Happy T-day to all my US friends!! Just a quick little hello today since I'm still working on K's Advent Calendar and tying up a few other fun projects. Today, K and I had a leisurely Thanksgiving brunch, strolled around Greenlake, and now we're getting ready to go out for our annual Taiwanese family dinner at this delicious restaurant. I have given up trying to be "normal" in any way, shape or form and love love love how stress-free our holidays have been these past few years. Also! I ... Read more
Holiday Tags + Wrapping Paper Designs Round-Up
Hello, hello! In an unprecedented display of organization, I've managed to get all of my holiday preparations done well in advance of the big Christmas day. This feat required some hustling on my part, and I paid the price by getting a teensy weensy bit sick. I'm almost 100% but I was pretty sniffly there for a few days. I have big book deadlines coming up so I worked extra hard to clear my calendar — I want to focus on work while my mom is visiting and having loads of fun with K during winter ... Read more
2018 Advent Calendar + Free Holiday Tags
Hello, my friends! I'm testing out different blog posting schedules to see what feels right and so far, once or twice a month seems the best fit. I'm all about not overdoing anything nowadays, and methinks it's the ticket to not getting sick. Both K and M came down with the sniffles in the last few weeks and I've been impervious to the germs (knocking furiously on wood as I type this). Let's talk about this year's advent calendar shall we? I'm quite proud of this one. About five years ... Read more
Valentine’s Round-Up
The other day, I was talking to a friend who needed a last minute Valentine's card for her kids' classes and I suggested my printables. I tried to search on this here blog and realized how terribly disorganized my categories are. Must do something to rectify that. In the meantime, what with V-day coming up, I figured I could at least round-up the printables I've created. I'd completely forgotten about the word search one! Bookmarks seem to be my go-to; at least there's a variety...If you too ... Read more
Happy Thanksgiving: Free Printable
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and despite my best efforts to ignore it, it seems that the holiday season is in full swing. I'm thankful for so many things, and you, my friends, are on the short list. As a small token of my appreciation, I have a holiday printable for you: Dala horses! I've always loved this Swedish holiday motif, and I doodled some up and thought they would make sweet tags/cards. Here's what the whole sheet looks like, printable on 8.5 x 11" paper: I still haven't mastered ... Read more