{style} Princess Birthday Party

Several months ago, my then-4-year-old daughter declared she’d like a Princess Party. We were only inviting girls, and the colors were to be bright pink, orange, and blue. Easy peasy, right? Then right before I was about to send out her invitations, she decided she wanted to invite the boys in her class (or, rather, [...]

My DIY Wedding

Once upon a time, I designed wedding collections. Invitations, save-the-dates, programs, party favors. Beautiful, modern, whimsical, full of love, love, love. It all started with my own wedding, 11 years ago as of this past Saturday. These look so simple to me now, and yet, still perfect for our own wedding. Colors: periwinkle and silver [...]

{DIY holiday} Yarn Wreath Ornament/Gift Embellishment

While I still have a slight obsession with felt crafts, this season I’m quite taken by the challenge of creating simple, fast holiday ornaments, decor, and gifts from yarn. Let me be clear upfront: I have no idea what the difference is between this yarn or that — I simply see a bundle of yarn [...]

{craft} Superhero Slips for a Kind & Caring World

My kids are amazing kids (everyone’s kids are “amazing,” aren’t they?). But they’re also kids, ages 4 and 7, who are still learning, observing, and testing. So I created this fun little Superhero Slips + Kind & Caring List craft at midnight last night, on a whim. It can be whipped together in less than [...]

3D Paper Craft Calendar-of-the-Month Club

I’ve found it. The one calendar that beats all 2011 calendars. The calendar you AND your kids will love, because you can construct each month’s calendar together and because they are super awesome. Portland-based Curiosity Group has a Calendar-of-the-Month club where you just sign up on their site and each month you will get a [...]

{trend} Honeycomb: Design Trend for 2011?

We LOVE honeycomb patterns and have a few lined up for the next few months to release on the Urban Bliss Etsy shop. So we were thrilled to have our Honeycomb custom wine label printables featured in this sweet Honey, I’m Home Etsy Treasury curated by Malerie of PostScripted. Could Malerie be right? Could it [...]

New Year’s Eve Paper Decorations

On the eve of the New Year, you may be spending all day getting ready for tonight’s parties, or you may be like me and have two little ones who are starting to get stir crazy from being home from school for two weeks! Here’s a fun craft project you can do with the kids [...]

Merry + Bright Holiday

A little holiday round up before Christmas… Our theme this year is “Merry + Bright” and I used color blocks and varying stripes in the same bright colors on pretty much everything: from our holiday cards to our stockings to our gift tags and more. I dressed up plain white and also sheer gift bags [...]

12 Days of Printable Giveaways-Day 9: Holiday Candy Wrappers

Day 9 of my 12 Days of Printable Giveaways features something sweet to wrap around sweets! It’s a fun & festive candy bar wrapper printable in one of my longtime favorite color combos: light blue and berry red. I’ve been using this color combo for years on my Mama Calling Cards, for wedding invitations, for [...]

12 Days of Printable Giveaways-Day 7: Seasons of Giving Poster

Day 7 of my 12 Days of Printable Giveaways features a simple heartwarming statement: “There are Four Seasons of Giving.” I believe this statement with my whole heart and try to remember that even though the holidays are about giving and being with family and friends, it is important to carry the spirit of giving [...]