This has been a busy week of organizing and rearranging. We organized both girls’ rooms, the pantry, four closets, the bathroom cabinets and drawer where I store our toiletries, another bathroom drawer, and the cabinets under two bathroom sinks. Organizing the toiletries gave me a much better idea of our needs; some things I…
About a year and a half ago, I found a beautiful piece of fabric on Black Friday. It was just a little bit (a yard and 3/8) and there was enough to make a dress for Ivory if I made it while she was young. This piece of fabric became my theme for her party–blue…
I have had a lot of readers commenting and emailing lately about unemployment and other financial difficulties. I know many of you are struggling to make ends meet. Everyday money challenges are difficult enough, but then a child has a birthday, and you’re left wondering what you can do to make their day special, when…
Note: This post contains affiliate links. Cyrus turned 11 last week, and requested a Harry Potter birthday. This is the second time I’ve had a Harry Potter birthday for him, and I’ve had one for Ezrom as well. With 7 children, I doubt it will be the last time we have a Harry Potter…
Wren turned 6 last month. We had a simple birthday at home with some handmade gifts. She loves both yellow and pink, so we had a yellow and pink birthday party, with yellow daffodils and pink stock from the garden on the table. I hung up the pink bunting that I used at Elsa’s birthday…
This post contains affiliate links. Elsa fell in love with the Eiffel Tower last year after Winter had her French party with her sisters. A few months later, we bought her a dress at a garage sale that was an all-over Eiffel tower print, and she loved it. For Christmas I made her this Eiffel…
We started Winter’s birthday last week with presents at breakfast. That’s not how we have done things in the past, but I loved this change and it might occur a lot more often at our house. I did a silver and white theme using the back side of some green wrapping paper to wrap a…
I thought I’d share with you the gifts that I made Liberty for her birthday. I made her this necklace and this bracelet. I bought the pink beads many months ago at Michael’s when they had a 40% off bead sale. This was one of the least expensive stings of beads. The chain and 2 jump…
Shirt: Free hand-me down in like new condition, given as a birthday gift; shorts bought on clearance last year. In the background is our Early Elberta peach tree, from which we are still picking My husband cut my hair on Sunday morning. We had to replace our dishwasher this week. I compared models online and…
I had a lovely surprise party for my husband’s 50th birthday. I borrowed tables and chairs to have enough seating for everyone. We ate from regular plates and bowls. We ate outside on our back patio. Our menu: Individual sized French BreadIndividual sized Rosemary Olive Oil Bread Tomato Basil SoupPasta e Fagioli Pasta Salad (I used green…
I’ve had a lot of questions about the Subway Art Style bookmarks that I made for my children for Christmas. I made mine in Photoshop, but you can easily make them in Word. If you want more fonts than you currently have, do a search for free fonts, and download some new fonts that…
We celebrated my son’s birthday last week. I made him a blueberry pie (his request) using some cans of blueberry pie filling a friend picked up when Fresh N Easy closed down near us (She called me to ask if the prices were good prices, and then on her way home she dropped off some…