When one of our All Stars was leaving the party he looked at me with his sweet sweat stained face and asked "What kind of party are you having next year?" I told him I wasn't sure. He looked disappointed. I'm not sure if it was because I didn't have an answer for him or [...]
Monster wanted her sports party to be full of games. She wanted to play them all. Baseball, soccer, football, basketball, golf, tennis, croquet, and jump rope. I had to let her down gently. I mean, our yard is only SO big. But I did promise her I'd try to fit as many games in as [...]
The tables under the tent. Hmmm.... how do I make them "sporty"? The party tent is one of my favorite things to decorate for the parties I throw. My best gal pals assistant event coordinators and I gather the morning of, grab some coffee and meet under the tent. It's the heart of the backyard. Where family and [...]
When SuperDAD walked in and asked me what "ALL THAT CARDBOARD" was in the trunk of the car for I wasn't sure how to answer. I knew he'd think my inner Craft Hoarder got the better of me... AGAIN!!! That I was craft-crazy. The Crazy Cardboard Lady, he'd call me! So I just answered as nonchalantly [...]
I originally wanted to make trophies for Monster's Sports Party. I was about 12 minutes from it too, until it hit me... MEDALS would be so much easier. I knew I wanted to have an award ceremony at the party. After we played all the fun sports games I had lined up (stay tuned for that [...]
I have rolls and rolls of crepe paper unraveling in my craft corner (literally all my crafting supplies reside in a corner of my home... I will someday have a craft ROOM!). They are all left over from Monster's Color Splash Birthday Bash. You remember that party, right?? It was her second birthday and I [...]
A BIG GIRL BED, that's what!! Well, that's what we got ours anyway!! Monster's feet were beginning to touch the bottom and I there was barely any room for me to snuggle In for story time. Okay, it wasn't the getting in that was getting difficult, it was the getting out!! Monster was definitely [...]
Just incase you missed the memo... Monster recently turned FOUR!! Right before my pretty girl's birthday I posted and shared her previous birthday photo shoots. (If you missed it click here) I explained how every year we treat her with her very own Appletini photo session. She loves it! ALMOST as much as her Mommy (and Aunt [...]
