The following post is from Jason & Jennifer Bruce of New Season Design: Free Printable Spring Thank You Cards If your thank you note collection needs a little seasonal updating, be sure to print these cute spring thank you cards! Last week, our daughter got several mail pieces just for her. In our instant messaging…
The following post is from Jason & Jennifer Bruce of New Season Design: Free Printable Labels for Kids' Clothing Bins! Our daughter outgrows clothes so quickly. We try on last year's size each season only to find that half of them don't fit anymore. While I'm thankful that she's healthy and growing, I'm ending up…
The following guest post is from Kristin Sterk of Organizing Life with Less: Teaching Kids to Organize Their Time Every night, do you battle the question with your kids: "Have you finished this?" knowing full well they have not accomplished everything they have to before bedtime? Helping kids organize their time and teaching time management…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: Are big families eco-friendly or a carbon footprint nightmare? We all know that buying in bulk, preferably reusing containers when possible, is eco-friendly. But when it comes to having children in Costco-sized portions, the environmentalists start getting testy: “Environmentally irresponsible” “A drain on the world's resources”…
We are all about Legos these days, to the point that I think I could get rid of every other toy in our house, and no one would notice! Between our fall birthdays and Christmas, we may have every Lego Friends set except Olivia's House, plus two big boxes of bricks. This means the bricks…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: 7 Things to Do with Egg Cartons Sometimes I quantify my life in steps taken, items moved in a day, and a category called "Things I Do That Normal People Don't Bother With." In this category are things like rinsing out glass milk jars, hauling Styrofoam…
The following post is from Emily of Live Renewed: How to Have a Simple Christmas Most of us have probably started to think about Christmas already. Every year I feel like I should wait until after Thanksgiving to start thinking and planning for Christmas, but then it's almost too late, and I don't have the…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: The BEST Way to Freeze Food in Glass Jars I shared what turned out to be a pretty popular post a few years back about how to freeze in glass jars, and I have felt kind of guilty about it the past year. It felt really…
The following guest post is from Anne Simpson of Authentic Simplicity: Creative (and Inexpensive) Storage Solutions Earlier this year, my husband and I moved into an apartment that was almost twice the size of our previous apartment. While we loved the spacious rooms in our new dwelling, we were more than a little stumped by…
The following post is from Emily of Live Renewed: 6 Eco-Friendly Heating Tips for the Winter The days are getting cooler, and it won't be long before these beautiful fall days turn into winter. If you haven't already, you'll probably be turning on your heat soon, and your furnace will be firing up for the first…