Summer Vacation of 2009

The Pinkalicous Par-Tay!

The most important table at the Pinkalicious Party! Dessert! I made some yummy Pinkalicious cupcakes, just like in the book! I also made some marshmallow cupcakes with large marshmallows that I dipped into white chocolate, dyed pink, and topped with sprinkles and a candy cherry. I was going to make a BIG pink cupcake for Cali's cake, but a few days before the party, we had a service auction for Relief Society and I won the service to have a sister in my ward make a birthday cake for Cali! How wonderful is that? I also put out some of Cali's favorite PINK cookies and pink wafers. I added in the Pinkalicious plates and pink napkins along with Cali's Pinkalicious doll and a pink rose.

 My daughter, Cali the birthday girl, took this pic. I love how it turned out-and she's only 4! The Yummy table from the view of a child!

The amazing cupcake just like the one in the book!

 They were delicous too! I added some extra almond flavoring to batter and frosting and used only the most fattening of ingredients! YUM!

If you haven't heard of, or read the Pinkalicious book, it is a super cute one about a girl that ate too many pink cupcakes and turned pink! It is so cute and I definately recommend it! I had so much fun doing a Pinkalicious themed birthday party for Cali! It was truly a special day for my special little girl!

Happy Birthday Banner

For Cali's Pinkalicious Birthday Party, I made her a birthday banner using different pink papers, white paper, pink paper, pink ric rac, my Cricut, and my sewing machine

 I used my Cricut to cut out Happy Birthday Cali in pink paper and circles in white paper. I also used my Cricut to cut out a large cupcake in different shades of pink. I cut out large triangles and glued them together.

 Then, I used my sewing machine to sew ric rac onto each triangle piece. So easy and cheap! I just used what I had on hand, I didn't have to buy a thing!

Happy Birthday sweet pea! Love you!

Bamboo Sofa Table

My partially unfinished basement is in desperate need of furnishing! I found this amazing Bamboo sofa table at DI to refinish and I love the result!

 I forgot to take a pic before I got it painted, but it was not a pretty sight. It was original wood, but with deep scratches and the twine was unraveling. My brother found out about my table and offered to come paint my table for me with his spray gun and auto paint. I would never think to use auto paint, but it created a beautiful and durable finish

 Close up of the bamboo and twine. Love the look!

the best part is that the table was only 10 bucks, but I really splurged on the paint....... Thanks Taylor for your help and hard work!

Pinkalicious Bows

Cali recently had a Pinkalicious Birthday Party for her 4th birthday! It was so much fun! I got so excited for it I made her these super cute Pinkalicious bows! This one is the largest bow I made to pin on the back of her wings

 Pinkalicious Hair bows. LoVe!

 Clips for her hair

 The whole set!

I haven't made bows for Cali in a long, long time! I just might have to start making them again! I forgot how much I love creating them!

Scrap

More scrapbook pages. Still workin' on '09 haha....

Swap Items

So, what did I swap? Here are some pics of things I took to the party. This one is a set of 4 headbands I made and put on a blue hanger. I attatched a cute home-made bow from scraps of fabric and ric rac along with a tag to get attention

 A candleholder I no longer wanted

 Magnet Board

 Wallet and clutch sets

and a skirt I made from scraps I no longer wanted

One of my creative newspaper bows. Check me out!

I had so much fun making these things to take and share in return for some awsome finds :)

The 365 Swap

My friend Haley and a group of her friends came up with The 365 Swap a while back and she invited me to it in the Spring. It was so awsome, I got a couple more people to come with me this time around :) This is me and my good friend Ami with our swap items waiting to get in to the par-tay

 Soo excited!

 Here are 3 of the hosts getting us started, my friend Haley is on the left

 The way it works is you bring up to 7 items to swap for items other people brought to swap. It can be anything new, old, something you made, whatever you want to swap. It needs to be something loved and/or spruced up to be something someone might want to get in return

 When you get there, you get a nametag and clothespins depending on how many items you brought. I brought 7 itmes, so I got 7 clothespins I added my name to so I could then pin them on items I would like to take home with me. There are 3 rounds in which you go up and look at the items, then pin on all your clothespins to things you want. Anything with just one clothespin, goes to the name on it. Anything with more than one, gets a pin drawn out of a hat, then if you did not win, you get your pin returned to you. Then the next round you take your clothespins you have left and pin them all again on things you want and hope you win them!

 Above is a skirt I made to swap, and below is a cute bar made-over for serving desserts

 Here are some examples of items people brought to swap, with cute ribbons and tags attatched

Thanks Haley, for the invite and super fun party! and thanks Ami and Ashley for joining me and making the night super fun and exciting!

Teeny Skirt

I haven't posted in a while because not only has life been moving waay too fast, but in the meantime I lost my computer to a virus and it has just taken me a while to get back into my groove. This SKIRT, I made with my niece, Megan, who didn't end up getting a girly skirt like all my other little nieces. She came to spend a few days with me before High School started back up and since she's not a little girl anymore, I helped her make a girly skirt of her own

 Megan found the tutorial for this skirt, but since I lost all my favorites, I am not sure where she found it, sorry. We made so many changes of our own to it anyway :)

 This skirt was supposed to be high waisted, but she wanted it more comfortable, so we added some fabric to the wait to make it sit lower. We also added some belt loops since the sash would have a hard time staying put with it sitting lower. We also shortened it to her liking, since it was supposed to be quite a bit longer

 She needs a cute matching flower for her hair too right?

My mom found these awsome little things called Glubers and we found some in a store the last time she visited, but for some reason, I never got around to trying them out. They are sticky circles that you can just stick your fabric right on to them instead of dealing with the glue gun. The easiest thing I have ever done!! There's also a tutorial right on the back of the package!

Thanks for the fun times Megan! I'm already looking forward to next time! Love you lots!