Wedding Invitation Suites + Paper Goods
Be a Thermostat, Not a Thermometer We experienced a little rise in temperature last week here in the Midwest– maybe the hottest and muggiest weather of the summer. I couldn’t help but notice how much easier it became to react in irritability when I was feeling the full effects of the heat and humidity. (Like when you get in the car and need oven mitts just to touch the steering wheel. Or you begin to smell your body odor only an hour ... Read More
Setting Routines Proactively solving for the non-negotiable, systematic things in our life (like laundry and dinner) frees up valuable headspace and keeps things flowing as smoothly as possible in our homes and relationships. Setting base habits for these areas prevents us from growing irritable and overwhelmed in the scope of our daily responsibilities, and helps us to react and adjust gracefully when life happens. While we may not ... Read More
The key struggle? To do it with grace. Honestly, as mothers, wives, daughters, sisters, and friends, we all have expectations. We expect our children to wake up at a certain time in the morning, we expect our husbands to come home at a certain time in the evening, we expect a certain holiday to go a certain way, we expect our mother's advice to work out perfectly, we expect a meal to taste a certain way, a date night to go well, and ... Read More
It's a real thing, right? It's not just us? I've found that no matter how much time I spend with my daughter beside me, it doesn't pacify the guilt when I'm not with her. It's not always there - but when I might be folding laundry, answering a client's email, or cleaning the kitchen, and I look over to find my daughter playing nicely on the rug with her books, it's there. It's a quiet voice in the back of my head. "Are you ... Read More
