Category Archives: Kids

11.14.12

A Little Bit of Lilac Never Hurt Nobody.

What should have taken me 3 hours total, ended up being a project that sat in my garage for weeks. It all started with this lamp.

I was wanting a lamp similar to this one, but there were many reasons why it wouldn’t work: 1.) The price. 2.) The size. 3.) The color was a little but more grey than I was looking for.

So, after finding this lamp at Target, I figured I’d make it work. First, I primed it with STIX, painted it with leftover paint (we used that as the base color on E’s walls) and lacquered it.

I topped it off with a $12.99 shade from HomeGoods and here she is now. A perfect match!

Check in tomorrow to see more previews of E’s Room.

09.27.12

Damn, I Really Need to Learn How to Sew.

For realz y’all. Look at all of these adorable new outfits that Disney made from her daughter’s old clothes.

Tutorial here.

09.25.12

Come, Create and Celebrate.

We had the absolute best time for E’s 7th birthday. This year, we loaded up a van full of seven girls and headed out to Confetti Studio in Warrenton. My friend Annabel and her friend Alessandra started Confetti Studio just over a year ago and just moved into their new beautiful space. These might be two of the most creative women I’ve ever met– and that’s saying something. The girls had the absolute best time creating and celebrating!

They painted beads to make adorable necklaces.

Then cut out shapes and used the sewing machine to make their own garland.

Lou was quite proud of her finished product.

Annabel and Alessandra- thank you for giving us a van full of happy girls.

The best part about it all was how appreciative E was… Something changed within her this year. She has always been happy about her birthdays, but this year she went out of her way to thank us for all of our hard work. Melted my heart.

Happy, Happy Birthday to my girl. We love you so very much.

Venue- Confetti Studio

Cake Pops- Tastefully Treated

Invitation- Q.A. Design
Photography- Ryann Colleen

09.20.12

Some Birthday Treats.

Here’s the “How To” on the tags that we made for E’s school party. You could use them for all kinds of Halloween goodies. E’s school is “treat-free,” which makes it difficult when it comes to birthdays…. but we were up for the challenge.I found some great Halloween paintable sun catchers in the dollar aisle at Michael’s.

We made these Candy Corn tags in MS Word (you can fit 4 on one page.)

and cut them into candy corn shapes.

The birthday girl went to work with my trusty tape gun.

And Bam! $25 for 25 “treats.”

09.18.12

E-Fest Hangover.

Man, did we have a blast last weekend! It all started on Friday with E’s treats for her school celebration.

Saturday the birthday girl woke up at 6:30 am declaring “E-Fest has begun!”

And was promptly served her dream breakfast of bacon & donuts.

Then we spent the morning decorating the house.

And this twelve passenger van for the party of E’s dreams. Pics to come next week!

08.24.12

Fashion Friday: CrewCuts Back to School.

I admit it, I am a sucker for CrewCuts. I think my girls have more J. Crew than I do. I just can’t walk away. The good news is that everything I buy there lasts for a few seasons so I feel good about the money spent. Have you seen the latest catalog? Ugh.

As my girls are headed back to school on Monday, here are some of my favorite pieces for Fall.

08.21.12

Back to the Grind.

I am sad to say that our Summer O’Vacays is over. School starts next week and it’s back to the grind. We had a great time in Bethany Beach… it’s probably my favorite place in the world. I used to spend my summers there with my Mom.