Uncommon Goods.

Being newly pregnant and moving over the last month, I can count on one hand the number of times I've put real clothes on to brave the big bad world. My go to "little black T-shirt dress" has been my outfit of choice more than a handful of times each week.  I was so thrilled to receive the cutest little packet in the mail containing the perfect accessory to take my plain dress and make it into to a stylish summer look.  Uncommon Goods sent me a beautiful Bee Love Necklace created by Nancy Nelson.  This piece just screamed my name since I live in the Beehive state and I love sporting anything that ties me to beautiful Utah. I knew right when I saw it browsing for  jewelry online that it was the necklace for me. 
Uncommon Goods is a privately owned retailer that brings together unique, and beautiful gifts created by talented artists from all over the world. Every piece is made in harmony with the environment and without harm to animals or people.  From art and jewelry to home and kitchen, kids and adults, Uncommon Goods offers a plethora of handmade goods for every family. 
I sure loved browsing their user friendly site and finding so many one of a kind products that I obviously need to fill my new home. 
My necklace came packaged in an adorable wrapped gift box with a short bio of the artist. 

What I love most about Uncommon Good pieces are the stories behind their products.  Uncommon Goods does an amazing job telling the story of how every product came to be.  With the Bee Love Necklace the story tells that Nancy Nelson's friend gave her some leftover fragments of honeycomb and her creative eye caught a glimpse of one shaped like a heart.  Nancy took the piece and put it into brass to preserve its delicacy and beauty.  "The design serves as a tribute to bees' own awe-inspiring design skills and vital role in our environment" (Uncommongoods.com) I love being able to connect with the artist of my necklace as well as the story behind how the product came to be. 
The stunning brass heart hangs from a simple gold plated chain. It's lightweight and clearly made with supreme craftsmanship. It's a beautiful piece perfect for any outfit.

Even Princess Hayden loved the necklace and took off her "magical amulet" so she could try on mommy's heart necklace. 

 I literally had to fight her to take it off.

Sister knows good style. 

A big THANK YOU to Uncommon Goods for sending me this one of a kind piece. 

Your website is incredibly buyer friendly and your products offer the greatest options for handmade and quality gifts. 

Be sure to head over to Uncommon Goods to find the perfect handcrafted item for anyone in your life or for any occasion!  A few of my favorites are linked below.
Nursery Rhyme Blocks Fresh Organic Soft Fruit Toy Basket Personalized Cutting Board Hand Embroidered State Pillows
*This is a sponsored post and contains affiliate links.  Uncommon Goods sent me this necklace at no cost for review of their website and products.  All opinions are my own*.

DIY Trendy T-Shirts with Cricut.

I am thrilled to be partnering with Cricut for a Trendy T-shirt collaboration. I had so much fun designing and creating these t-shirts for me and my littles. This post does contain affiliate links and Iron-on material provided by Cricut, however, as always, all opinions are my own.

As a mom it's so easy to get in the routine of things and the routine around our home kinda goes like this. Kids play.  Mom cleans. All day, everyday!  Sure I sneak in a few fun crafts, afternoons to the library, preschool learning and recipes to bake but lets be honest, all those things are fun... FUN things that have to be cleaned up. And I totally LOVE it.  With two toddlers playing all the time they are happy, healthy, learning and growing.  From the living room, to the preschool table, to the kitchen, out to the front yard, upstairs to our rooms, to the dinning room table and finally back to the living room all day for playing.  All the while kids playing, mom cleaning. (OK, sometimes I play to)  Any other moms have that kind of a day on repeat?  It's wonderful isn't it? 

I designed these t-shirts as a set because I wanted an outward expression of what goes on inside our crazy home and probably most of yours also. I think I nailed it. 

All our shirts were made in Cricut Design Space in just a few quick minutes during nap time.

I am continually impressed with Cricut Design Space and its user friend interface and set up. Design, Align and Go!  Three simple steps and you have yourself an awesome Trendy T-Shirt.

For these designs I used Cricuts Iron-on Lite in Pink for mine and Hayden's shirts and Charcoal for Hunter. The font is Southwest and words are left aligned.  Don't forget to screen reverse your design when using iron-on material for a t-shirt. 
With a handful of extra iron-on material I let each kid chose a fun new image to put on a t-shirt.

Hunter chose the space man and I added the famous words "One Giant Leap for Mankind" I used Cricuts Iron-on Lite in Charcoal and the font Seaside.

Hayden, of course, picked out the unicorn image. She's had this thing about unicorns since her Auntie Kenna sent her the most adorable unicorn leggings and walks around calling all horses unicorns.

It's pretty adorable right?  I used Cricuts Iron-on Pink Sparkle and Green Glitter with the font Haley in Cricut Design Space. 
I was in desperate need of a new gym shirt so I created this fun gold print graphic tank for myself.

Channeling my inner Kourtney Kardashian, I used my favorite phrase "Gorgeous Darling!" and found it perfectly suitable for gym motivation. I used Cricuts Iron-on Gold Glitter and font Chloe in Design Space. 
I hope this post inspires you to create you own Trendy T-Shirt with Cricut.  Be sure to check out Cricut's Pinterst page for lots of great inspiration.  You can also pick up your own Cricut Explore Air machine or Iron-on rolls at Cricut.com

Thanks so much Cricut for sending us Iron-on's to play with some new trendy images and fonts.