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HEY THERE, I'M EILEEN

Eileen (me) and co (my three little daily sidekicks) exists to document my design journey. Right now that journey looks like staying at home with my three girls, design blogging, renovating our current house and designing and selling bedswings with my husband. Before kids it looked like an Architecture degree, a career working for an interior designer and flipping houses. Down the road I'll jump back into design and house flipping but right now I'm the official sandwich maker and diaper changer. I get paid less but smooshing baby cheeks makes it worth it. 

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How do you capture your family memories? I have a few things that I’ve been able to keep up with consistently that bring me so much joy. All my ways are easy with not a lot of time to put in (because 3 kids 4 years old and under 🤣). . The first way is @chatbooks They automatically print my favorite family photos with captions and ship them to me in 60 page books for around $10 a book. So worth it! . Once or twice a year I do a @shutterfly book. I do the hardback 8x8 book (normally costs around $20). I upload photos from my phone and quickly jot down captions. I don’t spend a lot of time on captions or getting a complicated layout- that’s how I make it doable for me! Just upload 4-6 pictures per page with a simple thought. I do about 6 months per book. . One other easy thing I do to remember this stage is as the twins say funny things or things I want to remember I jot them down on a running note I have on my phone. Then I copy those over to our @shutterfly books and add a page of just things they say. Such a great way to remember all the sweetness and sass 😍 . How do you capture your memories? I always love hearing other people’s systems! Also I’m showing our photo books in my stories if you want to see some examples - they are those white books on our shelves!
Those $5 faux wreaths I got at Hobby Lobby 3 years ago are still holding on strong on our windows. I’ve changed out the ribbon every year for a different look and this years black and white ribbon is definitely my favorite. 🖤⚪️🖤⚪️🖤
“We exist to bring creatives together because when we are together creativity multiplies.” In the bio of @gvlcreativeconnections and the heart of @thewhitebuffalostylingco and I. ✨ Over two years ago Lindsay and I had this dream of bringing together creatives in our city and last Thursday around 50 of you wonderful #yeahthatgreenville creatives came together for the first gathering of @gvlcreativeconnections and made our hearts so full. ✨ It was a complete dream come true. We left already so excited for the next event and have been working behind the scenes on what comes next. We can’t thank @cottagegrovevintage enough for hosting and supporting us in this dream- it wouldn’t have happened without you guys and your tremendous support. Last Thursday was a perfect example of how strong creativity can look when we are together and we are just getting started! ✨ Make sure to head over to @gvlcreativeconnections and follow along- we will be posting more info about our future gatherings and highlighting local creatives!
Life in a snow globe ⛄️ Also finally a look at our finished paneling under the porch! She’s come a long way since this summer, swipe for the befores. If you want more front porch makeover- head to my saved stories for all the details!
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