Summer Travels in Europe

My husband and I are planning our first real vacation, sans children, since our first child was born nearly 16 years ago! It's very exciting, and a little unsettling to be completely honest. Our younger son as been asking to attend his usual summer camp for both sessions and this year I finally agreed. This means he'll be enjoying camp life for a full seven weeks! He's incredibly excited and I'm trying not to think about missing him for so many weeks. Our older son is traveling to Switzerland, The Czech Republic, Poland and Israel with his camp this summer. They will be traveling for the better part of 6 weeks! And while I'm going to miss him equally, I am feeling very blessed to be able to offer him this opportunity. All of this camp-fun for our children means my husband and I will have at least 6 weeks to ourselves and THAT equals travel time!

At this point, we're planning on spending 10 days in Israel, one of which will be with our oldest son and his group. The camp organizes a parents' trip and we're jumping at the chance! We figured while we're "across the pond" we'd spend some time in France and possibly England after our stay in Israel.  I came across a photo on the fabulous site, Mr. Porter, and it's inspired me to put together a playlist that I can listen to while planning and dreaming about our Summer travels. Have a listen, enjoy, dream, plan...  Are you planning any trips this Summer?

photo, curtesy of Mr. Porter, Journal. please be sure to explore their site for inspiration

xo

-Patti

Office Dance Break

One of the downsides to working as a designer is the number of hours I sit in front of my computer. You know the saying: "Time flies when you're having fun!" Well time does fly as I sit designing pretty invitations, a new printable file for a small business or a logo, but when it's time to step away and begin "mommy time" after school, my legs can sometimes be a little achy. That's why I set an alarm on my computer to remind me to get up and move a little during the work day. I created a Spotify playlist called "Office Dance Break" that helps me get a few minutes of moving in. Aggie, my goldendoodle, is always happy to dance with me. If you're looking for some fun music to move to, have a listen. If you're on Spotify, give me a follow and I'll follow you back!

Wishing you a happy Saturday!
-Patti

Songs for Saturday

It's Saturday which means "family time". My older son is officially kicking off the Spring Regatta season with a double race today! 

This blog post is going to be short and sweet (like me) and filled with music. I adore Spotify. If you're on Spotify, give me a follow and I'll follow you back! Here is a collection of my favorite songs to play when I'm packing up orders. Enjoy, and have a terrific Saturday!

Cheers!

-Patti

A Visit to Easton Place: Greeting Cards

Here's a little look into the process of hand-glittering and packaging our sweet greeting cards. I hope you like it! You can purchase our greeting cards here.
xoxo
-Patti

Wordless Wednesday... Music for My Eyes

Thing 2's (age 10)  first attempt at music composition ... during Social Studies class.
How could I be mad? The Arts are alive and well and I'm thrilled!