Sweet Girl & Sweet Favors

Our little sweetie really enjoyed her b'day party. She had fun seeing and playing with her gifts, too. Nana and Grandad gave her this cute red wagon. It will be great for pulling her around in the neighborhood. Later that day, she just had to put on her new dress from Grandma and Grand dad Howell. (I'll have to get a pic of that. It's really cute on her.) This child loves to wear dresses. She would wear them everyday if she could. Good thing she got a few new ones for her b'day.


This one cracks me up. She would NOT let her brother or sister touch her money. She grabbed it and started trying to stuff it in her pocket. I guess she's saving for a new dress!




For party favors, I embellished little white tote bags from the Dollar Tree with ribbon and stamps. Super simple and cute. Everyone got to fill up their tote with candy and take it home with them. Simple and sweet!

Second Birthday---Sweet Style

On Saturday we celebrated my daughter's second birthday---sweet style! I had seen these candy/dessert buffet parties online before and thought they were sooo cute. It fit perfectly for our little sweetie. I knew I wanted their to be lots of color so I came up with a colorful candy polka dot theme. It was very playful and fun! And, hey, who cares if we ate our dessert first and then went out for lunch! It's all good!



The table definitely got the b'day girl's attention. She just wouldn't leave everything alone until my family got to our house. I love how fun the table looked. For the cupcakes, I made picks with an SU! "sweet" stamp, punched it out with a circle cutter, mounted them on a scalloped circle and tied on coordinating ribbon. They kind of looked like lollipops. With cupcakes and gumball filled vases it's just right for a sweet girl.

"Happy Birthday dear Ivy, Happy Birthday to you!"

I kept the party decorations simple & sweet with these giant "pieces of candy." (At least that's what I was going for.) I got these small paper lanterns from Michael's
( for $1 each) and wrapped them in cellophane to look like big pieces of hard candy.



This candy/dessert buffet was on the small side, but still had dramatic effect. I think the candy is decoration in itself because of all the bright colors. As you can see, I just filled different size vases with a variety of colorful candy, tied on some polka dot ribbon and there you have it. Did I mention the kids especially loved this?!!





For our treats, we had mini strawberry cheesecakes and mini brownie treats. YUM! You can get the mini cheesecake recipe here.



Just what did the birthday girl think of all these sweets and treats?!!! I think this picture says it all. With a sucker in one hand, a Twizzler in the other and a half eaten cupcake in her plate, she's livin' it up at her party and I didn't mind one bit. It was all about her and her b'day! I'll share more of the party girl and party favors tomorrow!

Sweet Birthday Invites

My daughter turned the big 2 on Monday! Happy Birthday! Along with my family, we celebrated with a "sweet" party on Saturday. I made up some colorful and sweet invitations to let everyone know the details. I thought it was a fun way to get the word out. My trusty SU! scalloped edge punch never lets me down. Love those scallops! I printed out a cute little poem and party details on my computer and then attached a small lollipop to the top with my tacky tape. I think these are my favorite invitations I've made just because they're so colorful and "sweet," just like her party was! I'll share more of the party tomorrow.

Craft Challeng Is Here Again

It's time for another monthly craft challenge at Blue Eyed Blessings.

After taking the summer off from her craft challenges, Heidi is back with a challenge to create something that is Halloween or Fall themed. Sounds fun! My crafty wheels are already turnin'! If you want to join the craft challenge, just link up to her site on October 1 and share your craftiness.( To learn more about it, you can also click my link to her site. ) It's so fun to see everyone's ideas and creations. Get craftin'!!

Teacher Goodie Bucket

Today I want to share this sweet little teacher goodie bucket I put together for Laci's first grade teacher. We have parent/teacher conference next week, so I thought I'd take her this little baby filled with things a teacher could use, and it's an excuse to give a cute little gift, which I love to do! I found a three pack of these small plastic buckets at my local Dollar General store for $1. All I did to dress it up was tie on some different ribbons(love the zebra stripe)to the handles and I added a vinyl "H" to monogram it just for her. It is filled with lotion, hand sanitizer, packets of Advil, two pens, post-it notes, a candy bar and two little pink travel jars of heart shaped paper clips. Filled to the brim, this hot pink goodie bucket is ready to be delivered to her teacher. I hope she likes it!

Gotta Love A Bargain

Just thought I'd share the bargains I found at Hobby Lobby recently. I get excited when I can get something I've been looking for at such a great price. When I was in there recently,(I'm a frequent visitor of HL)I was strolling their 80% off clearance section and spotted these two great black finials.(cue the hallelujah music) They were screamin' buy me. The larger one was$5 and the smaller one $2, which is great compared to what they were, so I got 'em! I just love the look of them, especially the larger one. They go great with the other black accents I have in my home and there's quite a few places I could use them so they might get moved around.



The large iron key, key hole and decorative knob were just at the HL 50% sale, which if you miss what you want on sale one week, check again the next week because as we HL shoppers know there stuff always goes on sale at 50% off. I was still happy to get it at that price because I had been wanting to use this great little set of iron keys (think they came from Rod Works in Utah) in a grouping. I've searched HL's signs for a small one that's just right to go with this, but can't find one, so I think I might make my own. We'll see. Just remember to get out there and shop those clearances. You never know what you might find.