Crafty!

I have been hooked on Pintrest.  My husband said I need a Pinnervation and my friend told me I needed a blogervention.  I know, I'm hooked!  Anyways, I saw a lot of cute crafts on Pintrst and thought I would try a few out.

The first one I tried is from a blog, Remember me? I'm in the Army too!: DIY Fabric Felt Flower Wreath.  It is a Fel Flower Wreath.  It was so easy.  At first when I started I thought that my fabric edges needed to be clean and thought I was doing it all wrong, but in the end it looked great.  And I was all stressed out about felt flowers.  I thought my circles were too big or too small or not perfect and they didn't need to be!  For some of her wreaths she used the styrafoam and I think that works best.  I went with the same type of fabric, but you can really use whatever you want.  I think what I will do is change out the felt flowers for different holidays.  For Christmas I could do green, red for valentine's day, pink for Easter, etc.

Stage 1

Finished Product!

Dogeared - Inspiration and Good Energy

I received a gift from a friend a little while ago when it seemed like everything was going wrong.  It was such a nice way to say she cared and it was a really neat necklace from Dogeared.  Each necklace is on a card that says something inspiring on it.  It is such a neat idea and they are made here in the US.  Go check them out!

PINTREST

I love spending time online looking at different blogs.  Blogs are like my reality tv that hits closer to home.  They have so many neat and interesting ideas and they teach me new things.  I have a friend that has the cutest style and I met up with her and her boyfriend a little while ago.  Her boyfriend started to talk about her obsessions with Pintrest.  Of course I had to ask, what is Pintrest?  They told me it is a virtual bulletin board where people go and post things they love.  At the time it didn't seem all that interesting but I had to check it out.  And now I don't know if that was a good or bad thing...I love Pintrest and I am hooked now!  I am so impressed on the postings that people have out there.  It displays beauty, art, style and creativity.  If you haven't checked it out before, you should check it out and see what you think!  I am sure you will be inspired.

Cayden's 1st Birthday

This past weekend we had Cayden's 1st Birthday party.  This past year has been so much fun and it was such a great way for everyone to see Cayden and celebrate this wonderful year!  Cayden loves the water, boat, pool, etc. just like his family so the ideal theme was a nautical theme.  I used MommiesInk on etsy for his invitations, cupcake toppers and water bottle labels.  I loved working with her and loved getting a digital file, which was muuuch cheaper than getting printed pieces. 

The final touch was the album I had made of his firt year on shutterfly and a book that had his actual first birthday photos and a few pages for family and friends to sign.

I didn't show the invitation on here becuase it has my address, I printed them out on the printer and purchased red and blue envelopes at Staples. Our guests were first greeted by a life saver that I put Cayden's picture in. I just got it at Hobby Lobby and glued his picutre on the back. I also got a few fishing nets at Hobby Lobby and put those up to display picures of Cayden, pictures of him each month from birth to 12 months and his birthday banner. The banner, I ended up making my self with construction paper, ribbon and a circle punch.

I bought buckets and put rocks in them to put on the center of the tables. I configured foam and rods to make them look like sail boats. The finishing touch was adding his picture.

 

We also had a pull string pinata that I loaded up with bath toys, snacks, candies and tried to squeeze in there a few squirt guns, but they didnt want to fit because it was really designed for smaller children and didn't hold a lot. The kids loved that too and the pull string was a little less dangerous for the smaller children.

 The giveaway for the kids was a very fun project. I got sand buckets and put their names on each of the buckets with letter stickers. I kept having the RSVPs change and it was difficult to keep up with who actualy was coming and putting together a bucket, but the kids enjoyed the personalization soo much! The older kids had water bottles, gold fish, lollipops, squirt guns and bubbles. The younger kids had sippy cups, snack cups, sun glasses, teethers, cereal and puffs. The older girls got jump ropes and the boys got hot wheels.

 



Winter Wonderland Wedding

We went to Oglebay during the holidays and there happen to be a wedding they were setting up for as we were checking in.  The room was decorated so beautifully and the ideas they had were amazing.  They had a tree setup outisde by the coat rack and guest book that had a bulb with their name and table name.  The tables were named for Christmas songs.  It was a winter wonderland in the room with everything blue and white.  I wish I had a picture of the bride becuase she had feathers in her hair and on her dress.  I have seen a few of the new wedding dresses have these feathers.  I love them!

Posting Again - Christmas

It has been a long time since I have been posting. I thought I would post a few things from Christmas that I enjoyed doing.  For Christmas I always try to find something little as favors for Christmas Eve.  I had this great idea to make ornaments for everyone with Cayden's handprint.  I laid out newspaper and got my supplies...then he threw them all off of his high chair.  So I ended up using a sponge to paint his hand then I had my husband give him the bulb to hold.  We did 8 of them...and it was hard.  I put a ribbon on each bulb, wrote his name and year.  Then I donated in the name of each of my guests to St. Jude.  There are all kinds of things you can purchase from their website.  I bought gift tages to put on the ribbon.

Gender Reveal Pizza Party

Before we had the baby we knew that we wanted to find out if we were having a boy or a girl.  At first we wanted to find out with the rest of our family, but decided that it would be a wonderful thing to find out just the two of us while we were at the ultra sound.  To tell the rest of the family, we had a gender revel pizza party the day after we got our ultra sound.  I had everything in pink AND blue so we could keep people guessing.  Some said "there is more blue, so it is a boy" and others would say "there is a pink plate on top, so it is a girl".  It was funny to hear what people thought and really really hard to keep it a secret.  We had a bakery make chocolate cupcakes and fill the center with icing indicating whether we were having a boy or a girl.  After everyone had pizza and we gave everyone a cupcake to reveal the sex of the baby.

It was so much fun to watch everyone bite into the cupcake!  They all revealed at the same time it was a boy!