Nicole from Elsabags made the cutest cross stitch of her family. Photo from her Instagram.

You know how on Twitter people tweet their #FF, or Friday Favorites? Well, I’m going to do that as well, but on the blog. Lots of bloggers put together these lists, and I think it’s a good way to motivate me to be more active on the blog too. Happy Friday!

1. Nicole, from Elsa bags is super awesome and super creative crafty too. She has the most darlin’ family I have ever seen, in person and also in cross stitch form.

2. Eva wrote the sweetest post about the Lilla Hyttnas, Carl and Karin Larsson’s lovely Scandinavian home. In her post, Eva touched on Karin’s dedication to motherhood and how she used her artistic talents to make the home a beautiful and inspiring place.

3. Caroline wore some smoking’ hot leopard print pants to the Utah blogger meet and greet. She was kind enough mention she picked them up at Target. I saw those very pants there this week, thought about it . . . and promptly put them back. I’m not as brave that cute Caroline.

4. I pinned this beautiful kitchen, with blue floral wallpaper and a kelly green island weeks ago to my Pinterest board, but I can’t stop thinking about it. I can’t wait for our house sale to close and I can finally decorate my very own kitchen. (Hear that Brendan? Wallpaper! With flowers!)

5. The Kitchn has a funny but helpful post on stopping lunch thieves. Last year, there was such a food bandit at Brendan’s school too. He/She ate many of the lunches I pack for my husband . . . jerk.