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Welcome to The Hudson Hotel

Hello! I hope you’re enjoying summer. We’ve been on the go, in the sun, and generally not spending much time in front of the computer. As it should be!

I thought this would be a fun thing to share; especially for anyone else who — like us — does not have a beautiful guest room all made up and waiting for summer visitors. When we have company Hudson relinquishes his teen room with its queen bed, and it becomes the guest room. Not ideal, but Hudson and Ella recently made the accommodations surprisingly swish by creating “The Hudson Hotel” for the grandparents. Here it is:

The Entrance

The Key

The Reveal

The Warm Welcome {in the frame on the bed}

The Perks

And, the fun. The Hudson Hotel has been enjoyed by both its guests and proprietors. Free WiFi and big smiles.

Soooo, we don’t have a guest room. But I’m quite happy with our new hotel.

Try It! A Great Gift for Under $5

Ella and I were brainstorming gift ideas her friend Kate’s birthday.  Ella and Kate have had many photo-worthy adventures together, so we started out thinking that we would frame a photo or two and leave it at that.  Simultaneously, I was tackling the task of sorting through my gigantic pile of old magazines.  I remember the hours I spent as a tween and teen making collages to hang in my room {was that an 80′s thing?} and how much fun it was.  So we spread the magazines all over the dining room and had the best afternoon making Kate’s photo/magazine collage.  We fine-tuned the project by leaving some open space to make an unusual dry erase board! A go-to gift idea that we’ll make again, for sure.

Supplies:

  • A large frame {this 16″ x 20″ frame was half price at AC Moore for $4}
  • Glue Dots and a glue stick
  • A heap of Magazines
  • A few special photos
  • Good scisssors
  • Dry erase markers
Ready to go under glass: The sandy spots and speech bubble will leave open space for dry erase.