Valentine's Day At Home

Now that I am homeschooling my kids, I got to not only be at the valentine's day party, I got to throw it!

My two oldest daughters enjoy preparing for parties with me so we had a blast throwing this one together.

Here are some of the fun details....

Pretty ribbons for the mason jars

Making "mailboxes".

As far as I'm concerned, Valentines day MUST include doilies!!!

Pretty pizza!

Pretty pretty candies!

Chocolate dipped oreos, covered with pretty candies.

YUM YUM!

Fun times with Valentine's Day home made play dough...red pink and white with sparkles.  I set out lots of heart shaped cookie cutters and the kids got creative.

My girls set the table....

...for this fun meal!

Heart shaped pancakes topped with vanilla yogurt, fresh strawberries, whipping cream and a chocolate dipped strawberry.

I hope your Valentine's Day was fantastic too!

More Ruffle Bums

I went to my second baby shower this weekend.  

This shower was for my friend Maya who just had her 5th girl!

Here is my other version of the rubble bum onesie.

{for this weekend anyways}

The front.

Lovely yellow buttons!

And the BUM!

Scrumptious Ruffles

Let's not forget the bow to match!

These little onesies could get addicting.  They are so fun to make!

Ruffle Bum Onesie

Last night I went to a baby shower to celebrate a friend who is having her first baby.

I love first babies!

Such a precious time!

I made a Ruffle Bum Onesie, 

added some polka dotted Baby Legs and a Fig & Ruby Flower headband and wa-la!

 A fun baby gift:)

I love this color combo:)

Ruffled Bum.

Details on the front.

So pretty!

Feeling inspired to make some more.  

I really wish I know if my baby and my sister's baby were going to be girls!!!

I Need Your Help!!

Hi!  I am still alive!  Sorry I have been so silent.  I am working hard on homeschooling my 3 oldest kids and growing a new baby!  It is birthday season around here in the spring though so expect to see a few posts in the near future.  First up in March is Maddie's Purple Party!!

BUT TODAY....

I need your help and this is my shameless plug:

I know a really talented photographer, Candice Johnson Photography.  I really really want to take my new baby for a newborn shoot with Candice.  I have 5 kids and do you know, I have never gotten a professional photo shoot for any of my newborns!?!  I really regret that.  Well, I have one more chance and Candice is offering $150 toward a photo shoot if I win her photo contest on her Facebook page.


Can you please go HERE and like Candice Johnson Photography?
{if you "like" only my photo, it will not count, you have to "like" the page.}

Then go to the photo tab at the top, click there.

Then find THIS photo and click on it

Then comment "vote" on the photo.  Then, if you are willing, ask your friends to vote as well!!!


Thank you so very much!  I really appreciate you help!  My kids are following the race with me and they are quite excited, I really don't want to let them down:)

Pink+Baking=Pretty Tree!

Okay forgive me, this has nothing to do with parties and I had nothing to do with creating it BUT I just have to share!  I was dying when I saw this tree at Macy's first in Fresno and then in Dallas.  I mean not just a "oh that's cute" but a "EEE I am in love!" kind of dying.  I had my husband with me in Fresno and the store was closing and I knew we would be in Macy's in Roseville so I didn't linger.  

I scoured the Macy's in Roseville, no pink and white baking themed tree{and no baking themed ornaments}.  We stopped in Portland on our drive home and I checked Macy's there.  Again, no baking tree or ornaments.  Bellingham, no tree.  I went to three Macy's in Dallas the next weekend.  None of the stores had the tree.  The fourth Macy's DID have it!  Here she is below.  SO pretty!  

My husband was with me so my moments with the tree were few but I grabbed an ornament and a few pictures.  I am really regretting that I only bought one amazingly cute ornament.  

If you see this tree in your local Macy's, please be thankful and take advantage of the privilege because let me tell you, not many have it.  Actually the two malls I found it at were well...not the big fancy malls/Macy's?!?!?

Hello Macy's...what were you thinking??? 

Why does every store have a tree dedicated to fishing yet you reserved this baking tree for a select few?

 Love the huge pink bow on the top!

 This baking fairy is holding a rolling pin.  

CA-UTE

 I really wish I'd brought this home with me!

That's right, she's piping icing onto her cake.  

Oh MY!

 Holding a frog on a pillow.

Look at her little hot pink cape!

Swoon!

The bow!

The huge piping bag!

The swirly icing!

It's too much!

This is a teeny sampling of what the Macy's baking tree had to offer.  I wish I had taken more photos!  If you have this tree, or a variation of it {Fresno's tree had tons of tiny cake plates with cupcakes or cakes and glass domes over them} let us know in the comments so others in your area can enjoy the cuteness!!

{feel free to send me photos too!!}

Wizard Of Oz Cuteness

Okay friends, I am seriously dying here.  I love this party theme and the execution, while possibly a little unattainable in reality, is so incredibly gorgeous!!  I could stare at these photos for hours.  So many pretty details so well thought out and put together.

Of course, anytime you combine Tomkat studio and pair that talent with Kate Landers Events, you are bound to get something fabulous!

Prepare to be inspired....

A Vintage Tea Party

Last weekend I threw my daughter a vintage tea party.  It was a cute theme for this age, the girls loved dressing up and were very calm and civilized at the table.

Here are the pictures...

My version of the doily table runner.

 Cute tea party food

 Yummy treats including tea pot sugar cookies made to match the china.  Speaking of the china, it's Royal Albert Old Country Roses.  My grandma gave it to me for our wedding and at the time I was not a fan of the pattern.  I even thought about selling it at a garage sale a few years later!  Having 4 girls, I am so thankful that I kept it, made my husband "be careful" through 9 moves, and can now use it for special tea parties!  The girls love it and it is very delicate and pretty.

 When Mailee (the birthday girl) saw these silicone tea cup baking cups at Fireworks in Seattle, the theme of her party was decided.  I ended up baking chocolate banana bread in them instead of cupcakes because I was also making a cake.

Hard to wash after the fact but super cute!

 Tiny tray of treats!

 Mailee came up with the idea of making the name tags at each setting a little tea bag.  I forgot to get vellum so I ended up making them the morning of the party out of parchment paper.  The names didn't show up as nicely as I had hoped but the kids loved them so that was great.

 Mailee's ruffly cake, sitting on a lacy cake board, placed on a fancy cake plate topped with a few sparkly butterflies...pretty!

 My birthday baby in her element ready to blow out her candles.

 Some fun decor.  I'm thinking of leaving these frames up for a while, maybe incorporate some Chirstmas decor...

 The cookies get a close up.  I put them in plastic bags and stapled a doily on top for the favors. 

 Some fabulous flowers to mach the party.

 Mailee made this banner (and 3 more just like it for other spots in the house).
It turned out so simple and sweet.

 Mikayla (10year old daughter) sewed 30 of these crepe paper streamers.  It was a ton of work but it made a fantastic backdrop for a little photo shoot! {you can see those photos by clicking HERE}

 We hung white lacy lanterns and a few poms above the streamer wall.

 The party craft was making vintage hats.  The girls got into this and they all turned out so cute!  I was disappointed that the french netting that I ordered off Etsy didn't come in time despite the extra I paid for shipping but tulle ended up being a fine substitution.

 So pretty!

It has been so long since I have posted here.  Thank you for not giving up on me.  My creative endeavours are fewer and farer{is that a word?} between and perhaps a bit simpler than in the past but I still love the parties and enjoy having a place to share this part of me.