so much character in a name

This is a great way to display your child's/spouse's/friend's name when having a party or special event. It's super easy to do, adds to the decor and color scheme, and it's fun to take a minute and think of words that really describe what that person is like at that point in their life.
Give it a try!

somebirdy's birthday

I had the best time putting together my daughter's first birthday party. At first I thought I wanted to do the traditional princess-like bash, but then got thinking that I will probably host my fair share of these as she gets older...so I wised up and did what I wanted.
I was inspired by this little bird toy. And from there I ran wild with it. I had so much fun being girly. It actually was a pretty cheap party. About $3 worth of paper made all the banners, a $3 flower for the cake that was homemade by my mom-patterned after these, pictures printed from home in frames I already had, $2 worth of birds for the mobile from the dollar store that I hung on sticks from a tree, the toy bird I put together for $3, and the cake supplies for the cake balls. With about $9 for bottles and straws I made a beautiful party for about $20.










I made Chocolate Chip Cookie, Caramel Apple, and Churro cake balls. They were INCREDIBLE! The Churro ones were hands down the best. I got the recipes from a great cake ball recipe book, 101 Gourmet Cake Bites by Wendy Paul. My mom got me for my birthday. She picked it up at Costco.


It's tradition in our family to get a birthday shirt each year. Here's what I came up with for my little birdy. LOVE IT! :)

home classroom

I've been busy, and here's why. I have been putting together our home classroom to get ready for the school year. Here it is. I am SOOOO happy with how it turned out, but I am even happier with how the school year had been going.
It is a very gratifying feeling to have a vision and be able to make it a reality.

mother bird

I have seen a lot of these floating around out there and I just had to have one. Here's my version of my favorite one I've seen here.

gumballs for the soul

I love to do something cute every month for the girls I visit teach. Here's the gumballs I wrapped up for them with some of the quotes I liked from the message.

a guy's party

My boys were invited to a boy's birthday party. It was a contruction theme and we ran with it. We made him a great tool belt and hard hat that we got some tools for.

mom's brain

That's what I've been working on. I have wanted to really get myself organized and I think I finally found what works for me. I needed a calendar where I could see an overview of the month, but that also had monthly projects, budget, events...weekly menu and tasks, etc. So here's what I came up with. Yes, it's big, but it's what works for me.



Here are the pages I made. If you like, just click on them and snag them.
The July and August calendar pages I got from anythingbutperfect.com. She makes great calendars, I just couldn't wait for hers so I had to make my own for the rest of the year. I am far from a digital designer. When making them so you could grab them there were some glitches. Sorry. Amateur! :)

vinyl craze

I am loving vinyl. I always have, but it seems lately that I have been putting it everywhere.
I got theses great watering cans from IKEA for $.99. My boys love to help me water our garden and my old ugly green one was just not cutting it.

I made this weekly menu a while ago. I have loved using it, but have now found a new way to organize myself, so it's off to my sisters for it.

I love my big metal canisters, but could never see what was it them since their home in on the top shelf. Now when I open my pantry to use one, not only do I know which one to get, but I smile too! :) (yes I am a geek when it comes to organization...it gives me a natural high!) :)

I had to dress up my laptop. I've loved this decal even more since now my husband said he won't use my computer anymore! :)

Here are two more things I have done to give you a sneak peak at how our at home classroom is coming along.


I got this great clock idea from here. I used a fake, hallow book for the center, and then just wrapped some books I had with cute paper and used vinyl for the numbers and words. The clock kit was from Hobby Lobby for about $6. I am SUPER happy with how it turned out.
Vinyle even found its way on to my toes! :)

and to complete the look...

...here are the throw pillows and doll I finally finished for Presley's nursery. I think they turned out great.

for dad

I know you all think you had the best dad and are now married to the best dad ever, but you are mistaken. My dad and husband currently hold those titles! :)
We had a great father's day at our house and it is partly this party and printable that helped add to the ambiance.

land that i love

I am still very much in the patriotic frame of mind. Summer just scream patriotism to me. I have found some great ideas online that I just had to try.
These pinwheels were very springy, but I wanted to go more old-time classic red white and blue with mine.


This 2x4 flag block was genius. I love how cheap and easy it was. I was able to make 3 out of one 2x4 that only cost me about $2.

I grabbed this here. I'm always a sucker for a "keep calm" slogan! She has it in red, white, or blue.

This is just beautiful. You can get it here. I just printed and framed them with an IKEA frame.