Photo of the week

My sister from Oregon left last week and now it is just boring around here.  I need to visit you, Kristin, in Oregon, where I took this picture three years ago.  Maybe next year!

Sea Creatures Decorations

I finally made use of the sea shells and other creatures I collected on trips to Mexico and Oregon.  I found some frames at the DI and painted them white.  I hot glued the sea shells to some card stock and popped them in the frames.  Super cheap way to decorate a bathroom!

Photo of the week

I have some company this week!  This is why I'm late it posting my photo.  My nephew and son have been playing with (or fighting over) trucks and cars most of the time, so I thought this photo was fitting.

Pollyanna Party

I attended my first ever Pollyanna Party on Monday night!  

 

If you haven't seen the old Disney movie, Pollyanna, you have got to go rent it.  This movie is amazing!  The main message is about love and they just don't make movies that wholesome anymore.  In the movie, there is a big party ( or bazaar as they call it) and there is lots of food and games going on.  The coolest part is the Japanese lanterns hung all around.

So... we re-created the scene of the movie, by hanging up our own Japanese lanterns around my inlaws' deck.  The lanterns were gorgeous.  I plan to either make some of these or buy them in the future to create a tradition of Pollyanna parties with my own family.

 

Napkin flowers

Remember those cute flowers from this post?  Well, I finally tried it out!  First I tried tissue paper, which didn't turn out.  I used full sheets of tissue paper and it was huge- didn't even look like a flower though.  So next I tried using your everyday napkins and that turned out much better.

If you want to make some yourself, head on over to MADE for instructions.

Photo of the week

Happy 4th of July!  My first time ever photographing fireworks!

Another re-fashioned shirt

 

This boring brown shirt was in desperate need of some life, so I made another variation of my pinwheel appliques for it.  I sewed around the center of a piece of circle fabric and pulled it tight to bunch it up.  Then I put a pinwheel with a button in the middle!  Pretty darn cute, if I say so myself.