crochet cupcake

so, you know i love to bake, and i love to crochet and the other night, while watching lost and wanting to be a little distracted during the stressful parts (i dont know why i get stressed out when there is conflict in ANY situation on tv...im such a wuss but i also love to watch shows with conflict...give me any indie super sad movie and i love it. so conflicting...) anyway, what was i saying? oh ya, i decided to google crochet cupcakes and i used this pattern and made this little jewel

i accidentally used heavier yarn on top so its pretty lopsided but it was my first try...im gonna make a bakers dozen and let you know how those come out

bowlin'

Last week we went out to celebrate our friend Aric's birthday. I debated on weather or not to get a babysitter for Ella and I am SO glad I didn't. We went bowling and Ella had a blast, she loved everything about the bowling alley! Brittany got some great pictures of the night and you can see a few of them here on her fabulous photography blog.

party hearty-ing

so aves turned 4 this weekend...i just cant believe it!! so many fantastic friends came in town and a few friends from school and we party heartied til we could not stand to see another heart. it was so fun. the decor is pretty dorky and homemade but aves was super excited and very into shapes and hearts. so sweet.

it all started with the heart wreath that i just glued hearts onto a styraphome circle...nothing fancy.

and we found these inflatable hearts that are so great and i made a heart garland out of fabric scraps

and i made some of these dorky heart trees with lots and lots of cutting out hearts of all sizes.

so sad these are blurry! they are the only pics of the heart center pieces for the food...

allison helped me make these felt hearts that we put on the cupcakes

our 'heart felt thanks' for everyone who came. we screen printed the same size heart on the bags that we did for the shirts

we filled them with these coin purses that i made with a pattern i found at city craft and lots of dollar isle heart things from target

and everyone loved the bounce house!

my mom bought these heart boxes that the girls painted and bejeweled. so fun.

sass was definately more into painting herself...

here is the invitation that i made a while back

and the shoes that we wore

and the birthday girl sad that the day was over...

needless to say, she loved it even though i forgot to put the drinks out (and the heart ice that i made for them), we forgot to sing happy birthday and it was 38 degrees outside!! hahaha...oh well...im not always on top of things (ok, so actually i am never on top of things!!)

thanks to everyone who came and traveled and made and gave the most creative presents!! (check out lindsay's cute felt dolls and allison's adorable dress. no one else has a blog but everyone was so thoughtful to give her such sweet gifts) it was such a fun party hearty!

tacky...but thoughtful

Avery's Birthday is tomorrow and Kristen is throwing her the most fabulous heart themed birthday party. Pictures from the "Party Hearty" will be here soon.

Since I am really into my new sewing hobby I decided to make Avery a birthday present. She loves dressing up so I made her a dress up dress with all of her favorite fabrics. It isn't the cutest dress but there is a lot of thought behind it. It was harder than I had expected but was so fun to make. Hopefully Avery will love it!

A little Fancy Nancy, Hannah Montana, Dora, Tinker Bell, Ariel, and Cinderella.

And the dress had to have a heart on it to go with the theme of the party.

Happy Birthday Avery!

heart hair clips

after seeing MADE's super cute heart clips i decided that was a must for the party. they are so easy and so cute. i just hot glued clips in between two pieces of felt that i cut into hearts. and then sewed around the edges or in the middle...nothin' fancy. super easy.

on a totally unrelated note, ben got a little nervous to go down the slide today...he cracks me up!! poor kid. covered in mud and stuck at the top of the slide that he has gone down a million times. somebody needs a nap...

he will def be excited when he finds out he doesnt have to wear the heart clips.