Arbor's 1st ABC Birthday!

This past weekend we celebrated Arbor's 1st birthday. It's so incredible how this year has blessed me in so many ways of becoming a Mom to this amazing little girl. Here are some pictures from her Birthday!

 The food table

The mason jars spelled out Arbor's name. They held tea light candles inside.

The Goodie Bags!

Each goodie bag had Alphabet cereals, magnetic letters for the kids names, and a set of ABC flashcards.

Dessert table!

Arbor's smash cake

I had letter signs for just about everything.

ABC cookies

A flashcard cake

ABC flashcards

Banner for her high chair

Gift table

One of the few presents she actually tried to open

Her little mouse wheely

She loves her big stuffed animal puppy

Smooshy face kiss :)

The aftermath :)

Ended the day with sitting in a toy chest and reading!

Arbor's Owl Costume

As I was trying to decide on what Arbor should be for Halloween this year, I knew that I wanted to make it. Last year before she was born I found an owl hat on etsy I knew she had to have!

 I knew I was going to get her another one for this winter and thought it would make a perfect hat for her Halloween Costume. So I decided to just make the rest :) 

Here's what I did.

First Gather scrap fabric pieces.

Then cut out 3 pieces of felt. One big oval for the front and 2 long ovals for the wings.

They don't need to be perfect since you'll be putting the fabric around.

Then cut out small ovals from the scrap fabrics and place on felt.

Continue till the felt is covered. Then do the same for the wings. After all in place, hot glue each oval to felt. I then bought heat bond and ironed the felt pieces onto a longsleeve pink onesie. 

For the tutu, measure a piece of elastic to fit your little one's waist.

Sew the elastic together. Then cut strips of fabric to tie onto the elastic.

I used about 60 strips that were about 1/2 in to 1in. thick and 6 in. long.

Then tie the fabric onto the elastic.

There you have it! Super easy and look how adorable she looks!

Happy Halloween!

Desk redone!

This summer I was on the hunt for a sofa table. I knew little A would be mobile soon and I really was trying to baby proof our living room. We had a black bookshelf in our living room that she would have been able to grab everything off of!

I looked everywhere to find what I had in mind, but was finding nothing. I knew I wanted something that I could repaint myself.

Then I finally found something that had great potential. Dummy me forgot to take a before picture of the desk, but here is a picture of the drawers. The desk was the same orange and black peeled paint and needed a lot of work.

I've redone furniture before but nothing where I had to really scrape a lot of layers of paint. It took awhile to scrape, sand, and prime.

The end project turned out beautiful though! It's one of my favorite things in our living room!

Much Love,  

Holly

The Perfect Day! (And some new stuff in the shop)

These last few weeks have been really trying for me. Going back to work away from the peanut has been hard. I've cried many times and have constantly wondered why I can't be one of the lucky Momma's out there that get to stay home with their littles. Not only was that lying on my shoulders but work itself has been very difficult different this year with a lot to do and starting out with 25 kindergarteners is a challenge in itself.  Then this weekend I was reminded why I am a working mom. God has really been showing me things these last couple of weeks and knowing that I can rely on him is what gets me through. 


Yes, I am a working Mom that is blessed with a job that helps support my family, my little peanut, our lives together. I get many holiday breaks and summer vacations to enjoy with them and for this I am thankful.


Today was one of those blessed days off where all 3 of us got to spend the day together. It was perfect.


(WARNING* You're about to see a lot of pictures, but if you hang out till the end, there will be a special gift :) 

Little A will be 7 months on Friday, but we decided to celebrate today!

The weather was beautiful and Autumn is definitely in the air.

I've been working very hard this past couple of weeks to add new things to the shop. And because I love you guys so much enter the word "Autumn" in the coupon code  for 10% off!

Much Love, Holly