Earlier this week I shared the details of Beckett's Sesame Street themed second birthday party, including the simple craft project that I created for the kids. Today I wanted to show you how quick and easy it was to prepare this craft project using my Cricut cutter. When I originally came up with the idea of doing a craft project for the party, my plan had been to cut out the different facial features for five or six different Sesame Street characters and to have baskets of eyes, noses and ... View the Post
Easy DIY Party Backdrops
We held Beckett's Sesame Street themed birthday party at our local rec center rather than at our house, which was great for hosting a large group of toddlers, but it also meant that we had only a limited amount of time to set up. As a result, I needed to keep the decorations simple. As you saw in yesterday's post with all the party details, the decorations were limited to the brightly colored table cloths, the Sesame Street inspired "street" signs on the craft and food tables, and the two DIY ... View the Post
Sesame Street Birthday Party Ideas
I am relieved happy to report that our second attempt at Beckett's birthday party was a huge success! {If you missed all the drama, you can read the full story of why the first party had to be cancelled, leaving me in tears.} This past Saturday, we managed to entertain 30+ toddlers without too much chaos, and I heard more than one little boy declare it "the best party ever!" on his way out the door. Now I fully realize that this is one of those "you say that to all the girls" ... View the Post
DIY Sesame Street Bean Bag Toss Game
On Monday, I shared my sad story of Beckett's birthday party being cancelled last weekend because the rec center employee who was supposed to be there for our after-hours rental never showed up. We were locked out and had to turn thirty kids away. But tomorrow is take two, and we expect that this time the party will go off without a hitch. {Fingers crossed!!} Since Beckett absolutely loves Sesame Street, it was an obvious choice as the theme for his party this year. I wanted to keep all ... View the Post
{featured} Talking Budgeting and Saving at PWO
Last week I announced that I have joined the contributing team at Pretty Well Organized, and I told you about Wendy's 2014 Organizing Challenge. This is week #1 of the Challenge, and the topic is budgeting. Today I am very excited to be sharing my very first contributor post about how we budget within our savings account. If you are in need of any budget tips, you'll find lots of other useful information at Pretty Well Organized, and in the upcoming weeks PWO will be focusing ... View the Post
The Birthday Party that Wasn’t
I was planning a fun blog post for this morning with lots of pictures of adorable toddlers having the time of their lives at Beckett's Sesame Street themed second birthday party! And I would, if I could, but I can't...because the party didn't happen. But let's start at the beginning of this sad story. You see, I had this great idea to rent the multi-purpose room at our local rec center for Beckett's birthday party this year. Beckett's three favorite things at preschool are story time, ... View the Post
{featured} I’m Joining the Pretty Well Organized Team
I am excited to announce that I am joining the 2014 contributing team at Pretty Well Organized! Wendy, the lovely gal behind PWO, started her blog right around the same time that I started this little blog, and we have a lot in common - namely our passions for organizing and making things pretty. So when she invited me to join her team, I knew I had to say yes, and I am thrilled to now be working with her along side three other awesome ladies: Sandie from Life in Positudiness, Nicki from ... View the Post
{organizing with style} A 2014 Desktop Calendar Printable
The 2015 version of this calendar is available for download now! Hello 2014! I'm sorry that I've been MIA since Christmas, but I enjoyed a lot of wonderful family time and I hope you all did as well. {Take a look at my Instagram feed if you'd like to see a little of how we celebrated.} But even while I was away from the blog, I was busy, busy, busy. We celebrated Beckett's second birthday yesterday, and I'm madly preparing for his Sesame Street themed birthday party this Saturday {details ... View the Post
{family} Merry Christmas from Mine to Yours
I hope everyone is having a wonderful and very Merry Christmas! I thought I'd take the opportunity today to share our family Christmas card {which we ordered from Tiny Prints again this year}. The top hat is the one Scott wears as part of his costume while working for a professional Christmas caroling company, The Original Dickens Carolers, each holiday season. Beckett just loved that hat this year! He kept trying it on himself, then putting it on Cooper's head. It was so cute that we ... View the Post
{seasonal style} DIY Christmas Stocking Monogram Pins
Last year I came across some cute, silver stocking monogram pins at Target, but, at the time, I was pregnant with baby number two and didn't yet know his gender, let alone his name. I didn't want to buy pins for Scott, Beckett and myself without being sure I could get a matching pin this year for "the bun" (now known as Cooper). Of course, as luck would have it, Target is no longer selling the same silver pins this Christmas, and while an online search revealed a number of other options, ... View the Post
{seasonal style} Painted Christmas Trees
I can't believe Christmas is only five days away! I should have been wrapping presents for the last couple of days, but instead I've been busy finishing up my decorative Christmas tree craft project. Earlier this week I showed you where this project started - with three paper mache cone Christmas trees, three flat chipboard Christmas trees, and a whole lot of paints and craft supplies. Basically, one big mess on the kitchen table. I tackled the paper mache Christmas trees first, ... View the Post
{seasonal style} Quick Tip: Using Pipe Cleaners to Hang Garland
Getting our holiday decorations up has been a slow process this year. It seems like each day I get one more small decorating project finished - so at this rate I should have it all done in time to put it all away after Christmas! But sometimes things work out for the best because earlier this week, before I got around to wrapping our railings in garland, I came across a great tip (in a discussion board on Houzz) that I was able to try out right away. I don't know about you, ... View the Post
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