Egg-cellent!

Recently I have been making wreaths left and right. I love that in a short amount of time you can make a piece of art work that is easily shared with everyone! For Easter, I created a wreath using a couple bags of plastic eggs, Easter grass, a cardboard box and a bunch of hot glue! I started by cutting my wreath shape out of the cardboard box so that it would be lightweight and would lay flat against the door. After gluing the eggs on, I glued the Easter grass on by putting a bunch of hot glue where I wanted the grass and then pushing the grass onto the eggs using a pair of scissors. I am so happy with the way that it turned out!

50's Retro Bridal Shower

I am still in the planning phase of a bridal shower for a very good friend of mine from High School that I am hosting. When I was trying to get ideas I stumbled across a color combination on The Knot of a Tiffany blue and a ruby red. I am tired of all of the pink and green bridal shower things, so I knew that I wanted something completely different.

  For the invitation I had some craft paper invitations left over from decorating for my brother's Eagle Court of Honor. I took the invitations (5x7) and printed the information on them. Then I used a ten inch doily and some blue and red ribbon to finish it off. I cannot wait until the 24th to see it all put together!

Eagle Scout!

Oh my goodness! I cannot believe that my baby brother is an Eagle Scout! He has been working toward this for as long as I can remember! I am so proud of him and all that he accomplished!

To celebrate William becoming an Eagle Scout, we had an Eagle Court of Honor at a local church with one of the other boys in his troop that finished his project around the same time William did. Since this was a split ceremony, my mother and I were in charge of the table decorations. I wanted to do something a little bit different, so I looked around Pinterest and found this as inspiration. With the help of my new Silhouette, I was able to make my own version.

In addition to making the centerpieces, I was also in charge of making the invitations for the ceremony. I used Microsoft Power Point with all the details on it, then printed it out and backed it on rustic red cardstock. The dimensions were 5x7.

Congratulations William!!!

Scrapbook Retreat

This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend my first scrapbook retreat with my mom. It was one of the most amazing weekends that I have had in a long time. We stayed at the Wyndham Virginia Crossings Hotel & Conference Center which was one of the nicest hotels I have had the opportunity to stay at.

the Wyndham Virginia Crossings Hotel and Conference Center

 While we were there we had the opportunity to take a class from the amazing Teresa Collins. 

Me and Teresa Collins after the Stationary Noted class

Stationary Noted File Folder Book: using  the latest office inspired line Stationary noted and Far & Away

While I was familiar with her line of paper and embellishments, I wasn't that familiar with her kits and classes. After having the opportunity to take her class, hearing her emotional stories and getting the opportunity to talk with her I am now a huge fan!

The crop room

Our work space

It was a great weekend and I cannot wait to go back and do it again in November!

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

On March 1st, my K babies and I celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday! We did a writing activity based on the book Green Eggs and Ham. The kids wrote about how they would NOT eat green eggs and ham but that they would eat _______ on a _________. They turned out so cute! I totally forgot to take a picture, but my inspiration from the project is from here.

My K babies and I also celebrated Dr. Seuss by making our own Cat in the Hat hats. We did this by making them out of red gummies, oreos and white icing! They were a huge hit and they turned out so cute!!

Cat in the Hat hats!

In addition to Dr. Seuss, we also had a special visitor that day from the Math and Science Center. They did a really cool STEM lesson with my kiddos based on The Three Billy Goat Gruffs and the bridge that they needed to cross. They were given several different objects to help build a bridge for the goats to cross without it touching the head of the "troll" aka rubber duck under the bridge.

So proud of their work!

Working Hard!

It was amazing to see some of my kids who usually struggle with tasks excel with this engineering task! So proud of my babies!