A couple months ago when I asked Jack what he wanted his birthday cake to be, he enthusiastically exclaimed, "FIRE TRUCK!" Since he seemed pretty set on the idea, I started keeping it in the back of my mind as a loose theme for his birthday party…

I had to post this photo on Instagram with this caption: When a lovely stranger asks if they can take a photo for you, right after your son spills ice cream on himself and you've got too many bags and melting McConnell's, you still say yes…

You know you’re an English major when an internship opportunity requires you to see a circus! But not just any old circus…

Had a fun time at BlogHer 16 in Los Angeles. It was my first time and I wasn't originally planning on vlogging, but of course after I got there I just had to…

A couple months ago we threw our friend Christina a baby sprinkle at my house. It was such a fun and sweet celebration for this mama of twin boys to help welcome a third little guy into their lives…

It was an amazing experience being a featured creator at VidCon this year. It was my second time attending and was filled with a lot of fun moments that I tried to capture to share with you here…

Got back from Vidcon yesterday and I am still feeling exhilarated and inspired and exhausted. If any of you were there and took photos or video from my DIY panel, please let me know and send them over…

Digging: feeling connected to so many of you! Whether you've been following for years or just days, I love the fact that there are multiple ways I get to share information with you and then you in turn can respond…

Last week I had the honor of attending Vegas Uncork'd at Border Grill in downtown LA. Chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger cooked up an AMAZING Latin-inspired feast, complete with tequila tastings!…

Get out! We got to hang in the Seinfeld Apartment. It was a pop up event put on by Hulu that ran for just four days in December. Of course we decided to go on the last day,…

Had no idea the morning I decided on filming getting ready to go to CHA to set up the booth that I would have a special unexpected visitor in my house…

Hi hi! There have been some things that I have fallen a bit behind on sharing here, so I thought it would be a good time to just do a catch up post…

A couple Mondays ago I was invited to a fun little girls night at Milk Jar Cookies. While I love their sweet treats, I've never actually been in their shop before this evening. We usually just get their delicious, amazing cookies delivered,…

Had such a fun time on tour with Spotlight in September. I didn't take too many photos other than the ones I posted on Instagram, but thankfully Brian captured these…

On Thursday night, Cindy and I attended the launch party for Hello Kitty's Supercute Friendship Festival!…

It's been a few weeks since JC, Jack and I traveled to Mexico City for a short trip so that I could teach at Crop Nacional…

Can't believe it's taken me this long to show you photos from Craftcation…

Jamie, Jack and I had such a great time celebrating Oh Joy’s newest book at West Elm a couple of weeks ago. You can also see Oh Joy's wrap up here…