A rose can say "I love you",
Orchids can enthrall,
But a weed bouquet in a chubby fist,
Yes, that says it all.
~Author Unknown
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Gavin's Special Outing
Today was the first of five outings in which I take one nephew or niece out for a special treat. Gavin was the first and we went to Dairy Queen for blizzards. While eating a s'mores blizzard, he talked all about The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, and Legos. We had a great afternoon and I can't wait until the next "date" with a special someone.
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| Doesn't he look happy?! |
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Cute as a Button Baby Shower
When I knew that my friend Britni was expecting a baby girl, I knew I wanted to have a shower for her with a "cute as a button" theme. I have a whole board on Pinterest with button inspiration so I knew there would be no shortage of ideas.
As soon as I picked a date with Britni and her mother, I got right to work making my own invitations using PicMonkey. They have some button overlays available which made an adorable invite that went with my theme.
The tables were decorated with miniature roses in small white vessels. I liked how there were a grouping of small arrangements rather than one big arrangement. It made the table look fuller and also added different heights.
~ Fresh Fruit Tray
Each dish had a button label explaining what each food was and looking cute as could be.
The mini vanilla cupcakes were put into pink cupcake wrappers and topped with homemade pink and green fondant buttons.
These were served on our Moss Rose plates that just happened to be the colors I had chosen.
It was so much fun planning and decorating for this "Cute as a Button" baby shower.
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I'm linking up to Allyson's Finished Friday...
As soon as I picked a date with Britni and her mother, I got right to work making my own invitations using PicMonkey. They have some button overlays available which made an adorable invite that went with my theme.
Mom made a pink and green fabric banner for a birthday party a few years ago. I decided to sew on some buttons to go with the theme. It took me only 20 minutes to add the buttons and when we're done with it, I can snip the buttons off and it's back to being the plain banner.
The tables were decorated with miniature roses in small white vessels. I liked how there were a grouping of small arrangements rather than one big arrangement. It made the table look fuller and also added different heights.
With just a little bit of wire and some patience, the plain votive candles I got at Walmart turned into a cute touch for the tables and they doubled as party favors for the guests.
Other button touches included glass charms and napkin rings. Both of these were super easy to make and used supplies I already had in abundance.
Since we had planned a brunch, tea and coffee would be served so I used our collection of tea cups. Each place setting had a different tea cup which added to the charm.
Because we had guests coming in the morning and we had food to prepare that couldn't be done ahead, we set the table and did the decorating the night before. That helped so much because we had a lot more time to tweak the table and it freed us up in the morning.
Our menu was pretty simple but oh so good!
~ Quiche Lorraine
~ Fresh Fruit Tray
Each dish had a button label explaining what each food was and looking cute as could be.
The mini vanilla cupcakes were put into pink cupcake wrappers and topped with homemade pink and green fondant buttons.
These were served on our Moss Rose plates that just happened to be the colors I had chosen.
It was so much fun planning and decorating for this "Cute as a Button" baby shower.
Monday, June 3, 2013
Aren't Baby Showers So Much Fun?!
My dear friend Britni is expecting her second baby (and first girl) at the end of July so I thought it would be fun to host a small shower for her.
I wanted to keep it small so I only invited a handful of guests: Britni's mother, grandmother, and sister, our good friend Kate and her mother, and the three of us girls. On Saturday morning all nine of us gathered around the dining room table enjoying a wonderful brunch, plenty of chatter, and good company.
It was a very laid back affair. No games, no activities planned. Just eating, socializing, gift opening, and celebrating the coming arrival of Belle.
Come back tomorrow for all the food and decor details of the shower.
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| Britni with her first child, Alex |
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| saying hi to Kate |
I wanted to keep it small so I only invited a handful of guests: Britni's mother, grandmother, and sister, our good friend Kate and her mother, and the three of us girls. On Saturday morning all nine of us gathered around the dining room table enjoying a wonderful brunch, plenty of chatter, and good company.
Group shots:
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| family shot - Jodi (Britni's mom), Abi (Britni's sister), Britni, Alex, Nancy (Britni's grandmother) |
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| three friends |
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| can't wait for baby |
It was a very laid back affair. No games, no activities planned. Just eating, socializing, gift opening, and celebrating the coming arrival of Belle.
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| Alex playing peek-a-boo with his nona |
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| beautiful present made by Britni's mother |
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| card made by Bekah |
Come back tomorrow for all the food and decor details of the shower.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Friday, May 24, 2013
Photo Friday: Bar Harbor, ME
Last week we took a vacation trip to visit my brother and his family who live in Maine. While we were there, we visited the town of Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park. We had an amazing week with family... talking, playing games with the kids, eating good food, being together.
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