Welcome to episode 007 of Hey Neighbor where I chat with one of my very best friends, Erika Firm, about the many complexities of living in a four generation household. Erika lives with her husband, 16 year old son, mother and grandmother on Johns Island, South Carolina, just outside out of Charleston. In this episode Erika shares about the reasons her family moved cross country from San Diego and the beauty of living in a multi-generational home along with sharing she and her mom’s best entertaining and party hacks.
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In our neighborhood we love getting together on game day for a good football party with food, a few drinks and a healthy dose of friendly rivalry, so last year for the big game we hosted a game day chili cook-off! We asked friends to show up with a crock of their best chili and passed out ballots so everyone could taste and vote on their favorites. This year I’ve teamed up with Uber to share some fun tips for hosting your own chili cook-off complete with really fun printable ballots designed by Erika Firm! Uber shares my passionate belief that it’s always better to be a #DesignatedRider over driving when you’re celebrating with friends, and I am an avid Uber user for that exact reason.
Designing pretty printable gift tags for readers is a bit of a tradition around here, in part because I love sharing my love of beautiful stationery and in part because I’m personally such a sucker for a well-wrapped gift. I absolutely love how a great gift tag can make even the simplest of packages feel so special and unique, which is a quality I like all of the gifts I give to have. Have you ever noticed how much more excited loved ones get to unwrap a gift that’s all decked out in the perfect ribbons and bows? People can tell when you take a little extra care wrapping their gift, making them feel even more loved, and for me that is what this season is all about. With that spirit in mind, I’ve teamed up with Staples to share the prettiest hand-painted printable gift tags with you! I collaborated with my amazingly talented bestie Erika Firm who took my ramblings about plaid and “traditional but modern” and turned them into a collection of nine seriously stunning gift tags all created by hand just for you.
Friends, after much ado and about two years more time than anticipated, I am so excited today to finally be announcing the all new The Sweetest Occasion! A couple of years ago I knew it was time to freshen things up with new branding and a new look, but I also knew the site needed a fair amount of restructuring to make it more organized and user-friendly. Along with my incredible friend Erika Firm of Analog Creative Co. we tackled the new branding and logo. Wildly, that was over two years ago. Soon after I found out I was expecting and because of that we had to move and then I had a newborn and then we bought a house and then we started renovating, and on and on and on. Until finally, I got together with the dream duo of gents at Roundhouse Designs, and from there Ryan and Nick set to work bringing the design I’d blocked out to life. I’m so grateful to them for putting up with me these last few months.
These free printable Christmas gift tags were designed by Erika Firm and add the sweetest bit of merry to your holiday packages. Download, print and use them on Christmas gifts large and small. I’m a big sucker for a well styled Christmas gift. Ask my family. Wrapping the gifts is a holiday task I take …
This easy chocolate bark recipe makes the perfect Christmas bark when personalized with your favorite toppings. It’s a great addition to cookie trays!
I’ve become such a fan of fun, artsy iPhone wallpaper designs and desktop backgrounds over the last couple of years so this holiday season I really wanted to offer you something cute and festive to dress up your tech. Because she’s insanely talented and also one of the best friends a lady could ask for, …
Learn home to make homemade Irish cream with this easy and delicious copycat Baileys recipe! It’s perfect for sipping or for bottling and giving as homemade Christmas gifts.
This post was sponsored by Lindt. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that help make The Sweetest Occasion possible! Last year around Valentine’s Day, I teamed up with my friends at Lindt to bring you some super cute printables inspired by my undying love for my favorite Lindt LINDOR milk chocolate truffles. (Can’t stop, won’t stop, guys. The love affair is …
I’ve been watching the days and weeks flip by on the calendar and there’s no denying that my favorite time of year is just around the corner! From Halloween through New Year’s, I find myself pretty much giddy constantly. Add in the fact that we’re having a baby this year, too, and I am basically over …
I’ve mentioned here and there over the last few weeks that my very dear friend Erika Firm and I are currently in the midst of totally overhauling The Sweetest Occasion. In a couple of months, everything from the logo to the site design will be all new, and at the moment we’re hard at work …
Throughout October I’m going to be taking some time off and have invited a handful of my favorite bloggers to join us. Today I am positively thrilled to welcome Erika Firm, who is not only one of my BFFs but also the supremely talented creative force behind stationery line Delphine. Also be sure to pop …