Happy Thanksgiving

I pray you all have a wonderful day with your family and friends! I am so thankful for so many things, I give God the glory for all I have. He has blessed me beyond anything I could have imagined!!
                             

All I want for Christmas is..........

I dedicate this post to my wonderful husband (smile)!

My top 5 .............



This exact one!



I need this!

any amount will do...oh how I love Starbucks

new running shoes!!

Love this pan! Cupcake surprise pan!

xoxo

Christy

Once upon a time............

Once upon a time, in a land just North of here, friends and family gathered to celebrate the upcoming birth of precious baby Ava. The beautiful mom to be was so excited to have everyone together.




I was super excited when my sweet friend Lisa , whom I have known since elementary school, asked me to help host her story book baby shower. It was a lot of fun! We found lots of amazing ideas as we scoured the internet, but the inspiration came from this adorable party found here



We used lots of the ideas, including the display of passages we found in old storybooks/fairytales. To go with the theme, we asked for new/old books in place of cards to help the mom to be create the perfect library for her beautiful baby.



As it always seems to happen you plan on taking hundreds of pictures, than the party is over before you know and you realize your camera sat in your bag! Thankfully I got some shots early in the day.

loved this vintage dish rack from tj maxx (aka my favorite homegoods store), it was perfect for holding all Ava's books. Of course, this was at the beginning and I didn't get a pic of it full!

another tj maxx find, perfect for party favors, cute hairbows made with bigshot

my favorite food at the party!! Yum, I actually had these at dinner tonight

party table

yummy cupcakes! toppers made from left over banner paper and good ol' microsoft word!

dessert table
vintage milk glasses (aka starbukcs glasses), paper straws and tin set gave a real vintage storybook feel

Caption:When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born its first laugh becomes a fairy. So there ought to be one fairy for every boy or girl

J.M Barrie

sweetest gift!
Lisa's mom packed up many things that were Lisa's from her childhood. Items including her baby blanket and little hat, a name plate and little bunny! I love this idea!!

Lisa received an old book that was one of her family members when they were a child.

I can not wait to see baby Ava!!

xoxo

Christy

Soccer Mom

                                      
Yes, it's true. I have a new title and I just love it, Soccer Mom! My baby is playing her first sport ever and lets just say the entertainment factor is defiantly there. She is in the company of 9 other cute, cute little players. Her team name, Snot Rockets! Yes, thank you Cook Farms for the wonderful donation and the great name! It truly fits this group of kids, lets just say laughter fills the air when they get to tell someone their name. Games start tomorrow and I am sure I will obtain many photos so I will keep you posted. I am just praying for no broken bones or a busted nose! Did I mention Bailey plays goalie? Yep, lord please have your angels over us!!

Boys you better watch out!

wait guys, I need a moment to pose.

love!

Caroline, Bailey and Braley
*Braley was determined to be able to stand on her ball!

Stretch!!!

the kids love to keep one foot on the ball, this pose you will see through out practice!!

I am so proud of you Bai!

Excited about the weeks ahead and praying God's protection over all of our babies!!

XoXo

Christy

Halloween Sweet Treats!

I did it, I have completed over 60 Halloween treats and I feel great! Not really, I am tired, my hand hurts, my back needs a good pop but I am happy with the turn out and Bailey excited to bring her sweet treats to school.

If you know me, you know I am a bit addicted to all things owl! I tried so hard to get Bailey to be a an owl last year for Halloween but she insisted on being a lady bug. You can imagine how happy I was when she asked for the owl costume this year, I ordered it that day (just incase she changed her mind!).

Anyways... while searching for Halloween printables I came across a really sweet site http://heartlocked.net/site/. She had some cute owl printables and the best part they were free! Check out her site, she has some amazing ideas and items!

Using the clipart she offered I was able to make Bailey some goodies!

This is what I started with:

finished with this!

I used my big shot to cut the burlap circle, I loved the texture it gave to the bag.

30 little owl treats

covered mint patties. I really love the York patties but the packaging was wrong for this idea but I did find the Pearson brand at wal-mart, 45 patties for $2.50 !

These were somewhat last minute, ran in $ tree to pick up black paper and found these pencils 12 for a 1.00 Couldn't beat the price, put them in an one inch bag from http://www.gtbag.com/ (also where I get the plastic 4*6 bags above and below), added a topper and for 3.00 18 more treats!

Bailey picked these for her class, at publix right now big bag of candy BOGO $8.99

I can't wait till Friday when everything is set up! I will post pics soon!!
Happy Halloween!!!!

xoxo

Christy

Don't call me teacher, call me mom!

Today, October 17, 2011-My first field trip with Bailey Reese with one title "mom". Bailey and I have been on many field trips during her two years in Pre-K but I have always had myclass to attend to, so daddy would go and I would get a wave, maybe even a hug if our classes passed. However this year, being in first grade allowed me to experiance the whole "field trip" day in another way.

Bailey and I had such a wonderful time, she quickly found her buddies Caroline, LilliAnn and Ella and she was off. We enjoyed a cow ride, shooting corn, petting zoo, duck race and the highlight of course picking out the perfect pumpkin. I say it over and over but being a wife to a wonderful man and a mother to a daughter that has my heart in the palm of her hand, is pretty amazing. Here are a couple of the highlights from our day:

Caroline & Bailey

Bailey & LilliAnn

Bailey, Ella, Caroline

On the cow train!

Let's shoot some corn!!

Mommy and Bailey


Have a wonderful night and if you are local...Go to Rogers Farm! It is wonderful!!!

xoxo

Christy

Cadence turns 4!

Today my beautiful niece Cadence celebrated her 4th birthday. You can imagine my excitement when my sister told me I could be in charge of all the decorating and cupcakes!! Her only stipulations were there had to be some sort of a ballerina theme and Cadence had to have her favorite candy "Hershey Kisses". The moment she told me I began searching Etsy and Pinterest ( two of my favorite online addictions) for ideas. I quickly discovered the perfect ballerina printable for my toppers (cupcakes and treat bags). Then it was off to Hobby Lobby in search for polka dot paper and cupcake holders, once the paper was bought I pulled out my big shot and began making the banner. I used my new Cricut cartridge Cherry Limeade (clearance at Wal-Mart) and cut out the letters to spell her name. Treat bags were super easy, again used my big shot (don't have one? get one! you will love it) to cut out the toppers (die cut "top note"), folded it long ways and used one of the mini toppers I had bought off of Etsy for the a "dress me up" detail. With the help of my friends I was able to gather up white dishes to complete the party setting!! Cadence loved her party and my sister was super happy, 2 of my favorite girls pleased was a blessing for me!! Happy Birthday Cadence, Aunt Christy loves you so much!!!

Cupcake toppers and favor bags

found this shadow box at tj maxx this week, I love it!
used cricut cartridge A Childs Year

quick shot of table setting

loved the shot of this cupcake

beautiful roses for the birthdya girl from her mommy!

Birthday girl with the family

Aunt Christy and Cadence

love my sister!

Cadence was so proud passing out her party favors!!

Happy Birthday Cadence

XOXO
Christy