Crawfish Roasting on an Open Fire
I know there are plenty of Christmas CDs out there these days, but frankly I’m afraid to play half of them for my daughter, for fear that I’ll be stuck listening to them every single day for the rest of the year. But Putumayo’s New Orleans Christmas?...
Another Chanukah Miracle
Chanukah-celebrating moms are busy enough picking out eight presents each for the kids, that the last thing they have time to do is weed through the paltry selection of decent cards out there. Most of them look as if they were slapped together in two seconds by...
The Lazy Mom’s Photo Card
I am the great procrastinator. So much so in fact, that it’s a wonder I’m even writing about the December holidays a full calendar month beforehand. If you’re like me and can never manage to get it together in time to send out those preprinted photo...
Family Tree
For some reason, finding a photo ornament to hang on the tree is like looking for a recipe for no-calorie cheesecake–it’s out there, but you’re not gonna like it. Then we came across these elegantly simple silver photo ornaments from independent...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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