The Mom Creative

Project Life Tuesday

April 23, 2013

Welcome to Project Life Tuesday 2013 If you are new to The Mom Creative, welcome. I hope you will stay awhile. I’m Jessica – wife to Matthew, mom to Elias, a silly and spirited four-year-old, and Adeline, a spunky one-year-old. I’m also a marketing professional, savvy deal finder, photo lover and memory keeper trying to [...]

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Free NEW Amy Grant Song

April 22, 2013

I love working on the content team for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt for a lot of reasons. One of the big ones are the cool stories of how kids triumph despite really hard circumstances. Gigi Pasley is one of those kids. She has beat cancer FOUR times. She also loves to write [...]

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Project Simplify: Piles

April 22, 2013

Because I was in Salt Lake this weekend, I actually tackled this project last week. It wasn’t time consuming and was a good reminder not to put projects like this off. They aren’t as big as they sometimes seem in your head, you know? We have a small table in our dining room that is [...]

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Good Morning

April 20, 2013

I’m in Salt Lake at Snap!, a blogging conference for crafty and DIY bloggers. I’m rooming with my dear friend and amazing jewelry designer Lisa Leonard and having a blast. But, I must say, I miss my morning snuggles with Adeline. She has been getting up EARLY so we have had some special Mommy/Adeline time. [...]

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Birchbox vs. Ipsy: April 2013 Packages

April 19, 2013

Some links are referral links Have you heard of beauty boxes? I hadn’t. At least, not until very recently. My friend Kristen (Lainey’s mom) introducing me to the concept of these are monthly subscription services where you get a bunch of beauty samples in the mail. She subscribes to Birchbox and said I would love [...]

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Shutterfly: 5 Free Cards {Perfect for Mother’s Day)

April 18, 2013

I love Shutterfly, I love custom cards and I love free so this is a pretty perfect deal (affiliate links used). Through next Wednesday, April 24, you can get 5 free 5×7 or 5×5 cards with the code 5FREECARDS. Here are a few ideas for your free cards: Create one for your mom, one for [...]

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Beauty: Finding the Right 3 in 1 Foundation

April 17, 2013

I’ve never been someone who liked foundation and didn’t start wearing it daily until about two years ago. I have freckles, but my skin is free of blemishes and even in tone (I know I’m lucky). But as I got older, I realized how important a good base was to ensuring your makeup lasted all [...]

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Project Life Tuesday: Week 12

April 16, 2013

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Lots of Babies + Free Baby Gifts

April 15, 2013

I seem to be in a season where everyone I know is pregnant or has a new baby! It’s wild. I can hardly go on Facebook without seeing cute babies and pregnant bellies, like my friend Leila’s new baby, Luke (pictured above). In the spirit of new babies (and since I didn’t get a spring [...]

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The Smell of Laundry & Weekend Plans

April 12, 2013

Happy Friday! I am SO thankful its the weekend. We have several fun things planned, plus time for projects too the perfect balance. Tonight we will be picking up Lainey, the 2-year-old of our sweet friends Kristen and Chip. They are headed out of town for a work trip & we get the fun part [...]