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How to make a vision board – part 2

Have you read part 1 yet? If not, go ahead and read that part first as it sets up the thinking behind the vision board process. Today we’re talking nuts and bolts. What do you need to make your vision board? A2 cardstock Glue stick Magazines Scissors Prestik/ washi tape Markers/ glitter (optional) (cheapest craft […]

{Blogging} Using an editorial calendar

I really love to fly by the seat of my pants as far as blogging is concerned BUT that doesn’t work so well when you have a full and busy life, and have committed to blog three times a week. So for about a year now I’ve been using an editorial calendar. I really don’t […]

{Organising} Presents for kids’ birthday parties

Remember my theme of the year presents I blogged about before? Since then I’ve done a baking theme – handmade aprons with recipe books/ baking mixes/ measuring cups, cookie cutters, etc. Whatever I could find at the shops to go with my theme The current presents came about (as usual) because my kids LOVE these […]

{Free Printable} Lovely things to do this year

I have a new free printable waiting for you if you’re a newsletter subscriber…. and if you’re not one yet, go sign up and you’ll still get it. We attach the printable of the month to the welcome pack so you won’t miss out. For the last four years I’ve done a 36 things list, […]

{Blogging} Setting up photos for your blog posts: my 5 strategies

My blog has become much more photo-heavy over the last couple of years as my photography improved and I now seem to have a really good workflow. We’ve spoken about how I organise the photos I want to use before but this is a step before that one – actually setting up to take the […]

#kandcturn5 – 5th birthday monkey party – thank-you notes

So I’ve written a lot about thank-you notes over on this blog over the years. Here is one post. I strongly believe in thank-you notes, these days even more than before. I actually googled something about age appropriate thank-you notes and the comments on the particular post were so… well, ugly, especially from people who […]

How to make a vision board – part 1

I was clearing out some old papers, etc. when I found an old vision board. I posted a pic to Instagram and Facebook, and a few people started commenting on it which reminded me that I hadn’t updated my one for years (at least 6 – 7 years, I actually think it was more like […]

#kandcturn5 ; 5th birthday monkey party – photos and party favours

Announcements Three days left of the birthday sale! In the Live Organised Community, we’re going to start building our vision boards this week. I’m also going to be putting these forms in the members area. Have a great week! Something I love to do is to take photos of parents in photos with their kids. […]

#kandcturn5 ; 5th birthday monkey party – food and cake

Food! Oh food! I have a love-hate relationship with party food. I know it’s a party but I can’t STAND kids hyped up on sugar. So this breakfast party was perfect because do you eat sweets for breakfast? We don’t so there were no sweets and dare I say it? No hyped-up kids. We served […]

#kandcturn5 ; 5th birthday monkey party – activities

My friend over at the Se7en blog has a HORDE of information on how to have fantastic birthday parties. I read something over there in one of her posts – you have to keep the kids busy DOING something. I took careful note because I didn’t want 18 crazy children running around bored and tantrumming. […]