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hello {again}

hello {again}

It’s been …. awhile. Life just keeps moving, doesn’t it?

We’ve been quite busy around here since the last post {Christmas!} – adding new things, figuring out new direction to take with the shop {and if we are taking a new direction – the answer? “Sort of”}. The littles are growing {Olivia is talking!} like crazy, and I’m trying not to blink and miss this precious time.

Here are some photos of the newest additions to the shop {and some fun custom projects, too!} that I thought you might enjoy :)

"Hitched" cupcake toppers from the Path Less Traveled new cupcake toppers in the Etsy shop! {inspired by the toppers for the barn wedding}High Chair Birthday Banner from the Path Less Traveled new First Birthday High Chair Garlands in the Etsy shop {and now I’m wondering why I didn’t think to make these for our own little ones’ first birthdays!}DSC_0014 a custom version of the New York Subway toppers – too cute with the “All Aboard!” flags personalized cake topper | the Path Less Traveleda personalized cake garland – such a sweet hybrid of the Name Bunting and the Confetti Garland!

DSC_0243Hopefully I’ll be able to get you caught up to speed soon {with lots of photos!}, but in the meantime,how are you? I’ve missed chatting here with you. Did you have a lovely holiday season? Make New Year’s resolutions? Are you snowed in {or experiencing 80 degree weather?}?

customer love – children’s room edition

customer love – children’s room edition

Well friends, it’s Friday again – which means that it’s customer love time, and today I have a children’s room edition to share!

Last month a mama contacted me regarding a custom version of my new Large Hanging Stars – she was creating a whimsical woodland bedroom for her little guy, and was looking for stars in shades of white, yellow, gold, and some soft blues.

Artwork from the Wheatfield on EtsySome of the artwork in his room is from the Wheatfield, Winnie the Pooh, Babar, Good Night Moon and other art based on favorite classic children’s books by Shannon Presti and Vicki Freeman, and she was hoping to finish off the “play” corner with some sweet ceiling decor that reflects the whimsy and wonder in the pieces. After some emailing back and forth, I think we came up with a perfect fit for her growing boy:customer love - children's room edition! on the Path Less Traveledcustomer love - children's room edition! on the Path Less Traveled

And here’s how they look in his room!customer love - children's room edition! on the Path Less Traveled

Isn’t it just lovely?! I love how she played on the “starry” theme for him, bringing a feel of wonder and adventure to his room. She says that her little loves them, too, and keeps calling them “his stars” – isn’t that darling?

The playful fox fold-up play tent is from SnailCandy on Etsy, and the artwork she chose from the Wheatfield can be found here and here {I LOVE Katie’s work! In fact, if you look carefully around our home, you can spot an example in almost every room :)}. If you’d like to create something similar, you can find the large 12″ size stars in my shop here, and I’ll be adding the smaller 9″ and 6″ sizes soon. :)

Thank you so much for letting me share this, Nancy – I really love how the space turned out!!!

Do you have photos that you’d like to share? If so, you can either email them to me at elizabeth@pltmarket.com or tag them with #thepathlesstraveledmarket on Instagram – we’d all love to see your ideas! Also, I often send “thank you” coupons to the lovelies who let me share their photos with you – so if you’re looking for a coupon for your next order, sharing photos is a great way to get a discount!

Have you entered the giveaway for a gift card to the shop yet? If you haven’t, don’t delay! :)

 

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artwork images are by Katie Daisy from the Wheatfield

customer love – movie party edition!

customer love – movie party edition!

Today I’m thrilled to be able to share another customer love post with you – and this time it’s a movie party edition! Dawn ordered one of our darling dessert garlands in yellow and white, and used it to top this amazing Kit Kat candy cake:
customer love - star cake bunting

 

Dawn says: “We have a Random Movie Club that has been meeting every month for 15 years. I made this Kit Kat Cake for the anniversary this year. It’s a dark chocolate cake with brownie frosting. With the candy all over it, it seemed like the perfect “movie” snack cake and I thought the glittery star topper added the perfect “Hollywood” touch!” I do too – isn’t it just perfect? Great job, Dawn!

Do you have photos that you’d like to share? If so, you can either email them to me at elizabeth@pltmarket.com or tag them with #thepathlesstraveledmarket on Instagram – we’d all love to see your ideas!

XO

 

p.s. I often send “thank you” coupons to the lovelies who let me share their photos with you – so if you’re looking for a coupon for your next order, sharing photos is a great way to get a discount!

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Cars themed party on the Path Less Traveled
the Cars party! {part two}

the Cars party! {part two}

Ah, the best laid plans! I started out the week planning to share all sorts of birthday ideas with you lovelies, and then … a {most precious and adorable} teething baby {who wanted to be held all night}, kids with colds who needed their mama and somehow my {sleep deprived, foggy and semi incoherent} thoughts just didn’t make onto the blog. But now, the little are better, I’m more rested and ready to share!

Anyone ready for part two of the Cars party? {looking for part one? or the sneak peek? You can find them here and here}

Cars themed party on the Path Less Traveled I had seen a super fun pool-noodle turned car race track on Pinterest, and picked up a noodle at the Dollar store when I was getting the a few other things for the party {side note – the Dollar Tree is an excellent source for streamers, cake plates, napkins, mylar balloons and plastic tables cloths!}, and it turned out to be a bit too small for the cars {but perfect for marbles}. John improvised and made a track using a large piece of cardboard, and it turned out even better for Ian, since most of cars are bigger than Matchbox size :) The kiddos loved hurling the cars down the “track”, racing to catch them at the bottom and then running back to the top to do it again.Cars themed party on the Path Less Traveled Ian was soooo tickled with his Cars cake from Sam’s Club! And with the stickers and temporary tattoos that we used as party favors :)Cars themed party on the Path Less Traveledthe indoor eating area – at lunch time {the birthday boy requested corn dogs for lunch}

The balloon garland was so fun – and easy! – to make! You can find the tutorial that I made for it here. And do you see the “road” style table cloth? It was another thing that I had found on Pinterest, and super simple to make happen. Just cut a black plastic cloth in half the long way and then attach 1″ x 6″ strips of yellow construction paper down the middle using double sided tape.Cars themed party on the Path Less Traveledview of our dining room from the front of our house – I love the added dimension and pop of color that the red and blue paper stars added!Cars themed party on the Path Less TraveledCars themed party on the Path Less Traveledfrom the kitchen toward the dining room – there were fire engines on the shelf under the photo wall and presents on the piano
Cars themed party on the Path Less Traveledanother one of the Lightning McQueen printouts Cars themed party on the Path Less Traveled

The outdoor eating area, with another “road” style table cloth. I used a bunch of red and white streamers and red and white paper stars to bring a party feel to the tent, and they were so lovely as they swayed in the evening breeze :)

So there you have part two – I’ll be sharing the rest of the party soon!

xoxo

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little pieces on the Path Less Traveled
little pieces

little pieces

the photos that I capture on Instagram are just little pieces of our life, and it’s really interesting to see what moments I capture {and which ones I don’t} – of course, it seems as if {since I instagram from our iPad} I only capture the things that stand still. Which of course explains why Emma Grace, Ian and John don’t show up very often, but flowers, projects and Olivia do. :)

the daffodils and candles on our table, just before I took the photos for {this post}07efc7aa9fc211e2819022000a1f99d8_7 gardening hands – I almost always forget to wear gloves! 78b1eb9ca23511e2890a22000a1fbc9a_7 one afternoon I had a fun surprise – my vintage book page lanterns were featured in an Etsy Weddings email!0266d056a39d11e2942f22000a9f140e_7-1 new product in progress – it means lots of experimenting with colors. Creating new things for you is one of the things I love about having a handmade business <3915aa6d2a2b411e29c6822000a1f9688_7 sleeping babe – just another few days and she is moving from her moses basket to the full size crib we have used for both her sister and brother {onc John gets it down from the attic and I make her some sheets :)}4790e818a08e11e29c4c22000a9e0896_7 Olivia and mama <3

today is our 5th wedding anniversary {did you see the project I posted for it?} and I gave John this sweet “you & me” mug I found <3

coupon from the path less traveled and last but not least, the coupon code for you!

so there you have it! some little pieces of our past week – do you Instagram? If so, did you know that when you post photos of your purchases from the Path Less Traveled and tag them with #thepathlesstraveledmarket, they show up here on the right hand side of the site? It’s a fun way to share with others how you’re using your purchases, and I love seeing them, too!

Also, this weekend I’ll be sharing some customer photos – you’ll love them!

 

 

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Easter Bunny Bag from the Path Less Traveled
Friday again?

Friday again?

How can it be Friday again already?

And Easter is almost here! Having it early this year means that’s it’s kind of catching me off guard {making the girls matching Easter dresses? um, might not happen …}. Are you finding the same thing true for you?

Each pick is made using rabbits cut from 5 different colors of cardstock: pink, yellow, light blue, light green and purple. Each is double sided so there isn't front or back - they look cute from every angle! Each little bunny is about 1/2" tall. The set includes: 3 yellow 3 pink 2 green 2 blue 2 purple

 Easter Rabbit cupcake toppers

Speaking of catching me off guard, I just realized that I haven’t done a very good job of moving most of my Easter items over from my Etsy shop to this site – whoops! So if you’re looking for the super cute things that I’ve been making {and trust me, there are some REALLY cute new things in my shop!} you’ll need to look there this year. Oh well ….

Anyway, here’s some of the cuteness:

Easter Bunny Bag from the Path Less Traveled

 Easter Bunny Bags {I’m in LOVE with this paper!}

Easter Egg Doily Garlands from the Path Less Traveled

 Easter Egg Doily Garlands

Pastel Bunny Dessert Topper from the Path Less Traveled

 Easter Bunny Mini Cake Bunting

Spring Doily Garland from the Path Less Traveled

 Spring Doily Garland

and those are only a few! I’m hoping to get them all posted here for you, too, but we’ll see how that goes. :) I’ll let you know!

For those of you who follow me on Instagram, you saw that I mentioned shipping deadlines for Easter delivery: the deadline for guaranteed delivery with standard shipping is Monday, March 25 and Priority shipping is Wednesday, March 28. If you need rush shipping, let me know and I’d be happy to help!

Hope you all have a lovely, lovely weekend {we are expecting snow …} and I’ll be back soon :)

XO

sweet little things

sweet little things

I LOVE custom orders. Sometimes it’s a bit tricky to get the customer’s ideas transferred from “idea” to “reality”, but I always love them. Here’s a sweet little something that I was working on for a baby girl’s first birthday:

bright scallop garland from the Path Less Traveled

The baby girl’s mama contacted me with an idea board and a request for 6 3-foot long garlands, and we were both pretty tickled with how they turned out!

Do you have a vision or idea that you’d like to see created? Contact me and we’ll talk about it!

 

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