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Yes, friends! Super creative powers can arrive at your doorstep! As a thank you for your amazing support and patience, my Design Space Star team and I would like to GIVE A CRICUT EXPLORE AWAY!!! All you have to do is fill out the form below to enter. It’s THAT easy!! Before you do that […]

As promised in the two previous posts, here’s a fun – and unique – idea for a gift, party giveaway or somewhere in-between. The notebook was sparked as an idea for couples to give to their wedding party, in part as a thank you gift, but also a way to hand out the day’s – or […]

Yesterday I shared the first half of the Woodland Tablescape Melanie and I teamed up to create for this month’s Cricut Design Space Star Challenge – and I’m very excited to share today’s post about the peony garland centerpiece. Peonies are my favorite flower. One alone makes an impression, thanks to its amazing bloom. Gather five […]

It’s time for this month’s Cricut Design Space Star Challenge! The overarching theme for Round 3 was Wedding & Celebrations and my team decided to use “Floral + Woodland” as our focus. After brainstorming a few ideas, I decided on the following: a tablescape with a menu and place card design (today’s post!), and a peony and boxwood garland centerpiece (tomorrow’s post); and a few gift ideas, […]

Can you believe it’s the last week of August? We’re getting ready for school to kick-off. The Older is heading off to Kindergarten and the Little is going to preschool (finally!!) in two weeks! It’s a little weird knowing the house will be a little quieter but I’m really looking forward to the time to solely […]

A month ago I received an email from Cricut about Design Space Star, a design challenge. In short, between August and November there’s a monthly challenge to create an item using the Cricut Explore and there are prizes for the winners (!). After reading the email – and re-reading a few more times – I thought, “Why not try?” So I […]

I love getting personal mail. Not bills. But actual pen-to-paper, sealed and stamped mail. Postcards are totally groovy too (if you’re ever on a trip, snail mail me a postcard!). Needless to say I love getting invites via snail mail too. I completely realize e-invites have their place in the world (they make life easier) and an email dishing a party’s details is perfectly […]

If you follow Sparrow Soirées on Facebook or Instagram, you might have seen pictures of a party-in-a-box I put together for Domino Beauty Boutique’s recent giveaway. It was incredibly easy to do and well under a $75, including the bin, to put together. I’ve found over time it’s nice to have a bin stocked with basics so I’m always […]

Over the last few weekends, I’ve been deep into spring cleaning. In the process of working on rooms and closets throughout the house – and slightly by surprise – one morning, unplanned, I ended up cleaning out my office and moved a lot of things around, all in effort to pump fresh inspiration into it. My office sits in the back of […]

Are you a Game of Thrones fan? I am. So is The Mister. As are many others. While at Alt Summit, Kathy, of Krafty Kath, discovered we both dig the show (and, let’s not kid ourselves, Jon Snow too) and joked about getting together for a Game of Thrones craft night. Then it happened. If […]