yo ho yo ho

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!

Paper flag banner

Today I am staying home from church with a sick boy, above is the result. I made this paper flag banner out of scrap book paper I already had purchased from the dollar store and thrift store. I love how it turned out! All I did was sew triangles together on the sewing machine and then tack it up. I had a dream last night that I was making birthday kits to sell on Etsy. They included: a paper flag banner, handmade party hats (like in this post), balloons, paper bag decorations, and toothpick cupcake toppers. Should I do it? Would they sell? Please give me feed back!

spring has sprung

I just got back from photographing all the blooming things in my yard. OK not all are blooming but I still thought I'd share. My trees aren't nearly as flowering as my friends cherry tree.

orange umbrella

I found it at Hobby Lobby for 2 bucks! I can't wait to take it on a photo shoot!

Shining sunny day

{photos by me}

"Any adult who spends fifteen minutes with a child outdoors finds himself drawn back to his own childhood, like Alice falling down the rabbit hole."
-Sharron MacLatchie

I love the weather today! See you later I'm going back outside! :)

Mikkel Vang {photographer}

I love these images by Mikkel Vang. They are so sweet and serene. Now I want to have a tea party in an apple orchard, anyone with me on that one?

Love this {Crayon storage}

(source)

I just love this idea of storing and sorting your crayons by color! My kids are always ripping off the papers too. This mini loaf pan is so cute too! One of my favorite things to do is to use something for some purpose other that what it was invented for. Like in my living room on my coffee table I have a vintage baking pan I use as a tray for books and magazines.