New Items - Vintage New Haven Country Club Pewter Golf Trophies

Just listed these awesome Vintage Pewter Golf Trophies in my Etsy Shop. They would make such a great decor item for an office, especially for someone who loves golf or preppy things! Trophies are vintage New Haven Country Club in Connecticut.

Stickers Available for Wholesale

Our Premium Vinyl Stickers are now available for Wholesale - please send me a message for more information if you’re interested in carrying our products in your shop. I also have a bunch of other designs in the works that I’m excited to bring to life soon and add to our offering - stay tuned!

NEW Item: Birch New Hampshire Vinyl Stickers

Birch New Hampshire Vinyl Stickers are finally here! I’ve had this idea for literally years and the half-finished design file on my computer for forever, so it feels incredible to finally have these in my hands! The Maine version should be in by the end of the week and I’m hoping to get a Massachusetts version done soon as I had a few requests for those!

Fun Fact: The exact birch pattern on the stickers is based off the birch tree we used for our wedding centerpieces 11 years ago which makes this project even more special to me.

DIY Vintage Serving Tray Memo Board - No Tools Needed!

We’ve been slowly helping to clean out a family member’s attic and came across this old heavy “silver” (not actually silver) serving tray. Since not many people still use serving trays I thought it might be fun to repurpose it into something else - and since it seems to be made of some kind of steel (therefore magnetic), I thought it would make a fun magnetic memo board! | This post contains affiliate links |

Materials:

• Vintage metal tray (check to make sure it's magnetic)
• plate stand big enough to support the tray (similar size stand linked)
• magnets

How To:

Really the how-to for this project could not be easier! Rest that serving tray on a plate stand that’s big enough/sturdy enough to support it, add some magnets, and BAM, you’re done! I think this project would look so cute on a dresser in a bedroom, a feminine office space, or on a desk nook in the kitchen. It can be used to hold reminders, photos, thank you notes, recipes, mementos, and more.

And if the horizontal orientation isn’t working for your space, just turn the tray and you instantly have a vertical memo board!

If you wanted to hang the tray on a wall instead, you could try using a tray hanger. Just make sure to buy the correct size hanger for your tray and make sure it's rated to support the weight of it.

PS - looking for vintage items like the serving tray in this post? Be sure to check out our Etsy Shop for some fun vintage finds! Our inventory is always changing so check back often :)

4th of July GIVEAWAY!

We thought it would be fun to host a little 4th of July Giveaway for one of our New England Lakeside Baseball Caps! Head on over to our Instagram or Facebook to enter, giveaway ends July 6th at 5PM and one winner will be chosen at random and notified. Good luck!

Interested in purchasing one of our New England Lakeside Caps?
Please check out our Etsy Shop - they are currently on sale at the moment too!

Summer Sale!

Most items in our Etsy Shop are 10-15% off for the month of July - help us clear out some inventory! I will be adding some new items this month too, including new sticker designs and prints - stay tuned :)

Teaching Our 4-Year-Old How to Read

Just wanted to hop on here real quick and share about this book we have been loving for teaching our 4-year-old how to read! | This post isn’t sponsored but does contain affiliate links |

Our 4-year-old has been asking us to learn to read for a little bit now. She sees her older sibling reading and wants to join in too… after researching around I decided to try this book "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons", which came highly rated.

The book and its format took a little getting used to at first, but we quickly caught on and our little one is EXCELLING at it. The program starts small, and builds on letter sounds one-by-one. They start with the predictable sounds and add annotations to help differentiate different letter sounds and minimize letters that are silent. Your little one builds confidence and knowledge and slowly starts to decipher how words, sentences, and paragraphs are made. Our 4-year-old is now sounding out and reading small paragraphs all on her own, and we’re only a little more than 1/3 through the book! Her comprehension/recall still isn’t quite there (she often needs to be reminded about what the beginning of the paragraph was about by the end of the paragraph), but she is honestly enjoying being able to decipher words all on her own. She’s even starting to read and recognize words and sentences in other books that don’t have the sounds broken down like this book does.

I think this is a great jumpstart to reading if your child is ready and willing. I know it will definitely give our child more confidence and a jumpstart on learning to read before starting Kindergarten. We’ve been taking our time doing the lessons (we only do them 2-3x a week), but I’m really looking forward to see how well she reads by the end!

SHOP: "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons"

Etsy Sale Through June 3rd

We’re joining the spring Home and Living Sales Event over on Etsy, everything in our shop is 10-20% off now through June 3rd! Happy Shopping :)