1st Valentine Exchange

Ashlynn just had her very first Valentine Exchange. I'm always on a hunt for something different/cute with a FREE or nearly free price tag. I found these lovely things at Stampin' Up! on their clearance rack for just $3.99 - for 30 of them! Then we filled them with candy watches from the dollar tree - oh and freebie coupons from McDonalds.

First we punched them all out, got Ashlynn's name on them and got them folded up - they came pre cut and scored!

Ashlynn stuffed them all - see, so easy a 3 year old can do 'em!

Added the sticker closures and D-O-N-E

My Ry-Ry turns 2!!!

Two weekends ago, was my youngest sons birthday party. We are officially entering the “terrible two’s” (I think the 3’s are worse…). After lots of searching for a place to have the party, we ultimately just decided to do it at home. We live in a tiny little townhouse so space was going to be an issue, or so I thought.

Everyone had a blast. I took great pleasure in making some cute little pieces of added fun to the party. Like:

We went with a Disney Cars theme as Ryan loves Lightning McQueen! I made this Happy Birthday Banner. It’s hard to see just how detailed it is but I love it. I used my cricut to cut the flags and the Route 66 shape. Then I folded and fanned the little pinwheels from scratch paper I had on hand, used my Sizzix Die Cut machine to cut out the letters and used some brads that looked like real screws to put it all together.



I made a Welcome to Radiator Springs sign for the front door – This was supposed to be on a steak in the grass originally but Mother Nature decided to rain.











For the food table, I printed another sign to hang above the table, “Flo’s Café”:














For the food, I created labels on the juice boxes that said “Dinoco Coolant”, the yogurt got “Dinoco Fuel” and the pretzels were “Dinoco Dipsticks”.









Lastly, I made some Pit Passes for the guests to wear. I found these great Lightning McQueen lanyards as I was walking through Party City and thought “oh my these would be SO cute” so here they are, of course I didn’t think to take a picture of the lanyard itself!:




















The cake was great too, although I had NOTHING to do with it other than calling the order in!
















It was crowded, and loud and a bit crazy at times which to us meant it was PERFECT. Everyone seemed to have enjoyed themselves, including the children. Here is a picture of our playroom after everyone left. OH MY!! Haha!

Change is good!

OKAY so it's been like MONTHS since my last post. I've been busy. Also, I hated where my blog was "going". Somehow I turned it into a very public diary of sorts. This was not my intention. SO from now on, it will ONLY be about the fun stuff. As I've said before, I love to craft... it changes constantly as I find myself falling in love with a new fabric I found, or a deal on paper I got, etc.

So, enjoy the change.

Tara