I've been wanting to design mugs as Christmas gifts for a couple years now. I finally got around to it and love the results, I can't wait to gift these! To start this project I gathered white mugs of all shapes and sizes, then I spent a small fortune on Porcelaine 150 pens. After spending a ton of time transferring designs onto the mug with graphite paper I was ready to use ...
Our History
Milwaukee Ronald McDonald House
My work volunteering as a Ronald McDonald House Charity Ambassador has only just begun. This past week my husband and I visited the Ronald McDonald House of Eastern Wisconsin in Milwaukee. The Eastern Wisconsin chapter is undergoing a huge expansion, going from 38 rooms to 70! Even under construction it's a gorgeous site to see and the staff is working seamlessly through the ...
Date Night {a gift for him}
My husband and I happen to have our birthdays fall three days apart. This year we decided not to exchange presents. Of course a few days before my birthday I figured out that he bought me gifts (and he had been giving me little gifts through out the week, like a new vase, a bottle of wine from our favorite winery, etc.) So I had to come up with something awesome and ...
Super Hero Character Print
Remember my famous couple's print? It's my most popular pin over on Pinterest, so I decided I needed to make a better tutorial for it, and what better way than to make some more fun prints? These prints would be the cutest for any child's bedroom. There's something magical about seeing your name among your favorite super heroes. In this case, I made these prints for ...
DIY Famous Couples Print
If you're still looking for a last minute gift for your special someone; this is an awesome, quick, and easy DIY project. I made this a couple years ago and we still have it proudly hanging in our dining room. It's a fun conversation starter too, people are always trying to figure out where the famous couples are from All you'll need is: Cardstock Printer Pretty ...
Our 2012
2012 was a big year for my little family, but I’m so glad it’s over!! We’ve had lots of ups and downs along the way. Here’s a breakdown of our 2012. January: We finally let everyone know that we were having a baby. It turns out my mom had told everyone already, but it was nice not to have to hide being pregnant anymore! February: On Valentine’s day we had our big ...
Our Early Christmas Miracle
If you’re a reader of my blog, you know my daughter was born (full-term) with a long list of health problems. One of those health problems is a very rare lung disease called NEHI (Neuro Endocrine Hyperplasia of Infancy). She was diagnosed at two weeks after she wasn’t recovering from her pneumonia and they ended up sending us home with her on oxygen 24/7. We were ...
…and best friends were made.
Aliceana and Buddy haven't had the best relationship so far. Buddy is annoyed by the crying, Aliceana is annoyed by the barking. Lately Aliceana has become pretty obsessed with Buddy. She loves watching him, if he scratches his ear or wags his tail she goes nuts. Buddy occasionally will sniff her, but normally he just walks away and pretends like she doesn't exist and that ...
Dealing with gawkers (having a special needs child)
When you have a special needs child, you'll always get stared at and rude comments, and it's not always the easiest thing to deal with. After finally getting Aliceana home (on oxygen) we went on our first outing as a family the next morning to the local Farmer’s Market. We had only gotten to the first couple booths before a little boy started asking his mom about the oxygen and ...
Aliceana’s Journey Home: NICU Week 2
Days 7 and 8 were pretty uneventful, but still terribly hard to get through. The doctors’ plans for both days were to do nothing and wait. She was done with her course of antibiotics at least. On day 8 her nose cannula fell out of her nose and she desaturated again, they considered this her test off of oxygen and decided they would try again on Wednesday (3 ...
Aliceana’s Journey Home: NICU Week 1
It was pretty late Saturday night by the time we got to Meriter Hospital in Madison. When we pulled up and I got out of the car and went to the front desk the woman at the desk started telling me the directions to get to the triage. That’s how terribly I was walking at that point. We got to the NICU, which was so far away from the parking garage. Not very fun for me to ...