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I made a birthday party for my daughter's doll s for Christmas, she loves it.

We're cooking up a storm over here in the Gudmundsen kitchen. Can you spy what's different about our treats? Surprise! They are all inedible! What a great way to let out my need to bake pretty things and still stay healthy! They also make great play food!

Making three little houses was fun I think I'll do it every year!

I Can't wait to tell you what I'm up to... ...they're made with these materials and are super pretty!

He is almost a month I can't believe it! What a treasure he has been. He came just in time for christmas and the kids love him so much. I kiss his face and smell his hair every moment I can! New baby smell has got to be THE best smell I know! My hormones are almost back to normal and now I feel like blogging again! How weird that blogging was the first thing to go when I got pregnant. Don't fret any longer, I'm back and full of inspirations and craftiness!

The tree in the dining room is our Santa tree I guess because when you enter the room it feels like the north pole. We love it! The table is decorated with felt trees and paperclay snowmen we made ourselves .

-Sew baby quilt. Check!

-Sew stockings. Check!

When I asked what kind of birthday she wanted, my daughter answered, "yellow". Well... I think I got that covered. Here are the photos from her party yesterday. I sewed her dress from the same pattern I used for her Easter dress . I just changed the hem and sleeves to my liking and made a rosette broach. The tablecloth is the leftover fabric from her dress. The button and lemon were for the two games my daughter requested; button button who's got the button , and hot potato, with a lemon instead of a potato. I baked the cupcakes and made lemonade for refreshments. The party favor boxes were from the wedding section at the dollar store, I just added the name tag dots and mini clothes pins. I got the paper lanterns for a dollar each at Michael's. I got the balloons and giant punch balloon at the dollar store. Lastly, the flower wands barely pictured next to the lemonade were favors that I made as well. The flowers come off and become hair clips. Can you tell I had...

My son's birthday is coming up so I thought I'd get myself back into the blogging world to share these invitations I just made. The black flags are made from stiff felt and the scull was made by carving a stamp out of a tiny apple I picked from my back yard. The back of the invitations are made from a vintage map I scanned. My favorite part is that the felt turns into a pirate flag! I can't believe I haven't blogged for three months. Why was I gone for three months you ask? Well I am currently four months pregnant so... lets just say my keyboard is grateful because I couldn't toss any cookies onto it if I stayed away. Please forgive me the long long break I took but seriously I wasn't doing anything too exciting. I'm feeling great now and we are super excited. We will find out the sex of the baby next week!