The art of gift giving

I don’t think I can be a shop that shares unique gift ideas without telling you this personal holiday story. I was a witness to such a heartwarming gift-giving experience for my own girls over Christmas. See when I started LD Design Loft, my eldest girl Julia started drawing sketches right beside me; talk about a personal cheerleader. She even called her imaginary shop ‘JD Shop’. Julia loves to sketch and on one visit to her cousins’ place she left some of her dress sketches there. We had no idea that Lola Nanay (a grandmother figure) got hold of the sketches. […]

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Homemade Goodness! Sweet Traditions

We really enjoy receiving homemade treats during the holidays in our family. We’ve also been known to give out a few ourselves. We once got almond roca bars and my husband was hoping to get some this year…so I said “Why not just make some ourselves?!”. Needless to say, he was way too excited over the idea…ha. Our girls really loved helping with these, and it is officially on our list for traditional recipes during this time of year — what’s more, this year our second child has outgrown her allergy to hazelnuts and almonds =D. ..so thrilled she can enjoy these with us. […]

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