One Day When I Have Time

Lil' Slugger Baby Shower

2012-09-02T19:03:00.003-07:00

Today I am going to share some photos from something I actually had or took the time to do myself! This isn't a post from someone else's blog.

Tonight Tristina, Char and I threw my sister Lani a baby shower. We were deciding between a little man shower and a lil' slugger theme. I think we made the right choice for these two. We did a concessions stand with Sliders, mini hot dogs, nachos with real nacho trays, and a french fry bar (didn't seem to get a photo of any of those), mini egg salad sandwiches, (Grrr! I couldn't find my edible marker to make the ball lace lines!) and a baseball diamond fruit tray with fruit dip.

Over at the candy concessions we had salted peanuts, personalized labeled Hershey's nuggets, Boston baked beans, kettle corn, buttered popcorn, licorice, chocolate covered raisins, gummy coke bottles, Baby Ruth, and Double Bubble.

At the Game table we did 4 activities that people could do as they wished. (I was sick of telling people at showers in the past to play my organized games when most people just wanted to chat and mingle.) We had a "What's in the Bag" game where people would guess the contents of the 7 white bags, Guess how many Double Bubble are in the container, Unscramble the baby words and write an encouraging note on the diaper to Lani and Hock for those late night diaper changes.

Then we had bags of Cracker Jacks with either a big Baby Ruth or Big League Chew for everyone as they left.

All in all, I think it was a pretty successful night. My brother-in-law was quite impressed and appreciative of my ability to throw a baseball party despite my lack of enthusiasm and knowledge for baseball.

Thanks Char and Tristina, I had lots of fun!

Jessica Sprague Free Class Photoshop Top 5- Lesson 1

2012-06-19T08:17:00.000-07:00

For those of you interested in photo editing, Jessicasprague.com is offering a Free Photoshop class for Photoshop or Photoshop Elements for their birthday celebration. Go sign up now!

Look at the cool techniques I learned in day 1!

Pea in a Pod Birthday

2012-03-18T14:45:00.000-07:00

Hello! I am back! I got lost in the Pinterest world. I kind of dropped off the face of the earth b/c I was just pinning in Pinterest. But I think there is a place for both this and Pinterest in my life. While I will still pin on Pinterest, it doesn't give me a place to post when I do finally take the time to do things. So that I will continue to do here.

This week was my daughter's 1st Birthday. Her cousin is only 3 days younger so we decided to do a Pea in a Pod Birthday party. It turned out darling if I do say so myself! ;)

I ordered the plates, cups and personalized lip balm from Big Dot of Happiness. They have cute stuff. I saw the cupcakes on a blog a while ago. But I can't remember where. I believe the blog said to roll green starburst for the peas but after buying the tropical bag of Starbursts (only to find that it no longer has the green kiwi ones anymore...I swear it used to have green ones. Am I crazy?) I decided to use green skittles. The pods were made from Airheads. Thank you Tristina and Char for your help getting them ready.

Look What I Made

2011-08-11T09:14:00.000-07:00

Look at this darling sign I came across while shopping the other day:

Count Down to Valentine's

2011-06-09T19:06:00.000-07:00

Ok, I know Valentine's Day is way far off. But that is what this site is for. To remind me of all the darling ideas I have seen. This is a cute idea for a Valentine's count down by Secrets of a Super Mommy. She ROCKS! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE her ideas!

Birthday Wreath

2011-06-09T18:54:00.000-07:00

I am so going to make one of these:

There are lots of tutorials out there. But this one on "Two More Seconds" makes it seem so easy:

Here is another one at "Bits of Everything". She adds ribbon that adds a cute touch:My Cousin made one and had a place to hang a photo of the birthday person in the middle. Cute Eh?

Welcome Blocks

2011-04-02T09:07:00.000-07:00

Look how cute this idea is by Super Saturday Crafts

Tile Magnets

2011-03-26T09:18:00.000-07:00

Now that I have my Silhouette, I am looking for fun vinyl projects. There are so many out there! This is a cute idea from Super Saturday Crafts:

These guys aren't vinyl but they are so cute!!

Vinyl Board

2011-03-26T09:13:00.000-07:00

I love this idea from Super Saturday Crafts
When I make mine, I think I will put the days of the week in the menu section:

Chocolate Boquet

2011-02-10T11:18:00.001-08:00

I love this darling Chocolate Boquet from Wendy at Wickedly Wonderful Creations:

Tangled Rapunzel Birthday Ideas

2011-01-24T10:50:00.000-08:00

My 2 year old, turns 3 on Wednesday. She wants a Rapunzel Birthday Party. So here are a few ideas from Super Mom Moments.

I think this is the cake we are going to shoot for:

This is where she has some great ideas for activities like this darling Pascal blower:

Disney has a great website w/ lots of activities to keep a party going.

I Love Wassail!

2010-12-20T15:11:00.000-08:00

I am loving this Wassail recipe this season. Try it out:

12 c. Apple Juice
1/3 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 tsp. Ground Cloves
1/4 tsp Ground Allspice
3 Cinnamon Sticks
1 Orange Studded with Cloves (this means buy whole cloves and stick 15-30 of them in an orange)

Put in a crock pot on low for 2-3 hours. (I can never wait the 2-3 hours so I just simmer it on the stove top).

It makes your house smell so yummy and tastes yummy too!

Preschool Pumpkins

2010-11-22T11:50:00.000-08:00

Someone made the cutest little Thanksgiving dish for preschool. They peeled a whole bunch of mandarin oranges and put a pretzel rod in the middle to make them look like pumpkins. Look how cute:

Baby Carriage

2010-11-17T04:51:00.000-08:00

Look how sweet this baby carriage is:

I originally saw it on Dannie's Designs. But she gives a link to the blog that she saw it on.

Post it Note Holder and Pen

2010-11-09T07:13:00.000-08:00

Look at these darling little post it note holders and pens. The first one here with the tutorial is from Dawn.

The second one was from Jill.

Stamped Candles

2010-11-09T07:03:00.000-08:00

Look how cute these stamped candles are from Jill's Card Creations:

She gives a little tutorial too!

Cute and Simple Box

2010-11-07T06:28:00.001-08:00

These little boxes From Dawn's Stamping Studio are so cute. I am making 22 of them to give to the teachers in our Primary...

Alphabet Bean Bags

2010-08-31T13:45:00.000-07:00

These Alphabet Bean Bags are such a cute idea.

Paper Backpack Bag

2010-08-29T14:09:00.000-07:00

There are some very crafty people on Splitcoaststampers. Check this out:

4th Of July!

2010-07-17T17:30:00.000-07:00

I LOVE this Blog!! She has some darling ideas for the 4th of July and the 24th of July (Pioneer Day)

Post it note holder

2010-07-17T07:18:00.000-07:00

HEre is a darling post it note holder. I love Chic' n Scratch.

Top Note Gift Bag

2010-04-29T08:18:00.000-07:00

Look how cute this little bag is from Paper Pleasing Ideas:

Magnetic Shopping Pad

2010-04-15T17:53:00.000-07:00

Look at this fun idea for a Magnetic Shopping Pad from Jill's Card Creations:

Coasters

2010-04-15T17:45:00.000-07:00

Look at these Beautiful coasters from Jill's Card Creations. I love this idea:

Blog Book

2010-03-22T12:40:00.001-07:00

Here is a great review on blog books if anyone is thinking of doing one. I know I am! I would love to have all this fun stuff in a book!