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Phew! Where are the weeks going? Sorry for the lack of posts, I have been trying to manage everything (work, family, exercise, etc) and blogging has been low on the priority list. Also, I ran out of photo storage on Blogger so I had to figure out another means....this is my first post using Flickr. Here is what we have been up to.... Lots of Coloring...watercolor by Camille Lots of Ice Cream Sandwich Eating...yes...Clyde is wearing a diaper only! It happens....frequently!   Lots of Baby Care giving. I have been working my tail off...so today I splurged on this . It was on sale and I ended up getting an additional 15% off the sales price so the total was around $131. This is a big purchase for me but I have one other Kate Spade bag that Michael gave me for Christmas probably 5 or more years ago and I still use it. So hopefully this is a good investment. Plus you use a purse ever day so that like good jeans...I feel like you can spend a little more! I can't wait for it to a...

I ran across this picture in the Garnet Hill catalog last month, I pulled it out and decided that Camille and  I could easily make these! Piece of cake. Well it wasn't quite as easy as I thought...so we made 1 and the other two tree forms went back to the store. While making the tree, I thought this is the worst thing I have ever made but now I actually think it turned out kinds cute. I put it on Clyde's dresser and added a little felt garland to one of his pictures.

I was inspired to make a "wedding cake" for a shower centerpiece for my cousin from an image found here . You will find more specific instructions if you follow the link but here are some pictures of mine in the making. I used cereal and cracker boxes to make the mold. Then covered with dishtowels. I glue gunned ribbon around the cake. I tried not to get the glue on the actual dishtowels and just the ribbon. Then I glued scrapbooking letters onto the ribbon. It was pretty easy and definitely took less than 1 hour. I added flowers for the shower and did you notice that the orange whisk is missing?! Yes, we went without that for the shower and I just found it under the couch. Oh well...that is what happens when you live with a 2 and 4 year old.

As promised here are some instructions on making the Ribbon Tree used as the table centerpiece at Camille's 4th birthday party . Supplies Approx 20 yards of fabric (I used rolls of 4-5 yards from the Dollar Tree and Michaels so about $5 in ribbon) Round Styrofoam ball (from Michael's) Decorative Cardboard Box (from Dollar Tree) Tissue Paper Dowel (from Michael) Styrofoam square to set inside Cardboard Box (from Dollar Tree) Straight Pins (from Walmart) After assembling the tree. I cut the ribbon into small 1.5 to 2 inch pieces and then looped and attached with a straight pin. Do one and repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat! This part was a bit boring and tedious. As a reminder, here is my inspiration found on Pinterest.

Camille insisted on having her 4th birthday party at Kangaroo Jacs . For those of you not familiar, it is a warehouse full of inflatables. I wasn't sure what to do for the invitation so I put Kangaroo in the search line on Etsy and found  this cute birthday card with a striped kangaroo in a party hat. I emailed Ryan from MAN vs GEORGE  and an invitation and stickers were designed based on this kangaroo. I am so happy with how it turned out and Ryan was awesome! From there, I decided to use this invitation as inspiration for the party. I found cute vinyl table clothes on sale from the summer line at  Target from $1 to $2.50. I bought the plates and napkins there as well. Then I found cute striped goodie bags to match the napkins and a banner from Target as well. I cut tags from cardstock and added the stickers. Inside the goodie bags, I added  a color your own cutout from the Dollar Tree as well as two pixie sticks, a lollipop and a...

A few weeks ago, I saw this post on Effortless Style and was inspired to make a wreath for my back door. At our house, very few people use the front door so I wanted something for decoration. I bought all my supplies from Joann's and using online coupons , I only paid $5 for everything. I followed these directions and voila...the finished product....