Historically, the months leading up to the holiday season have been the very busiest on my blog! Because I would love to see those ad spaces over on the right hand side of my page filled-up, and because I’d really like to not have to remember to change them out every month (because I can…
I was recently asked by a reader to re-create this Nancy Drew invitation for her daughter’s birthday. I originally designed this invitation for my daughter’s 7th birthday and posted about it here. This isn’t the first time I’ve had this request from a reader. I’ve done 4 or 5 of these invitations for little aspiring sleuths and…
Do you remember when I went to the Arizona Tour de Thrift a couple of months ago? Well I picked up this lovely lamp at Goodwill that day. It was in great shape, and wasn’t really in need of a makeover, but when I put it in the girls room, it became obvious that the…
I thought I would give you a peek at a few things that have shown up in my mailbox lately to aid in my party planning endeavors. I’m actually thinking I will hold on the the ABC cups for a little while. I’m thinking “A is for Alec” could make a very cute first birthday…
I went to a baby shower the other Saturday. I brought home some extras of these cute favors that were given out and my kids said that they HAD to go on the blog. Can you tell how the booties were made? They are made from Styrofoam cups cut, folded, and glued together (if anyone has seen…
One more quick paint project from the past! This was one of my first real spray painting projects, a few years back for my son’s 3rd birthday. I was so impressed with the power of the paint! I had a vision to make lunch pails as favors, and serve-ware for the construction-themed party. Any pails that were…
You know I love the weekly CSI project challenges! This week’s theme is spray paint and the winner actually gets a spray paint package from Krylon! Competition is fierce, because really, who in blogland hasn’t spruced up a boring picture frame with a can of paint or made over a tacky chair? I actually have…
…ME! …And MaryLea. No. Seriously. (Sorry about the all the rhyming–it just happens sometimes!) I linked up our Ocean in a Bottle craft to the CSI Project last week, and it was chosen as one of the Top Ten Projects, along with some other fabulous kid/craft posts from other blogs! (Check out all of the…
Many of you were excited about doing some thing like the “30 sucks” gift I sent to my sister and posted about last week. Blogging friend, Susan from Poca Cosas, left me a comment and it reminded me that I had seen lots of growing old gifts on her blog. I guess she and most…
What I am about to show you is HILARIOUS and amazing! But when you know the back story, it is also incredibly sweet. Some of you may remember when I wrote about my my friend, Ashleigh, who died of cancer last year, leaving behind a husband and four small children. For each of her children’s…