DIY Heart Potato Stamp

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Want a simple Valentine’s Day activity? Make my DIY heart potato stamp. They’re a great way to use those old potatoes sitting around in your vegetable bin! #ImWithGlad

Hi there! Guess what? Blake is home sick. AGAIN! Today’s sick day is brought to you by the world’s leakiest nose and a low grade fever. We watched Blake’s current favorite, the seasonally appropriate Valentine’s Day episode of Curious George three times because, two year olds. Here’s the five second summary: George makes a heart stamp and stamps valentine cards for his friends.

Making these! DIY Heart Potato Stamp - they take just a few minutes and clean up is quick! | DIY potato stamps | Easy potato stamps from Hello Splendid | #ImWithGlad

While trying to decide what to whip up for lunch I stumbled upon a few forgotten potatoes and figured Blake would be delighted to stamp his own valentines, Curious George style. [Read more…]

DIY Save, Spend, Share Bank

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Make my DIY save, spend share bank and get some great tips on teaching your kids about money. Thanks to Make Your Kid a Money Genius (Even If You’re Not) for sponsoring this post. #moneygenius

More sick days with Blake means more super simple DIY projects from me! Today I’m showing you this easy DIY save, spend, share bank. During Blake’s nap the other day I had a chance to read Make Your Kid a Money Genius (Even If You’re Not), the latest from Beth Kobliner available at Amazon.com. Financial literacy is a topic that’s close to my heart. Yet I often question if I have the right tactics to teach my own kids to be financially aware and in control. Good old motherhood doubt!

DIY Save, Spend, Share Bank | Make your kid a money genius with this DIY Save, Spend, Share bank from Hello Splendid

Whether you’re financially savvy and a lifelong saver or you feel completely clueless when it comes to money, there are some sound tips within the book. Here are a few tips I picked up about establishing healthy spending and saving habits from Make Your Kid a Money Genius (Even If You’re Not) for grade school age kids like Kayla (the book is divided by topic and age) and how they led me to make my own DIY save, spend, share bank. [Read more…]

Donut Valentine Printable

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Call me a total cheeseball but making punny printable valentines is one of my favorite things to do each year. After I’m done I’ll usually show Kayla all of the different ones I created and let her decide if she wants to use any of them for her class valentines at school. It took Kayla about three seconds to decide that this donut valentine printable was her favorite this year.

Donut Valentine Printable | Free printable valentine | food free class valentine printable | free donut printable from Hello Splendid www.hellosplendid.com

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Moisturizing Play Dough for Dry Winter Skin

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I created my moisturizing play dough for dry winter in partnership with Vaseline®.  Vaseline Intensive Care™ Essential Healing Lotion leaves skin deeply moisturized and looking noticeably healthier. #VaselinePartner

Winter in San Diego is not known for being particularly harsh. Okay, I’m originally from New York. San Diego winters are a joke by comparison. However, what most people don’t realize is that we get some crazy temperature swings. You can wake up to 30 degree weather and by noon have a 75 degree day. When the sun sets the temperature drops and parents like me are cranking up the heat to keep our little beach babies warm.

Moisturizing Play Dough | Moisturizing Play Doh for Dry Skin | Play Doh recipe for dry skin from Hello Splendid www.hellosplendid.com

Which is wonderful when you wake up in your flannel sheets feeling toasty. Except for one thing. That awful dryness  you can feel from your fingers to your nose to your toes. These days I wake up in the middle of the night and can already feel how dry my hands are before the day even starts. [Read more…]

I Have Receipts – DIY Receipts Envelope

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It is no secret that I love myself a little DIY project. To me, every project is an opportunity to learn something new, take ownership of the process and feel pride in the finished product. Taking the time to be creative exercises the innovative muscles in my brain, creating a creativity snowball effect. It also gives a much needed break to the ones that deal with email correspondence and spreadsheets.

DIY I have receipts leather envelope | #TurboTaxMeLlevaContest #WeAllGrow | DIY receipts envelope by Hello Splendid www.hellosplendid.com

Every January I start a new file to store financial papers I collect throughout the year for business expenses. Receipts, contracts, check stubs and 1099’s. A couple of times a week, I gather these papers together from my desk, handbag and kitchen counter and stash them away for tax time. So it felt all too appropriate to do a little DIY project and customize this stylish envelope with the cheeky phrase ” I have receipts.”

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