Time is Flying

Tonight I'm going to a surprise baby shower for a friend who is having her third boy.  I love the idea of having the shower be a surprise! Hopefully she hasn't figured out that she is having a party thrown for her tonight.

Here's a look at the card that I put together for her.

I know about 6 people who are pregnant right now. Wow. Something must be in the water!

A couple of days ago I was sorting through photos and saw a photo that is one of my favorites of my three kids standing in the doorway ready to go out on trick or treating.

 
One of my favorite things about this photo is seeing how much younger my kids are since this was taken five years ago. I think in would be so fun to go back in time for a day and enjoy snuggling these younger versions of my ever growing kids. My little baby in that photo is now in first grade. Time is such an interesting thing. I'm always excited for time to pass so we can attend our next exciting event, but when I stop and pause, I see how quickly time is moving along.

Can you believe that it's going to be December tomorrow? Wow, now time is really flying!


Cards supplies are from the Fancy Pants Designs Baby Mine collection and the Trick or Treat Layout supplies are from the Fancy Pants Designs Oct. 31st line.

Welcome Baby + Funny Gift

Over the weekend our family attended a baby shower. The shower was a backyard BBQ with a live band, face painting and yard games. It was a fun way to celebrate the upcoming birth of our friends' first baby.

When I was shopping for a baby gift a came across a onesie that I couldn't resist...

I wasn't sure the onesie would be part of the gift, but then I saw that the mom had added it to her gift registry and that sealed the deal.

Of course, the gift wouldn't be complete without a card.

Card supplies are from the Fancy Pants Baby Mine line.

The baby shower was a lovely way to spend an afternoon outside in our (finally) fantastic weather.

On another note, look who lost her 3rd tooth tonight.

The tooth's been hanging by a thread for days, but it just wouldn't come out. Tonight during dinner, I noticed a big open space in Hannah's mouth and asked where her tooth was. She must have swallowed it because it was nowhere to be found. Hopefully the Tooth Fairy will stop by tonight anyway!

Hello, Baby

Today I get to celebrate the upcoming arrival of a friend's baby boy at her baby shower. It's her first baby and I'm very happy for her.

Here's a look at the card I put together for her.

The supplies are all from the Fancy Pants Off to School line. The colors in the line work so well for so many different topics - even baby cards!

Hope you are have a wonderful Saturday!

Sweet Baby Card

Last Saturday I needed a card for a baby shower and decided to use the Fancy Pants It's the Little Things line for the card. I really love the soft cozy color palette of this line.


One of my favorite things about the latest Fancy Pants line is the filter flowers. They are so lightweight and add a cool touch to projects.

For my card, I folded the filter flowers in half and created a scalloped border along the side of the card.


Thanks for stopping by today. I'm taking a break from Friday Finds this week because I've been too busy to put together my favorites. Hope you have a great weekend!

Fun with Pipecleaners

This morning my daughters and I went to a baby shower for a friend who is having a baby boy in three weeks.

I had fun making a baby boy card with the November Scrapbook Circle Kit. The colors are just perfect for boy themed projects.

I used a bit of glossy accents to attach the burlap to the card so that I was sure that it would stay attached.


While we were at the shower, they had a fun ring pipe cleaner craft for us to make. A lot of people there had made these before, but I'd never seen them.

Here's a look at my daughter's ring. I love the swirly center she added to her ring.


Here's a look at my ring. It's pretty big and I'm sure I won't wear it often, but it will be fun to pull out sometime for a playful occasion.


If you are like me and hadn't made these before, here is a video you can watch and see how they are made. The video shows how to make these with three pipe cleaners and we used 5 for our rings.

I just came across this recipe for Nutella Cheesecake Brownies today and I must make them soon.

Don't they look delicious?