T-Shirt Dresses

I made the girls matching t-shirt dresses while Cammy was visiting. Actually, Cammy made out quite nicely in the t-shirt dress department. She ended up leaving with 4 different dresses. I know, I’m such a nice sister huh? ; ) Seriously though, she was so fun to give things to because she would get so excited and happy! I loved it! I guess my kids are too spoiled. hehee. It was such a treat to have her come visit us. We miss our Cammy so much : ( That first night she was gone Jenaya looked over to where Cammy had been sleeping and said “It's as if I can still see her sleeping there”. Then she walked over to the bed and said “I can even still smell her smell”. Yes, I think we may have a drama queen on our hands ; )

Featured on Tip Junky

How exciting! I’m being featured on Tip Junky!! Laurie was looking for B-day party ideas. So I thought, why not submit Benny & Nessa’s party idea?
Click on the picture for a link to her totally awesome blog. There are sooo many creative people out there that just blow me away! Go check them out ; )

Happy Birthday Benny & Nessy!

Benjamin & Lanessa turned 3 last Sunday. We had their birthday party with friends on Sat and then the family party on Sunday (their actually b-day). It was a lot of fun (and work). We really had a good time. They were so excited for their party. Everyday for like two weeks prior, they would ask if it was their party that day.

These were the invitations I made to go with their theme. We asked everyone to bring their favorite ride-on.



We delivered them in see-through CD envelopes.



Their b-day cake was four 9” round cakes stacked two high. I cut a little off each end to make them lay like a figure eight. The number 3 road was made with crushed up Oreo cookies and the road lines were Good 'n' Plenty candies. I printed traffic signs on cardstock from online clipart to make the road signs. I used the grass tip to make the green grass around the cakes.






Fun bun buggy filled with dip and veggies (I forgot to add the carrots). It had cucumber wheels and small cuts of carrot sticks for the axles.








I found some small orange cones at target. I bought a couple of large traffic cones to put on either side of the serving table from a construction supply store. I also found a cross guard's vest there too. I made a stop-and-go sign out of cardstock and attached it to a child size tennis racket. We played red-light green-light with it and then the kids had fun playing traffic guard too.



I found these way cute street signs at Toys R Us when we were in Idaho. There was also a Yield sign too. I just couldn’t find the picture. They stood about 3 feet high. We put them around where the kids could ride their bikes.




These were the Thank You's each family got before they left. The little car moves on the yellow stick to race to the finish line.



Stop light chocolate cookies for goodie boxes.





Goodie boxes were filled with friction racecars, bubbles, tattoos, sunglasses & stoplight cookies. I made the racing flags on the front of the boxes by cutting the sharp tips off of some flag toothpicks I found online and than hot glued them to the front. I had to cut one stick in half and mach it backup with the other end in order for them to lay flat.



Opening presents. They got a lot of fun new toys, and have been having so much fun playing with everything.

Altered Paint Can

I hadn’t made one of these for a while, so I thought I would make this one to hold a gift for my friend Kori Lee who just had her baby boy. She’s decorating his room in western décor. I though she could possibly use it for something in there. Altered paint cans are fun to decorate. You can buy new empty ones at Lowes or Home Depot for around $4. I especially like to decorate ones for girls because you can do so much more with fancy frillies such as ribbon up the handles ect. But this one was fun too! I just had to be careful and not make it to “girly” or her husband wouldn’t let it in the nursery ; )

My First Quilt

A friend showed me and a couple of other friends how to make this cute star table topper quilt. I’ve always wanted to learn how to quilt before, so this was a fun taste of it. You can see my friend Audrie’s here. It was fun. But I think I’ll stick to paper crafting...for now anyways.



A peek at the back.

Easter Bunny S’mores in a Jar

I made these to give to the girls I visit teach today. They’re Easter Bunny S’mores in a Jar. I didn’t realize Mason jars were a seasonal item!! Talk about an early Easter hunt! I found some at the little country supply store down on Main Street….. and NO I didn’t already have any, because I don’t bottle and through them out if I do get them….but SHUSH don’t tell my mom she’ll just DIE!! Anyway just wanted to pass on the idea. These could actually be made for any holiday. Just do different marshmallows and candy. If anyone wants the recipe just let me know. I hope you all have a really happy & fun Easter!