Thanks for visiting! I'm Alicia, the author of this blog, and I love sharing bits of our life here and on social media. Back in 2008, when my oldest was only a month old, I started Making Time For Mommy as a way to make time for myself and meet other moms. I hope this blog encourages you to make time for yourself, gives you ideas for family fun, and provides easy tips you can incorporate into your busy life! ---read more about me here ---
Once Upon A Sugar Tree offers a variety of cute, customizable gifts for women and girls. They make bottle cap necklaces and key chains. With Mother’s Day coming up I wanted to spotlight a few of my favorite items for grandmas and moms. *** *** *** Celebrating a graduate soon? Love these Diabetes pendants, too. … Read more
With Easter coming up in less than a week I wanted to share ways to make Easter baskets on a budget. 1) Buy reusable “baskets”. Whether it’s a basket they use every year, a pail that they can then build a sand castle with, or a tote that can be used to organize their toys; … Read more
I love shoes. My post-college years were spent buying the most stylish shoes I could afford. Most were impractical for everyday wear but so cute that I just *had* to have them! Now that I am a mom those shoes sit and collect dust in my closet. I wear them to events and for the … Read more
This Spring I am celebrating a lot of things but the biggest one is that my little sister, Amber, is coming into town! She lives in New York and we (my family, my brother’s family, and our mom) live in Illinois so we don’t get to see her that often. We saw her two years … Read more
With Mother’s Day coming up I’ve been checking out different “mom” jewelry. I loved Of the Earth‘s unique jewelry. They have beautiful nest necklaces and rings that can be customized by wire color, pearl color, and amount of pearls. Randee also makes initial jewelry and Verdigris Bird jewelry. I chose to review a nest necklace … Read more
Having moved into a new house during the winter there is so much on my “want to buy” list. I recently learned that Sears was more than just tools and had a great selection of other items like outdoor living furniture and toys so I headed there to check out their selection of small kitchen … Read more
Ever have a conversation with someone and spend most of the time thinking that they look different? “Hmmm, she looks different today. I wonder if she got her haircut? Or maybe she got it colored? Something is definitely different today.” So at the first chance you have you ask, “did you do something different with … Read more
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