In the midst of holiday madness, we took a break from it all to spend the afternoon making holiday crafts. Our good friend Carol is the creator of Craft in America, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the exploration, preservation and celebration of craft. Through the Craft in America organization, Carol has produced a [...]

My talented husband, Will, recently designed some really cool display trees for a store in Los Angeles called Freehand. The trees are made from plywood and have wood pegs to display ornaments. Will is no stranger to creating unique holiday decorations. Last year he made me this amazing wreath. Pretty awesome for someone who says [...]

It’s really easy to get carried away with buying decorations for a party. As we’ve said before, we think that it unnecessary to break the bank, going hog-wild at the party store on things you’ll use once and then throw away. Opening your eyes to the things you already have around you and thinking creatively [...]

This afternoon at the studio, we got the bug to do a little crafting. This often happens around here when we’ve been sitting in front of the computer for 7 plus hours. We just needed to use another part of our brains and get our hands moving!

Heidi had brought in a shoebox full of cupcake [...]

If you read yesterday’s post, I mentioned an invite my friend Angela had created using papel picado imagery.  She read the post last night and gave me the go ahead to post it here on Make Something Happy.  The invite was for a wedding reception for a couple, Hilary and Rob, that were married in [...]

I got into an email conversation today with a friend who is also a designer.  I had sent her some photos of a party that I was crushing on and she pointed out that they had used papel picado as part of the decorations.

Papel picado, which means “perforated paper”, is a Mexican folk art of [...]

Here are some pictures from Unique LA this past weekend. We had so much fun setting up our display, meeting customers, seeing fellow exhibitor friends and indulging in awesome food all weekend. And yes, we’re totally exhausted, but in a really good way! The event was a rip-roaring success! Here are some pictures we took of our [...]

Earlier this week, we posted about our trip to the thrift store to pick up some things for a special project, but left you guessing what they were for.  The answer?  Party decor!

We threw a dinner party for our good friend Lindee’s birthday.  We decided we wanted to do a take on a woodland theme.  [...]

As I mentioned on Friday, a lot of “Spring Cleaning” needed to be done in our yards. Saturday and Sunday were both spent weeding, trimming, and re-planting. A ton of dirty work! While there is still a lot to be done, I was able to set up our our outdoor dining room so that we [...]

As we’ve mention before, Valentine’s Day is a great excuse to spread some love to all the people around you. One way that I love to do this is to have an annual lunch/brunch party for all of our sisters. Heidi & I have 3 younger sisters who are still in their teens/early [...]