A few years ago, I blogged about my favorite books for my boys and you all chimed in with some great feedback.
I’m over on Every Day Cheer today sharing my updated list of favorite read aloud books for kids! I’d love to know what your favorites are, too.
And we’re making a little big of progress in the boys’ rooms, too!
Back in October, I shared about my relationship with my wardrobe and what I needed to do to create white space in that area of my life.
I cleaned out my closet, we moved, and today, I am sharing my Closet Confessions with Sheaffer over on Pinterest Told Me To. I love Sheaffer’s blog and I’ve loved getting to know her over the past year. Hop on over there to see the closet and read my confessions!
And a fun little surprise from Sheaffer and me! You’ll see in my post that one of my favorite pairs of shoes is my Tieks.
Sheaffer and I are giving away $100 to Tieks! Just complete the Rafflecopter below to enter.
Today’s story about Passion and Purpose is from Valerie Metrejean Woerner of Val Marie Paper. This is such a small world. A few months ago I got an email from Valerie and she introduced herself and said that we had both attended Louisiana Tech University at the same time.
I was so excited! I love a fellow Louisiana girl and love that we have both been navigating this blogging world and our paths crossed again.
Valerie’s blog is full of beautiful images, pretty pretty paper, and a heart that is devoted to her family and the Lord.
Today she is sharing her story about how she came to find her passion in Val Marie Paper. My personal favorite item from the Val Marie Paper shop are these beautiful prayer journals.
Six years ago, I had just graduated college in journalism and started my first big girl job working at a newspaper.
Like most people, I had this pretty idea of what my career would be like. I imagined I’d be a magazine editor in a big city, writing and designing things that set my heart on fire. Instead, I found myself working from 4:00-midnight at our local paper in a pretty depressing atmosphere, with no creativity and little hope of moving up to a writer position.
I got the wildest hair that I should be a wedding planner. With a little research, I realized there weren’t any in town that I could work for, so if I wanted this, I’d have to start my own business.
Being an entrepreneur was never a dream of mine, but I did it! The business took off quickly and while planning weddings, I started using the design skills I had learned from the newspaper to create invitations.
My passion grew.
A year ago, I sold my event planning business and started designing stationery full time with hopes of working from home when the time came for our family to grow.
Today, I get to be home with my little girl Vivi Mae, designing and getting to write my heart on a blog that inspires me so much. I get the sweetest emails from people who say what I post matters. It’s a rewarding feeling and has deepened my passion for inspiring others even more.
A blog that started out as a simple way to promote my work and show the person behind the designs has become the perfect opportunity to fulfill my passion for writing and make an impact in the world despite spending most days just me and Vivi Mae.
I never would have guessed as I left my newspaper job feeling defeated that I was wrong about wanting to write and design, that I would find a path that included both of those things!
Our Valentine’s Day tradition includes a fun, themed breakfast every year. We don’t really do gifts. We get each other cards, write notes to each other, and I set up the table with a fun breakfast.
I like for it to feel different for the boys when they wake up, and they just get so excited over the little things.
We pick up a dozen Krispie Kreme donuts every year, but this year it was a little bit of a challenge due to all the ice and snow. Our Krispie Kreme was open, but only three employees could make it to work and they were so sweet to accommodate all the parents in the drive through line last night.
My friends at Minted contacted me about their beautiful party line. While I wasn’t having a full-blown Valentine’s Day party, I was excited to have the opportunity to see the beautiful party supplies in person.
I love the table confetti and the ombre theme was my favorite. And my boys were so excited to see their names on the fun little place cards this morning, too.
I rarely have an excuse to have red and pink in my house, so I had fun hanging up the red and pink honeycomb and flowers.
And my sweet sleepy heads loved how festive everything was! This is definitely not a regular occurrence in our house, but it was so much fun today to show a little extra love.
I’m officially obsessed with the simplicity and beauty of the Minted party line and I’m planning the boys’ next birthday party around the different Minted birthday themes. The designs are classic. The paper quality is fantastic. And the service is the absolute best.
