Category: kids

Easy Valentines Photo Gift

Something about Valentines these last few years has really got me loving this holiday. It’s just a fun time to embrace all the pinks and reds and spread some love! This year I decided to make our Valentines a little more personal. Grandpas and Grandma’s always enjoy getting pics of the grandkids and since we always sent out Valentines boxes to our families I decided this would be a perfect opportunity to combined the two. I put together this SUPER easy valentines backdrop and did a little Valentines shoot!

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– heart banner was done just cutting hearts out from my silhouette and sewing together

Mia’s Dress and tights // Gymboree

Livy’s Dress // The Children’s Place

I also wanted to do something for Eric that would be a little more personal so since I had a backdrop all ready any I did a fun little flip book for Eric to have to take with him on business trips to remind him that I love him 🙂

Flip book inspiration from Camille Styles blog

Top // Downeast Basics

Also as a little tip/side not, I think we all know that sometimes it’s impossible to get perfect lighting for indoors. Either we don’t have good, natural lighting in our house or it’s hard to take pictures at the right time for lighting. To solve this problem sometime if I know I’m going to be doing a lot of pictures I will rent a light. If you live in Utah I’ve found this great place that you can rent camera equipment for pretty cheap, so nice to work with and they have pickup locations in Salt Lake, Draper and Orem so it’s super convenient! It’s Acme Camera Company. I get the Lowel Rifa 44 or 66 light kit which is only around $20 a day.


Shared Boy/Girl Nursery | Preciously Paired

Shared Boy/Girl Nursery on a Small Budget

Today is officially my due date, and still no baby. Now that the date has come and almost gone I’m not quite sure what to do with myself! With no date to look forward too or end in sight, it’s just a big waiting game now. But the good news is that both me and the baby are healthy and feeling good. I actually feel really good and energetic, so I thought I’d put this extra time to good use; starting first with the shared nursery reveal that I’ve been promising for weeks!

Currently my husband is in the middle of graduate school, so needless to say we are still living the “poor college student” life. While we live in a small apartment and on a very meager income, I never let that stop me from making my home a beautiful place where we can relax and enjoy being. And believe it or not, it doesn’t require a lot of money or time to do so. In fact, this whole nursery makeover only cost me a grand total of $180! This included both the kid’s bedding and most of the room decor (I already had all of the furniture pieces).

I’ll admit that putting together a cohesive space for baby boy and a toddler girl was rather difficult considering there were many limitations, but in the end it somehow just came together and I’m really in the love with it!
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Here is a little break down of everything in the room:

Crib – From Walmart which I already had from baby #1

Twin bed – A “hand-me-down” from when I was a girl

Dresser – Bought at a garage sale several years ago

Vintage Baby Quilts – Both baby quilts I made myself using this simple patter by Yoyomama Disigns. I made my daughter’s quilt several years ago when she was a baby and loved the design so much that I decided to make baby brother one as well!

Crib SheetTarget

Crib Skirt – Made by me using this simple tutorial by Oleander and Palm

Pom Pom Comforter – Made by me. I first fell in love with this pom pom comforter from PB Teen, but I didn’t have anywhere near $169 in my budget for it. However, I was able to make one up for nearly an eighth of the cost. I simple bought a down comforter from Target ($20) and sewed on some pom poms I made up myself.

Twin SheetsKohl’s (got on sale for $15!)

Quilted Pillow – Made by me using scraps from my daughter’s quilt and an old pillow I had on hand

Cloud Pillow – Made by me (tutorial coming soon)

Wooden Rocking Horse – Thrifted

Wire Book Baskets – Large one (Thrifted), 2 smaller ones (Walmart).  I gave each a coat of spray paint and then mounted them to the wall using cable hooks which I got from Home Depot.

Rug – Thrifted

Alphabet PrintFree printable from Mr. Printables (I got the frame from Goodwill and spray painted it with some leftover paint I had from the wire baskets)

Sweet Dreams PrintFree printable from This Little Street

Hopefully my next post with include a sweet new baby, but for now I hope you enjoyed a view of this cute nursery! Can’t wait till our little guy can enjoy it too!

 

XOXO,

Sara


Mother Daughter Color Block Skirts | Preciously Paired

Mother/Daughter Color Block Skirts

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Ok I’m freaking out right now that my baby girl is going to turn three next month! Oh, and that I’m currently six months pregnant with a nice round baby bump… unlike the pictures falsely portray above. We did this fun little mommy/daughter shoot last November, and with all the craziness of the holidays and the first trimester sickness, it got tucked away and forgotten. I came across them the other day and thought all this cuteness needed to be shared!

Also, I’ve kind of developed a new found love for our color block party skirts. Not that I ever stopped loving them, it’s just with all the projects and new additions we’ve added to our shop they too got tucked away like these pictures. In fact, I hadn’t even sewn up a color block skirt since December until just recently. Now I’ve sewn over ten color block skirt in the past three weeks, and with each one I fall more in love. The “in love” kind of sense where I pour my heart and soul into every stitch to make each skirt perfect, then get little butterflies in my stomach once I ship one off to it’s owner in anticipating their excitement once it arrives. It’s a sometimes stressful, yet thrilling and rewarding kind of love– sort of like being a mom.

As some of you may remember, I quite my daytime job last June to be able to stay at home with this little girl and to pursue some of my other dreams. It was an adjustment at first, but I love it! …Ok lets be real, some days I feel like I might be going crazy. Being a mom can be really hard, then add being a housekeeper, cook, and business owner (and pregnant) on top of that and it is like insanity, but I still LOVE it! Like I said, sometimes stressful, yet ever so rewarding.

As for these lovely skirts, both are available in our shop for custom orders! Mother’s Day is coming up, and how cute would matching mother-daughter skirts be?!

XOXO,

Sara


DIY Girl’s Graphic Sweater: Valentines Outfit Inspiration

In case you missed it, the other day I posted about a DIY graphic tee I did in lou of Valentines day which I paired with our Color Block Party skirt. Today I’m sharing a second graphic tee that that I did, but this time I tried to do something a little different. Instead of just painting words onto a shirt I decided to start with a sweater and use a single-crocheted, chain of yarn and sewed that to the shirt in the form of a word. I made this sweater for my daughter but I think it would be equally cute in adult form.

DIY "Lovely" Sweater

So for another quick “how-to” here are the thing you’ll need for this simple project.

Supplies

– sweater/sweatshirt

-Yarn

– Crochet hook

– Pins

– Needle and thread

– Beads (optional)

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I wanted to give the shirt a little more interest so I decided to start by stringing some beads onto my yarn before I turned it into a chain. This is all up to what you want to do, but I’ll still let you know exactly what I did. I single-crocheted 8 times and then did a bead and just repeated until I had a chain long enough to form the word I wanted. Once I had my chain finished and after working in the ends I formed the word I wanted with it on my shirt. When I had it the way I wanted it I pinned it to the shirt and then sewed it on with my needle and thread. See…easy peasy!

The next step was obviously to pair it with her Color Block Party skirt. I’ll dress Mia in pants and by the end of the day she is either in this skirt or her tutu. Needless to say, she LOVES this skirt, so you all know what she will be wearing this Valentines Day.

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IMG_6174IMG_6181IMG_6189There you have it, my 2 diy graphic tops perfect for Valentines and all the days after. I think after doing these shirts I’m definitely hooked on graphic tees and now want a tone. Anyone have a fav they would like to point me in the direction of getting?

XOXO,

Hanna


DIY felt Halloween costumes | Preciously Paired

My DIY Halloween

Happy Halloween! I think I’ve mentioned this before, but Sara and I didn’t grow up with Halloween being much of a big deal in our house. However, now that I’m a mother of young kids I’ve been trying to be more excited about it. To be honest though, I’m still not super into it to the point where I plan full family costumes, but I’m realizing that I do enjoy creating things for my girls to dress up in and doing Halloween activities that they would enjoy throughout the month.

This year I got really ambitious and decided to make both of the girl’s costumes from scratch! It took Mia forever to just decide on one thing she wanted to be, and she only finally chose a mermaid because that is what her cousin said she was going to be. Whatever the reason, I decided to roll with it. While recently organizing my craft space, I found some green felt and red yarn. I figured I would challenge myself to try and make Mia’s costume from what I had on hand. In the end, I ended up spending less then $5 on her entire costume! I got the pattern for her Arial hair/wig HERE. It totally made the outfit and was pretty easy to make.

Livy’s costume is a little bit of an inside joke. Growing up in Nevada we didn’t just celebrate Halloween but we celebrated Nevada Day as well; the day Nevada became a state. Since marrying my husband, October 31st has really been more about celebrating Nevada Day than Halloween. Before having kids we’d go to my parents house every year to celebrate. My husband is always teasing about our obsession with Nevada Day over Halloween so I thought it only fitting that one of my kids should represent a fun family tradition; not to mention it’s the 150th year of Nevada being a state!

After spending several nights making my girl’s their costumes, and as fate would have it, it just so happens that we all have been sick and Mia has had to miss most of her Halloween activities during the week. Luckily Mia is much better and Livy is almost there so we’re hoping to get out tonight for a little trick-or-treating, or at the very least sing a few rounds of “Home Means Nevada”.

DIY felt Halloween costumes | Preciously PairedAnyone else make their kid’s Halloween costumes or have any fun Halloween traditions? We’d love to hear about them!

 


Friday Finds: Woodland Creatures | by Preciously Paired

Friday Finds: Woodland Creatures

With all the changes and new ideas happening over here lately, sadly our blog has taken a back seat. While our shop is our main focus right now, there is so much about our blog that we just couldn’t give up; one being that we love sharing about amazing things, whether it be our own creation or someone else’s. So, we decided it was time to bring back Friday Finds as we love sharing with you some of our favorite things around the web, and showing support to other talented crafters and shops.

Friday Finds: Woodland Neutrals by Preciously Paired

Mama Bear Print by Sarah and Bendrix | Buffalo Pullover by & Apparel| Owl Felt Mask by Opposite of Far| Crocheted Fox by Lina Maria Dolls  | Cozy Bear Leggings by Sugarlime Lane | DIY Dear Head by We Lived Happily Ever After

I’m dying over all these cute little woodland creatures! We absolutely love playful/whimsical designs and nothing reads it more perfectly than these woodland creatures in all their different design aesthetics. Can you believe this dear head is something you can make yourself?! Hannah from We Lived Happily Ever After (the talented creator) also has step-by-step tutorials on how to make a DIY fox head and a DIY buffalo head that are nothing short of amazing! And if you’re not already completely in love with the owl felt mask, there are many more adorable masks over at Opposite of Far. Don’t even get me started on the crocheted fox! Would it be completely cheesy to decorate my whole house and replace my entire wardrobe with woodland creatures? Because really, I’m half tempted to… ok maybe I’ll just do the kids rooms.

But seriously, check out some of these shops/blogs behind these cute little critters- you won’t be sorry!

Also, you only have one week left to get our “Trick or Treat” Halloween print before it goes away! Visit our shop to get yours today!


Tea Party | Girls Colorblock Party Skirts | Preciously Paired

Give Your Girl Something to Party About!

Who ever said women get to have all the fun when it comes to great style pieces, such as our Colorblock Party Skirts? Certainly not us! Starting today (like right now!) girls can join in the fun with their very own Colorblock Party Skirt! With an elastic back, the girls’ colorblock skirt is easy on, easy off– perfect for play, school, or special occasions! Tea parties included!

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Visit the SHOP to get a closer look, and to view all the details on how to order one of these precious skirts!

And you guys, can I just take a minute to brag about my photographer Janel Foster?! She’s awesome! If you’re in the Portland area I highly recommend her! I love every opportunity we get to work together! She’s so much fun, she’s talented, and she always exceeds my expectations!