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We are so excited to see one of the photos from the New Year’s Eve Party we styled last year for HGTV featured on the Wedding Paper Divas blog! Metallics are perfect for New Year’s Eve and this inspiration board provides such gorgeous ideas! Are you hosting New Year’s Eve this year? How will you be decorating?  […]

New Year's Eve Inspiration :: Metallics

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Happy Cupcake Monday! Can you believe Christmas is already next week? I don’t know about you, but I sure feel like I have a ton to do to get ready to celebrate the holiday! In the meantime, we have so much wonderful holiday content we have created and still need to share! Feel free to […]

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We are so excited to share these NEW gorgeous tissue paper tassel garlands that we just added to the shop! You may remember this fun party decoration idea that we featured in our New Year’s Eve Party for HGTV (see below). Well, we wanted to be able to offer you garland kits in colors that match many of our […]

Tissue Paper Tassel Garland :: Fabulous Giveaway

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Hello friends! I am so excited to announce the launch of our revamped logo and blog design! I have been working with my girl, Lindsey from Pretty Darn Cute Design to create a more simplified, clean “look” for the blog. It’s been over two years since our last redesign and I’ve been itching to make […]

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Kim Stoegbauer is the creative director + founder of The TomKat Studio, a blog and shop filled with creative inspiration. After leaving her real estate career in 2008, she started her blog on a whim, to share her creative projects including home decorating, remodeling, crafts and parties. She came up with the name “TomKat” by […]

Kim Stoegbauer

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Hello friends! We hope you have a wonderful long weekend with family and friends, celebrating Independence Day! xoxo, Kim photo by the tomkat studio, free printables available here on hgtv  

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Hello, everyone! Today Kim and I are excited to bring you our next new series to the blog. “What to Wear” will give you two outfits – one styled by Kim, one by myself – for the same occasion. Today, we’re going to give you some last minute picks for Mother’s Day. Inspired by her […]

What to Wear :: Mother's Day Edition

What to Wear: Melon Toned Mother's Day from the TomKat Studio.

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Happy Friday! If you remember my “Links I Love” posts that I couldn’t seem to keep up with, you’ll love our new series “Friday Favorites”. Maddy, our managing editor suggested that I get back on track with featuring my favorite links for the week and sharing updates about what we’re up to here at The […]

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We are so excited to share a new Easter shoot we styled recently for HGTV! We’ll be sharing fun ideas from the shoot all week, starting with these easy, adorable cupcake flags. For the cupcakes, I baked vanilla cupcakes in our adorable baking cups and topped with my fave whipped white frosting. Then, I made the […]

How to Make Easter Cupcake Flags :: Cupcake Monday

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Happy Friday! We have a fun giveaway for you this week! You all know our sweet friend Becki Crosby from Whippy Cake. Well, this year, Becki has decided to take her business and her brand in a different and exciting direction! Through Whippy Cake and her education in cosmetology and professional styling, she has established herself […]

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One of my goals for the upcoming year to get back to highlighting a party theme each week! So, let’s start today with our Pirate Party theme! Originally created for HGTV, our Printable Pirate Party Collection gives you all the designs you need to create a cool Pirate Party for your child. Pirate parties are […]

Pirate Party :: Theme Thursday

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I am so excited to share a few photos of my home office with you! This is the space I spend the majority of my time in while I’m working. It is the best room in the house (in my opinion!), I think my husband would disagree! This room is technically supposed to be our […]

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