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The Benefits of a Bedtime Routine

Living transitionally for the past three months with our impending move to Nashville, well, let’s just say it’s been quite the adventure. While we have not been able to control everything, we have tried to maintain aspects of our normal routine as much as possible for the sake of normalcy. For Brooks, this has been...

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Five Tips for Documenting Home Life During the 2020 Pandemic

There will come a time when we look back at 2020 and recall the COVID-19 pandemic. There will be a time whether it is with our children when they are older or perhaps our grandchildren, that they will ask what life looked like at this time. What will we have to show them?

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How to Create a Block Schedule for Productive Days

This simple system might have been the most amazing thing I ever learned many years ago. I couldn’t tell you how or where I came across the subject, but after visiting a few links and researching a short while I was hooked on this concept. And after implementing it, I saw my days go...

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From inspiration for all things home and family to championing the effort of preserving our memories and individual stories, my hope is that you feel inspired while here. My hope is that you connect with something and that we can link arms in the important work that goes on in the walls of our homes and for our families. Because it matters so much.

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An annual letter to my son on his 13th birthday. Happy Birthday, Tanner! Read it on Haus of Layne #BirthdayTraditions #Motherhood #RaisingKids

Motherhood & Family

Dear, Tanner

How to create the best black and white photos on your smartphone. Catch it all on Haus of Layne! #HowToEditYourPhotosOnYourSmartphone #iPhonePhotoEditingTips #PhotoEditingTips #iPhonePhotographyTips #iPhonePhotography #MemoryKeeping #ProjectLife #Scrapbooking #PhotographyTips #PhotographyEditingTips

Documenting the Everyday

How to Create the Best Black and White Photos on Your Smartphone

How to create a family self portrait using your iPhone. From settings to setup, I am sharing all of my advice to create a family self portrait. Catch it now on Haus of Layne #iPhonePhotography #iPhoneTips #SelfPortrait #HowToTakeASelfPortrait #PhotographyTips #FamilyPortrait #HowToTakeYourOwnFamilyPortrait #FamilyHistory #MemoryKeeping #Scrapbooking #Photographs

Documenting the Everyday

How to Create a Family Self-Portrait Using Your iPhone

Capturing your family portrait during the 2020 pandemic. The importance behind documenting this time for our legacy and for our history. I am sharing how to create your own family portrait and you can find it all on Haus of Layne #FamilyPortrait #SelfPortrait #HistoricalPhotos #PorchPortrait #HowToCreateYourOwnFamilyPortrait #iPhonePhotography #iPhonePortrait #BlackAndWhitePortrait #MemoryKeeping #ProjectLife #Scrapbooking #FamilyHistory

Documenting the Everyday

Capturing Your Family Portrait During the 2020 Pandemic

Casual Friday with Kara. Catch Volume 1 over on the blog - find out about our moving plans, catch my favorite photo of the week, and more! #Childhood #NapTime #CasualFriday #HausOfLayne #KaraLayne #iPhonePhotography #ProjectLife #Tennessee #Nashville #FranklinTennessee

Motherhood & Family

Casual Friday | Volume 02

Meaningful gift ideas for Mother's Day this year! Catch them now over at Haus of Layne #MothersDay #MothersDayGiftIdeas #MothersDayGift #GiftIdeas #ArtifactUprising

Holidays

Meaningful Gift Ideas for Mother’s Day

Trusting your gut as a mother and tales of advocating for my kids. Read it now on Haus of Layne #Motherhood #RaisingKids #MothersIntuition #GutInstinct #MomBlog

Motherhood & Family

Trusting Your Gut As a Mother

How to block schedule for your most productive days. Creating categories and planning out your week will help you to be more efficient in accomplishing your goals. Catch my tips for implementing a solid system over on Haus of Layne #Organization #ProductivityTips #HowToBlockSchedule #BlockScheduling #WorkingFromHome #Organization #HowToUseiCal

Business Life

How to Create a Block Schedule for Productive Days

Casual Friday with Kara. Catch Volume 1 over on the blog - find out about our moving plans, catch my favorite photo of the week, and more! #Childhood #NapTime #CasualFriday #HausOfLayne #KaraLayne #iPhonePhotography #ProjectLife

Motherhood & Family

Casual Friday | Volume 01

Five tips for documenting home life during the 2020 pandemic. Remember the importance of recording the history currently happening and don't lost the opportunity to capture this chapter for your own family and personal history. Get all of the tips and inspiration over at KaraLayne.com #FamilyPhotography #HowToTakeBetterPhotos #iPhonePhotography #HowToTakeBetterPicturesWithYouriPhone #HomeAndFamily #MemoryKeeping #Scrapbooking #FamilyHistory

Documenting the Everyday

Five Tips for Documenting Home Life During the 2020 Pandemic

Roasted rosemary potatoes recipe - perfect for Easter dinner and absolutely fool proof. These make such a great side dish and bring the most beautiful taste to your plate! Catch the full recipe and walk through over on KaraLayne.com! #EasterDinnerIdeas #EasterDinnerSideDish #SideDish #Recipe #PotatoSideDishes #EasyPotatoSideDishes #RoastedPotatoes #RosemaryPotatoes #EasyRecipes

Food

Roasted Rosemary Potatoes

Nature activity for the kids and printable field guide. Nothing beats being out in nature. This is a fun family activity for the kids to enjoy being outside, exploring, and getting dirty. Get the free printable field guide over on KaraLayne.com! #NatureActivity #NatureWalk #NatureActivityForKids #FreePrintablesForKids #NatureFieldGuide #GetOutdoors #HomeschoolActivityIdeas #HomeschoolIdeas #FamilyActivitiesAtHome #Outdoors

Motherhood & Family

Nature Activity for the Kids and Printable Field Guide

Our favorite educational apps, websites, and resources for the kids. All to help you during the next few weeks of this coronavirus pandemic. Get them now over on Haus of Layne! #AppsForKids #Homeschool #EducationForKids #EducationalToolsForKids #BestAppsForKids #BestLearningAppsForKids #WebsitesForKids

Motherhood & Family

Educational Apps, Websites, and Resources for Kids

How to make a simple and beautiful charcuterie board. Get all of the ins and outs and how to wow those you are entertaining over at Haus of Layne! #CharcuterieBoard #HowToMakeACharcuterieBoard #BeautifulCharcuterieBoard #SimpleCharcuterieBoard #HowToMakeACheeseBoard #EntertainingTips #PartyIdeas #AppetizerRecipe #EasyAppetizerIdeas

Entertaining

How to Make a Simple and Beautiful Charcuterie Board

DIY Valentine cards with a little sass. Including a free printable, this year's cards are so much fun and we had a blast creating them. Catch more over on Haus of Layne #ValentinesDay #DIYValentines #DIYValentineCards #ValentineFreePrintable #ValentinesCardsFreePrintable #ValentinesCraft #ValentineCraftIdeas #ValentineCraftIdeasForKids #ValentineCardsForKids

DIY

DIY Valentine Cards with a Little Sass

Letting the dream and more tales of motherhood. Catch it now over on Haus of Layne #Motherhood #MomBlog #Dreamers #RaisingKids #ParentingTips #Dreams

Motherhood & Family

Letting Them Dream

Up-level your blogging and get organized with the 2020 Blog Planner. Create content with a strategy and experience your biggest year yet. Get an in-depth look at the playbook that every blogger wants over on Haus of Layne! #Blogging #Blogger #ContentCreation #BlogPlanner #PrintablePlanner #DigitalPlanner #BloggingForBeginners #BloggingTips #BloggingIdeas #BlogStrategy #BloggingTips

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Up-level Your Blogging and Get Organized with the 2020 Blog Planner

A delicious apple and walnut salad, perfect for the winter months. Easily thrown together and a favorite to add alongside your dinners. Get the full recipe on Haus of Layne! #Recipe #Salad #WinterSalad #Walnut #Cranberry #Apple #SaladRecipe #FreshRecipe

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An Easy, Delicious Apple and Walnut Salad

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