I recently posted a photo on social media of a collection of frames and keepsake shadow boxes I hung in my closet. (Boujee, I know.) There’s a silhouette portrait of my infant son hanging across from the first sonogram...
Nine weeks is a really long time! Being home with our family and balancing all the work/life demands during social distancing (while homeschooling) and trying to maintain some level of sanity has certainly had its challenges. Like many families,...
I was staring into our hall closet (where all the things I can’t find go to hide) when I realized I wanted to move and leave everything in it as an incentive for the next owner. I’ve also been glaring...
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A few years ago, a friend shared a post on Facebook about custom-decorated crawfish paddles. I immediately ordered one for my husband, a...
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Childproofing Hacks for Decorating Your Home
Minutes after seeing the blue "lava" erupt from our paper mâché volcano at our gender reveal luau years ago, people were telling me how I'd better get used...
I am one of the Room Parents for my son's Pre-K class. One of the responsibilities of the Room Parents is to create a class project to be auctioned off at the school's big fundraising gala. Earlier this year,...
Part II of II: Baking/Cake Mix tips from an Amateur cake decorator
In part I, I explained how I came to be a cake decorator, and how it has become more than a hobby to me.
Over the years, I've developed...
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I'm not big on making TikTok-style videos, but I have recently been swayed by my fellow New Orleans Mom contributors to participate...
Let me be honest, I'm more of a “wannabe" DIY mom.
I have a TON of creative ideas that come to me at 1 AM when my restless mind refuses to sleep. However, when it comes to time, money, or...
If you are looking for things to do with kids in New Orleans this summer, you've come to the right place. New Orleans Mom is the premier parenting website for entertaining and raising kids in New Orleans! Sometimes, though,...
When you're pregnant, you have all these ideas of the mom you hope to be. Hands on. Crafty. Home cooking meals. Hand sewn clothes. PTA Mom. Room Mom. These ideas meet a hard wall when you’re a working mom....
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Five Ways to Make Renovating Your Home Easier {A Mom's Perspective}
My husband and I recently purchased a new (to us) home that needed some work before we could settle...
Once we decided not to move and to stay in our house we started making renovation plans. We knew that our biggest undertaking was also the one about which I would be the most excited, and it was time....
When I graduated high school almost 20 years ago, I received a gift that I still regularly use. It was a book that the mom of my hometown BFF had filled with all the recipes she made us growing...