JESSIKA REED

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Tips for Travelling with Toddlers

With our families on either side of the country, we travel a little to see our loved ones. Most of it has been driving a few hours here or there but we’ve taken a couple of flights as well. It’s interesting how each phase of parenting brings about new challenges and is different enough that it feels like a new experience. That’s how flying with the kids has been for us. Maybe if we did it more frequently it would become a more natural habit. But with this last trip I picked up some tips for travelling with toddlers that I’m sharing today.

Stephen’s maternal grandmother’s side of the family has a reunion every five years or so. He went growing [Read more…]

DIY USA Love Knows No Distance Wood Sign with Free Cut Files

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I have a lot of wonderful women in my life and various types of moms who have helped raise me. I love this time of year when we get to celebrate them and all that they do for us. Mother’s Day led me to design this new DIY USA Love Knows No Distance Wood Sign with free cut files that I’m sharing with you today.

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Happy Spring – Spring Family Pictures

It’s been a little while since I’ve taken pictures of my kids. They are growing so fast and changing in ways that I don’t notice when I see them daily. I got them all dressed up and ready for some spring family pictures. 

I know that I am absolutely biased but these kids are freaking adorable. [Read more…]

Installing a Stair Runner

We recently bought a house! YAY! That, along with a promotion at work to be doing graphic design all day (my heart is happy!) has been keeping me super busy. We had to give a 60 day notice at our apartment to get out of our lease so with that, we had 15 days between closing and when we had to be out of our apartment. I decided I was going to fix up the house before we moved in. It was in good shape, bones and most finishes-wise but the previous owner decorated very heavily so there were a lot of holes in the walls and it was in need of fresh paint, things like that. I also do not have the same style as she did. Anyway, long story long, I did some really awesome stuff and then we moved just before the new year. AND THEN I started school. So it’s craziness but all good. I have some great ideas to share, it’s just a matter of getting it into a pretty format to share! But be on the look out.One of the easier things I did was installing a stair runner on our wood floors.

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