Planning a Disney trip in the future? DIY a set of adorable t-shirts to take with you on your trip! Use this free Cricut SVG file to create your own custom Disney Tees!  If you’ve been a long-time follower then you know that we love Disney! We started going when our kids were small and...

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Today I’m excited to share a new post for the site’s Travel section! (You can see all of our explore posts by clicking the link in the tab bar above). It’s full of suggestions for fun things to do while visiting Dublin, Ireland, with a family. A little while ago, I shared the first of...

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Learn how to make an infinity scarf with this free sewing pattern! This infinity scarf pattern is unique in that it does double duty as a travel scarf.  Keep reading to find out more!  Today I’m going to share a tutorial on how to make one of my “go-to” travel items, a snap-up infinity scarf.  I...

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We recently had the opportunity to explore Jacksonville, Florida. The beautiful city and gorgeous beaches were a welcome respite for our family! To prep for our trip, I made myself a new beach bag. I have written up a free sewing pattern for the bag to share with you today! This post is created in...

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Before we left on our Disney Cruise for Spring Break I created a few Personalized Disney Family shirts. I even made a fun Disney-inspired beach bag to tote around the boat with me. I had so much fun making the custom Disney SVG files for my projects that I thought today I’d share the files...

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I feel like I’m sewing all the time but I don’t have much to show for it… do you ever get that feeling? But I did want to share with you today some of the stuff I’ve been working on:    For family night before we left for spring break all the kids made t-shirts...

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Today is the first in a series of posts about our trip to Ireland. I’m sharing about our experience Biking the Great Western Greenway in County Mayo, Ireland. I’ve also got our best tips for biking the greenway and a video of our adventure to share with you!  Recently our family returned from a trip...

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Today, I’m going to share with you some of the fun family-friendly things you can do when visiting Delft and The Hague in the Netherlands. At the beginning of August, our family was able to take a trip to the Netherlands and Norway with my parents and Aunt, and Uncle. I still can’t believe that...

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Recently our family took a Norwegian Cruise. My father used to live in Bergen and was a great tour guide. I thought I’d share some tips for visiting Bergen with you today.  I hope you enjoy reading about a few of the fantastic things we discovered about Bergen, Norway. If you’re getting into this story...

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Recently our family took a Norwegian Cruise through some of the fjords of Norway.  It was an amazing trip and I thought I’d share with you a bit of what it’s like to take a Norweigan cruise. We took our teenage kids and they loved it just as much as we did. I’ll also share...

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