Diaper Wreath

Well, here is a gift that I made for my friend that had a baby girl back in March.  I have since made another one, but not as fancy, I only used diapers.  It was still very cute and you can give the extra diapers in a cute bag!

Cakeballs....what? Fantastic!

Yesterday some friends and I got together and made over 500 cakeballs for a thank you gift to the dispatchers in our area.  (Dispatchers Appreciation Week) and here are some pictures of our fabulous day!

 

photos courtesy of Candace Allen

Flower Hat

Itty Bitty and her cousin at his 1st Birthday! Adorable!

Itty Bitty looking gorgeous!

Isn't this just the cutest hat ever!  I thought for sure Itty Bitty would rip it off of her head, but nope she left it on all day!  It wasn't even her birthday, and she was getting lots of attention.  I am definitly going to try making this had on my own, how hard can it be?  Well, I will let you know.

Dollar Store Book Finds

I was cruising the Dollar Store, one of my favorite pastimes and came across these books.  I HAD to buy them because I think they frown on me standing there for 20 minutes checking them out!  Anyway, they seem to be pretty darn good stuff in them! 

Chalkboard Decor

I have been seeing some really cute ideas for using chalkboard paint  out across the blog land!  I seem to get lost looking at all the creative ideas out there.  I saw a couple of blogs with some crafty ideas, but can't remember all of the blogs, but I got some inspiration from Little Brown House on my chalkboard project.  She painted hers and added some vintage flair to her plates with some dollar store decals.  I finished mine and thought that I should have painted them first, but they still ended up pretty darn cute.
 

Dollar Store metal plates before I painted them with Krylon Chalkboard Paint.  Sorry about the dust! I didn't even see it on the plates before I took the pictures.



Here is how the plates turned out! Cute don't you think, I know that the top plate looks a little off, but it is easily fixed.  I attached the plates with velcro to the wall, so all I need to do is move the top plate down a bit. Easy Peasy! (that is what my 4th graders would say ha.)

Party Tutu

For the Toy Story Party, I made the Birthday Girl this tutu.  I love the way the pink, green, and white sparkles together!  I didn't give directions to this one, because they are the same as the tutu that I already posted back in January for my daughters 1st Birthday.  There are a few things different with this one.  I only made the pieces of tulle 6" by 18". I also tied little pieces of tulle in the matching color about 1"to 2" from the end of the tulle skirt.  If you have any questions let me know!

Fabulous Birthday Tutu, the little flower is from the DollarStore and I just took
it apart and hot glued it to an alligator clip that I lined with ribbon.

Toy Story Birthday Cake

The kiddos and I went to a birthday party yesterday and the birthday girl had a fabulous cake.  Her mom spent a couple of hours on this one!! I loved it so much I asked her to give me a tutorial.  I will post the directions soon, but until then here is the cake!



Toy Story Cake