Design, typography, and art are everywhere these days, especially online. And as one person who appreciates good design and enjoys creativity, I continue to be amazed and inspired by the creativity of others.

Every Christmas season, candy canes appear in our house. Our children come home with them from church, school, and their grandparent’s homes and then beg to eat one every day. We oblige some of the time, but I don’t give a second thought to candy canes with all of the other goodies we have around at Christmastime, even though they are one of the four main food groups (for elves). Name that movie.

Last month our baby turned two…which means he is officially no longer a baby. But he’ll always be our baby, right? Our sweet third baby who’s life is not as well documented as his older siblings. Since this blog is translated loosely to photo books, I’ll get it down here while I still remember the details.

When I was a kid, if you were to ask me what my favorite color was, I assure you that yellow probably would have been toward the bottom of the list. Enter the year 2010 and my sister asked me to wear a yellow dress in her wedding. I told her that I do not look good in yellow, (the one yellow top I have ever owned made my teeth look yellow-er. Gross.) but I would absolutely wear whatever she wanted. This was just the push I needed to get on the yellow bandwagon.

When I asked our sweet girl what kind of cake she wanted for her birthday, she replied, “A pink princess cake!” (Well, she says “pruncess” instead of princess, but I don’t correct her). Knowing that we had a very full weekend ahead with no time for an elaborate cake, I resorted to pruncess cupcake liners and toppers and a very pink, very girly cake. Maybe an elaborate castle cake will happen next year. Maybe.