An Egg Hunt

I am interrupting the desk series to bring you some easter goodness for the rest of the week!

About 2 weeks ago we got together with some other families in our neighborhood and held an Egg Hunt.

All the children had a blast! 

This was our second year to do this Egg Hunt and it grew so much bigger this year than it was last!

Can't Wait to do it again!

Another One in the Books

Well, it seems another birthday came and went.

My sweet family treated me like a queen.

27 was thankfully quite uneventful!

We enjoyed an afternoon of my craving I can't get enough of.... Hamburgers.

(Ps, never eat them!!)

Some of my favorite cookies!

And a leisurely afternoon shopping with my husband while babies napped at my parents!

Now I am in a panic realizing I am almost at countdown point for our next bundle!!!

Let the list making commence!

Workable Desk Part 2

In the age of cell phones it seems quite impractical to still pay for a house phone. However, the convenience of a house phone is lost and there has been a phone invented to fill the gap!

The connect to cell Bluetooth wireless phone system is Amazing!!!!

We purchase this system at our local best buy for around $60.00.

Ever been on one of those long phone calls with a girlfriend and the phones about to die?

 

Ain't nobody got time for that!!!!

 

 

Just plug in the cell, hit the Bluetooth button and voila! Hands free, charging and walking around the house.

Or my favorite! The phone is downstairs and your up... Naturally one goes bolting for the phone like their life depended on it! Nope, not now, you can casually just pick up the cordless phone and it automatically recognizes you answering the call!! No more missed calls!!!

This little phone system has not only made my life a hair easier but has made starting this little small business one less of a headache!

Have you seen this or own one? Because we LOVE ours!!!!

*I am not being compensated by VTech or Best Buy. These opinions are 100% my own and for me, they have definitely made my work space much more functional :)

Off to Neverland!

This party....ohhh this party.

I had severe delusions of grandeur while planning. 

I thought I had executed everything meticulously, but it seems what I envisioned was more a Tory Spelling level soire as opposed to giving my sweet girl the party of her dreams.

 

So now that I look back on the 40 something hours spent on tissue and making piñatas and making sure every element of the story was addressed I realized she could care less.

Sure, I had fun but I think it's safe to say our parties from here on out will be Much lower key!

Now... onto the Fluff!!

We ordered this invitation on etsy!

I love how well it articulated the hint of vintage to the guests :)

 

Our friends were greeted with tissue tassel over head and a small sign welcoming them to Neverland.

 

 

 

 Here is a shot of the room. Casey's memaw is in the shot... oops!

 

The children came in and all went directly to the lost boys coloring station.

From there everyone grabbed snacks to munch on.

 All of the food had catchy names and at this point the food tags had not been placed on the table yet.

(and this is when we discovered the camera was totally messed up and my sweet friend ruth rushed to the rescue with her point and shoot from the diaper bag)

All pics are courtesy of her and her husband! Thank you thank you for helping me at least snapshot the day!!!!

Please ignore some of the chairs and things I was unable to move. It was this weekend we discovered we were expecting quite a surprise of a third bundle of joy and people mentioned I looked as if I had over done it. (didn't feel well, etc)

Clearly.... I did! haha

 

The children dined on white chocolate sprinkle popcorn, fruit kabobs, chips and "pirate booty" corn dip, peter pan hat marshmallows, and they sipped on pixie punch.

The sprinkles were ordered from an etsy shop. (click to go to shop)

They oh so perfectly looked like pixie dust that my daughter insisted we get them!!

 

 Several of our smaller guest frolicked around.

And all children were given their fairy wings and felt Peter Pan hats.

(bought the wings at target and I made the peter hats)

At the last minute we grabbed our Disney fairies tent to entertain some of the crawlers and Boy was it a HIT!!

 

With nearly 50-60 guests in attendance we decided to serve pizza. We found the pizza's from Costco were not only super yummy but 5 or 6 did a great job of feeding such a large crowd.

 

After eating lunch everyone joined us in "the nursery" for an ipad animated story of Peter Pan.

(no it was not something to look at , but my husband thought to grab the computer speakers on the way out the door and they really helped the sound of the story travel a little better so all the little kiddies could hear!)

(quick action shot while we sat everything up!)

 

Then it was time to open presents!!

 

My husband and I spent a whole sunday afternoon working on this piñata.

We found a great tutorial.

(click the image to go to the site)

Oh Happy Day is such a great resource!!

Mine isn't golden but this is the alligator from the Peter pan story and was supposed to tick tock through out the party.

I must say this was the first piñata of any parties we have been to yet.

All of the children throroughly enjoyed taking a swing and collecting the dum dum suckers.

All in all sister had a great time!

 



Awesome Swag!! I Love Warehouse Sales!!

Did you guys get the email from Pottery Barn Kids over the weekend??

 

I was able to score some sweet deals on some odd and end things for the kids!

I would be lying to you if I told you I had not been lusting over these two beds....

alas... what we have works and we do not need these.

I did grab this neutral crib sheet for 9.99 for the new baby!!

 

And these shams for sister for 5.99 a piece!

(click the image to go to the link)

 

Did you happen to snag anything from the sale?

 

 

 

 

 



That Chair

Soo... For most women it's "That Handbag" or "That Pair of Shoes" for me... My thing.... Is "That Chair"

I have been obsessing over French styled chairs for some time now and I must say I am soooo excited my husband let me get it!!!!

We have been looking for one with the down cushioning and a really sturdy chair with the 8 way tied structure!

This chair met all the criteria!!!

Now I just think she needs a skirted table with a mercury glass top by her side and we can call it a day!!

Having a Workable Desk Part 1

Ever since starting this monogramming/applique adventure in January I have continued my mindset of simplifying.

If I don't use it we get rid of it.

 

Cant wait to find my memory card so I can photograph my progress for you.

 

Basically I have been an organization FIEN lately.

 

The number one priority of having a workable desk area is a computer.

 

After the iMac somehow was corroded by pirated music??

(yes my iTunes ate my hard drive basically.)

 

 

I knew this monogram adventure would mean another PC was in my future, so one random night recently I had a friend come over while kids slept and in 30 minutes ran up to Best Buy, bought a desktop, and was home with this sweet friend opening the box.

Talk about hasty purchase....

 

Anywho, now there is a lamp, and a desktop the one thing a desktop needs is a mousepad.

 

Does everyone remember Jones Design Company's recent post on her to die for cute mousepad??

 

Here is the link.

 

This was a complete no brainer for me!

 

I grabbed a plain ole mousepad and used some linen I had on hand and in about 20 minutes had a super cute mousepad.

 

seriously... don't you want to get some work done there??

I do!!!

(click on image to go to her post )

 

Since clearing the clutter from this space I have identified several other necessities:

 

storage for ALL that Stuff!!

tape dispenser

stapler

pencil cup holder

easy to grab paper to jot notes

something pretty to look at

and "adding to my arsenal" (items necessary for a small business)

 

Follow along as I streamline the main hub where the business side of this little business that could gets the work done. :)

New Art= New Room A place to dine part 4 or 5

Soo remember my half painted abstract painting I have had going for oh... 2 years now!!

Well hubby and I finally put our thinking caps on and decided on a design for this piece.

The beach is one place we both love and want a hint of it to flow throughout each room in our home.

My sweet friend Candace put her amazing skills to work and here is what we came up with!

I am sure you all remember the dark gothic dining set we had before our current fluted leg table. Well the table was sold at our local Women's Exchange sale for a whopping $700.00 and the buffet table has always been mine. We have tapped off the wall and I think it will work nicely underneath the new artwork!

Hope to pick the piece up tomm!