The Intersection of Design & Motherhood
Have you visited Good Look Cookbook? It’s a new site where six “chefs” put together “design recipes” — inspirations, tools and instructions to achieve a certain look. What a cool idea! One of my favorite recipes so far: custom retro bookplates.
Seems like this would be a great resource if you’re teaching yourself graphic design, or looking for simple, fun projects. What about you? Do you find these recipes helpful? Do you like being able to see how a designer puts something together?
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New to Design Mom? Here are 10 posts to get you started:
What to Wear To Middle School
Napoleon Dynamite
Our Birth Announcements
Potato Print Clothing
Having Another Child
Young Einstein Birthday Party
Little Red LightHouse Outing
Porch Makeover
Waving Goodbye To The Atlantic Ocean
Build Two Toddler Beds for $75
Pimp My Ride: Family Edition
We love coming up with fun valentines to make and give. Here are some of our favorites (many are candy free!):
3-D Lollipop Valentines - Easy! And a big hit.
Wild Animal Valentines - Family Fun Magazine requested my idea for their latest issue.
Mad Lib Valentines - Family Fun requested this idea too!
Friendship Bracelet Valentines
And here are a few more ideas I've featured over the years that I bet you'll love:
- Fresh Fruit Valentines
- Color Theory Valentines
- DIY Scratch Off Valentines
- Shaving Cream Valentines
- Mini Valentine Boxes
Here's something fun. Our family was featured in an episode of House Hunters International! Spoiler: we choose the gorgeous French Farmhouse. It's called La Cressonnière and we take pictures of it all the time. If you're curious, try these links:
The Kitchen
Summer at La Cressonnière
The Halfbath
The Stairwell
The Neighbors
Ralph's Bedroom
The Studio
Springtime at La Cressonnière
The Living Room
Maude's Bedroom
The Artists
Oscar & Betty's Bedroom
The Exterior
The Floors
Olive's Bedroom
The Treehouse
The House: La Cressonnière
I hope you enjoy the house tour! Oh. And if you'd like to see the episode, you can find it on Youtube here (it's in four parts).
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I tried clicking on those links, but they arent connecting to anything- can you post the link to the website or a place to find this book please?
Thank you! and i love your blog! Great ideas & a lovely family!
Hi Ashley! I double-checked the links and they seem to be working for me. Weird. Try this url: http://www.goodlookcookbook.com/
I love the concept of Good Luck Cookbook. I’m such a design novice, I appreciate any advice I can get.
Love the website – and the bundle of compliments is a GREAT idea for Father’s Day!!
Hey thanks for sharing this link – what a great idea these women have had! I can’t wait to sit down and scroll through the whole thing!
On a completely different note, I just saw in the sidebar that you #nerdalert’ed your own kid. Hilarious!
Thanks so much for the feature! I appreciate your support of our little project!