It’s been a long time…

Just wanted to drop a little line to let all (3) of you that stop by and read this little ole blog know that I’m still alive. I’ve been caught up with life and mommy hood and this blog as been put...

Postcard PenPal: Roxy!

I was super excited to get this postcard in the mail the other day from Roxy, my first Postcard Penpal. I love Keith Haring and this postcard is definitely going in the favorites pile. Roxy is a...

#Janphotoaday: Days 19-25

Day 19- Sweet…kisses Day 20- Someone I love Day 21-Reflection Day 22- My shoes…or socks in my case, socks. Day 23-Something old Day 24- Guilty Pleasure…Taking naps with my baby when there is...

Let’s get Crafty: Love Garland

Here’s an easy little DIY for you to spread the love with. What you need are pipe cleaners and some embroidery floss or yarn: All you have to do is bend the pipe cleaners into the letters LOVE and...

Let it snow.

The weather in NY is crazy. So far this past week has felt like spring while the week before we had snow. Huh? Yeah, it’s a little scary. Aaaaanyway…I was pretty excited for the snow cause that...

My so called blog…

If you’ve been a reader of mine and have followed this blog from the start, then you know my life has changed. Becoming a mother was never on my bucket list. I never really had an idea of what or...

#Janphotoaday Day’s 12-18

Day 12- Close Up Day 13- In my bag Day 14- Something I’m reading, Bossy Pants by Tina Fey Day 15- Happiness…is knowing that I am loved. Day 16- Morning… is breakfast time. Day 17- Water Day 18-...

Playground around…

These pictures are from New Years day. I’ve been meaning to post them for, what day is it? the 29th? For 29 days… whoops. That’s my boo!! Thermal-Baby Gap Jeans-Baby Gap Jacket-Levis Vest-Old Navy...

#JANphotoaday

The lovely Chantelle of FATMUMSLIM created a photo a day challenge that has taken over Instagram, blogs and twitter. At first I wasn’t going to do it because I didn’t want to start something I felt...

Oh hai 2012…

(these pics were taken at 12:01am, yes, I woke my boo up and yes he was pissed) We are 2 weeks into the new year and it still hasn’t hit me that a new year is starting all over again. So far it’s...

A little late…

Hope everyone had a wonderful Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa. I know this post is a little late but I’ve been sick and needed some rest. I’m still trying to get rid of this cold, taking shots of...

Let’s DIY.

I was looking for the perfect bowtie for Jackson to wear on Christmas but couldn’t find one at any of the stores I went to. I did find a bunch of cute ones on Etsy but it was hard to tell the true...

Words of wisdom.

I used Pugly Pixel’s photo template to make this and the quote is by Lao Tsu. If you don’t know about Pugly Pixel check it out, it has a lot of goodies for blogs =) xoxo j.

You’ve got mail!

Hey you. Yeah, you…you want to be penpals? Yes, penpals. Just like in the 2nd grade where you wrote letters to other little 2nd graders around the world and told them about your new barbie or hot...

Chillin like a Villain

Oh Fall, how you will be missed. I knew the days would come…the days of 30 degree weather, naked trees, runny noses, puffy coats, staying in, and all the other fun stuff that comes with winter....

Hey December…

Guess who’s happy to see you? xoxo j.

Stylin and Profilin

Jackson was featured on Baby Blackbird’s Mini Street Style the other day: Baby Blackbird is one of my favorite kiddie style blogs so I was super excited when I got the email telling me Jackson was...

Being Thankful.

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday ,ate some good food and had some happy family moments. My Thanksgiving was cool, we ate, watched the parade, played with toys, went for a walk and ate some...

In my journey of teaching myself how to sew I have about 50 tutorial’s bookmarked. My goal is to be able to make Jackson clothes as well as myself. So far I’ve made 5 zippered pouches with 3...

The beauty of it all…

I don’t remember ever loving fall as much as I do right now. It must be the whole parent “seeing things through my child’s eyes” thing. The joy Jackson gets out of picking up every leaf that passes...

Let’s all barf at the cuteness, shall we?

I know we just celebrated Halloween and Thanksgiving is 3 weeks away but I’m pretty excited about Christmas. Last year Jackson was only 4 months old and didn’t really know what was going on. This...

Just Cause…

It’s Saturday night, I’m home, and Snl isn’t that funny. So here are a few pics from the past week. Thank you Picnik for entertaining me. xoxo jewels

Awwww LOL Awwww

I don’t know if Jimmy Kimmel is horrible for making parents do this to their kids, or brilliant for making parents do this to their kids and recording it for us to laugh at. My favorite are the...

Halloween Fun

We had an awesome Halloween this year. We went trick or treating with my sister and Olive, who was a little devil, and collected $30 dollars for Unicef. I was shocked Jackson kept his costume on...

Falling for Fall

Jackson’s new thing is to pick up every leaf, rock , twig, flower, basically anything on the floor and carry it around until he sees something new. It’s kinda cute…until he tries to pick up abc gum...

Got my stitch on…

It’s been awhile since I stitched anything and I had this Sublime Stitching pattern for , oh I don’t know, a YEAR…so I finally decided to stitch it up. It took me about 2 days to do it since the...

Pumpkin Time!

One of the best thing’s about being a parent is getting to do all the “kiddie” stuff again as an adult. I haven’t been pumpkin picking in forever so I was super excited to take Jackson. The weather...

Peek-a-Boo

Jackson loves playing peek a boo with the dogs when they are outside (we have 6 of them) in the side yard. It puts a smile on my face to see him get so happy over the smallest things. Forget toys,...

Halloween Craft Time

Halloween is about 2 weeks away and I can’t wait. I love seeing the houses decorated and all the costumes. Oh and the candy…mmmm, candy. Anywayyyyy…I saw a link on Craft Gossip for Paper and...