friend, and she's crazy!"

"Mike! I found the chocolate pudding!"

"Why are you keeping this curiosity door locked?"

"I told you a million times, my teeth are coming in. It's called cleidocranial dysplasia."

PS....Truth be told, Max will be trick-or-treating as a Ninja Turtle :)

LINKS:

HAT & PIN

HAWKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL TEE SHIRT

JACKET

PLAID SHIRT (similar)

TOOTH PAINT

More Halloween costumes for littles HERE and HERE

-L

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

DIY HALLOWEEN COSTUME FOR LITTLES - BEANIE BOO

My kid has a ::small:: obsession with Beanie Boos. Anyone else get asked EVERYWHERE they go to buy one? Because they're literally everywhere. At Walgreens, at the craft store, at book stores, gah! Those glittery gigantic eyes follow me everywhere! No really, they're pretty freaking cute, and I must admit I get into when their birthdays are etc. Okay! Okay! He sold me on them!

Naturally his Halloween costume would have to be a Beanie Boo. There are very few animal onesie costumes that don't already have a face or eyes on them. This lion costume is from Party City- it's actually the Cowardly Lion from Wizard of Oz with the badge snipped off. So that part was easy.

Scroll down for the tutorial, free printable, and links to purchase supplies!

What you need (click each item for links)

Animal costume

Round sunglasses or round glasses

Glitter

Glitter glue

Gold, red, and white foam

Foam glue

Ribbon

Hole Punch

TAG

Download the Beanie Boo tag HERE and just print one sheet.

Trace and cut around each shape- outer heart, inner heart, t, y.

Cut carefully around "Beanie boos".

Using your foam glue, attach the foam pieces: larger heart in gold on the bottom, then red, then letters.

Punch a hole in the corner (you may have to lift up the red part while it's not totally dry and do separately since it'll be pretty thick.

String a red ribbon through the hole and make a necklace.

GLASSES

I made him regular glasses for night time since it would be too dark to trick or treat with sunglasses on!!

Paint the outer rim carefully with glitter glue.

Glitter over a piece of paper so that you can funnel it back into your glitter tube when you're done. Let dry completely.

Paint over one more glue coat and let dry.

FACE PAINT

Add as much or as little (maybe just the nose!) as you want.

"Mommy, I bet people can't tell which one I am".

-L

Friday, September 30, 2016

BANQUETTE OBSESSED

Something about the Fall season gets us thinking about our dining spaces. Does it do the same for you? Maybe just thinking about Thanksgiving, holiday parties or just cozy chili dinners with the family has us spending more time in our eating nooks. Leah and I are totally guilty of eating dinners on our couches with our husbands while we Netflix binge.

My ( Jenni) husband and I are currently renovating our home, which is the slowest process ever with two kids running around, but we settled on the idea of a banquette design for our eat in kitchen/dining room in one. It seems like the best way to save space, and right now.... we are just loving the look. Here are a few that I am highly inspired by as we try to create our own before the holiday season gets underway.

This first one is probably my top fav! It is industrial looking, and we are loving the idea of the leather sofa. So cozy chic!

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Loving the airy feel of this one! Neutrals with touches of black all the way!

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Have a great weekend friends! Hope you get to do something that makes you extremely happy!

-J

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

OUR FAV CAKE RECIPES

Cake is one of our favorite food groups. Here are our three best recipes! Click on the title for links.

Treat yo self.

CHOCOLATE CAKE + CHOCOLATE OR PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING

YELLOW CAKE + VANILLA FROSTING

VANILLA CUPCAKE + VANILLA FROSTING

Now remember, eat cake for breakfast! We approve.

Thursday, June 30, 2016

ROOM TOUR: LEAH'S MASTER CLOSET

My closet is finished!! I pretty much want to live the rest of my life in here, guys. Bye forever! The Home Edit organized and beautified my closet, nay, my life. I thought I had it organized really well before. Guess what? I didn't. Joanna and Clea's brains just work differently. They've revolutionized the business of home organizing, and I feel so fortunate to have them in my life! Do yourself a favor and check out their blog and instagram for daily inspiration. PS they're also amazing human beings and friends, so there's that.

To top it all off, Chasing Paper so graciously gave us their gorgeous peel and stick wallpaper which gave the room a glamorous pop! I highly recommend Chasing Paper for an accent wall (though dreaming about papering my whole powder room in this print!!). Applying the paper was easy peasy. Sure, you have to work carefully, but the paper is VERY forgiving. If you mess up, simply peel off the panel and just reapply it. I did this multiple times with the same panel, and it 100% held up. Once you get the hang of it, it goes pretty quickly. It's awesome if you're in a rental or if you just change your mind a lot! It peels right off and doesn't damage the paint underneath.

All photos by The Home Edit.

Scroll down for links!

This antique mirror was Jeffrey's Grandmother's. It was the inspiration for all of the gold details.

The shoe wall, you guys, the shoe wall! The Home Edit labeled each box simply with "heels" "sandals" etc. Because if they had labeled by brand, the whole closet would say "Target".

I found THIS jewelry box at Target to display my Nana's charm bracelet from high school. Special little details!

That large drawer on the bottom is actually a tilt out laundry hamper! Yes please.

Joanna and Clea found out that I was a jewelry hoarder. They slimmed everything down and organized the crap out of me. Drawer organization on their favorites page.

I love that they found my Nana's old glasses and displayed them alongside all of my keepsake/antique jewelry.

Organizing shirts by color = instant style

Jeffrey gets one little corner.... ha! He has zero clothes! I need to work on this.

So so so happy with my closet! Thank you The Home Edit and Chasing Paper!!

LINKS IN PINK

Organization and styling: The Home Edit

Wallpaper: Chasing Paper

Closet installation: Closets by Design

Chandelier: Joss and Main

Jewelry displays: Target

Clothing hangers: Joy Mangano

Storage solutions: The Home Edit Favorites

Mirror: Antique

Painters: CertaPro

All photos by The Home Edit

- L

Sunday, May 22, 2016

HEY GRAD HEY (FREE PRINTABLE)

It's graduation season! My sweet little five-year-old is graduation pre-k this week... how is this possible??

If you need a quicky card, here ya go!

1. Download free printable HERE

2. Print on cardstock

3. Cut using a paper cutter

4. Fold and gift!

ConGRADuation! :)

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

ROOM TOUR: ARI'S MODERN BIG BOY ROOM

You know when your kid gets to an age where all of a sudden they have super strong opinions on what their room should look like? Ari is 5 now and wanted rainbows and gold painted all over the walls with Harry Potter posters. This was not going to fly. BUT I think I pulled off a combination of rainbows, Harry Potter, and my love of black and white modern style. Now we're both happy!! Scroll down for all sources and a free printable of the modern rainbow poster.

Besides decoration ideas, the BIG problem to tackle was organization and storage. This is where Land of Nod came in big time! Jenni and I both fell in love with the acrylic bookcase! It's just so clean and pretty and perfect for treasures. The Home Edit came over and styled with special books and toys to look like... you guessed it... a rainbow!

Land of Nod also came in clutch with these soft bins perfect for the abnormal amount of stuffed animals my son collects. I absolutely LOVE that they are soft. One or two actually live on my son's bed so that he can sleep with all of his stuffed buddies without them constantly falling off the bed.

I designed this abstract rainbow poster and have it for you as a FREE download! Yippee! I sent the file into Kinkos/FedEx and had them print it in an 18x24" frame ready size. Scroll down for the link to download.

This might seem crazy, but I really wanted to make an art installation out of books. Ari loves books (and so do I!) but his old book shelf cubbies were getting a little crazy looking. I saw blogger, Freckles Chick's book shelves she used for her daughter's room and knew that was the solution. I bought the 3.5" deep shelves and installed them in rows. 6 of the 36" and 3 of the 24" shelves. Each row had one long, one short, one long to make three 96" shelves. Then of course The Home Edit styled it for Ari so it looked like yet another rainbow!!

Our family is a BIT Harry Potter obsessed. Okay a lot obsessed. Luckily, we've passed our obsession to Ari. We came up with a "magic spell" to put him to sleep... and it really works! Dixie & Twine graciously made this "FALLIO ASLEEPO" sparkly banner for above his bed!