Wednesday, March 31, 2010

I'm still here

March has been a CRAZY month! I have hosted 8 Party Wishes parties, 5 of them were Mad Hatter parties :) I am Sheridan's Brownie leader and we have been selling cookies outside of WalMart and the troop visited a vet and went to a scrapbook store to do some page layouts of the past year's activities.
We have had dance classes, baseball practice and games, Boy and Girl Scout meetings, PTA meetings (I'm in charge of Women in History at the elementary school), orthodontic appointments, speeches and presentations for Cleopatra biography (3rd grade) and Chasen was in a class play about Geology.
Unfortunately, I am just skimming the surface here!
As you can see, my blog has been on the back burner for 2 weeks and now you know why.
From the picture above you can tell that Chasen decided to break his arm because not EVERY moment of the day was not taken up with some type of activity.

During all of this fun we have been having, I am in the middle of re-decorating my family room and adjoining kitchen. At present, it is done in green walls, Waverly Old Country Roses slipcovers and red toile window coverings. Since the cushions were a bit worn on the couch that triggered me to design a whole new room. Above is my "plan". We are purchasing a white slipcovered IKEA sectional with an extra slipcover, I bought a new rug from Land of Nod and I am making new curtains for both rooms and all of the accent pillows. I have also re-painted my kitchen table and chairs and stapled on a new oilcloth blue with white polka dot tablecloth. I will also be painting the walls blue.

I am also going to paint the kitchen cabinets bright white (they are cream now) and the island Fire Engine red (it is now Barn red). I also replaced all 3 of my chandeliers with new ones that I painted bright white and had adorned with Cath Kidston tea cups and a tea pot.

I hope to be done by next week to show you what I have been up to.

Now, I am off to get things organized for our garage sale this weekend. I am having a special "preview sale" for friends on Friday night so they get first dips on the "good stuff".

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Bring On The Ants!

Are you ready for Spring? It's going to be in the 80s today in Los Angeles and I think I'll take the family on a picnic.
All of these lovely plates are made out of melamine.

That means you can take them on picnics to the beach or the park or...


by the pool or your very own backyard! They can all be found here.




Monday, March 15, 2010

Mad Hatter at CafeMom

My Mad Hatter Tea party is featured at CafeMom along with Lollipop Events and Design. What an honor!

St. Patrick's Day Crafts

The Toymaker has wonderful print, cut and fold projects for your St. Patrick's Day celebration.
I love this coin box!

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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Camping Anyone?




I found this adorable 1st birthday celebration via The Creative Hostess
So many great details...the hostess even decorated the bathroom with evergreens, balsam scented soap and river rocks in the bottom of the sink...LOVE it!