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Maggie and Charlotte Turn Two

Today we're celebrating the second birthday of our sweet, silly, curious and loving girls. Much more low key than last year, no party, but they were perfectly happy with presents and balloons. I made them little cakes in the 5" round pans I bought for their first birthday smash cakes, I'm thinking it could be fun tradition to keep up with every year.

These photos are from their first haircut a few weeks ago. They were so good, sat perfectly still for my longtime hairdresser Sandy. It felt like yesterday that I was discussing fertility woes with her, then waddling in with my big ol' pregnant self to get a pre-delivery haircut. What a ride!

P.S. I hope you all fared well with Hurricane Irene. I'm so grateful we have power unlike so many friends and family.

Font Friday | Chunk Five + Free Download

For those of you who didn't watch "Friday Night Lights," this was Coach Taylor's catchphrase on the show and the football players would slap the sign before games for luck. It really sums up the feel of this wonderful show.

I made this sign for the designers I supervise at work who also love the show. We've had a crazy week covering the earthquake (the epicenter was a half hour away) and this weekend could be intense with hurricane news. We joked about slapping the sign on our way in to get pumped before firing up our computers. Whatever gets you through!

I used the font Chunk Five, a trusty slab serif you can download for free here. I've also included a PDF of the sign for your own use, download here. Texas Forever!

Get weekly font picks and design inspiration from the rest of Font Friday crew:

ALEXANDRA  / THE AERIALIST PRESS  
JEN / BLUSH PRINTABLES

STEPH / BUBBLEROCK  
CHELSEA / FOURTH AND FOLDED  
LAUREN / LAUREN ELISE CRAFTED

LAUREN / PALM PAPERS 
KERRY / SUPER SWOON

ALISON / ALISON OWEN DESIGN 
JENNY / HANK+HUNT

ALLIE / HONEY BEE INVITES 
WENDY / WESWENDESIGN 
LAUREL / GO AGAINST THE GRAIN

See my previous picks here and look for #FontFriday on Twitter!

My handwriting font (with cool dingbats!) is available to download!
Go here for details.

Dollhouse Decorating

My in-laws gave Maggie and Charlotte the most adorable Victorian dollhouse for their upcoming birthday. It needs to be painted and decorated and I am more than happy to do it! I started researching ideas and boy, did I stumble upon a whole new world. Check out the amazing work of Modern Miniatures by Dragondeemini. The tiny details are unreal. I'm in love with the mini iMac and little replicas of magazines and books. Inspired!