Yearly Archives: 2011 When my oldest son was born, I gave him a Christmas book to open on Christmas Eve. Thus began a new Christmas tradition. We have done it every year since he was a baby, and always will. I try to pick books that represent where they are at that time. One of my favorite things […]  It’s funny how some holiday traditions will start. With some things we make such a deliberate effort, thinking ‘this will be a holiday tradition!’ Other times, it’s something very simple that you try merely for fun, that turns into a yearly event…a favorite story you read every Christmas Eve, taking a drive to look at […]  When this wreath came across my blog path a few weeks ago, I knew I had to give it a try- the old Holiday try! I liked it so much because its simplistic, modern and most of all, easy! While I love her rainbow version and I was really itching to go neon holiday craze, […]  There are only 12 days left to get your Christmas lists crossed off, which still leaves enough time to skip the big box retailers and put something together fashioned from your creative self. I admit I have only made one gift so far this season, but after my BFF and I curated this awesome list […]  The scene is Samantha’s car—which smells like Christmas. It is filled with greens to adorn the exterior of her home, a 1900 Victorian cottage nestled in one of Newport, Rhode Island’s most historic neighborhoods. Having grown up in an apartment—with an artificial tree and blue plastic garland, this was a tradition she and her […] Motherhood has been a very good thing for my Type A personality. VERY good. Over the years I’ve spent plenty of time trying to “let it go” but nothing worked quite as well as having a baby. Nope. Nothin’ at all. Why? Because you can’t shove your baby into your Type A box, wrap it […]  Do you ever have moments where your kids are being so darn cute you could just eat them? I’ve been on maternity leave from The Creative Mama because my new little guy, Max, made his debut and we just wanna eat him up, we love him so! His name reminds me of the character, Max, in […] 
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