Glassware

So just surfing around looking at things on Overstock I found these amazing pieces for our cabinet/ beverage center.  Which will look something like this when it's finished, minus the lighting in the cabinet.  We will have black granite counter tops and a mini fridge in the center of the bottom cabinets.

I wanted something pink but not too much that men wouldn't drink out of them.  

What is it with men and pink anyway... that's a whole post all in itself.

Anyway, here is what I purchased...

We will have a stemware holder for the wine glasses and I will put the other glasses above it.  They came the other day and I wanted to start using them.  But I didn't.  They are actually a little more purple than they appear in these pictures too.  But just way too cute!

So I will stare at them in their boxes until September when the house is finished.

The Master Bedroom

So we are building a new home and I have begun the hunt for decorations.  I am looking to do blue and brown in the master bedroom.  I found this online... what do you think?

I am totally in love with it! I think I might paint the walls blue since most of the house will be Desert Castle.  What do you think?

I saw this bedroom on HGTV and might use it as inspiration in my new bedroom. The chandelier is a bit too fru fru for the the man, but I LOVE the color.

Teddy's Party

Well, it has taken me 3 times to upload pictures from Teddy's Party, but I think this time, it will actually work!

Here we are with the Thing 1 Thing 2 shirts I made.  We made the crown out of felt and the shirt I purchased at Cute As a Button on Etsy.  

Here are the wine corks I purchased at M6Designs.  I love them!

Green Eggs of course!  I made little Tent cards out of card stock with the names of the items.  I used Michelle's  So Wonderful, So Marvelous menu from her son's birthday.

The yummy candy bar with my fabulous dum dum trees. 

The centerpieces were inspired from Newly Nesting.  We used different vases on each table with a Dr. Seuss book to mix it up a bit.

The Who-cakes were made by a friend from high school, Piece of Cake.  They were simply amazing, as you can see since one cupcake was already missing!

The birthday boy enjoying his Cat in the Hat cake!

Grandma took him for a walk as we cleaned up.  He sure had a great time!

Hope you enjoyed the recap!

Teddy's Birthday Banner

Just a little banner I made for the party.  

I used scrapbooking paper and traced a regular Happy Birthday banner out for the letters.  

It turned out great!!

Teddy's Seussical Birthday Party

I have been searching for ideas for Teddy's first birthday since December and went back and forth between Curious George and Dr. Seuss. Since we had been reading Dr. Seuss books to him since he was in my belly, I thought it was appropriate to continue with Dr. Seuss.

I have gotten quite a few ideas from Kara's Party Ideas and Giggles Galore. I can't wait until this coming Sunday to show all of the ideas I have thrown together! It will be the best party he will never remember. But we will all have fun.

I am going to make a scrapbook of this party with photos of everyone and have them write a note inside to Teddy. More on that to come this week.

Here is what I have been up to so far.

Tissue Poms from Design Dazzle

And the Birthday Banner.

A few more tasks this week and then it's party time! YAY!

Easter Eggs

So I am a bit backlogged on my blogging, so I apologize. This was our first Easter with our son, so I thought I would go all out and decorate eggs this year.

A woman at worked was talking about tie-dying eggs, which le

d me over to a great blog Our Best Bites

So I took a trip over to the Salvation Army and picked up some ties and when to work.

Here is how they turned out.

I really liked this one!

This one was fun too.

Not sure we will attempt this one next year. But it was something really fun to try!

Recyclable Carton Wallet

For Earth Day in March, my son's daycare sent home a paper requesting that you send your child in with a craft made from recycled materials. Well, what can a 10 month old really create except a caterpillar out of an egg carton, and that would even have been a stretch.

So, me being the overachiever that I am, created this wallet for him to share with the class. I googled recycled crafts, and found this one.

Needless to say everyone was super impressed, as was I!!