FREE! Thanksgiving place-setting ‘gratitude card’ template The other day I was on Twitter and came across @garyhgoodridge and he tweets “Remember the days you prayed for the things you have now.” This absolutely struck a chord and got me thinking. Why do I feel like I’m on fast-forward mode most of the time, I’m so guilty of missing moments. How about you? This tweet got me thinking in so many levels, starting with our home. How could I forget how my husband and I prayed and hoped for it; the timing had to be right because we had other family […]
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Room To Share
Childhood memories built here. (Create personalized wall art. – encourage sisterhood) As I stood outside my two daughters’ shared bedroom I was excited that I’ve finally finished reorganizing their space. I suppose I can tell you that the cute little things were gifts from generous family and friends purchased from Potterybarn Kids, HomeSense and the likes, but the room has a different story to share. It reminded me of something a lot more significant. I’m the middle child and the only daughter, I loved growing up with brothers. I knew about comic books, sports, wrestling, superheroes and Nintendo but a part […]
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The art of gift giving
I don’t think I can be a shop that shares unique gift ideas without telling you this personal holiday story. I was a witness to such a heartwarming gift-giving experience for my own girls over Christmas. See when I started LD Design Loft, my eldest girl Julia started drawing sketches right beside me; talk about a personal cheerleader. She even called her imaginary shop ‘JD Shop’. Julia loves to sketch and on one visit to her cousins’ place she left some of her dress sketches there. We had no idea that Lola Nanay (a grandmother figure) got hold of the sketches. […]
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Homemade Goodness! Sweet Traditions
We really enjoy receiving homemade treats during the holidays in our family. We’ve also been known to give out a few ourselves. We once got almond roca bars and my husband was hoping to get some this year…so I said “Why not just make some ourselves?!”. Needless to say, he was way too excited over the idea…ha. Our girls really loved helping with these, and it is officially on our list for traditional recipes during this time of year — what’s more, this year our second child has outgrown her allergy to hazelnuts and almonds =D. ..so thrilled she can enjoy these with us. […]
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