Friday Favorites

We just got back from an awesome, long awaited vacation to San Diego and let me tell you the sun on my skin felt like heaven, the sand on my feet was my yearly pedi and traveling with two kids was no joke, a crazy train on crack (the crazy crack train being Jared and I)! All joking aside they did awesome but there were definitely some crazy moments, but it sure was fun to get away with our little family.

I wanted to round up some Friday Favorites that I've absolutely loved from the vacation!

This baby wrap comes with special magic sleep dust and allows mama to be hands free to chase after a crazy blonde toddler child. 

Love, love, love the instant color, no smell, and longevity of this stuff! My bronzer always seems to wear off mid day and this tanner defiantly helps a girl out with pale sickly white skin.

I have green eyes so I've been around the block a time or two in the plum eye liner department; this stuff is a keeper, the color doesn't fade or rub off on your upper lid!

Traveling without our white noise machine so we pop on this baby on our phone; we haves used this for two and half years now. I love that it is customizable; my kiddos especially love the crickets and ocean waves.

Of course I had to grab a swimsuit for Brookes; right now Gap is having a 40% off everything sale!

Picked up this water activity pad for the plane ride and my two and half year old held still for a whopping 40 minutes! We pulled this sucker out for restaurants, church, and long car rides . . . life saver!

Now we just gotta get over our post vacation blues. Happy weekending my friends! 

XO, Megs 

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DIY Pottery Barn Heart Pillowcases

I recently have been drooling over this sheet set from Pottery Barn . . . ok more just the pillowcases. But who am I kidding, it's Pottery Barn and it's pricey, there is no way I am gunna pay $80.00 for a set of twin sheets. Looking at these I thought to myself that I could easily replicate them.

So here ya go . . .

What you need:
Black paint (non-washable/permanent)
Sponge brush
Heart stencil
White pillow case
Cardboard

Slip cardboard under before you start so you don't get bleeding!

Start a paintin'. 

TIP: apply a liberal amount of paint to get the full sharp heart shape

I left the folded creases in the pillow to help create a guide to aline the pattern. Be sure to line the hearts up horizontal, vertically, and diagonally with equal spacing between them all. (Lots of lining up, I know) 

And there ya have it!! Repeat on the backside. 

TIP: be sure to let the whole thing dry COMPLETELY before you take out the cardboard

Pottery Barn Version ^^^

Happy crafting. 

XO, Megs

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Lazy Lake Days with The Baby Cubby

If you don't know the two of us are both expecting babies this fall. Between the two of us it will be baby #4 and #5, which means we have been through our fair share of diaper bags. While on the hunt for new bags for the new babes The Baby Cubby asked us to review one of their bags and we love it. 

Diaper bags, in our minds must meet 3 main requirements:

• Multiple handles so it can be carried several different ways.
• Plenty of pockets and storage space for bit and small items.
• Every surface of the thing must be waterproof and/or wipeable.
• Its a nice added bonus if we like the way it looks. 

After spending a day at the lake with their bag we fell in love and are currently in the middle of an intense game of rock, paper, scissors to see who gets it. 

Why we love it:

• The large middle pocket easily holds diapers, wipes, a changing pad, snacks etc. 
• The front zips open and becomes your wallet should you choose to make it so. There are pockets for credit cards, museum memberships, and any other valuables you'd like to keep there. 
• A long shoulder strap lets you carry it across your body, or on your shoulder while two shorter handles let you carry it more like a purse.
• It comes with stroller straps to attach right to your stroller so you don't have to carry it at all. 
• All surfaces passed the wipe test as surprise surprise apple juice was spilled on it.
• Its well made and can take the use and abuse of being taken on our outdoor outings but still has style for trips around town and out with the girls.
• Two thumbs up for gender neutral. We are having boys, but this bag could easily be used for a girl which makes it usable for multiple children.

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Tot Tip Tuesday - DIY Christmas Gift Tags

It always seems like Christmas is a month away then you pull out your calendar and have a mini meltdown seeing that it is next Friday. In my case it's stress eating.....ice cream dunked in carmel, chilled cookie dough bites, chugging the milk gallon.....when I could have been out checking things off my list. 

Not having a full time job or a needy infant this year I found myself with more time on my hands. I usually buy the sticker TO: FROM: Christmas tags. (Whats easier than write and stick?) This year I wanted to make homemade tags to give my presents more of a personal touch. It was pretty easy and straight forward and I loved the finished product! 

I found this darling festive paper at Michaels and Hobby Lobby in the scrape booking aisle. If you hit it at the right time you usually can find it at a good price. Lucky me I have a Cricut for crafty little projects like this. If you don't have access to a Cricut here are some patterns for christmas tags. I like to keep the cut out of the tag to layer with a tag. You can always find patterns online or free hand it. 

Be sure to get the littles in on this project, their tiny hands can help with peeling, cutting, and tying tags. 

Hope this helps give you some inspiration this Christmas Season!! 

Happy gifting and Happy Tuesday! 

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Tot Tip Tuesday: December DIY Advent Calendar

We love Advent Calendars. Who doesn't? Other than the amount of work they take to put together, they are a great way to bring little pieces of the season into the everyday, and show your creative side all at the same time. Whether you have littles (or bigs) at home, are putting one together for someone, or if you are a child at heart, here is one we put together and a few ideas besides. 

• Small canvas bags can be purchased online for under $10. Use a sharpie and a stench to draw the numbers.
• The numbered tags below where from 1 piece of scrapbook paper. We cut them out and wrote messages to the recipient on the back that corresponded to the little gift that went inside the canvas bag.
• We love to bring the outside in, so we used branches and string to display this advent calendar and it looked quite festive next to the tree. 
• Different gifts for each day can be placed inside and be as simple as small candy treats or more elaborate based on what you want to do. For this set we used a small gift for each day with a memory, christmas quote, and on some days a piece of the nativity set with a corresponding scripture.
• Remember you can simplify it by doing simply a piece of candy for each day. Or add events in such as light seeing, christmas cookie decorating, gingerbread houses, Christmas movie night, etc. 
• If December 1 has already past don't worry you can still start one up. Either put together a quick one or get something ready for December 13 and do the 12 Days of Christmas instead, which is a little easier to do as you only have half the days.

Happy Tuesday! 

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