The more I make my way through this thing we call Life, the more I’m realizing that things don’t really work the way I thought they would. This is not a bad thing. I’ll explain.&hellip
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Letters: Family History Obsession
Dear Jess, Thanks for all of the fun videos last week! They’ve made me think and laugh a lot over the last week. This week, I’ve been crazily fascinated with genealogy. This is something I&hellip
Meet Murphy
This is Murphy. He arrived at the end of June at seven pounds, fifteen ounces and twenty and a quarter inches. He is crazy adorable (as you can see.) In his five-and-some weeks in this&hellip
Guest Post: Nisha’s Guide to Hosting Dinner Parties
Today, Jess and I are happy to be bringing you a wealth of knowledge from one of our best friends, Nisha. Though she now lives far enough away so we can’t share in her wonderful&hellip
Foodie Friday: Classic Carrot Birthday Cake
The more I become fixed into this stage called “adulthood,” the stranger it seems sometimes. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how growing up forces changes in my relationships with family members. People with&hellip
Foodie Friday: Learning Swedish
Dale’s grandma and her husband hold a sausage-making party every year. I am a lover of all kinds of parties, but I have to admit that this was my very first venture into sausage-making. Turns&hellip
Book Review: My Mom, Style Icon by Piper Weiss
November’s Book Review is about a blog turned book called, ‘My Mom, Style Icon’. I thought it was perfect for this season of vintage. The book is a collection of submissions of daughters’ favorite photos&hellip
Mod Podge Photo Collage Tray
While in this theme of all things retro I cannot help but associate crafts that relate to my family. I love that vintage items are often things my parents or grandparents grew up with. It’s&hellip
Family Tree
I have been wanting to make a family tree for sometime now. Something that visually showed a connection to my ancestry. Martha Stewart has the best collection of tutorials on ways you can make and&hellip
A Makeover Story, Part Two
Ta da!!! (Cue jazz hands.) Right: shirt, Concept USA; tie, Penguin. After a whirlwind day in the city, we present to you Stephen’s “after” photos. He’s quite dapper, right? As we mentioned in “A Makeover&hellip
A Makeover Story, Part One
Jess’ brother Stephen, pre-makeover Have you ever been really excited by something and you are not sure why? That is pretty much how I feel about dressing my little brother up in clothes. Ever since&hellip
jess + linz
Friends since middle school, we continue to inspire each other to be creative in our big, adult lives. Each season we take on a new theme to guide our crafting, cooking, and creating. We're up for trying anything, and things are bound to get messy. But that's just the way we like it.