September House Party

I'm a few days late on this post, but thought I'd let you know about what's going on for the September House Party... I personally picked the palette for the party this month {wow, that's lots of P's}.

by {claudia harvey}

by {shannon dombkowski}

by {robyn meierotto}

did I mention that we now have all 3 of our kids in school all day? {well, if it would stop being so hot... they've been having early outs because of the heat since they started}.  It's a bit of a shock, a bit of a relief, but I'm definitely looking forward to their usual routine & my new routine {once I get into the groove}.  How cute are they, though in their school uniforms?  Collin is now in 8th grade, Evan in 5th grade & Lydia is in Kindergarten. She's been the easiest transition into school so far {besides the tired crankiness I knew would happen for the first few weeks after the full days}.  She loves her teacher & keeping her busy is a very good thing.  The boys seem to have transitioned well this year, too & hoping this is a good sign of how the year will progress {fingers crossed}.  I hope your kids are off to a smooth start too.

{robyn}

August Dollar Days & August House Party

I know it's only Wednesday... but there are two new fun & exciting things happening starting today at DHD! We're starting our popular August Dollar Days & the August House Party kits are up in the shop too!  For August dollar days, there will be new dollar kits in the shop every.single.day this month! If you're not familiar with the House Party... it's a build your own collab with coordinating kits from the designers at the house. 

here is my first dollar days kit... the colors inspired from a dress I bought my daughter at Target

by {becca dickson} & yes, her cutie has the same exact dress :)

by {claudia harvey}

by {shelley haganman}

by {robyn meierotto}

& here is my kit for August House Party...

by {claudia harvey}

by {becca dickson}

by {robyn meierotto}

hope you can all join in the fun today & pick up the new kits... there are tons of awesome new goodies up today!  enjoy!

{robyn}

new collab with Celeste Knight

Hey everyone! I'm so excited today to show you my newest release, a collaboration with the lovely & talented Celeste Knight!  Oh, & she just happened to have a baby on Monday, too! The lady has a lot going on!  Anyway, we came up with this color scheme & an idea... Country Carnival.  I hope you love it!

& now for the AMAZING inspiration...

{becca dickson}

{claudia harvey}

{shannon dombkowski}

{robyn meierotto}

Want to see more inspiration? Check out Gen's post on the DHD blog, with the decorators using the kits. They've really outdone themselves! Remember the new kits on sale, 30% off today!  I also have some great deals coming up this weekend!

see ya soon! {robyn}

July House Party @DHD

sorry, folks, I'm late to the party... mostly because we've been doing lots of fun stuff this last week & we had a big party of our own yesterday, celebrating our middle kid's 10th birthday. I'm hoping to post highlights from that later today, but first, I thought I'd better show you what I contributed to the DHD House Party.

by {claudia harvey}

by {shannon dombkowski}

by {becca dickson}

by {me}

I had to scrap this photo of Lydia at her swimming lessons last week. Although it's not that great... it definitely was a great memory!  This girl took several jumps off the low dive with & without a life jacket, a few jumps off the high dive to her teacher waiting at the bottom & went down the water slides for the first time by herself.  She's getting big enough & strong enough to swim herself to the places she needs to be & is so very determined. Of course, she still needs help every now & then when those little arms & legs get tired, but she has come so far.  She is definitely my fearless one. Collin & Evan amazed me as well this week with flips off the high dives.  So much fun to watch them!  Both of them were told by their teachers they are great swimmers & Collin almost beat his teacher racing across the pool.  Collin was also doing some work to retrieve bricks from the bottom of the pool & trying to save the dummy. 

Collin

Evan

Lydia

What a great week to be at swimming lessons. It was a nice hot week & the kids always love spending every day at the pool {I didn't mind it either}

I'll be back again later... today's going to be a multiple post day ;)

{robyn}

sneak peek 6.25

hey everyone! hope you had a fabulous weekend! just wanted to pop in & give you a little sneak at a dollar kit I have releasing tomorrow at DHD!

layout by {me} using neon+kraft mini kit releasing tomorrow {for just a dollar!}, the Sprats alphas by Gennifer Bursett & Protectors set 1 by Karla Dudley.

I wanted to put together some of the pool pictures from June so far... all these were taken with my iPhone on Instagram.  We bought this pool in July last year & it has probably been the BEST money we've ever spent. How are you enjoying your summer?

The kids start swimming lessons today at the public pool... I think it's their favorite week of the summer!  Collin has this year & next year & then hopefully he can do the Lifeguard testing the summer he turns 15. Although many of his class mates are no longer taking swimming lessons, I see him becoming a stronger & more confident swimmer every year & love that he's working toward the long term goal of becoming a life guard & a teacher himself. 

{robyn}