Birthday Extravaganza

This past spring was birthday extravaganza for this little family! My son turned 1 in March and my daughter turned 3 in April! Shoo! There was a lot going on! Ha! But we had a blast! Here are a few pictures from each event, starting with Baby Girls 3rd birthday.

In my true fashion, I made her a tutu, so far its been an annual thing and she is really starting to enjoy them! You really can't see the hat, but I made it with thick pink paperstock and added a pink yarn pom pom.

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My baby girl and her favorite cousin have close birthdays, so we decided to throw them a bash together...they loved it! Here's a better picture of the party hats.

This is a horrible picture, but it's the only one I have of the 20 something tissue paper flowers I made...oh well, I couldn't get them to stay hanging up anyways.

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Here are the yummie cakes and cupcakes. Baby Girl wanted a Yo Gabba theme, (even though she hasn't watched the show in about a year...oh well, Baby gets what Baby wants!) so I made cupcakes then added pink marshmallows for flowers, turned out pretty cute.

 

More food!

One of my favortie decorations were the yarn pom pom garland I made, but this was the only picture I got! Note to sell....take A LOT more pictures! The garland is now hanging in her room, I think she could care less, but I love it!

 

And then the blowing out of the birthday candle! Love this little lady!

Now on to the Boy's birthday....

Here is the birthday banner I made using all colors of paperstock and printed letters. I was pretty proud of myself and I kept them to use next time...if I remember, that is always half the battle!

 

The general idea for the party was a Circus, so there were a ton of colors! And the Boy's cake did not miss out! I just wish I would have let it dethaw in the fridge, it was a sweatin, oh well, live and learn. So we have his smash cake on top, mini cupcakes on the other tiers and cake pops! There were a lot of goodies!

More goodies...

One of my favorites, handmade by me...PARTY HATS!

I really loved how this turned out, PLUS they made for great decortions. Here is a great tutorial on how to make your own party hat. LINK

 

And party favors...cheap baggies from the craft store that my

 husband painted mustaches on, very sweet!

A little party fun, I made a bunch of mustaches from foam and glued them to popcicle sticks, the kids loved them, well actually some of the adults too! The Boy just kept eating them, HA! Oh well...whats new!

 


And last but not least, the Boy supporting his manly stache!

 

It was a crazy spring! But oh so fun! I love planning parties, even if I stress out like 90% of the time, but the babes are totally worth it!

I made a skirt!

After seeing this tutorial on Made, I had to try it for my lil sassy butt! Its called the simple skirt and that is so true! I was able to make it while the lil ones ran amuck in the house! Ha! How's that for good parenting! Anyways, it turned out cute, the girl loves it and I can't wait to make another! See for yourself...

Beautiful, but Oh So Sassy!

An action shot, enjoying today's lovely weather.



And a behind the scenes picture of lil sassy!

Now go make one!

Sweet dreams,





The skinny on what I've been up to and a neat blog...

Excuses, excuses, I know I always have them...oh well! This blog is a lil lacking attention, but my kiddies are clean, well behaved and happy....well, at least the happy part! SO...any hoot, this time of year is birthday season...starting off with my son's 1st birthday and in a month my daughters 3rd! Oy, makes me worn out thinking of it...now to the point of this blog...in my daily search of new exciting ideas I came upon this gorgeous and OH SO inspirational blog, I am baker, all I can say is WOW! Check it out and see if you can resist baking something today!

So, hopefully I will get back in the swing of things and maybe post pics of all the diy birthday decorations i have floating in my head! And because a blog is boring enough, here's a picture of some sweetness, the kids...not the laundry (I swear that pile is no longer there! I am a laundry fool this past week)

I'll try to come around more oftern

Hello Old Friend!

Well, here's what I have been working on this new year and it was so much fun! Gotta love girly stuff...

I hope to add more goodies in the future...here's to 2011

Bad Blogger!

I'm kind of bad at this whole blogging thing...but there's nowhere to go but up, right?!? Anyways today Baby Girl and I are gonna make some playdough with this tutorial. I'll post some pics later...

Hope everyone is having a terrific tuesday!! xoxo

Well I did it...

I finally did some crafting!! Thank goodness, I was starting to go a little stir crazy! I made a frame tray using Lemon Tree Creations tutorial which is such a super cute idea, see here. I didn't do it exactly the same, for the simple fact that I am impatient and didn't have all the materials on hand...Anyways here is my version with pictures as I went, well except for one step, I forgot to show a pic of painting the frame...oh well :)

Not too shabby, not as good as LTC, but close enough for me...

Here's a new wreath I threw together for our front door, its kind of plain, but I like it bc we have four birdies in our family now...

And two things that make me SUPER DUPER in LOVE...

Whew...i'm tired...nite nite

Things a brewin...

Hello Hello! During my daily craft blog searches I found two very cute craft ideas that i SO want to try! Here's the first one from Get Your Craft On...check it out...NOW...ok are you back?!? Isnt that a cute simple idea! And the other project is from Lemon Tree Creations...again, check it out NOW....k, my turn....SO CUTE, right?!?! It would make a great mothers day gift. I know what you are thinking, those are easy!! and should only take a day, maybe two max.....phsisshh, ya right...not in this household. Between taking care of a newborn, a toddler, a husband, two dogs and a beyond messy house, not to mention a bday party for the toddler......these cutie patooties will have to wait....insert pouty face here....

Seriously, my goal is to have them done by the middle of may, i'll post pics

in the mean time......aahhhhh

Here's what I've been up to...

I know I am the worst at keeping a blog, but at least I have a good excuse....

We introduced our second child, our son Behr Matthew. He has brought so much joy into our lives and these days I am just learning how to be a mother of two! Good thing big sister has been such a big help! Well thats my excuse and its a great one!!! I plan to pick back up with the ole blog, but we'll see....

Cute & Easy Flower Clips

Between cleaning and getting ready for baby # 2 I actually did a little crafting! Yay me!! I found this super simple tutorial for a cute and easy flower clip here. So check it out and try it yourself, they are so addicting. Here are a few I made...

Pitiful Pearl

That pretty much sums up my blogging abilities. I have done a few crafts here and there, I even took pictures but haven't uploaded anything yet...my blog is...well...pititful! I'm 37 wks pregnant with baby #2 and I'm kind of freaking out. Not in a bad way, just really wanting to be prepared, if possible. Anyways, its not much of an excuse, but it will work for now. Hopefully in the next weeks I will be more active with the blog!

Late Night Crafting

Well since baby girl and I were sick on the couch all day today, I had A LOT of time to browse all the wonderful craft blogs. This really got me in the mood to make something...anything! So I decided to make a little bag for my little one. I used a combination of two tutorials...

1. Skip to My Lou

2. Somewhat simple - Easy Tote

So here's how it turned out...

here's a close up of the flower on the strap...it was actually an afterthought, I messed up the strap, so a little snip, a little sew and.....

I hope baby girl likes it...we'll find out tomorrow

Good Nite!

Yucky weekend!

Well besides snow, this weekend was full of snot, flem and late nights. Our baby girl was sick so we took it pretty easy this weekend. My mom and I did work on baby # 2s crib bumper, I'll post pics soon.

Anyways, this is just an excuse post to why it's been pretty boring around here!


Talk to you soon

SNOW in TX

Well I didn't believe the weather channel yesterday, but I'm SO glad I was wrong. Snow is awesome, especially in TX....we hardly ever see snow! Below are a few pics of me and the kiddie playin in the snow....

As far as crafts, for some reason I am ready to get into the Easter spirit. It's one of my favorite holidays and I have some craft ideas a brewin'...

Happy Snow Day!!

Diapers & Wipee Case

Well I hate to say this, but I lied! I was going to make a d&w case for my SIL, but I didn't have enough girlie material...so I made one for myself! :) I used the tutorial from Make it and Love it, and this is how it turned out.

Not too bad. Hopefully I will get some more materials this weekend and make a girlie d&w case.

OH! And I read a cartoon today that helps describe my current pregnant state of mind...

"I can't sleep, breathe or walk...how am I suppose to have the energy to glow!" I think that says it all. Today marks my 34th week....6 more weeks to go.

First Craft!!

Well today I am determined to make a diapers and wipee case for my SIL upcoming baby shower. Hopefully I will get it done while Miss T is taking a nap. Here's the tutorial I'm going to use by Make it and Love it she does a great job, and love her site, go check it out.


Oh...I'll post pics once I'm done!!

Look out world i've created a blog!!

Hi! I'm Dominique and I'm a first time blogger! Not going to write much now, first things first...I need to figure out what I'm doing!!

Talk to you soon