yellow birthday party

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 a lot of fun with this party? :)

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?