It's a Spring Fling

The theme for my daughter's 6th Birthday, was a spring fling with outdoor activities planned. So the invitations went out to a few of her friends.

A free printable found at greetingisland.com

I just added of few of my own touches to make this invitation more personal.

We were hoping for warm and sunny weather, instead it had to have been the wettest weekend of spring, I then had to move to plan B, and bring the spring indoors with,

 flower balloons, tissue poms poms

 and butterflies

We couldn't bring all our outdoor activities in, the girls ended doing a lot of dancing and more dancing, high pitched voices from excitement, and a few moments of quiet, just a few.

My inspiration for dessert of course came from pinterest, I made flowering cupcakes.

Although Mother Nature decided to rain on my girl's special day, she couldn't dampen the mood of Lily's 6th birthday Party.

I'm not a "Party Momma"....but almost there.

When my 9 year old's birthday was coming up, he really wanted to have a real birthday party.  Now years preceding this occasion it was hard as his birthday usually falls near or on the first day of School, Sept 3rd, so it was hard finding kids when we've been out of school all summer, but now that he was turning 9, his friends roster was easier to obtain. So I said yes, now the planning, short term notice at that began.  We decided on a movie party.....
First you need a big screen..that's where our very own Smart board came into play (thanks to my smart board educator husband)

I'm not sure what movie is playing..

Second, I wanted to feel like they were going to a theater, so I made a sign out of red bristol board with gold glitter glue, to make it look like a marquee of sorts leading down to the movie room.

When the kids arrived they were given a movie admission ticket..made with red construction paper and printed with the Broadway font, the numbers on the side represented his birthdate.

So comes the food, what do we all enjoy most about going to the movies?...of course the concession stand.

 popcorn, soda, cotton candy

 I used packing popcorn to decorate the table.

pixie sticks were a huge hit. They didn't last long.

We also made hotdogs with our vintage looking hotdog cooker...they didn't turn out that great but it went with the nostalgia of the movie party.

For dessert, they had cupcakes, thanks to pinterest I found the idea for my popcorn cupcakes.

 These were very fun to make.

So this was my son's first "real" birthday party, and it was a big hit with the friends.. I think I scored big with the boy.  I even had his name in lights.

Excuse the painters tape, I guess i forgot a piece.

This particular image has gotten a few hits on pinterest since I uploaded it a year and a half ago.

 over a hundred...Thanks for pinning.

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Every Christmas we decorate our mantel, it's never the same design, back in 2012, this is what it looked like.

                             Christmas 2012                          

For Christmas 2013

 sorry for the picture, this is the only picture I took, and it was with my phone.

Anyway, you get the idea, I enjoy decorating my mantel, as many of you do.  So with the decorating and undecorating that comes with the holidays, I really wasn't ready to have a bare mantel, So I've decided to keep going with the new year, every month something new.

Starting with a January Mantel,

So with February on our heels, I've started working on a Valentines mantel.  Come back to view my mantel.

Well here I go....finally!

Today is the day I finally start a blog.  I have been following blogs for a couple of years now, enjoying seeing other bloggers post about their likes and hobbies, crafts and such, also being introduced to pinterest has really peaked my interest in blogging.  I have pinned a few things, but that's all.
      I have done a few home improvements and have thrown a few birthday parties that have gotten some  notoriety. I really think it's time to branch in this world blogging and share my interests as well.