Happy Birthday Mommy Burlap Door Hanger

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Case thought this pink poodle at Toys R Us was hilarious

Case's Highchair Ribbon Banner

Got Case's highchair ribbon banner finished today for his birthday party.

Materials needed:
-Glue gun
-Scissors
-Ribbon of your choice (I chose about 8 different ribbons with one of those being my main ribbon to hang from) I purchased my ribbon from Hobby Lobby. I also waited for there weekly sale when they mark it 1/2 off...makes it a lil cheaper. I also used a jute burlap ribbon over the main ribbon at the top as the backing & to also give it a little western charm. Maybe cost me $10-$15 bucks in material.

Some people prefer uneven strands, not me I like things nice & neat. But just know that you can do uneven strands should you choose.

I measured my highchair using nothing more than the cowboy ribbon that I was using to going around it also what I call my main ribbon. Then I took another piece of ribbon & held up to the highchair to eyeball to see about how long I wanted to hang. I would say 6 inches is good. So cut the remaining 7 different ribbons each about 6 inches long. I will say its good to do this ahead of time b/c it makes it speed right through although I ended up wasting some ribbon. (Well I wouldn't necessarily say I wasted it b/c I'll use it again for something else I'm sure)

Ok so I went & counted & let's say about (9) 6 inch strands is how many you need so you don't waste any leftover ribbon.

After all your ribbon is cut lay it out on the counter & decide in what order you want it to go & stick your different piles of ribbon in that order.

Turn your main ribbon over & start the hot glue at one end. If any of your ribbon is not two sided then make sure turn your ribbon over so that when you are finished it faces the correct way. I wouldn't suggest doing more than about 3 inches of hot glue or your floor glue is going to dry before u get to it. After adding your hot glue start laying your ribbons down in the order you want. Keep repeating this step till u get to the end. I would also suggest doing an additional piece of ribbon over the back of your main ribbon by hot glueing it as well just to be in the safe side.

When your done your banner should look somewhat similar to mine. Let me know if you have questions or it I can help you in any way possible. Happy Banner Making!!! =)

Personalized Christmas Ornament Wall or Door Decor

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For Risa

Happy Valentine's Day Hubby

I wrote this little story yesterday & made my hubby this Valentine card using candy.

Materials needed:
Poster board w/foam in the center
Red wrapping paper
Glue
Black sharpie marker

Candy I Used:
Babyruth
Shockers
100 Grand
Reese's Pieces
Hot Tamales
Whatchamacallit
Milky Way
Sweet tarts
Laffy Taffy
Payday
NoworLaters
Hershey Skor
Snickers

It reads...

Happy Valentine's Day BABYRUTH,

It is still a SHOCKERS to me that after all these years we ended up together. I wouldn't trade a 100 GRAND to go a day without you in my life. I love you to PIECES & it definitely helps that you're still one HOT TAMALE!! Your WHATCHAMACALLIT is the reason that I married you, it sends me to the MILKY WAY but what a bonus that you're such a SWEETTART and you always make me LAFFY TAFFY. Everydays a PAYDAY with you by my side. If you're feeling lucky NOWorLATER maybe you can SKOR. I hope you SNICKERS reading this as much as I have writing it.

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Jail = Finished

Finished the Jail tonight!!! Whoo hoo!!! Cricut saved my life again & lots of time!!

Party Favors

Fool's Gold party favors for the "big kids" (not babies). Small tea light candle size galvanized buckets & shimmer gold gum balls that I purchased online from Oriental Trading. Labels I made on my Cricut & computer.

Jail & Saloon Progress

I made some progress tonight, mostly on the jail but hey you got to start somewhere. I got the doors & windows outlined in black acrylic paint. I used painters tape to get the straight lines (ha my hand isn't that steady). For the jail I used sheets of white letter size copy paper to make the look of the big concrete blocks. Stay tuned...;)

Jail & Saloon: Building Wild West Town for Case's First Birthday Party

I have started creating the wild west town for Case's 1st birthday party in June. Obviously the theme is a cowboy western birthday party. While I would love to be able to work on these every night I know it won't be possible as I am still a Mommy & Wife first but as I am able to work on them I will posts updates so that those interested can follow along on my progress. Sorry some of the pictures are dark, when you only have time to work on them in the garage after the baby has gone to sleep it doesn't actually offer much lighting. A special thanks to Don's TV & Appliances for letting me have these & more to come boxes. I am forever grateful. I started by drawing out my design for my jail & saloon on the boxes. I then cut them out with a box cutters. For the jail bars I used good ole household tin foil. I painted the door of the jail & the swinging doors on the saloon with brown acrylic paint. Stay tuned for more updates tomorrow.

One tired but ever so inspired Mommy :)

Getting Prepared For Case's First Birthday

Buying in advance does have its advantages...you can wait till whatever you need goes on sale. :) At least if I'm going to do it up big I can maybe save a little money. Ha!