life lessons from Ashley Stock - a momma-in-training.
Cool story. Since I started my blog a year and a half ago, I have had a handful of readers who have been around since the early days. Frequent and heartfelt commenters, who manage to always brighten my day. Every day I recognize the names on the comments that come in on my phone from each of these gal’s, and I smile, looking forward to what words of wisdom or funny story they may have to share. Whether they know it or not, these girls have become a part {…Read More…}
Nap time. It’s fleeting around these parts. Every day it becomes a bit less consistent, and I realize it’s only a matter of time before it stops all together. Like clock work, half way through his nap, Baby W wakes up crying and looking around the room for his Momma. He spots me, whines until I curl up next to him, and then closes his eyes, usually puts his arm or leg over me and drifts back to sleep. He always makes sure some part of {…Read More…}
I love headbands. Everything about them. I love that they hide a bad hair day, that they dress up a boring outfit, that they give your look a little spunk. I have nearly a dozen of them, from all my favorite shops out in etsy and blogland. But when it really comes down to it, I don’t wear them as often as I could. I select my outfit and then add one of my extra cute headbands for garnish…then…just as I am about to walk {…Read More…}
Easy Whoopie Pie Recipe (using cake mix) Whoopie Pies are like the new cupcakes, maybe even the new cake pops. They are easy to make, adorable and beyond yummy. You can make them from scratch, or…you can be like me, and doctor up a cake mix to create these treats. Let’s make these bad boys together: Whoopie Pie Ingredients: 2 packages of Devil’s Food Cake Mix 4 eggs 1 1/4 cup Crisco {shortening} Frosting Ingredients: 4 cups of powdered sugar 8 ounces of cream cheese {…Read More…}
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Sometimes I have one of those days where its harder to get things done. My mind wanders, I’m not as effective, I forget why I walked into the room. And then, sometimes one of those days turns into one of those weeks. Like this week. As hard as I tried, everything I did seemed to take 3 times longer than it should have. I used to get down on myself when I had days like these. But after two years of motherhood, I’ve learned that this {…Read More…}
Tips to Overcoming Writers Block and How to Get Out of a Creative Funk Source: ageektragedy.net via Ashley on Pinterest For a while, when people asked me what “I did”, I would answer, I’m a Mom and a blogger. The Mom part always felt good to say. But, from the look on the asker’s face, I could always tell the blogger part had them confused. You blog? And people care? Now, they never say those exact words, but its usually written all over their {…Read More…}
How to Make a Feather Extension Headband Feather extensions and earrings are all the rage right now {especially peacock feathers}. Very bohemian, very awesome. So rather than create earrings or a clip in extension, I thought about attaching the feathers to a subtle headband. And this is what I got. DIY Feather Extension Headband It seriously only took about 5 minutes to create. Here’s how I did it: Supplies: Blank headband Clear thread Hot glue gun Two very small strips of fabric Feathers {…Read More…}
Big news today! It’s Groop Dealz time baby! Head over to GD to get your very own Little Miss Momma large rose cabochon earrings for only $3! Maybe you should get a few pairs while you’re at it. You know your sister in law would love a pair too. And there are four fun colors to choose from. Midnight, Aqua, Plum and Vanilla click HERE to shop AND if you share this post on facebook, and then come back here leaving a link in the {…Read More…}
Dear Babe, Five years, really? Holy cow. Remember the day we got married, later that night, when we finally took a deep breath, excited that all the wedding charades were behind us, and now it was just us… Remember when you asked me, Where do you think we’ll be five years from now? I didn’t know how to answer. I was just so happy, right there in the moment with you knowing I would have you for eternity. I would never lose you again. For the first {…Read More…}
Craft Room Decor Let’s take a tour of my happy place, shall we. I blog here, I craft here, I sew here, I fill Etsy orders here and I eat chips and salsa here. I am inspired here. You won’t find a rhyme or reason to the decor, and that’s the way I like it. warning: you are about to see a ridiculous amount of photos. {looking in from the hallway} Pennant banner made with Amy Butler paper and my Silhouette. This tall work desk with {…Read More…}
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Dear Baby W, Our days have been way too hot for you to take your naps upstairs in your race car bed, so you have been snoozing on the couch while I work away in the next room. Today you woke up early, in one of those inconsolable bits of hysterical cries. In fact, you wake up crying from your naps a lot. It’s kinda your thing. And after two years, you think I’d be used to it by now. But I’m not. It still twists my {…Read More…}
Tips to Grow Your Online Business I remember the weeks leading up to “starting my Etsy shop”. I must have talked myself out of it 1,000 times–literally. I made excuses like, what if nothing sells? what will my friends think? what if I make a mistake on an order? what if no one likes my designs? what about the financial risks for the start up costs? and on and on… Source: eliseblaha.typepad.com via Ashley on Pinterest But then one night, I took the plunge. I {…Read More…}
How to Make Yo Yo Earrings I am guest posting a brand new, and super simple jewelry tutorial today. Stop by Lemon Tree Creations and say hi.
That’s right! Baby W wanted to give y’all a little something in celebration of his birthday weekend. For a limited time EVERYTHING in the LMM shop will be 15% OFF Use the code: BABYW at checkout Shop HERE!
In preparing for the new blog design, I finally wrote my long overdue FAQ page. And since there have been a few delays unveiling the new site, I thought I would post that page here. These are the answers to the questions I receive most often {via emails and comments}. What inspired you to share your secret with us? I heard an amazing bit of advice at my first blog conference. That which is most personal, is most universal. I wanted to be able to {…Read More…}
I’m a sucker for a good deal. No surprise, I’m sure. So naturally, I obsessively check GroopDealz about a dozen times a week. For those who don’t know, GroopDealz features super fab products, for a short period of time at a HUGE discount. Here are some of their amazing past dealz, at rock bottom prices: And some of the dealz going on right now: As if that wasn’t enough, today Groop Dealz is giving one lucky winner a $50 giftcard to my favorite place on Earth: {…Read More…}
I am a t-shirt and jeans kinda girl. Or rather a sweatpants and very loose shirt kinda girl. Like, I would be happy wearing either every.single.day. Hubs, on the other hand, is not so thrilled with that idea. And having a baby certainly didn’t help motivate me to step it up an notch. Which leads me to what is perhaps the husbands favorite part about me and this whole bloggy thing. I try a bit harder, I take more risks, I primp a bit more, I even {…Read More…}
