A Tree is Up

Our new white Christmas tree is up and we are starting to decorate. It's still pretty bare, but I love how it's looking already. I'm using all new colors this year and Madison is enjoying all the lights.





It's still a work in progress but I just had to post something Christmas today. It's not even Thanksgiving officially yet but we are already in full Christmas mode. Is anyone else got their tree up?

More Halloween Decorations

Here are just a few more Halloween decorations I put around the house. I made the wreath because you can't find a good scary one at the store. It's going on my front door Halloween night. The other stuff I do to entertain the kids. I sprinkle some fun here and there. I hope they look back one day and draw good memories from it. :)

Happy October

I did a little decorating this year. Not as much as last, but it's a start. I'm a bit busy to really go all out this time around. I have set out a few Fall reminders that Halloween is almost here.

In my kitchen, Candy in my glass pumpkin jar.



I let the kiddo's decorate small pumpkins with crazy felt faces. Much easier then carving them.



These pictures remind me of the haunted mansion. I love how they change when you look at them from a different angle.




Thats not all folks, I've got more to show. Just don't have the pictures yet. More to come. I'd thought I'd give you a preview for now.

First Birthday Unwrapped

It's all over. We've unwrapped every last gift and ate all the cake. Day's have passed since my Daughter's 1st big birthday party. I'm just now getting to talk about it because things are just so crazy here. We are all getting ready to go back to school, including me. It should make for an interesting year and I hope I can keep up with the kiddo's. I've never put together a child's birthday in the Summer before. My other two have Winter birthday's so we are usually dealing with cold weather. This time we were able to go outside a bit, but I do enjoy my A/C. Ha! All in all Madison's party turned out really cute. I had a lot of fun decorating for this party as usual. I can't wait till the next. Enjoy the picture overload.





Brittany made this wonderful cake for her little Sis. Isn't it pretty? She worked really hard on it. More later on that. This is how it turned out though.






























She is now enjoying all her new toys. Especially her new swing that hangs perfectly in the big tree out front. It was a really nice family day. I wish everyone could've been there to celebrate with us.

Birthday Crafts

I'm preparing for Madison's first birthday party already. I want this to be special so I'm hard at work crafting my little heart out.

M for Madison



The inspiration for this party...Polka Dot Ribbon that I love.



A preview of what the tableware will look like. Everything is going to be pink, blue & green.



I've even made the utensils pretty!



I've been hand painting buckets to match the decor. These might be used as the centerpieces for the tables and filled with snacks.



A little birthday sign that I framed for the party table.



This one says...Madison you take the cake!



Here's a banner I made from chipboard, painted, decoupaged the letters and strung them all together with the pretty polka-dot ribbon. It's hard to see with the glare from the light in the room but it just says...Happy Birthday Madison!



I found these bouncy balls for Maddie the other day. She loves playing with them and what do you know??? they match the party!



Oh and I'm not finished yet! There are more projects to complete. I'll be working on them this Summer. This is just what I've completed as of now. What do you think?

Sneak Peak

At Madison's Birthday Decorations!

I've been hard at work already on planning her FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY! I realize she doesn't turn ONE till July, but it's never to early to start crafting. For the past month I've been in my craft room just making banners, signs and party ware for this special day. Call me crazy, but I love to craft so this is not work at all to me. It's more like fun and it provides an escape for me to get my mind off things that are stressing me out.

Here is a sneak peak at the wall/door sign decorations.



I'm going with pink, blue and green polka dot theme for her party. So that's why I made the signs round.



There is a ton of things I haven't taken pictures of yet. I think I'll do that today and post them later today/tomorrow so you can see what I'm talking about. Most everything is going to be handmade by me because I don't like what they sell in the stores. I might be able to use it again for the following years as well. All I have to do is change the number and I'm good.



All because this little girl is going to be turning ONE! I can't believe it. Where did the time go?



Stay tuned for more party pic's and details to come!