Fall fun!!

My hubby and I went a little crazy on the pumpkins this year. We had so many, we thought it would be cute to turn our backyard into a mini patch for the morning and let the kids decide which they would carve later that day. It was adorable to see them so excited! My 20 month old was squealing with happiness although he thought they were all giant apples! Later we made a super cute handprint spider craft with the 2 little ones and carved pumpkins while we watched monsters ink! We had mummy dogs and carmel stuffed apple cider cookies for lunch. It was a perfect fall day!

Halloween treat toppers

My little boy started Kindergarten last month! With Halloween fast approaching, I tried to come up with a new goody he could hand out to all his new friends for halloween. I made these goody bag toppers to attach to some Wilton bags filled with candy or cheese balls! Originally they said "pumpkin poop" but my hubby wasn't loving it! They really could say anything though! I made them to match my Halloween collection and I think they are so cute!!

Lego crazy!!

The newest addition to my shop is Lego inspired and all built with love!! Having 4 boys around and tons of Lego's in every corner was the perfect inspiration! I'm working with my friend to throw this fabulous party for her boys and can't wait to do so!! I have found a ton of ideas around the web that are too cute for words! Keep your eyes peeled for tutorials coming soon!!

Inexpensive halloween decoration

As I was cleaning out my craft drawers, I realized I had several unfinished birdhouses left over from our owl party earlier this year. I thought it would be kinda cute to dress them up for different holidays. Since halloween is just around the corner, I started with this one. It's just one of those little $1 ones from Joann's. I painted it black and then covered the roof and sides with scrap paper I had around.

Back to school!!

With 4 kids, you can only imagine how hectic it can get around here. Well things just got a little crazier! My 5 year old started school this year! He was so excited to head out to kindergarten!! My big guys headed back too!! Aaron started Jr. high and Nick's a sophomore this year! To celebrate their big day I made signs for them to hold for their traditional first day of school pic! These will double as the cover pages for their scrapbooks too! I also made them special cupcakes for after school snack! They looked like apples!!

Spooky cute!!!

Thinking ahead towards fall celebrations, I designed an spooky cute collection for Halloween. With haunted houses, bats and spooky ghosts in mind, I got to designing. This is what I came up with:

 

I found this awesome poem online and thought it worked perfectly!

 

My kids often take little treats for their classmates to exchange at their halloween parties.  These little tags would work perfectly for this or any other favors!

 

Water bottle labels are by far my big sellers and very trendy now!

 

Cupcake toppers!

The list of cute halloween foods that you could use these labels for is endless!  I usually make my kids things like mummy dogs (hot dogs wrapped in cresent rolls) or spider sandwiches (biscuit with ham and cheese, olive eyes and bread stick legs. 

and of course the banner!!  This banner would make a good decoration even if your not having a party!  It's super cute!

Pink poodle party!!

Party day has come and gone and what a party it was!!! My friend Sandie held her party at a park. Her colors were pink, black and white. This is the invite I had designed for the party!  I absolutely love this theme!!

I love the way Sandie displayed her cake and cuppies!!! So perfect!  And the banner really added a nice pop of color to the tent!

A silly request from the birthday girl!  Funny!  

I love the way the water labels look on Sandie's tablescape!  

The birthday girl, Valerie getting her face painted! Such a cutie!

Cake time!

Sandie even managed to find a Pink poodle pinata!!! 

Looks like even the presents were pink poodle themed!!

Sandie has a friend that made these cookies for the occasion!  These are actually what I based the invites off of!  

This is the entire package I made for Valerie's Poodle party!  I'm really proud of it and glad Valerie had an awesome party! Many thanks to Sandie for the theme idea and letting me share her pics!!!