tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146136592024-03-13T22:56:52.320-06:00SnowyBlissAnjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10068915323155349477noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14613659.post-47292396333188271172015-09-21T17:04:00.000-06:002015-09-22T12:20:11.469-06:00Totally Tokyo Birthday Party<div style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So first… this party happened about 5 months ago. I’m terrible at blogging. I love putting these party’s together. I’m horrible about blogging about them. I have another party I need to blog too. Soooo… better late than never. I guess. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The idea of this all came around by Sushi. My kids love it. Nothing fancy, usually just good old Sushi rolls. Then I thought about making cake to look like Sushi. Then I started thinking about Japan & especially Tokyo and that bright, crazy, creative, fun Harajuku street fashion. And there you have it… a party was born. I must say one of the greatest things to come of creating this party was me and my then 12 year old daughter researching Tokyo. We learned so much & now we both want to get there one day. We especially fell for Takeshita-dori in Harajuku. And based the party around the shopping, color and creativity of Takeshita street. What a gem of a place!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I took inspiration for the invites from the wrappers of Japanese candy and treats. Their designs are so colorful & have such fabulous combinations of patterns & designs! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It also was a dress up party. The kids were asked to dress in Japanese street wear. We had a blast coming up with my daughter’s ensemble. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As the kids came I snapped a photo of each of them. Purikura photo booths are a big deal on Takeshita street. So I used these photo’s & purikura apps to create that distinct fun look on each photo (this was done after the party). The app’s I found & used for this are called Rakuga-cute-cute- & Beauty plus (this is where you can enlarge the eyes for the perfect purikura look). Here is my daughters finished Purikura image…</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I also had a great Japanese playlist going on in the background. Some of them were american made songs, such as “Harajuku Girls” but thanks to the internet it was easy to find out who the top Japanese pop bands are & find their music on iTunes. I kept the music going throughout most of the party. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wanted the backdrop of the food table to look like the entrance of Takeshita Street. They redid it a few years back, but I liked the old one more for this… so it is technically modeled after the old look. They have all of this amazing balloon art by the entrance sign, so we couldn’t forget that either!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Often TAKESHITA is written across the front on balloons, so we mimicked that as well with my daughter's name displayed on yellow circles. A wonderful seller <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/HandMek" target="_blank">HandMek</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">on Etsy custom made these adorable Harajuku kids for me. He is fantastic! And produced exactly what I needed! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I found these paper <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/diy-parasols-a2-48_363-12-1.fltr?Ntt=parosol" target="_blank">umbrellas/parasols</a> at Oriental Trading. Unfortunately it looks like their price has gone up since I ordered them. They are fragile, so if you purchase them be careful opening them. The paper is more like a tissue and it does tear quite easily. I spray painted mine different shades of green, pink & blue (and I left a few white). I hung them above the tables and they really stood out! They were a fabulous finishing touch! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: normal;">For the center pieces I made a Godzilla, a sumo wrestler & a lucky cat statue (</span>Maneki Neko) As well as a sign that reads happy birthday in japanese & few other things. I simply had them printed, attached them to dowels and pressed them into a 12x1” styrofoam disc. The place settings were pretty simple. I just mismatched what I had (which is totally the Harajuku style anyway) then added chopsticks. The placemats are bamboo sushi mats. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So my cousin Caden Lundberg is a kendama pro. He came out to teach the kids a bunch of tricks & tips. He did some awesome games with them and handed out some Kendama prizes. He is fun to watch… his Kendama skill are crazy amazing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We tossed in dinner after the Kendama demo. I went with Teriyaki Chicken bowls. It’s easy and a crowd pleaser. I made a ton of food & it was a good thing because 12-13 year old kids are bottomless pits. For the drinks I had a selection of the popular Japanese Ramune Sodas.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> A little tip… Things like the ramune soda, treats, chopstick etc… are loads cheaper to purchase at a local Asian food market. Additionally these markets are fantastic to walk through! It’s worth checking them out before purchasing anything online. We come home with way too much stuff when we head to one. It’s always fun to try new things! And my kids love it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444;">Then we did a little Karaoke contest. We just used Nintendo’s </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/SiNG-Party-Wii-U-Microphone-Nintendo/dp/B0050SWP96/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1442590886&sr=8-2&keywords=nintendo+sing" target="_blank">Wii U SiNG party.</a></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> It was hilarious! I’m amazed how into it some of the kids were! We could have done the Karaoke for hours on end.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After the singing entertainment we had a piñata. It was a Godzilla piñata. (Well he was actually a green dragon piñata… but he was close enough). I filled the piñata with Japanese treats (again I found these at the Asian market). And with the popular <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M9PQK80?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00" target="_blank">Iwako erasers</a> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I thought about renting those sumo wrestling suits. But opted instead to have my cousin come for the Kendama demo. I still think the Sumo wrestling would have been awesome. But party’s are only so long and usually come with a budget ;)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Every guest received their own box of cake made to look like sushi. It wasn’t terribly difficult to make. I made sheet cakes that I cut into the size & shape I wanted. (I just used a circle cookie cutter for the rolls). I froze these, it makes them much easier to work with. Then I covered them with white frosting and rolled them in white sprinkles (white decorettes). Then I added different sprinkles I had found at a local food supply store (Orson Gygi) to create the look I wanted. I also used fondant on a few pieces to create the “fish.” The “wasabi” is a dollop of green colored frosting. I used Americolor soft gel in avocado to get the perfect wasabi color. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh and here is where I got the green “grass” <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004K6QATK?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00" target="_blank">sushi dividers</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I made sushi container labels and printed them out on sticker paper so they were easy to attach. I picked up the containers from my local grocery store that sells sushi rolls. I noticed that to purchase them online I needed to get them in bulk. But I would never use 100 sushi containers. The manager at the store actually just gave them to me free of charge. She was super cute when I explained what I was doing. Thank you Smith’s! (P.S. the containers I used are approx. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tray~ 7 1/4 x 5” Lid~ 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 )</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The ice cream had it’s own special touch. I loved that every cartoon drawing or treat I came across while researching Tokyo had a smiling face on it. I kept thinking… man, their food is so happy! So I added a happy face to the cone. I just stuck it on with an adhesive glue dot. I imagine double sided tape would work as well. It isn’t meant to be permanent, unless you plan on eating it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I also wanted the brightest ice cream I could find. So this play dough ice cream worked great! (I believe it is also called superman ice cream). It was funny too because most of the kids were super excited about the ice cream flavor, exclaiming that it was there absolute favorite. Personally… I think it’s kind of gross. But kid taste buds are as unique as they are.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After desert we did presents. And then the kids ran around & played. They stayed for quite sometime. But when you're finally old enough to “hang out” with your friends they could go all day long. It was a riot watching them all dressed up running around in the yard, attempting more karaoke & being perfectly content with their dorky 12-13 year old selves. I love these kids! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Doing a party for kids this age isn’t always easy. They’ve grown out of “kid stuff” but still want an excuse to dress up. This was a perfect solution! Seriously… I guess it might be weird for me to host this for myself and my friends, but I’m tempted. It was that much fun!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The party was such a hit that my younger daughter wants it in a few months for her party. She’s not budging on this and I’m happy to comply… it’s super easy when I’ve got everything ready to go! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My son turned 6 this year. We’ve had a lot of family get togethers for his birthday. But I have not had a big party with his friends yet. So this year I decided to pull out all the stops and create something fun and magical for him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had a tough time deciding on a theme. Not that you really need one. But a theme helps me get the creative juices flowing. Sometimes creative boy parties can be tough. I was leaning toward a pirate party… I know it’s been done a million times. But you could do so many fun things with it. I was contemplating on a small ship for displaying goodies. And then it quickly morphed from pirate ship to viking ship (I guess they are still technically pirates). And then it went from a small ship to a giant ship they could eat at. And then I got all giddy and excited for a…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The timing worked out perfectly because How to Train Your Dragon II was coming out close to the same time as the party. We also love the books around here. We have them on audiobook and the kids love to listen to them while they are doing chores. The narration is a hoot. BTW I’m totally listening to the HTTYD soundtrack while I write this. <i>Which makes me soooo dorky.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Viking Academy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Test your viking swordsmanship skills.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Flaunt your brute brawn in the viking games.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Hunt and tame the fiercest dragons known to man.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Friday June 13th</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Board the viking ship at the Snow wharf</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The ship sets sail promptly at 2:30</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">and will return at 5:00</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">While aboard a viking feast will be served.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So bring your burly appetite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Call or text Anj</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This was my favorite part. For one it looked fantastic in our living room. But mostly because I had this idea in my head. “I’m going to build a viking ship out of cardboard and pvc pipe.” And I like the challenge of trying to actually make it work.</span></div>
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I started by sketching out the dragon bow. And then drew it onto the cardboard with sharpie markers before I even knew if it could actually work. There is no way I can really explain how I made this thing. It was such a build as you go… pray as you go project. So then I just started building around the dragons. There was a lot of PVC pipe, hot glue, twine & wire involved. And my husbands barbells were used to weigh it down and keep it from tipping over. :)</div>
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Now I can give you a few details about the sail… in case you are feeling adventurous and want to build something similar. The skeleton of it is built out of PVC pipe. I started with a pipe (cut to the size I wanted) and put it in an old bucket. I poured a bag of quick set cement and a gallon of water into the bucket. Stirred and let it set. Now that pipe wasn’t going anywhere (and it weighs a flipping ton). The fabric for the sail I got from IKEA. I used 2 yards. I used a dremel tool to cut long holes into the ends of the pvc pipe. (The pipes that run horizontal). Then I put 4 long strips of wood (we had them hanging out in the garage) into the holes in the pipe. Then I wired the top pvc pipes to the bottom in order to create tension. This forced the wood strips to bow. Then I laid the fabric on top of it and used a staple gun to secure the fabric to the wood. I used a couple of dowels (I again had hanging around the house) in-between the wood strips to keep them from folding inward. </div>
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To be honest putting the boat & sail together was my favorite part. One of my daughters is super crazy creative and is constantly making things. So she was my right hand gal. We didn’t have my husband around (he was out of town on business). So it was me, a 9 year old, power tools and our joined creative brains. She would giggle (she has the best giggle) every time something would work. She also helped me with the problem solving that would occur as we were constructing. For instance the wood slats were putting too much pressure on the pvc pipes causing them to bending outward. We sat back and talked about how to fix it. At first we used twine. We tied it from the top pipes to the bottom. But the twine snapped. So we discussed again and then we grabbed the wire… success! And then she jumped around and giggled. I love that kid. </div>
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The sail was placed in-between two long tables. I draped both tables with white plastic tablecloths. Then I ran white wrapping paper across the top of the two tables. I drew “wood slats” on them to look like the floorboards of a ship. I wrapped rope around the exposed pvc pipes on the sail.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now if I had all the money in the world I would have found out how to get the turkey legs from Disneyland as our main corse. Since that wasn’t going to happen I opted for chicken wings from Buffalo Wild Wings. Now in hindsight I should have gone for the boneless wings. (I wanted something more authentic so I went with bones). Most kids were ok with the bones. However there were a few that looked at me like I was a crazy lady when I told them to eat around the bone. I ended up tearing the meat off of the bone for them. Welp… live and learn. We also had veggies and some gold fish for snacking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The napkins were labeled as Dragon Hide. I sewed a 12x12 inch square of fabric. Then I cut “teeth” out of white felt and sewed it onto the bottom of the napkin. The bamboo flatware I got here… </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005TLOGE6/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i02?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">Bamboo Flatware</a></b></span></div>
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The premise of these games was for each child to prove that they were worthy of becoming an official viking. K… so originally wanted a bounce house (the obstacle course type). But I found they were ridiculously expensive to rent. So I had to pass on that idea. But if you wanted to do this party I think an obstacle corse bounce house would be a fantastic idea.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To earn their viking helmet they had to </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">demonstrate</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> their viking strength. We took an entire roll of crepe paper streamers and wrapped it around each child. (We did 4 kids at a time). I would recommend an adult do the wrapping. (My daughters wrapped a couple of the kids and it didn’t have quite the same effect). Make sure you pull it pretty tight, but not tight enough to break. Then on the count of 3 the kids raced to see who could break free the quickest. Some kids got out pretty rapidly. But there were a few that fell over and wriggled like worms to get out. It was hilarious. Little boys in particular can get pretty competitive when it comes to strength competition… so they took it very seriously even when they were on the ground, rolling around to get free. This will work great with young kids (4-7 years old). They felt like heroes breaking out of it… even though it really wasn’t that tough. (I was worried that it might be too easy). But the kids response was so lively and comical that it was a total win.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But me being me I couldn’t just leave them as is. I added craft fur to the boys helmets. Either around the horns or around the rim of it. I even added a little rope here and there. For the girls I made 2 yarn braids for each and added some jewels. (Those were a riot).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This one was pretty straight forward. The kids now needed to earn their shield. We had a basket they had to toss a shield in. If they didn’t get it they had to go to the back of the line. Once someone got it in they could go pick out their shield. (This helped keep it fair on who got which shield). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So about the shields. I made these. I purchased “16 inch disposable platers from a local restaurant supply store (Orson Gygi) Then I decorated them with felt (I had a bunch of felt left over from the felt dragons... more about them in a minute). I glued handles onto the back. I thought the handles would hold up, but hot glue was not enough. I should have punched holes and tied the handles on. Or perhaps super glue would have worked. I had to do surgery with the glue gun throughout the party. Which was fine. But I should have had my son run around with one for a few hours to test it out before hand. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sword training. We presented them with their foam swords. I explained that they needed to be expert dragon fighters. And this would require some training. So here they were. Decked out in their helmet, sword & shield. And I poured out upon them 2 dozen green balloons. I told them that the balloons were “practice dragons” and to go to town. They fought like it was their last day on earth… to the death! It was quite a sight to watch. It was like they were free at last! They could hit, punch and attack the balloons and no one told them to stop. Sillies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The price was great but a lot of the handles were breaking off by the end of the party.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now it’s been a week since the party. But occasionally when I’m out and about in the neighborhood I’ll see a little viking running around. It’s absolutely fabulous.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So now that they were official trained vikings we could go attack a “real” dragon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After this epic (there is that word again) battle they again had worked up an appetite. So it was time for cake and ice cream.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Seriously… I die. These are so fun. Again this was one of those… I hope this actually works moments. Especially because I didn’t decorate the cakes until the morning of the party. (I need to stop doing that… one of these day’s I’m going to have a major fail). I used this cake pan to make the cakes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(I did actually make the cake itself the day before). I put the two ball halves together with frosting and then crumb coated them in frosting. Then I stuck them in the freezer. When I was ready to decorate them I pulled them out of the freezer. I stuck a dowel in one end then I spread a coat of light green frosting all over the cake ball. (I used AmeriColor 162 Electric Green coloring for the frosting). Then I rolled and dipped the ball into green sugar crystals (it’s a bit chunkier than sanding sugar). Carefully I took it off of the wooden dowel and set it onto a 6” wood plate. I got the plates here </span><i><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004UNDVBS/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">6" PLATES</a></span></b></i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"> Now this is my son's dragon. The rest of the dragons had teeth. But my son insisted his should not have teeth. Because it was a night fury... even though it is red.</span></i> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now that they were official vikings they were qualified to adopt their own baby dragon. We had a small training session before each child received their new fire breathing pal. I was a little worried that 9 boys and 4 girls (all 5 to 6 years old) would have a hard time sitting through me reading this little booklet. But they were so quiet. It was crazy. I had one of the baby dragons on my lap and we talked about how they needed to listen to a few tips about their new pet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I came up with an owners manual for each child. As we read through it together there was a bit of laughter. However the last page… (the warning) had a few kids in full blown giggle fits. I’m actually going to post the entire thing here… so you can read it for yourself.</span></div>
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<i>Congratulations! </i></div>
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<i>You are now a dragon keeper!</i></div>
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<i>This pamphlet has been assembled by The Viking Chamber of Dragon Control to assist you through the first few weeks of dragon ownership! </i></div>
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<i>Some dragon species are carnivores while others are herbivores. </i></div>
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<i>tray of meat and a bowl of veggies before your dragon. It will quickly devour its meal of choice. However take care when placing food in front of the beast. Do not leave your hand or any other limb close to the food. If it is a carnivorous dragon it may mistake your arm... for a turkey leg.</i></div>
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<i>ensures your dragon’s loyalty. It also will become more obedient and mindful of its manners. This will deter it from biting off your fingers. Or setting you on fire. </i></div>
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<i>exhale fire, a tail that acts as a whip and dagger like talons. A dragon that consumes too much sugar will become bloated with an excessive amount of gas. The beast’s trail of putrid flatulence could cripple friend or foe.</i></div>
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<i>For the first few weeks of ownership it would be advantageous to handle your dragon with oven mitts and if necessary use nose plugs.</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After this they each received their own baby dragon and we filled out an adoption permit card together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana;">I was a little concerned about how boys would respond to the whole adoption thing.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I wasn’t sure they’d take to the dragon stuffed animals like the girls had from both the owls and the bunnies from my other parties.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">But after the party I started getting loads of feedback from parents.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">One little boy had to take his dragon out to dinner with him that night.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">He asked the waitress to bring his dragon its own glass of water.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Other boys slept with their dragons.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Two brothers made their beds the next day with their dragons set up with their pillows and their viking hat shield and sword laid out nicely at the end of their beds.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">And a little girl declared it was the best party she had been to.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">So it seems it was an epic ;) success.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><i><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I do have everything available on my etsy site (the printables).</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">However I’ve still got to put together the pattern for the dragons.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Patterns really take quite a bit of time.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">So my hope is to have that up in the next couple of weeks. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Here is the link to my Etsy if you are interested!</span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/SnowyBliss?section_id=15660033&ref=shopsection_leftnav_4" target="_blank">Viking & Dragon Party on Etsy</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">All of my kids have been so lucky, they all have fantastic friends. One of my daughters has a friend that she is particularly close to. After talking to her mother, who also happens to be my good friend, we decided to have the two girls celebrate their birthdays together. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My daughter acted like it was pretty much the best plan... ever. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We hired magician Paul Brewer from Utah Magic.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He did a FANTASTIC job!</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Because we did a double birthday he brought two rabbits (one for each birthday girl to hold). He brought a bird as well. He did ballon animals, gave magic wands to the kids and was hilarious. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is his info for anyone looking for a fabulous magician in Utah.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We couldn't have a magic show without a stage!</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just like my bed table I used white cardboard and markers to create this.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just connected the entire thing to our entertainment center.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I made two signs introducing our two birthday stars. I had them printed up and then mounted them on black foam core. I cut holes through the foam core and added lights… A magician must have her name in lights! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the magic show it was time for cake and ice cream!</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To make the cakes we cooked several sheet cakes. Then we cut them with a large circle cookie cutter. We used this one.. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wilton-Comfort-Round-Cookie-Cutter/dp/B0000CFOE4" target="_blank">Wilton Round Cookie Cutter.</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We stacked three cakes and frosted them. Then we rolled them in black sanding sugar. For the top we purchased large sugar cookies from a local bakery. They also were frosted and dipped in black sanding sugar. They then were placed on top of the stacked cakes. And </span><em style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">voilà we had magic top hats!</span></em><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">If enough people are interested I'd be happy to do a tutorial for this. (The cake was really good... so I wouldn't mind an excuse to make it).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made bunny toppers. A magic hat is not complete with out a rabbit! I took pink swirl </span><a href="http://www.ohnuts.com/buy.cfm/bulk-candy/lollipops/pink-white-swirl-whirly-pops-strawberry" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Whirly Pop lollipops</a> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and attached the bunny body, face and paws to it. I slid the stick down into the center of the cake and then <span style="text-align: center;">placed a white gum ball on the back for the tail. </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">They looked so fun and whimsical on the tables! </span></b> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you wanted to do something like this I would recommend having a little take home bag for the cake. There is no way an 8 year old girl could polish off one of those cakes herself. So you'll want to send the leftovers home for her to share or snack on later. Also </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The kids pulled out their suckers and set them with their other goodies to take home.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used two round tables. One for each birthday girl! Each table had one of the girls name in lights. The tutorial for doing this is found at the amazing Oh Happy Day blog. Here is the link… </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; letter-spacing: 2px;"><b><a href="http://ohhappyday.com/2012/11/mini-marquee-sign-with-lights/" target="_blank">MINI MARQUEE SIGN WITH LIGHTS</a></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We also added glitter to the inside of each letter. The photo's don't do these justice. They look cute here but in real life they were stunning!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The felt owls were such a hit at my daughters <a href="http://snowybliss.blogspot.com/2011/02/night-owl-party.html" target="_blank">Night Owl Party</a> that I couldn't resist doing it again.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And honestly… I have a couple of party's I'm planning right now with more hand sewn felt gifts.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> They do take time. But felt is so inexpensive and t</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">he kids just love them… and I love creating them. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">While the kids were eating their cake and ice cream we moved the table where we wanted it, in front of the stage. My husband hid under there with 14 stuffed bunnies until the kids were ready. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then we brought the kids back over to the stage area. They each had their magic wands with them too. We taught them a new magic spell. When you said it in front of the hat, and then tapped the hat 3 times a magical friend would appear. Each girl took their own turn. They came up one at a time and said…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>Alakazee...</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>Create a special friend for me!</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My husband at this time would slowly push a bunny up through the hat. As soon as the ears started to peek through the girls would squeal! Like my owls, we did adoption cards. So after the guest collected her bunny, I would read the little poem or ditty I had that matched up to the bunny she received. Then they would take the time to name their bunny. Taking suggestions from all the other girls if they needed a little help. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Before we moved onto the next guests turn we would take the time to fill out their card. Taking the time with them individually makes the kids feel special. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><i><b>Spiffy White Gloves </b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>(These are cotton parade gloves I purchased at <a href="http://www.gloves-online.com/proddetail.php?prod=CP-100" target="_blank">gloves-online</a>)</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>(A cellophane bag filled with a few magic tricks and treats)</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One little girl tried to wear all of her magician gear to church the next day. Her father told me how crushed she was that she couldn't wear it all the time. I've also had many parents tell me that their daughters sleep with their bunnies every night. It's funny… there is nothing particularly special about a felt bunny. But receiving it at a party, adopting it and it having it's own personality is special to them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I do have all of the printables as well as the bunny pattern available on etsy. This party is done with pink (it was all girls). But incase you need a more gender neutral color scheme… or your not a fan of pink, I also have it available in a Red/Gray version. Here is a link to my etsy store if you'd like it…</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/SnowyBliss?ref=si_shop" target="_blank">SnowyBliss Etsy</a></span></div>
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Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10068915323155349477noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14613659.post-24991900115523678642013-08-15T10:35:00.000-06:002013-08-15T10:35:27.795-06:00Back To School Treats<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This photo (above) makes me giggle. Scooter was more excited about her new backpack than anything. So we had to have a backpack photo. It looks like a cheesy back to school retail advertisement.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm not sure if it is that sending my BABY to school made me realize how old I really am. Or that my house is too quiet and my little buddy isn't by my side. (It's most likely a combination of all of the above). But I am a bit heartbroken. Thank heavens it's just half a day. I really don't know how I'll cope next year.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Anyway I wanted to give them a little back to school treat. So upon returning home that first day I had caramel apples for them. You know because apples are associated with knowledge and teachers and school… does anyone know why that is??? But true to form I couldn't just leave them be… they had to have a bit of </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">zhush!</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10068915323155349477noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14613659.post-82614039816216770652013-02-12T22:22:00.001-07:002013-02-14T14:11:09.334-07:00Panda Valentines<br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Making pretty boxes. Selecting She-Ra valentines. Carefully picking out which valentine pun on the cards best suited the boy I had a crush on. Making sure I took extra time to write his name on it and sign mine with an extra heart or two. Yup… loved it all! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When Scooter, my oldest, first started school I had both her box and Valentines thought out a month in advance. And then came child two… and then three. After multiple kids needing boxes and Valentines year after year the magic was a bit um… lost. Last year Scooter used the same box she had used for the two years previous. Yep, three years in a row with the same box. Every year we would dust it off and perform a little light surgery and reattachment to a few hearts. However this summer while cleaning out the basement my husband came across our immortal Valentine box and said "No more". </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This morning my girls reminded me that they would need boxes on Valentines </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">(ahem… in two days)</span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. So I pulled out a couple boxes and stared at them. I kept hoping some fabulous idea would come. 5, 10, 15 minutes later…I then looked at the boxes and said "Nope …I've got nothing." </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">(I have no issues talking to inanimate objects).</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I then thought "This box thing is not doing it for me." They are hard to decorate (only so many things come in rectangle). And they can be a pain for little hands and arms to cart around. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now a little something about me… when I change the rules of the game, even just an itsy bit, the creative problem solving side of me comes out. Light bulbs tend to come on. Then I get all giddy. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">(I can think of valentine play on words to go along with everyone of those…. 'Cause I'm Bananas over you).</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now everyone knows that when you take what should be an oval shape and cut it as a heart it immediately becomes valentineized. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Do you remember in elementary school cutting hearts out of construction paper and putting them together to make an animal? I clearly recall a valentine elephant I made. Small heart for the head, large heart for the body and I used Red Hots for his eyes. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now here is the ironic part. I was all excited to be using something different… not a box. But the weight of everything made it so the bag wouldn't stand upright. So I had to put a box in it to get it to stand up. (I used cereal boxes, the big type from Costco. I keep them around for projects). Here is another ironic part… you wouldn't have to use a bag to make these. A box would do just fine. I sure do like the panda bags though.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I hope you have a </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">beary happy valentines,</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">'cause your the cat's meow,</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">you're so doggone cute,</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">and I like you so much it's scary!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><i>Here is a photo of my girlies on Valentine morning with their bags. They were pretty excited! Do you see the photo bomb in the window? LOL. Momo mopes every morning when they head to school. He is crushed again.</i></span><br />
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Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10068915323155349477noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14613659.post-4228431717809159682012-10-04T17:15:00.001-06:002012-10-17T20:56:25.768-06:00Hap~PEA Birthday "PEA" J Party<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">A confession… Scooters actual birthday was months ago. I had the party planned. Most of the goodies purchased but I starting feeling sick. Really sick. I got up everyday, put a smile on my face and got through by a hair. I couldn't quite get the energy I needed to put the party together. Then we discovered the problem. It was nothing major, but it did require a couple of surgeries to fix. Finally after the surgeries and recuperation I felt like me again. At this time it was the beginning of August and I decided to spend more quality, not sick anymore, time with my littles before they headed back to school. As well it appears a small tornado had dropped right into the middle of my home. It's amazing what happens to a home when Mom is sick. So as soon as school started up again, and we could see the floor again, I jumped into party planning mode. And finally… we had her birthday party. I'm so grateful she is patient with her mommy. I'm also glad I didn't shy away from finishing it just because time had passed. We had so much fun!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A while back I posted my daughters </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://snowybliss.blogspot.com/2011/02/night-owl-party.html" target="_blank">Night Owl P.J. Party</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My oldest daughter expressed how much she wanted a <b><i>P.J. party</i></b> for a birthday. <b><i>She also wanted to use the Bed Table.</i></b> That's when this idea was born. I secretly love the idea too. Simply because she turned 10, and I know pretty soon the days of </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>princesses</i></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> will be gone. They will be replaced with </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">boy bands,</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">fashion,</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">head phones</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">text messages</span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> Sniff</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want to keep her young as long as I can.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ahem... no I don't live on "Happy Lane". My daughters name isn't really Scooter either, that's a nickname. :) I changed this one for blogging purposes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The inside read</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Hear ye Hear ye</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>You are cordially invited to attend a...</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Hap"Pea" Birthday</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>"Pea" J Party</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Princess Scooter</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Your presence is requested at the </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Snow Castle</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Saturday the 22nd of September</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>From 6:00 until 8:30 p.m.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Wear your "Pea"J's!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So this is literally 5 twin mattresses/box springs stacked on top of each other. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(We raided all of the beds in the house).</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I made sure the bottom mattress was a <b>heavy</b> box spring. The top mattress is a box spring as well, but it was pretty light weight. We added a piece of particle board on top of it. It gave it a solid flat surface for the plates and such. It was actually quite stable. We didn't let the kids go climbing on it or anything. I was a little worried that the girls wouldn't like standing around the table as opposed to sitting. But they loved it. I think they enjoyed it because it was so different from the norm. Standing to eat, their food on a bed! Cute girls.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's nice to be able to use something I've already made in another party. Who knows where else the headboard will show up.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My husband is such a good sport. I'm so grateful for a guy that just smiles when I say </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"So, ummm, I have this idea…"</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He was so helpful in moving all of the furniture for me. Thanks hun.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hung Martha Stewart Green accordion lanterns as a fun detail above the bed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I made a little cake topper that say's "Pea"ce of cake on it. And of course the inside had to be filled with "peas." I used my polka dot cake technique to get the affect. Here is a link to the tutorial.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was hilarious. The girls literally gasped when I cut it open. One little girl said "Oh no, I forgot my phone, can you take a photo for my mom." She loves to bake, and was pretty impressed with it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We also had </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Sugar Peas"</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">! Cake balls dipped in green candy melts. Topped with sanding sugar.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Stewarts key lime sodas were labeled Slee-"Pea" Potion.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I trimmed the edges with this </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Martha-Stewart-Crafts-Edger-Scallop/dp/B002FW1DI4" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Martha Stewart scallop edger punch</a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The straws had Zzzzz flags attached to</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then for the ice cream… I made these little crown wraps to fit around these little dessert cups.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I picked mine up from walmart for $1.98 a piece.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is a link to purchase them on </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Anchor-Hocking-Presence-Trifle-Footed/dp/B001CFL9XE" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then we filled them with lime sherbet.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I used a melon baller before hand to make the sherbet into "peas" (I stored them in ziplock baggies and then poured them into the dishes when it was serving time).</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And p.s. pouring the Stewarts key lime soda on top (the Slee"Pea" potion) of the sherbet was a hit.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They were like little lime floats. Yummers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>Sing songs, then kiss me goodnight.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>Another glass of water, a trip to the loo.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>Sadly none of these attempts will do.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>I'll toss and squirm and kick and fight.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>It really isn't that late tonight.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>For try as I will, I can't sleep you see.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>It's not my fault, it's the princess in me!</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It looked sweet on the party favor display.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I divided the girls into three groups. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I snagged these green ball favor containers from Party City. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is a link </span><a href="http://www.partycity.com/product/green+ball+favor+containers+6in+12ct.do?sortby=ourPicks&size=all&from=Search&navSet=ball+favor" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">Green Party Favor Balls</a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The girls were over the moon with their favors. They were talking about putting the blanket and pillow on their bed, picking out the pillow that would best match their room decor. Honestly, Scooter has such cutie pie friends. I loved having them over. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">I learned my lesson from the night owl party. This time I have everything available as printable downloads in my etsy shop now. Last time I kept you waiting… oops. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is the link… </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SnowyBliss?section_id=12296365" target="_blank">HapPea Birthday Party Printables</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>Sweet Dreams!</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've been planning our Halloween costumes this year. We always try to have a matching theme as a family. We've done </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Alice in Wonderland</span><span style="font-size: large;">,</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nightmare Before Christmas,</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The Snow Carny,</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The 50's</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and I'm sure there are more </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">(my brain is shot, I've had 2 kids and a husband with strep throat, and I can feel myself getting sick as I type. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Who knew fingers could </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>weigh 5 pounds each</b></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">). </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's funny how much my kids love dressing up as a family. I know the year will come when one of them will finally protest. But a couple weeks back my girls both came to me asking what <b><i>"WE"</i></b> were going to be for halloween this year. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So if you're looking for a costume idea here is what we did last year…</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">K… I'm going to admit something.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Most young girls have crushes on the Justin Beiber's of their day.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had a crush on… I'm almost embarrassed to admit this, but it's the truth. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My dad owned a video store, one of the first in our town. Back then you had to rent the movie and then the 50 pound VCR just so you could watch the video. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was called Video Express.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I still remember adding the </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>"be kind rewind"</i></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> stickers onto the tapes, </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(most of the stickers made it onto my clothing and face rather than the videos)</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and helping myself to the candy and soda pop in the store. I also remember thinking the teenage employees were soooo cool. There was particular girl with long gorgeous blond hair who would wear it in a side pony tail that twisted. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I felt </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"like, oh my gosh, so totally rad"</span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> when my mom would do my hair like hers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(I still remember when she came to our house and taught my mom how to do this hairstyle on me. I felt so special</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">).</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of the first "kid" videos he purchased was </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We would watch it over and over. Perhaps that's where it all started. But man, I thought (and still think) Mr. Van Dyke was darling. Now the funny thing is… I kind of married him. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">J walking around dressed as Bert, interpreting his gait and attempting that cockney english accent was perfection. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">He honestly could have gotten a job at disneyland.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had the coat. The hat is a bowler hat (from a costume store). I beat it up, added a few staples here and there and then glued on the flowers and cherries. The umbrella was the only big halloween costume purchase of the lot. I got it at the Disney store.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now if only I could snap my fingers to clean the house. (Although I don't know if I could manage to snap… remember, they feel like they weigh 5 pounds each).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have to slip on socks first thing out of bed to warm my froze toes. We open our windows on friday nights to listen to the high school kids cheering at the football games. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>(We know if they are winning or not just by how loud they get)</i></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. The kids are back in school, wearing <b>sweaters</b> and <b>jackets</b> that are clearly not needed yet… but they like to layer as much as their mommy does. Night is creeping up earlier and earlier. And I get all giddy. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I debate it every year… how early is <b>too</b> early to set up halloween? I seriously can't help myself. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This post is a halloween decoration I've had for a couple years now. Don't worry, these photo's are from last year…. I have not set him up yet. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the two times I've been to Disneyland in the last decade I've made sure that we go when the Nightmare Before Christmas is set up at The Haunted Mansion. If you know me, you know I'm a fan of Mr. Burton and his crazy dark artsy-ness. I wish I could just magically decorate my house like the mansion for halloween. Alas I have not the funds or enough waking hours to attempt it. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On the outside of the mansion it's decorated with all of these fabulous cartoony skulls. They are both a tad creepy and a bit comical & dopy at the same time. I know, it sounds weird, but it works.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wanted to add my own. Instead of making several small skulls (as they have on the Haunted Mansion) I made one very large skull. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is Momo next to him. He's not small, he measures about 4.5 x 3 feet. My husband often states that my motto is "Go big or go home". As much as I'd like to say it's not true, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I think he might be very <b>very</b> correct. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I painted him on masonite. My neighbor who is always coming to my… <i>"help me I need to build something"</i> rescue cut him out with his jigsaw. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(For the love, I need to finally just purchase a jigsaw).<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the skull was painted and dry I added a coat of matte varnish (just from a spray can). I think this will be the third year (maybe forth) we've put him up. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He has made it through </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>wind</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>rain</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> & </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>snow</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He still looks good as new.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love putting him up every year.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He makes me smile every time I pull into the driveway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">Mayb</span><span style="color: #444444;">e I'll call him Chester Copperpot.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">K, before the skull was drawn and painted onto the masonite, I first sketched him out on paper. Here is the drawing… you're welcome to use it if you'd like. If you have a projector you could shine him up on your own board and make your own. :) I can't give painting lessons though… that would be a bit too intense of a tutorial. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Again… it's just the rough sketch, not a masterpiece or anything. Be forgiving, </span><i style="color: #444444; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">at least I cut off the grocery list I had written on the bottom of the paper.</span></i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Although, I believe it still carries the creases from where I sat on this grocery list because I left it on the front seat of the car. Ooops.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is what's on my soundtrack (incase your looking for some music to add to your own)…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">✭</span><span style="color: #444444;">Corpse Bride Soundtrack</span></span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">✭</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">✭</span><span style="color: #444444;">Coraline Soundtrack</span></span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">✭</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">(<i>End Credits & The Supper)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">✭</span><span style="color: #444444;">Nightmare Before Christmas Soundtrack</span></span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">✭</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">✭</span><span style="color: #444444;">A few Harry Potter Favorites</span></span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">✭</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Story Continues (Goblet of Fire) & Finale (Azkaban)</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">✭</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Beetlejuice Soundtrack</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">✭</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">✭</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Edward Scissorhands</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">✭</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>(Ice Dance, The Cookie Factory & The End)</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Danny Elfman is 90% of my soundtrack. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sure beats listening to The Monster Mash… <i>(although it was a graveyard smash)</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just thinking about that song gives me a <b>headache</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Happy Fall All!</b></span></div>
Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10068915323155349477noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14613659.post-75666676411707208352012-08-31T00:17:00.001-06:002012-08-31T08:48:48.082-06:00Fabric Roses... without the stems!<br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've had a few people ask me if it's possible to make my </span><a href="http://snowybliss.blogspot.com/2010/06/long-stemmed-fabric-flowers.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">long stemmed fabric roses</a> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and omit the stem. That way you have a lovely rose you could use as a super darling hair clip or brooch.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I make them all the time, and have been ever since I started making those long stemmed beauties.</b></span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now here is the thing… You can hit the mall and pick up a hair flower for about 5 bucks. So this project isn't for everyone. However, these work great when I need a rose in a specific color. Or when I've sewn a skirt for my girls and want a hair piece to match. I think they would also be fun for cheer squads, or when you're just a spectator but need to wear the appropriate team colors to a game. I'm sure you could come up with more ideas than me… I've been editing these photo's and writing this tutorial for the last <b>5 million hours</b> (<i>I'm positive it's been at LEAST that long</i>). </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My brain is working at a <i>slllloooowww</i> crawl. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One style is with just one strip of fabric. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And the other (I admit I do it this way more often) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(My daughter in the photo above is wearing this style). </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you want to do it this way, you'll need fabric that won't fray too much when you cut it. I use what is called <a href="http://www.afc-express.com/neslchro.html">Nylon Chiffon</a> It's the same fabric they use to make those fabulous pettiskirts. I purchased mine in the 5 inch width rolls… that way I don't have to do a lot of cutting.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Alrighty… let's get started. If you've made the long stemmed flowers, this will be very familiar to you! (If not, just ignore the many times I refer back to them).</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1. Cut your fabric (selvage to selvage) in 5" strips. (approximately 5"x 45" long strips).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2. Fold strips in half lengthwise (wrong sides together) and press. Your strip is now 2.5" x 45-ish"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">3. Trim off selvage edges (finished edges).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">4. Now to cut the petals. Scallop the open ends of the strip. Each scallop is approximately 2.5 inches. If you make a small mark at the open end every 2.5 inches it will help guide you as you cut.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Hint…. To make things easier, I cut out one and keep it as a template to make all my other roses. I simply take my template and place it on top of another strip and use it as a pattern to cut the scalloped edge. These don't need to be "perfect."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. Now on my stemmed rose pattern, I have you leave a "tail". </span><b style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On this one we don't do that.</b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> For your last three scallops or so (</span><i style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">only on one end</i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">), make them taper down in both height and width. (You want it to look like the </span><b style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">top strip of fabric</b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, not the bottom one in the photo).</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">6.Now to cut the optional sheer fabric. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cut a 5 inch strip the same length of the printed fabric strip. Just like the other one, fold in half lengthwise. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now because this fabric is so thin there is a quicker way to scallop it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fold the fabric back and forth on top of itself at about 2.5 inches. Like an accordion.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once it is all folded, trim the top (<b>open edge</b>) in a half circle.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Open it up… and </span></span><em style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">voilà</span></em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444;">… you have a lovely scalloped strip of fabric.</span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>(This trick won't work on the printed fabric… It's just too thick and the scallops end up looking messy).</i></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> </i> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then repeat the same thing we did on the other strip and taper the last few scallops by simply trimming them down a bit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">7.Now sew the open ends (scalloped edges) together on the <b><i>printed</i></b> fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8. Next place them on top of each other.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Make folded edges at the bottom even.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't worry if the scallops don't line up… I actually prefer that they don't.</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9. Now we sew the two pieces together with a gathering stitch.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;">You can do two gathering stitches parallel to each other if you are worried about the thread breaking.</span><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></i><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">You also can use a gathering foot if you've got one!</span></i> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">(You don't need to open up the fabric and stitch down the center like on my stemmed flowers.</span><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">In the end the stitches will be hidden under a piece of felt… so it doesn't need to look pretty).</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I stitched my gathering stitch 1/8th of an inch from the bottom.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">10. Now gather the fabric… I take my time on this step, and I'm super delicate with the thread so I don't break it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And there is the gathered piece.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">11. Now if you used two fabrics you have a choice to make.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Roll the gathered strip up into a rose. First with the sheer fabric side up (left photo) and then roll it again with your patterned fabric side up (right photo).</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> The look changes, so </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">decide which way you like it before you move on to the next step!</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">12. Alrighty… let's sew the rose together. Start rolling in the end with the tapered scallops. Make sure you have your favorite side up (or facing in). With a needle and thread stitch through the layers at the bottom of the rose. I like to go in where the gathering stitch is. Wrap a bit more of the fabric, stitch through all the rolled layers again… and repeat and repeat and repeat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You may get to a point where the needle is having a hard time stitching through all the layers. If this happens bring the needle only to the center of your rose. Then stitch back out from the center to the outside again. Continue doing this until you've finished.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">13. Sew a knot at the end, cut any excess thread and there it is.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">14. Now attach a two inch round cut of felt with your preferred adhesive. (I use a hot glue gun). If you want to get all fancy pants, you can do a blanket stitch around the edge of the felt. It will give it a professional finished look. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">(I'm not that </span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>fancy</i></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">, or </span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">professional</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">15. Then attach the clip of your choice. I used a <i>Dual Brooch Pin Back Base</i>, that way it can be a hair piece or a brooch! Everyone wins! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b>And you're all done!</b></i></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Momo was my little helper. He colored up on the counter while I cut, sewed and photographed. We also almost became victims of <i>THEE most aggressive</i> fly I've ever encountered! I swear it pummeled my face no less that 20 times. I'd love to say no one was harmed during the making of this tutorial… but that fly had it coming! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">(I'm sure you all wanted to know that).</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>These roses are statement pieces!</b> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They are not petite. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The finished rose measures about 5 inches in diameter. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is another one. I made this rose for Ride's Easter outfit… <b>two</b> Easters ago. (I used the same fabric for her Easter skirt). </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ahem…I really <i>really</i> <i><b>really</b></i> should have made this post back then. It was the original plan. I even had the photo's and everything. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But I took a blogging break. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll explain my </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>disappearance</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> in an upcoming post. </span></span></div>
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Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10068915323155349477noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14613659.post-27230860829467699382011-12-22T09:56:00.001-07:002011-12-22T09:57:22.162-07:00Glorious Song of Old<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I attempt to get everything done and out of my way before December hits. That way I can just enjoy! I love it… the lights, the laughter, the food (which will be the death of me) the music, the love, the friendship and all sincere expressions of gratitude that come with it. <b><i>What a magical time!</i></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I love celebrating family. My family is my dearest and most precious joy. I have these loud, often dirty, little giggling rug rats that fill my home with happiness, dancing, giggles and smiles. My happy handsome husband. We just celebrated our 11th anniversary! I love him so much. And then I have an extended family. Each person has added so much to my life, my happiness and has left a impression on me. Marks that will never fade, and that I treasure. Many that helped raise me, or were raised with me. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I am sitting on my couch, snug in a blanket. I've been sick, miserably sick. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Even though the sinus pressure in my head is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">squeezing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> my brain, I feel happy. I feel at peace. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The lights on the tree make the room glow. I'm listening to my cousin sing, her voice has me grinning ear to ear. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Many many years ago, she came up to Utah to stay with my family for a few months. I remember her singing in the shower. It made our already happy home shine even more. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">She just released a new rendition of Silent Night. She added her own lyrics, and created her own unique arrangement of my all time favorite Christmas song. It has brought such a special spirit of peace to my home. Listening to her voice through my stereo makes me smile. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">So let me introduce you to her…</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I adore her. She is a very talented musician, a lovely woman, and simply dear to me. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">G</span>lorious Song of Old (Silent Night)</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Her sister's husband, (my other cousin who I love more than words. She's my hair designer. She molds my hair into yumminess and is a creative genius when it comes to hair color. Additionally she's just cool. Sometimes I hope that just by standing near her she might pass some of that to me. Like a cool virus or something… much better than this cold virus.) so anyway… he created the video. Yeah… there is just a little bit of talent oozing in this family's blood.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><i>I have this little nifty cake pop maker. It's fun, especially for the kids. It doesn't make the decadent bakerella cake pops, they are actually more like a donut hole. But they are quick, easy and so far fail proof. Anyway… this is how I made the polka dot cake.</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It took longer to bake than the directions on the cake box stated. About 10-15 minutes extra. I'm sure it has something to do with all the cake balls in there. And p.s. I was worried that the cake balls would dry out, from cooking again, but they were just fine, and the devils food cake itself was awesomely moist.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Is it bad that I'm showing you my <i>sort of, kind of,</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> turned out Polka Dot Cake and not a perfect one that may come after a few attempts? I'm sure I'm breaking all sorts of blogging unwritten rules. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>The blogging police would probably be gasping and tisk tisk tisking me.</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I also shouldn't tell you that the back of the cake looks like it was </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">m</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">n</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">g</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">l</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">d</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> by a </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">rabid dog</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was having </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">major</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> fondant issues, and instead of throwing it through the window </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(I almost did… really, I was so frustrated)</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, I just kinda <b>smashed</b> the fondant all to one side. Then I decided it would be the back side, and I'd call it a day. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I should have taken photos… it would have made you laugh. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Aaaannnnd…. I made you something.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I have mixed feelings. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">It will be nice to have their room stay clean.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> And to not have the doorbell ring </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>EVERY 5 MINUTES</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">But honestly… I'm going to miss the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">giggles</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">, the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">lazy mornings</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> and the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">sunshine</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Although the other day Momo was at preschool (he started a couple weeks ago). And I took the opportunity to run to a few shops while he was gone. It was just me and my girls. Every once and awhile while browsing through the store I'd have a near panic attack. I'd realize it was </span><b style="color: #444444;">waaay</b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> too quiet and Momo was no where to be found. I caught myself looking around fretting that he had made a run for it, was smashing displays, or climbing the shelves! When my horror would suddenly be replaced with glee. </span><b style="color: #444444;">He's at preschool…</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">silly me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">.</span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> <i><b>Goodness they're lovely.</b></i> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><span id="goog_922359790"></span><span id="goog_922359791"></span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">It comes with 12 stems, and 12 strips of 5 inch fabric, and even dictionary paper (sew them together and package your roses up all pretty). So you can make your own dozen without </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">gallivanting</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">around, searching for everything and just get to the creating part!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Sitting in my living room, wrapped up all pretty and waiting for a good home. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Sigh… I might have a hard time letting them go.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I think this post may provide proof of my nerdiness. </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I love the Harry Potter books.</span></span></i> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">No seriously… <b>LOVE them.</b> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So it turns out it's also genetic, because my siblings are huge fans themselves. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So back in November we got together for a party. It was in celebration of the upcoming Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows part 1. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(Although the movies in no way replace the book, how could they? We do enjoy the movies).</span> Naturally I saw it as another chance to decorate something, and I set up a potions table. </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I did some research for this one. Piecing together what I could from both the book and the movie to get the polyjuice potion as correct as possible. With the exception of the word ingredients… <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>gggrrrrrrrr</i></span>… I think I'm pretty spot on. I purchased a medical book from the thrift store. After roughing it up (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">getting it wet,</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">taking sand paper to the edges</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and just beating the snot out of it</span>), I ran black and brown ink pads over the edges. Then I added a little yellow and brown paint to a cup of water and painted with it all over the edges. I created and printed out the <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">polyjuice potion recipe</span></b></span></span></i> and glued it into the book. For the final touch I splashed a bit of that yellow/brown water onto it as well. I wanted it to look like a little of the potion from the caldron had splattered on it. I didn't forget the outside either. I painted it and titled it Most Potente Potions. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Bright <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">C</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">O</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">L</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">O</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">R</span></span></b> everywhere… with awesome <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"><b>aqua</b></span> trim. </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I thought… <i>I need to check that out.</i> But continued on my way and forgot about it. Then later that night we were sitting around doing nothing important (so naturally I was perusing Facebook) and a post from the Herriman city page seemed to explain what the mystery aqua trim house was. My thought was... </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So I grabbed the keys and forced my family in the car. They knew nothing… only we were going to go see something cool. <i>And I was mentally crossing my fingers that it would be cool, because I hadn't actually seen it.</i> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As we drove down the street towards the mystery house my husband stated…. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"Wow, that's a colorful house."</span> I replied <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"Now imagine thousands of balloons floating above it."</span> He then exclaimed what I had earlier thought <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"No way!"</span></span></b></span> </span></span></span></div>
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Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10068915323155349477noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14613659.post-40896580358368536212011-07-04T10:30:00.000-06:002011-07-04T10:30:10.207-06:00June Bugs<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I over did it… <i>as usual just because I can do something… doesn't mean I have time to!</i> This is a tough concept for me, because really who wouldn't want to do everything?! But the last few months of spring kicked my trash. So I took care of the things I promised I'd do, and then once school was out I've spent my time playing with my kids.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Pure silly bliss!!!</span></span></b> </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I've also be slaving away in the yard. Last summer I completely neglected it. So this summer I've been paying for my lack of weeding. However it has been fabulous! </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There is something magical about blossoms, earth and fresh air! </span></i></span> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZdiSlSFX0is/ThHouNwJIAI/AAAAAAAAA54/RIbUn1TnLzw/s1600/Lady-Bugs-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZdiSlSFX0is/ThHouNwJIAI/AAAAAAAAA54/RIbUn1TnLzw/s640/Lady-Bugs-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We released a bag of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b>2000 lady bugs</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> into the garden a couple nights ago. To be honest I gave into my kids relentless <i>"please…please….PLEASE"</i> as they goggled at the bag of bugs on the counter at the nursery. I'm so glad I submitted to their begging, in fact I'm thinking it may be a nice independence weekend tradition. Ride liked the idea of it but once one of those red polka dotted beauties crawled onto her little hand she flipped! But Momo and Scooter were in crawling critter heaven.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ckRIOPyRRTA/ThHouzsEYyI/AAAAAAAAA58/HVYLsgYdooo/s1600/Lady-Bugs-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ckRIOPyRRTA/ThHouzsEYyI/AAAAAAAAA58/HVYLsgYdooo/s640/Lady-Bugs-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Little blushing lady bugs…. EVERYWHERE!</span></span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YdS16mOmizA/ThHo0GBE3LI/AAAAAAAAA6E/rzCD4lRu1Uk/s1600/Lady-Bugs-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YdS16mOmizA/ThHo0GBE3LI/AAAAAAAAA6E/rzCD4lRu1Uk/s640/Lady-Bugs-3.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After we had a dessert of frosted patriotic sugar cookies on the porch and then went through a bag of those charcoal growing and glowing snake fireworks, my kids love those messy things.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R9iIZfyERwY/ThHo7AmZZsI/AAAAAAAAA6I/sfUj67kzkbg/s1600/Lady-Bugs-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R9iIZfyERwY/ThHo7AmZZsI/AAAAAAAAA6I/sfUj67kzkbg/s640/Lady-Bugs-4.jpg" width="507" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qC6EVwKsuws/ThHo-zcnwyI/AAAAAAAAA6M/mM9MD7cg0Kg/s1600/Indepenence-day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qC6EVwKsuws/ThHo-zcnwyI/AAAAAAAAA6M/mM9MD7cg0Kg/s640/Indepenence-day.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>...to all of you fabulous followers, and also to all the lady bugs in my garden!</i></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">P.S. Stay tuned, I'm back playing in my studio too!!!</span></span></span></div>Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10068915323155349477noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14613659.post-883531402153748032011-04-06T13:38:00.010-06:002011-04-14T14:52:28.848-06:00Picnic Easter Baskets<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I was at Target the other day… </span></span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>childless</b></span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>!</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> It was awesome! I actually had a minute to browse without yelling various threats at my son. I think I even caught myself skipping now and again. </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So this is what I came home with…</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sMaBSbiSmMs/TZyyIdpgqpI/AAAAAAAAA4w/EsYa8rkXB8g/s1600/Tutorial-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sMaBSbiSmMs/TZyyIdpgqpI/AAAAAAAAA4w/EsYa8rkXB8g/s640/Tutorial-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></span></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Kitchen towels, melamine salad plates, a pack of 4 cloth napkins and placemats… that all match!</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And this is what I made with all of it…</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_Wkrr7uDKZE/TZyxPYXJ1VI/AAAAAAAAA4g/Z9qtei7WKEY/s1600/bike-picnic-basket-1-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_Wkrr7uDKZE/TZyxPYXJ1VI/AAAAAAAAA4g/Z9qtei7WKEY/s640/bike-picnic-basket-1-copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></span></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Last year for Easter instead of getting regular baskets for easter I bought my girls baskets to go on their bikes. </i></span></span> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Avenir-Wicker-Bicycle-Basket-Velcro/dp/B001V6630S/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1301936913&sr=8-2" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JX72HnmjIi8/TZy1cOpL_WI/AAAAAAAAA5s/df1HhneaRCY/s320/51xpoHcsrML._SS500_.jpg" width="320" /></span></span></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">At the time I had high hopes of making cute basket liners but ran out of time. </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So this year, after my Target treasure hunt, they became not only fabulous bike baskets, but picnic baskets as well! They will be so thrilled to pack up a little picnic in their basket and ride down to the park.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I can't wait until easter! </span></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></b></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I'm so excited to strap these onto their bikes! </span></span></b></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bl6Xggmt2xM/TZyxSeWVEII/AAAAAAAAA4k/wGds9l90IHg/s1600/bike-picnic-basket-4-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bl6Xggmt2xM/TZyxSeWVEII/AAAAAAAAA4k/wGds9l90IHg/s640/bike-picnic-basket-4-copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></span></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I turned the placemats I found into picnic caddy's.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uxxGbhF4d4c/TZy3TTC9fYI/AAAAAAAAA5w/CkIWyQ_nVIA/s1600/pic-cadd-tutorial.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" height="186" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uxxGbhF4d4c/TZy3TTC9fYI/AAAAAAAAA5w/CkIWyQ_nVIA/s640/pic-cadd-tutorial.jpg" width="640" /></span></span></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">They are a piece of cake to make! Here's how…</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UM_ZW3u7P6s/TZyyNfKRRXI/AAAAAAAAA40/5T_y3CoI3Z8/s1600/Tutorial-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UM_ZW3u7P6s/TZyyNfKRRXI/AAAAAAAAA40/5T_y3CoI3Z8/s640/Tutorial-2.jpg" width="640" /></span></span></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Press your placemat, then fold one end up… you can pick how high you'd like to go. Press again.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YIqZSNztmpk/TZyyRL2yLGI/AAAAAAAAA44/jndkaEsj3NM/s1600/Tutorial-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="195" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YIqZSNztmpk/TZyyRL2yLGI/AAAAAAAAA44/jndkaEsj3NM/s400/Tutorial-3.jpg" width="400" /></span></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nVCJVhhxRkE/TZyyTyTsE4I/AAAAAAAAA48/bfdv6oJ2GZk/s1600/Tutorial-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="186" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nVCJVhhxRkE/TZyyTyTsE4I/AAAAAAAAA48/bfdv6oJ2GZk/s640/Tutorial-4.jpg" width="640" /></span></span></span></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Now I can't leave it as is… I had to add a little eyelet trim (I adore eyelet). Simply cut a piece a bit longer than the width of your placemat. You want to attach it along the top of your folded edge. Wrap the trim around the corner, tuck it in a bit to keep the raw edge from showing. Pin… and then pin it all along the top of the fold. Then wrap it around the next corner the same way and pin again. Sew it on.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hUOGIy1tUFw/TZyyzb1EvpI/AAAAAAAAA5A/aLFckVXu6P4/s1600/Tutorial-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="228" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hUOGIy1tUFw/TZyyzb1EvpI/AAAAAAAAA5A/aLFckVXu6P4/s640/Tutorial-5.jpg" width="640" /></span></span></span></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Now to add a ribbon, this will tie your caddy together. Cut a long piece of ribbon. Fold it in half. Decide where you'd like it to go (I recommend middleish) and pin. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5Q65mJ0JGn0/TZyy190MrvI/AAAAAAAAA5E/M0xkuAv76_Q/s1600/Tutorial-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5Q65mJ0JGn0/TZyy190MrvI/AAAAAAAAA5E/M0xkuAv76_Q/s400/Tutorial-6.jpg" width="400" /></span></span></span></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Now you'll sew around the entire lower fold of your placemat. Start by lifting the trim up, so you start sewing underneath it. But also make sure where it wraps around stays tucked under your fold, sandwiched between the top and bottom folds of your placemat. </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Sew all along the bottom fold. Finished it will look like this…</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m2NhHL3pw8A/TZyy5YeFGJI/AAAAAAAAA5I/pZ113k4yjaQ/s1600/Tutorial-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m2NhHL3pw8A/TZyy5YeFGJI/AAAAAAAAA5I/pZ113k4yjaQ/s640/Tutorial-7.jpg" width="640" /></span></span></span></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Right now it's just one big pocket. Now to make little compartments for each of your picnic necessities. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8FMP0kR1lVM/TZyy7w9OkkI/AAAAAAAAA5M/WYKfOLfe4m0/s1600/Tutorial-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8FMP0kR1lVM/TZyy7w9OkkI/AAAAAAAAA5M/WYKfOLfe4m0/s640/Tutorial-8.jpg" width="640" /></span></span></span></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Lay them out on your placemat in the order you'd like them in. </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I'm using a... </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">*Napkin</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">*Straw</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">*Small Garbage Bag</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><i>(I know, it sounds random, but I just had these visions of my girls coming home from a picnic and leaving a half eaten sandwich, orange peels, chocolate bars etc... in the bottom of their bike basket to mold and rot in the hot garage. I'd at least like to have it in a garbage or plastic baggie). </i></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">*Flatware</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">(I got these darling disposable forks and spoons from </span></span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Birchware-Compostable-Wooden-Forks-pcs/dp/B002KVKZ8O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1302100323&sr=8-2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Amazon</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">. I didn't get the knives, but now I think I'm going to snag some).</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GYQIo-dvxLg/TZyzmdiWbaI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/9WffgiwPu5Q/s1600/Tutorial-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GYQIo-dvxLg/TZyzmdiWbaI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/9WffgiwPu5Q/s640/Tutorial-9.jpg" width="640" /></span></span></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">After laying them out you'll want to make marks on our placemat to determine how big each compartment will be. Using a tape measure, determine how big of a space you need for the napkin. For me it was 5.5 inches. (Then I placed a pin… </span></span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">don't do this</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. I realized after doing this it was silly… because I'd have a tough time sewing through pins going lengthwise). Instead make a mark. I just used a pencil. Make a few marks of your desired length (again 5.5 for me) over from the edge down the front. Then I repeated the process with the straw and the trash bag. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--vSCwmtJTIA/TZyzoz7fwHI/AAAAAAAAA5U/8zZewgxbNTc/s1600/Tutorial-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--vSCwmtJTIA/TZyzoz7fwHI/AAAAAAAAA5U/8zZewgxbNTc/s640/Tutorial-10.jpg" width="640" /></span></span></span></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Then with the remaining space make three compartments for the flatware. Measure what space is left, divided it by three to make these compartments even steven. Then make marks accordingly. So at the end it should look like this…</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nffPDTn2b7Y/TZyzseKIGTI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/RX3fXD3z_LE/s1600/Tutorial-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nffPDTn2b7Y/TZyzseKIGTI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/RX3fXD3z_LE/s640/Tutorial-11.jpg" width="640" /></span></span></span></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(The marks are light… but they are there). </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Then pin your trim up and out of the way.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Then simply sew along each line of marks.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Your end product will look like this. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k9r1_W9YXFI/TZyzvdqNozI/AAAAAAAAA5c/znNT_Cvy8Mw/s1600/Tutorial-12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k9r1_W9YXFI/TZyzvdqNozI/AAAAAAAAA5c/znNT_Cvy8Mw/s640/Tutorial-12.jpg" width="640" /></span></span></span></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Then fill your caddy with your picnic essentials.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_YmQejQRF7U/TZy1UXqhL2I/AAAAAAAAA5g/sUfQkRWu3UQ/s1600/Tutorial-14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_YmQejQRF7U/TZy1UXqhL2I/AAAAAAAAA5g/sUfQkRWu3UQ/s640/Tutorial-14.jpg" width="640" /></span></span></span></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Roll it up, tie the ribbon around, make a bow. Trim the ribbon down to the length you are happy with and add fray check to the edges.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K96yJK0UtxA/TZy1VkfpRrI/AAAAAAAAA5k/i5vL6pOFnjk/s1600/Tutorial-15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K96yJK0UtxA/TZy1VkfpRrI/AAAAAAAAA5k/i5vL6pOFnjk/s400/Tutorial-15.jpg" width="400" /></span></span></span></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And you are done!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wtdG9YWhZO0/TZyxUmFDkrI/AAAAAAAAA4o/YNLWdSlxdpg/s1600/bike-picnic-basket-5-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wtdG9YWhZO0/TZyxUmFDkrI/AAAAAAAAA4o/YNLWdSlxdpg/s640/bike-picnic-basket-5-copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></span></span></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You could add some cute picnic stuff to the basket for easter. Sunglasses, sunhat, sandwich holder, fabric lunch bag, water bottle, sunscreen. For younger kids felt food would be darling for pretend picnics! If you go to etsy and search for felt food, you will find a bunch of yummy collections. If you are feeling super ambitious and want to make your own, do your search for felt food patterns. There are some seriously out of control oh-so-cute options! Another ambitious project would be a picnic blanket. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BzYn5XPWOBQ/TZzcETL8AII/AAAAAAAAA50/qJptsnEadnM/s1600/bike-picnic-basket-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BzYn5XPWOBQ/TZzcETL8AII/AAAAAAAAA50/qJptsnEadnM/s640/bike-picnic-basket-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1_nhHGkp9HU/TZyxXWdTl6I/AAAAAAAAA4s/hAtP1NR_KaE/s1600/bike-picnic-basket-6-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1_nhHGkp9HU/TZyxXWdTl6I/AAAAAAAAA4s/hAtP1NR_KaE/s640/bike-picnic-basket-6-copy.jpg" width="516" /></a></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Simply Adorbs!</span></span></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></span></i></b><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></span></i></b></div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div style="display: inline !important; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: center;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">The fabulous Lindi from Love The Day has designed absolutely gorgeous easter printables. And they would sooooo match these baskets. Check her blog out here</span></i></span></span></b></div></div></div></span></span></span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><a href="http://www.love-the-day.com/lovetheday/wordpress/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">LOVE THE DAY</span></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">and find her printable here…</span> <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/71615789/easter-party-printable"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">Easter Party Printables.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"> </span></i></span></span></b></span></div></div></span></span></span></i></b><br />
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Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10068915323155349477noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14613659.post-20937597094329851332011-03-14T09:00:00.001-06:002011-03-14T09:00:13.445-06:00<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>It's coming…</i> </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can feel it…tulip shoots are peeking up through the ground… </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it's warming up….birds are chirping…. and I'm ready! </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I'm ready for...</i></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">picnics,</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and gardening,</span></b></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and sunshine</span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">,</span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and lawn mowers,</span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and freckles,</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and open windows,</span></b></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and my grill,</span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and longer days,</span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and snow cones,</span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and the lemonade stand…</span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-w_Qsd4BvO_g/TX2KEWT3_WI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/OJnN4USnv18/s1600/lemonade-stand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-w_Qsd4BvO_g/TX2KEWT3_WI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/OJnN4USnv18/s640/lemonade-stand.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Here's my littles selling lemonade and snow cones last summer. <i>(With the help of my handy neighbor we made this lemonade stand as their <a href="http://snowybliss.blogspot.com/2010/01/theres-always-money-in-lemonade-stand.html">christmas present in 2009</a>).</i> They wanted to help pay for their dance classes, so every penny they earned went towards their dance stuff </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>(sweats, shoes, bags, and bobby pins… we go through so many bobby pins).</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> And now after looking at these photo's not only am I craving summer, but I could go for a snow cone </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>right now!</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mmmm....tigers blood.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(I started salivating as I wrote that).</span></span></span></div>Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10068915323155349477noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14613659.post-80719425681797062832011-03-10T14:02:00.003-07:002011-03-11T09:55:43.910-07:00Picking Your Parchment<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I finally finished the <i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">owl </span></span></b></i><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">adoption cards</span></span></i></b>, but before I jabber on about that I wanted to share a little something with you…</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-63XoZYA1zb8/TXlA8EkERtI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/BQae7YEJ2e0/s1600/IMG_1759.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-63XoZYA1zb8/TXlA8EkERtI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/BQae7YEJ2e0/s640/IMG_1759.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">My thoughts about printing paper, (I know you are on pins and needles to hear what I have to say). </span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Such an exceptionally exciting topic</span></span>.</i> </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you're like me you do all of your printing at home. I only head to a print shop when something is too large for my printer. It keeps me from having to run another errand and let's be honest… sometimes when I'm "crafting" it's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>late at night</i>,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm in my creative mode and breaking it up with a trip somewhere is annoying,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">my son is napping,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">or I look super sexy in my crafting sweats.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> So when I make lovely party printables, invitations etc… I'm picky about what paper I use.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Many of you may already be aware of this, but I thought I'd give my thoughts for anyone who might not. And now that I actually have something worth printing nice in my etsy shop I feel better knowing I've spread the word.</i></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I'm printing out something I want to be particularly pretty or special I use</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">matte photo paper or matte brochure paper</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">.</span></b> </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also make sure it is at least 45lb or 170 g/m. <i>(Be careful here… speaking from experience, I've bought the wrong weight before, and it's still great for printing, but it's weight is more like normal paper).</i> </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It prints color <b>bolder </b>and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>richer</i></span>, the details are <i>finer</i> and it looks awesomer in general. </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>(Yes I know awesomer isn't a word).</i> </span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here let me show you the difference.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I printed my adoption cards with the same printer, using both brochure and card stock paper.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-M1J1TV9CCQM/TXk7GgDJvTI/AAAAAAAAA2M/3V-RQKbos4A/s1600/Paper.Owl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="475" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-M1J1TV9CCQM/TXk7GgDJvTI/AAAAAAAAA2M/3V-RQKbos4A/s640/Paper.Owl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">On the left regular card stock, on the right I printed on brochure paper.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ummm… there is a <b>HUGE</b> difference! </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Here is a link for the paper I used on the right. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000U6KHC/ref=ord_cart_shr">HP Brochure paper</a></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Here is another link of the Cannon version. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000721Z3/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER">Canon Matte Photo Paper</a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000721Z3/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Those are just a couple.</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So in a nutshell….</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Con's</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-It's more expensive.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-It isn't quite as thick as card stock.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-It bugs me if I run out;)</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Pro's</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Looks far-eaking awesome.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-The colors are more accurate.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-The texture is smoother than card stock.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Did I mention it looks amazing?</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alright so there is my opinion about printing paper. </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And if you're interested in taking a look here is the link for the </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/69807793/hooo-ray-owl-adoption-cards?ref=v1_other_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Adoption Cards</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">!</span></span></b> </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-NNUYkDxqZf0/TXlBFxvjiOI/AAAAAAAAA2U/Y2sH1kbZn1w/s1600/IMG_1754.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-NNUYkDxqZf0/TXlBFxvjiOI/AAAAAAAAA2U/Y2sH1kbZn1w/s640/IMG_1754.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></span></div>Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10068915323155349477noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14613659.post-50204802390763257402011-03-04T18:08:00.001-07:002011-03-06T12:06:52.310-07:00It's a MIRACLE!<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Can I get a hallelujah?!?</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Because between...</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Valentines Day</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Dance Competitions</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">PTA Stuff </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(Including a Birthday Carnival I host for the kiddo's every other month)</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Being a mom/homemaker/nurse/wife</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Learning how to make a pdf</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Learning how to use illustrator (well sort of)</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And the other normal insanity which is my life…</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I've finally finished the owl pattern!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zbCnp1ARMwk/TXGK7nzRceI/AAAAAAAAA2I/EjA4hJBii08/s1600/Felt-owl-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="544" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zbCnp1ARMwk/TXGK7nzRceI/AAAAAAAAA2I/EjA4hJBii08/s640/Felt-owl-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And you can find in my Etsy Shop </span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(Crossing my fingers here friends… this is my first experience with etsy).</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here is the link…</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SnowyBliss?ref=seller_info"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Hooo-Ray Owl Pattern</span></a></b></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So now to tackle what I hope will be miracle #2 today…</span></i></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The Laundry!</span></span></span></b> </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(I have the Psycho music playing in my head as I type that).</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I'm working on the <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">adoption certificates </span></span></i>next! </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hopefully now that I've worked some of the kinks out it will be A LOT quicker!</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Happy weekend all!!!</span></span></span></div><div><br />
</div>Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10068915323155349477noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14613659.post-44399588029763741602011-02-23T14:19:00.000-07:002011-02-23T14:19:21.640-07:00Thank You... and other stuff!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j5eGO9gpPYg/TWV0qtTubWI/AAAAAAAAA14/v2neevKYbDc/s1600/one.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j5eGO9gpPYg/TWV0qtTubWI/AAAAAAAAA14/v2neevKYbDc/s320/one.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">First…</span></i></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I must tell all you wonderful beautiful people</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>H</b></span><b>A</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>N</b></span><b>K </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>Y</b></span><b>O</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>U</b></span><b>!</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I seriously <i>love</i> the <b>crafty bloggy community</b>!</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Everyone is so sweet and encouraging! </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Goodness I'm just overcome by your comments and emails and kindness! </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Sigh… you're all just fabulous! </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">A giant cyber hug to you all!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2CBQzndsQ6k/TWV0w5milUI/AAAAAAAAA2A/Buhu4EieLTY/s1600/two.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2CBQzndsQ6k/TWV0w5milUI/AAAAAAAAA2A/Buhu4EieLTY/s320/two.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Second… </span></i></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I've been working on several requests from my owl party.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I'm getting close to having a….</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">Felt owl pattern</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Adoption cards</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Printable do it yourself invitations</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc;">Drawings of my cardboard bed & window</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">and even some</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">Cupcake toppers!</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The pattern is getting <i>really really</i> close, and I'm so hoping to have it up on etsy within a few days. And if my wonderful two year old son is cooperative then hopefully everything else will follow soon after. </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We ran into a problem as of late. Momo wants to go to bed at night with Ride's "sunshine" owl. Well naturally she does too! To temporarily resolve the owl issue, I let Momo fall asleep with the owl, and then I would sneak into his room, retrieve the owl from his captor and return it to Ride in bed. </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I had to make another owl for the pattern instructions and now Momo has his own! Peace has now been restored to the home!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NnlrVMiO-8M/TWV5DEnNi8I/AAAAAAAAA2E/STV_ba3i51w/s1600/momo-owl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NnlrVMiO-8M/TWV5DEnNi8I/AAAAAAAAA2E/STV_ba3i51w/s640/momo-owl.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Here he is getting ready for his nap today. We read what he calls the "martian" book. (It's actually <i>"Mars Needs Moms."</i> And it's totally darling and I give it a thumbs up and highly recommend it). While he cuddled with his new owl pal. Now they are both snoozing soundly.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dFbI8de-vYk/TWV0t8MzKTI/AAAAAAAAA18/ueO4NpVHSl4/s1600/three.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dFbI8de-vYk/TWV0t8MzKTI/AAAAAAAAA18/ueO4NpVHSl4/s320/three.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Third…</span></i></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I've started a <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Facebook</span></b> page. </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I should warn you… I'm kinda, well… <i>I am a big dorky nerd</i>. And for whatever reason Facebook makes it more comfortable for me to embrace my inner nerd… and boy does it </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">shine</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">! So if you're ok "liking" a nerd come on over. Here's the linky-lou (I'll be adding one to my side bar shortly).</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/SnowyBliss/148086481919958">Facebook Link</a></b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CH102Vn0ceo/TWV0naxn5II/AAAAAAAAA10/vz2IFtMk3yA/s1600/four.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CH102Vn0ceo/TWV0naxn5II/AAAAAAAAA10/vz2IFtMk3yA/s320/four.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fourth…</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">OK… so I made 4 little circle scalloped numbers. I made four, because I had four things in my brain I wanted to share with you. But now I'm at a loss. I don't remember what #4 was supposed to be. But I made it, so I'm putting it up anyway;) Knowing me I'll sit up in bed around midnight, having suddenly recalled what "it" was. I'll also awake J because I'll be proclaiming<i> "that's what number four was."</i> Oh well.</span></span></span></div>Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10068915323155349477noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14613659.post-68360227505908090332011-02-14T17:19:00.000-07:002011-02-14T17:19:59.876-07:00My Favorite and My Best<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This is the </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Most Fantastic Wonderful Divine</span></i></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">thing I've </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">ever ever EVER</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>created!</b></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b> </b></span><b> </b></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Warning… this is a long post. I'm trying to add more details to posts like this. That way hopefully I cover more questions before they arise. I know when posts get too wordy people may get bored (sorry). I'm still more than happy to answer questions… but I thought a more detailed post may be more helpful.</span></span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Little miss Ride celebrated turning 6 in december! </i></span></span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She was determined to have an <b>owl birthday party</b> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>(I think she had been influenced by the "Legend Of The Guardians" trailers that at the time were playing on the telly).</i> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>But what a fun theme!</b> So we started planning. And when I say we, I mean that quite literally. She is my little </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>creative prodigy</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. I recalled seeing this night owl party featured on <a href="http://www.hostessblog.com/2010/01/real-parties-night-owl-pj-club-party/">hostess with the mostess</a> (love that site). It was so darling, we decided to use it as a base for her party. </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I printed out the papers I wanted and used a template I had created to cut the pieces out. I used a brown stamp pad around the edges of each piece, glued them together and added buttons to the eyes.</span></span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You….hoooo!</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It's Ride's Birthday</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">She's having a Night Owl Pajama Party to celebrate!</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Where: The Snow Nest</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When: (Date & time)</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Wear your P.J.'s! Dinner will be served!</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I wanted to make it look like a bedroom, so I added a window to the side. I used the <a href="http://www.the-lilypad.com/store/product.php?productid=2957&cat=0&page=1">"here comes the sun" digital kit by Kaye Winiecki</a> and had it printed up at Costco. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then we started on the homemade mini pizza's. I came across this blog and used <a href="http://www.mommyskitchen.net/2008/07/pizza-sammies-kid-sized-mini-pizzas.html">her directions for the pizza's</a>. She uses Rhodes dough for the crust. <i>They were honestly delish!</i> I put the dough on a square of parchment paper. So it was easy to transfer their eatable creation to a cookie sheet. And also I was able to write their name on the parchment so we knew who the owner was when they came out of the oven. </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Lucky for me the dollar store had a huge glow-in-the-dark section.</span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before the party started I had hidden glow-in-the-dark stars around the house. Each one had a number written on it. The littles were told to run around and find one star each. Again…hilarious, <i>I couldn't believe how much they loved prancing around in the dark.</i> After the girls each had retrieved a star we turned the lights back on and had them sit on and around the couch. I had each owl wrapped and placed under the tree (it was christmas time). Each package had a star tied to it with a number on it. We started with Ride. She had found the star labeled with the number 5, and so she then found package number five. She came up in front of everyone and opened her present. </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Inside was her own special owl to be adopted. </i></b> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">She then got to pick the next number… at this point the girls deduced what was going on, there was <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">giggling</span></i> and <i><b>squealing</b></i>. After the second package was opened and that owl was adopted they now also caught on that each owl was unique. They were mesmerized. Each girl felt so special, we let her take her time opening the gift, admiring it and naming it. I can't believe what a smash they were. The kids were so polite and quiet watching and waiting patiently for their turn. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each owl was <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">dirt cheap </span></b>to make. I even got the felt on sale. </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>However…</i> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">they took some serious time.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> ( I'd keep a couple in the car with me, so when I was picking up from dance, tumbling, school etc… I could work on them). But honestly I really enjoyed making them. I could tackle them at night, after the kids were in bed, and stitch while watching a program with J that we had on the DVR or Netflix. They were oddly therapeutic too... I could just chill on the couch and blanket stitch away. (<i>Oh, </i><a href="http://www.futuregirl.com/craft_blog/2007/09/tutorial-hand-sew-felt.aspx"><i>here is a fabulous tutorial</i></a><i> I used to learn how to blanket stitch).</i> Additionally we had to come up with <b>13 unique owls</b>. <i>Good night!</i> My girls and my husband were a great help. I was stuck around eight…it helps to have several minds helping out. They also assisted me in writing a little spotlight for each owl. (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I debated on writing these all out on the blog, but I've found that generally someone asks me for stuff like this, so I thought I'd add it now just incase someone wanted them).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Here they are… </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm a Dancing Owl!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I LOVE to leap, twirl and prance!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm an owl who loves to dance!!!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm so excited to be your new friend!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm a Garden Owl!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">They say I have a green wing.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Because when it coms to flowers...</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I know just about everything!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Do you have a favorite flower?</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm so excited to be your new friend!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">*****</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Yooo-Hooo!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I'm a Dream Owl!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Quiet down, don't make a peep.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">It's time to fall fast asleep.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">We'll dream of far off places</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">or soar into the sky.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Let's start our adventure</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">with my favorite lullaby.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm so excited to be your new friend!</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Yooo-Hooo!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm a Giggle Owl!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I love to tell jokes!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Want to hear my favorite?</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">"Knock knock"</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">"Who's there"?</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">"Owls".</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">"Owls who"?</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">"That's right, Owls Hooo"!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Hee hee hee!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm so excited to be your new friend!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Yooo-Hooo!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm a Musical Owl!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I love the piano</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">the guitar,</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">and the flute.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">But most of all</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I love to sing</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">and hoot!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm so excited to be your new friend!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">*****</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Yooo-Hooo!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Once I was a pirate</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Sailing the seven seas.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">And then I was a monkey</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">swinging from the trees.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Today I am a queen,</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">but tomorrow what shall I be?</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Oh I hope you want to play</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">dress-ups with me!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm so excited to be your new friend!</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Yooo-Hooo!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm a Princess Owl!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">On my head sits a pretty gold crown.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Let's go to a ball,</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'll wear my favorite pink gown!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm so excited to be your new friend!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm a Snowy Owl!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">We'll build a snow fort</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">and have a snowball fight!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">And after we'll share</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">hot cocoa</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">by the moonlight!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm so excited to be your new friend!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm a Snuggle Owl!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Smooches, kisses and </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">great big hugs.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Cozy in my blanket</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">is one of my loves!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Will you snuggle with me?</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm so excited to be your new friend!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm a Sunshine Owl!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I love swinging from the trees,</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">and enjoying a sweet warm breeze.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I love a sunny day...</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I just can't wait to go out and play!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm so excited to be your new friend!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm a Sweet Tooth Owl!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I LOVE...</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">lollypops, gumdrops & sugary sweets!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">What are some of your favorite treats?</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm so excited to be your new friend!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm a Wise Owl!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I love to read books and learn!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Some of my favorite books are...</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Legend of the Guardians</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Harry Potter</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">and Winnie the Pooh.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">How about you, do you have a favorite book?</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I can't wait to read with you!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm so excited to be your new friend!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>So each girl adopted their own unique owl!</b> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then they cuddled on the couch with their owls and I turned on a movie. <i>You can't have a p.j. party without a movie. </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">As I thought about it, I realized a lot of movies were too long for the time we had. Also I've noticed that 6 year olds have itty bitty attention spans. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">So we showed Pixar short films collection. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">It has 13 of those spectacular and brilliant shorts. That way we could wrap it up when it was time or when the girls started to get restless. The girls LOVED it! It was inevitable every time a new short came on someone would yell... <i>"Oh I love this one"!</i> Seriously, kindergarteners are the best!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">While they were watching, I was able to start cleaning up a bit and get everything ready for cake and ice cream. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I made the fondant owl on top the same way as the hanging owls. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I think he turned out adorable. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I <i>love</i> that I get to make every part of the party. A lot of times I look at these amazing beautiful birthday parties in blog land. Most of them are so inspiring. They have hired party planners, gourmet goodies from fancy places, professional photographers and enormous budgets. I have none of these. From the decorations, to the cake… I'm a one gal show. I really think anyone can throw a fabulously creative party. So I guess I'm just giving you all a big pep talk... kinda cheesy, but true. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OK… so in my opinion the felt owl and hair clips were more than enough. But I did toss together a little bag. It's beyond me why I didn't take photo's… sorry. They were filled with a tooth brush (dollar store) an individual mix of hot cocoa, several more glow-in-the-dark sticks and such and I made owl shaped crayons using a owl chocolate mold and melted crayons (crayons were also from the dollar store). </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And that's it! It was a <i>blast</i>! I had one mom tell me their little girl came home and couldn't sleep… she had to tell them over and over the details of the party. Several moms have told me their daughter has to sleep with her owl. It's also been a riot to see a little girl out and about sporting her hair clip with her owl in hand. It's so wonderful to know that all the work was worth it... the kids adored their felt owls!!! Everything flowed so smoothly I couldn't have been more pleased! And the birthday girl still professes it was <i>"the best birthday ever"!</i> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Hi all... I've gotten so many requests for the owl pattern I thought I'd add a link</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">at the end of this post for my etsy shop. I've also got adoption cards, cupcake toppers, invitations & my bed drawings available too.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">If you'd like to take a looky-loo here is the link...</span><br />
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Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10068915323155349477noreply@blogger.com207tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14613659.post-53737720166278465602011-01-30T14:38:00.000-07:002011-01-30T14:38:41.502-07:00Ahem...<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">HELLO,</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Hello,</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">hello….</span></span> </span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is anyone <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">THERE,</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">There,</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">there….</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Hi everyone! So it's been awhile, um ok months, since I posted. </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Oh dear….I'm so sorry! </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Essentially things got ridiculously <b><i>CRAZY</i></b> in my life. I took on a few too many things. And something had to give, it ended up being my blog. <i>(I feel like I'm apologizing for a bad breakup or something, ha)</i>. Anyway I've missed it so, and I've missed the entire blogging community. I haven't even had time to enjoy other blogs. My google reader ticked way beyond a thousand months ago. Whoops. Then I gave myself a new years resolution to start up in January… and I made it, with a few hours to spare;)!</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">So here I am! I may not be the most consistent blogger. I have so many other things that need more attention, like my kids. But when I show up I'll try to make my posts worth while. Also, to those of you who have written me the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>sweetest</i></span> comments, and I haven't responded, please oh please forgive me. I hope I haven't offended anyone, I just had to step away from the whole blogging gig until my life seemed somewhat more manageable. </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><b>Bless you for sticking around!</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Now I'm so excited to blog some fun stuff. I've got a couple parties and random happiness to share. I'm even going to slide some of my summer stuff in the mix… think of it as some sunshine in the winter! </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I'm also so excited to announce that I'm going to start selling my </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">long stemmed fabric roses.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pe-2_z-8o9U/TUXZi02n3gI/AAAAAAAAAx4/8Q2D18sw1vA/s1600/IMG_8956.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pe-2_z-8o9U/TUXZi02n3gI/AAAAAAAAAx4/8Q2D18sw1vA/s640/IMG_8956.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">(If I can ever figure out all this etsy stuff). I had quite a few darlings ask if I'd be willing to make them some. I love making them, and I love the idea of someone actually wanting something I've made. I'm excited and nervous all at the same time. I won't have them ready for a few more weeks, but my studio is currently filled with twigs and yummy fabric! So here goes nothing!</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">So folks… <b>I'm back</b>, and so excited to be! Thanks for not giving up on me!</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><i>Kisses, hugs and lots of love to all of you!!!</i></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">anj.</span></span></span></div>Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10068915323155349477noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14613659.post-72406514475017978512010-06-22T14:22:00.000-06:002010-06-22T14:22:12.360-06:00A Story Worth Writing<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Our story is being written. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">It includes simple chronicles. Such as the <b><i>magic</i></b> that happens when J comes home from work each day. It's as if a switch has suddenly flipped inside each our children and they <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">glow</span></b> as they gallop, skip, bounce and cartwheel to his side. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And me… well my <i>heart smiles.</i> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Other chapters are more complex. The times welcoming fresh spirits into the world. And times we had to say goodbye. These passages could be </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">filled with broken dreams or with certain bliss.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Our memoir is precious and imperfect. It's filled with laughter, tears, joy, heartache, prayer and hope. And we are only 10 years in the making. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I envision the day when our two antique and fragile lives walk hand in hand. Thin skin covered in wrinkles. Minds overflowing with visual treasures. Two old souls who's tale includes each other on every page. That is a story worth writing.</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pe-2_z-8o9U/TCEUQTRkPqI/AAAAAAAAAwg/RTJJTshUDYE/s1600/J-IMG_9510.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pe-2_z-8o9U/TCEUQTRkPqI/AAAAAAAAAwg/RTJJTshUDYE/s640/J-IMG_9510.jpg" width="604" /></a></div></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Love you forever J</span></b></i></span></span></div></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Happy fathers day</span></span></span></div></div>Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10068915323155349477noreply@blogger.com16