The Devon and Brandy Show

Stationery card

2011-12-18T23:24:00.001-06:00

Wishing You Merry Christmas Card

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Christmas Home Tour

2011-12-13T16:41:00.001-06:00

Pillows in blue, brown, and pink. Yes, my husband loves the introduction of pink into our Christmas home decor! (NOT so much! I, on the other hand, think it’s fun and festive!)

White felt wreath to match the snow and brighten up the gray (needs repainted) front door.

My motto: Glitterize! Shiny blue, pink and green trees, some matching ornaments and the darling hot pink glitter deer I found at Hobby Lobby!

Hope you enjoyed this little tour of some of our Christmas decor! Happy holidays!

Have a spooky Halloween!

2011-10-31T17:30:00.001-05:00

A Kindergarten Halloween Party

2011-10-31T16:36:00.000-05:00

Beware the Wicked Witch…

2011-10-30T17:33:00.000-05:00

My Pinterest Project: Ghost Pillowcase Dress

2011-10-23T12:46:00.001-05:00

This week’s project is Halloween themed in honor of the upcoming holiday. I made it just in time for Mady to wear it a few times before Halloween.

Original pin: http://pinterest.com/pin/133933548/

My Pinterest Project: Princess Laundry Photoshoot

2011-09-26T13:00:00.000-05:00

Original Pin: http://pinterest.com/pin/56490858/

My Pinterest Project: Rainbow Cupcakes

2011-09-19T01:00:00.000-05:00

Okay so this one is not really MY pinterest project, it's actually my sister, Tiffany's. Since I'm traveling this week, I thought my sister could fill in for me. Her daughter had her fourth birthday a couple weeks ago and Tiffany made these adorable cupcakes for her preschool class. Didn't she do a great job? I'm super proud of her! She's craftier than she thought (I always knew she could do it!)

Original pin on pinterest is here: http://pinterest.com/pin/109515914/

My Pinterest Project: Chalk Drawing Photoshoot

2011-09-05T12:52:00.000-05:00

Original pin: http://pinterest.com/pin/78810396/

My Pinterest Project: Famous Couples Print

2011-09-04T23:16:00.003-05:00

My version:

Original Version:

http://pinterest.com/pin/135382079/

Rylan’s 2nd Birthday and 4th of July Bash - Elmo Party

2011-07-05T15:19:00.001-05:00

We had Rylan’s birthday party on the 4th of July. Party styling by ME!

The invite (without the real info for privacy):

The Decorations:

Elmo pinata and water bottles.

The cake no one ate – too many goodies!

Sesame Street coloring pages:

The cute birthday boy!

Recipes:
Mini cheesecake tarts – Devon made these. They were my fav.
Mini blueberry and cherry pies – Mady helped me make these!
Cake batter bark – This is what it’s supposed to look like. I used dark chocolate and white chocolate chips, maybe that was the problem? I didn’t want to splurge on the expensive chocolate. Or maybe it was the the freezing/cooling time, not sure. Mine tasted good, just wasn’t as pretty!
BLT salad – Devon made this. It was a hit!

Summer to Do List

2011-06-02T23:26:00.001-05:00

Pinkalicious day

Make a town for cars

build a flower shop

Make a letter writing kit

Make a donut shop

Gum ball machine craft

make frozen bananas

for me:

Rylan:

Yarn Wreath

2011-05-29T21:07:00.001-05:00

I made this wreath over the weekend and love how it turned out! I used this tutorial from Mrs. Priss.

I’m linking to a linky party: Skip to my Lou.

Land of Nod Inspired Floor Cushions

2011-05-15T21:02:00.000-05:00

These took me hours because I’m not that good at sewing but they turned out really cute! I used the tutorial found here.

I’m linking to a linky party: Skip to my Lou.

Mady’s 5th Bday Invite

2011-05-05T14:33:00.000-05:00

Birthday Balloon Wreath

2011-05-02T20:59:00.000-05:00

This balloon goes up for the month of May for Miss Madylan’s birthday month! It’s huge and I’ve found that it sticks to the front door when it gets hot. Whoops! Tutorial found here (mine is way bigger than the one shown and took a lot more than the number of balloons listed.)

Spring Wreath

2011-04-29T20:51:00.000-05:00

My spring grass wreath inspired by this tutorial. (P.S. I really need to paint my door!)

Pink and Black Animal Print Taggie

2011-04-23T21:11:00.000-05:00

I have two new nieces in my life. They are so sweet! Here are their taggies from Aunt Brandy! I used this tutorial over at Joy’s Hope and left off the crinkle and made them a bit bigger at 12X12 instead. (Rylan likes to sleep with his so I don’t want them to be noisy.)

In Memory of Donna Jean Brown

2011-03-21T11:50:00.002-05:00

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New Pillows!

2011-02-07T23:21:00.001-06:00

Okay, so they aren’t new pillows, but they are new pillow cases for the throw pillows in my office. I found this lovely fabric at Joann’s for 50% off and made the pillows using this tutorial. They took me longer than 10 minutes, but I got them done!

Before:

After:

They even match my cute binder! (Yes, I’m a dork.)

Snow Play

2011-02-05T23:26:00.000-06:00

We decided to try out a new idea today - painting the snow. Not sure where I got the idea, somewhere in blogland. It’s just food coloring and water in spray bottles. Here, Mady is writing her name (click on photo to enlarge).

Rylan didn’t know what to think. Especially when Dad stuck him in a snow drift!

We also built a snowman. It was the first time Devon and I have ever played in the snow together (I pretty much hate snow usually, but it was warm enough that it was bearable). It was kind of romantic – until we bonked heads putting the middle on the snowman!

Yes, Devon is wearing shorts. And the face and buttons on the snow dude is real spray paint (not the food coloring/water mix Mady was using – It’s real black spray paint. Leave it to Devon!)

Valentine’s Wreath

2011-02-01T20:05:00.000-06:00

I used this tutorial from The Idea Room. This is one of my favorite wreaths and was super easy!

Mommy’s Little Helpers

2011-01-28T23:42:00.000-06:00

I ♥ Project Life

2011-01-25T13:59:00.001-06:00

So I've totally been bummed that I haven't done much scrapbooking lately. I write down random things that my kids do (I had started a journal of one or two sentences a day with "What do I want to remember today?" but then wasn't even consistent at doing that.) I had the first edition of Project Life in the box, in a closet still. I really wanted to use it (as I'm so obsessed that I bought the new turquoise edition as well but didn't even have 2010 done yet!)

So a couple weeks ago I sat down and chose the photos to use (all 365+) for 2010 and put them in a folder on my computer. I had too many so I merged a lot of them using Picasa. I ordered them all from Shutterfly. When they arrived, I sat down and inserted all of them in a 3 hour timeslot one night. Not too bad to have a base scrapbook for the WHOLE YEAR finished in one night. A couple days later, I quickly stamped the date cards with the week. Now I'm working on the journaling by referencing my "What do I want to remember today" journal, my blog, facebook and my memory. It's so invigorating to have that full year's worth of an album mostly put together within a short timespan. Mady enjoys picking out which card I will do the journaling on and helping with the day of the week stickers.

I'm hoping to get to work on the 2011 version quite soon, and I made a new year's resolution to scrapbook more this year, for my kiddos!

Here's to Project Life in 2011! Thanks Becky!

Book Review

2011-01-22T20:27:00.001-06:00

An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination: A Memoir by Elizabeth McCracken

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Loved it. It was like she was reading my mind/feelings. Difficult to read after losing a child, but one of those reads that makes you feel better. I read it in one sitting. It's in my "Do not let anyone borrow" list.

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