get academic.

Problem: You’re attending a fancy soiree at your cousin’s beach house in North Carolina, and you know she’s going to find a super condescending way to ask you how your “job” is going in that tone she reserves for your face. Solution: Get proactive and wear a super rad necklace that looks like you paid

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smoke and colors.

Oh man. I’ll never tire of colored-smoke-in-the-woods photos. How is this even possible? (Never mind, I just wikiHow’d that crazy. I’m now sort of contemplating color-smoke-bombing Ken. He looks fancy in pink.) LINK: LOUIS LANDER DEACON

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mom-savers // caffeine-free secrets.

Isn’t it a horrible joke that at the very moment you need caffeine in order to perform basic human functions (here’s looking at you, pregnancy brain!), you can’t indulge in a super mega bowl full of latte goodness? Yes. That is a horrible joke indeed. And now that I’m out of the pregnancy woods but

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a wee mobile.

Why yes, this is one of the cutest mobiles I’ve seen this week. (Must add it to my favorite mobiles asap!) LINK: WEE GALLERY

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seed heritage.

It’s far from summer in these parts, but I’m already daydreaming of warm weather frocks for next spring/summer. How adorable is Seed Heritage’s latest collection?  Although let’s be honest, until Bee is potty-trained, I’m keeping her in fuss-free onesies. Lazy moms unite! LINK: SEED HERITAGE

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why i blog

I’ve been a blogger my entire adult life, publishing my first post in 2001 on an entirely different blog with an entirely different focus. Back then, blogs were called “web logs” or “online journals,” although I liked to call them “free therapy.” I fell in love with the platform instantly – the community it created,

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kidspiration.

The portfolio of Imke Klee is filled to the brim with inspiring bits – mostly this lovely photo shoot of kids doing what they do best: imagining, frolicing and dressing up. I’d love to throw a foresty birthday party someday, full of streamers and sparkles and costume-ready kids. Such fun! LINK: IMKE KLEE

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