Category Archives: Inspiration

Goodbye Summer

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At the beginning of summer, I created a bucket list of things I wanted to do and created a bingo card. As fall officially starts tomorrow, I took the time to reflect on everything I accomplished.

Here is my summer bingo card.

Not a blackout, but I definitely got a bingo!

This summer was filled with great moments!

Crafts with Grandma
Lobster Roll
She made a turtle box
She made a snake
Street fair with Grandma
Doing Grandma’s nails
Day Date!
Maxi riding a horse for the first time!
Crafts
from
Camp
Bronx Zoo
Park in LIC

We were also so lucky to travel this summer. We visited my family’s beach house in Shirley (which I already wrote about), the Great Wolf Lodge in Pennsylvania, and the beautiful island of St. Thomas.

We visited the Great Wolf Lodge for our wedding anniversary. Maxi loved the water park and all the activities on-site.

In August, we went to St. Thomas with my husband’s family. We had a blast, and it was gorgeous!

The Westin Beach Resort & Spa at Frenchman’s Reef
Lobby
Coral World Ocean Park
Coki Beach
We visited a plantation at St. John’s Island
Cool Pirate Museum
We rented a Catamaran for a day to take us to other islands

Now, I’m ready for the fall!

Sunday at Sotheby’s

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This past Sunday, I got a guided look at the Old Masters and 19th Century European paintings and works of art at Sotheby’s with the New York Junior League’s WOC Affinity Group.

I’ve never been to Sotheby’s before. It has a museum-like feel but with the bonus of being able to touch the art.

Our Sotheby’s specialists went over some beautiful pieces. What I loved the most was that they spoke about the art itself, the framing and significance of the touch-ups, and the caring of the artwork. One of the highlights of the experience was looking at some artwork under black light to make comparisons.

Overall, it was an amazing experience. I look forward to visiting again and checking out a collection before it is auctioned off or experiencing a live auction.

Here are some photos of the day.

The Wedding Dance by Pieter Brueghel
Do you see the creepy crawly?

Visiting Pearl & The Beast

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Early last month, I had a pretty awesome ladies’ night out at Pearl & The Beast.

You pick a muscle, open it up, collect the pearls, clean them, and decide what to do with them. I got a good haul of pearls, so I got two rings and two earrings done. They had someone onsite who put together the jewelry. Bonus; I actually got the earrings for free because they were doing a promotion at the time.

It was hands-on, informative, and fun! I highly recommend checking it out.

Pick your muscle
shuck it
take out all the pearls
clean them
let them dry
The two rings I had made.
The two earrings I got.

Christmas Activities with Grandma

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I’m constantly looking for activities that I can do with both my three-year-old and my elderly parents.

I bought a felt tree with stick-on ornaments. It was straightforward to use and still gave a level of creative freedom to both my daughter and mom.

Here is the final product 🥰

We also made ornaments for our Christmas tree. The string was a bit tricky to tie but the oraments came with stickers and were also easy to use. Everything came out really cute.

Maxi’s Trick-or-Treat Bag

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I wanted to find something low-maintenance that my daughter and mom could do together this year to celebrate Halloween.

I bought the Highlights Halloween craft kit. It included cute pumpkin decorations (which we used for Maxi’s pumpkin), stickers, and a cute tote bag that Maxie could use for trick-or-treating.

Here are pictures of my mom and daughter decorating the bag together ♥️.

Here is the final product!

Hello Kitty Halloween Sticker Countdown

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My daughter is obsessed with Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures. I saw this on Instagram, and I had to buy it.

It’s a ten-day countdown to Halloween, but my daughter could not wait, so we started earlier, and we are now just opening them up whenever.

Each box has a cute sticker (or page of stickers), and they are gorgeous. Also, each one is meant to be a color activity, but my daughter just wants the stickers 😆.

I have always loved Hello Kitty and Sanrio in general, so I’m enjoying the calendar as much as my daughter is.