Summer Extravaganza Treasure Trade Pics!

For pictures of the Summer Extravaganza Treasure Trade, I decided to just do a re-post from the Treasure Trade blog. Here are the fun pics! Enjoy!

 

It's about time! The pics from the Summer Extravaganza are now up! Yay! It was hard to decide which ones to post, so we did quite a few....Hope you don't mind :)

WELCOME!

Some of the décor....

Yummy Treats provided by our lovely guests...

Some of the cute and creative Trade Items!

Let the good times ROLL!

Some of the beauties that stopped by to enjoy our fun....

Thank you all for sharing this fun evening with us! We have made some memories to last a lifetime and hope you did too! -Plus a special Thanks to Ami W. for taking pics for us!

 

Love, The Treasure Traders:

Amy, Cami, Jen, Kim, and Natalie :)

 

.....'til next time!

Colin's Green Dinosaur 3rd Birthday Party!

For Colin's 3rd Birthday he really wanted a Green Dinosaur Birthday Party! Here is the announcement I made for it. I let him pick out what he wanted on it and he really liked these dinosaur guys :)

I really wanted to attempt his birthday cake myself, but being pregnant with contractions, I needed to eliminate some of the stress and so that meant the cake had to be it. I have this awesome cake lady who I have had do cakes for me before and she is amazing! I just sent her a picture and she created this from it! Love her!

 One thing I was NOT going to give up on was this DINOsaur tail! I had seen it before, but wanted to make one for him to wear on his birthday! I found this tutorial on tatertotsandjello.com and it was really super simple. He loved it and wore it almost the whole day! We had also just put in a new sandbox that we hid some dinosaur bones in for the kids to dig up! That was the best part of the party! So much fun!

 I found this FREE Dinosaur Party printable at lovelyliving.com that made things super easy. It had all the banners, birthday hats, and straw flags as well as a whole lot more that I ended up not using. I used the idea from celebrationsathomeblog.com to add spikes to the back of the Dinosaur hats! I also made up some cute signs for all the table items that matched Colin's birthday party announcements. Everyone loved the Dino Droppings and Dino Bones! The Droppings were Junior Mints and the Bones were small straight pretzels with a mini marshmallow on each end dipped in white chocolate! Mmmmm. Those were yummy to make and went suuper fast!

Colin had a super fun Green Dinosaur Party and was in heaven the whole time! He even still refers to everything green as "like my Green Dinosaur Party" such a funny kid! Happy Birthday Love!

Summer Pilllows!

I usually like to make my own pillows, but I found these turquoise ones at a local boutique and loved them! I really wanted a yellow chevron pillow to go with it, so I found this fabric at Hobby Lobby and snatched me up a pillow form while I was there and made this pillow cover! I love how the two colors compliment each other so well! Welcome Summer!

A Forgotten Project, Oh my!

I don't think I ever posted this one, but I made these Roman Shades for my Craft Room and I love how they turned out! I found some GREAT instructions on making your own custom Roman Shades on http://brownpaperpackagesep.blogspot.com! They really weren't as scary as they seemed and I am already making plans to make more for other rooms in my house!

I love when I'm in the middle of a project and my husband gets as excited about finishing it as I do! He got all the supplies, and together we got it all finished in one evening! Not bad! Thanks Paul! 

Canvas Wall Art

I have been wanting something for Cali's walls that matched her bedding I made for her to help with the finishing touches in her room. I had a canvas laying around I found a while back at DI and I came up with this:

I covered the canvas with the main focus fabric from her quilt and added frills with other matching scraps. Then I found a wooden "C" that I painted turquise and sprayed with a little glitter spray paint, which is my new favorite thing! I can't wait to see it up in her room!

Pillows for Cali's Bed

So....I finished Cali's quilt, but since she has a day bed she needed alot of matching pillows. I made the 4 standard pillows for the back with a ruffle around the edges and made 3 decorative pillows for the front

 This one was my favorite! I love how it just poofs out! I used 2 different fabrics for the ruffles and a ribbon down the center to tie it all together finished off with top stitches down the ribbon

 This pillow just has a ruffle down one side with a strip of fabric over it. I finished it off with a gathered flower that I have yet to add a jewel to

 This one is also a fun one. I took 2 long strips of brown fabric and gathered it on both sides and attatched to a strip of pink fabric and top stitched over it. I am also planning to add 3 smaller fabric flowers together on the top right corner of this one

I love how the pillows turned out and Cali's just loves her new bedding!

Hot/Cold Packs

My oldest sister, Janeal, is exactly 14 years older than me and we share a birthday, so we consider ourselves twins. She pretty much raised me, since my mom went back to work full time from the time I was a year old. She was born with cerebral palsy and wasn't supposed to survive, but if she did she was supposed to live her life as a vegetable, not able to take care of herself or do anything. With alot of hard work and therapy she was able to crawl and eventually walk with the help of a cane. She also was able to graduate from college and eventually marry in the LDS temple and give birth to 2 sweet boys. They are now 15 and 17 years old! She is such an inspiration to me of hard work and determination. She is not able to work, because of her disabilities, but unable to qualify for disability benefits. She would like to earn a little money to help her family and is selling these cute hot/cold packs she is making. They would be perfect for anyone with aches and pains or would great gifts for family members or for Chirstmas!

Her friend she makes thes with has a 14 year old grandson who has Brittle Bone Disease and recently broke his femur. After surgery, nothing helped with his swelling including the cold packs the doctors gave him, but these cold packs are the only thing that reduced the swelling and relieved him of that pain. They are not selling these merely to make money, but because they truly believe in the product!

These rectangular ones are 4 in. wide x 9 1/2 in long, and 5 in wide x 10 1/2 in long. You can buy them individually, or in a set. Smallest to largest, they are $6 and $8 or $13 for the set

These squared ones are all 5 1/2 in wide and 6, 6 1/2, and 7 1/2 in long. You can buy them individually, or in a set. Smallest to largest, they are $5, $7, and $9 or $20 for the set

If you would like to buy any, you can email her at pulsatron2003@gmail.com to make a purchase. I am really excited to help her with this and hope you like her creations, they are super cute!

Cali's Quilt!

My daughter, Cali, has a pink room. Bubble gum pink. Pink, Pink. All her decorations are the same as when she was born: blessing dress, pink baby blocks, baby pictures...you get the idea. I was worried it might be a little too little-girly for her, since she is almost 5 now. I decided I wanted to splash in some HOT pink and some turquise, since those are her 2 favorite colors. I made this quilt for her bed, making sure it wasn't too difficult or time consuming, since she is only 5 and could possibly ruin it :). I fell in love with the fabric and also have been working on 7 coordinating pillows to go on her day bed. I am so happy it is finally finished and she loves it!

Love you baby girl!

4th of July Burlap Pillow

So, 2 things I have wanted to make from Pinterest for the 4th were the Burlap Wreath, my last post, and this pillow that wasn't supposed to be burlap, but I wanted it to match my wreath. I used the same burlap from my wreath and cut it into strips, used a basting stitch to gather them together, then sewed the strips onto a piece of fabric the size of my pillow form, which was 12 x 16. Then, put right sides together and stitched around the edges and left a few inches at the bottom for turning. Finish your opening on the bottom and you're done! Find the tutorial on thislittleproject.com.