the twins’ rainbow party
Good morning! It is a good morning over here. Our drain is officially fixed (and by my husband, not the many plumbers that have looked at it), the counter is clear of icing spatulas and measuring...
View Articleegyptian festival: part 1
This night was for her. Yes, all her sisters have listened to me reading her Egyptian books and got into the exciting part of costuming for the festival and helped with ideas here and there but this...
View Articleat the fairy pond…
Welcome to the fairy pond. It was a simple party. Fairy food, cake, and swimming. The details were what I wanted special for these girls–I wanted it to feel like they had truly entered a wooded pond...
View Articlea mermaid party
{my shy, little mermaid} {all ready for friends to come!} {the beautiful sign my mother-in-law painted to welcome the mermaids around back} {our little fishnet party favors: a collection of seashells,...
View Articlerowan’s crab party
{The quiet but happy birthday boy} {Brought back childhood memories hanging streamers} {Bakie’s shortbread cookie favors} {Last minute thought of using fishnet from this} {The most beautiful,...
View Articleour fall harvest party
{Homemade popcorn balls with orange extract.} {A cozy spot by the fire.} {Farmer boy Rowan loving apples on a stick and our friend’s banana cookies.} {Magically, it is time for the harvest party to...
View Articlea surprise cake
Happy birthday, today, Bobby. Yesterday after church the girls and I pulled a last minute surprise-cake-gathering together for Bobby and kept it a secret until 7:45 last night. Bobby walked through...
View Articleher make-up party
Sometimes I’m surprised by my children. Other times, I can see something coming from a mile away. My Johanna that you’ve come to know in this space through her love of learning by playing the part...
View Articleright now…
Right now I’m… sitting on a bag of ice, for the third time today feeling sorry for myself that I have a strained piriformis feeling grateful that it isn’t worse looking forward to being with friends...
View Articleour fall harvest party….
Good morning. I hope you all had a fun + festive weekend with your families and friends. I’m happy to report that my injury is getting better every day. And that our Fall Harvest Party was so...
View Articleyellow + gray
I was pretty excited to help throw a baby shower for a friend using her preferred baby colors that were baby Rowan’s colors: yellow + gray. Using up the last scraps of my favorite fabric I used for...
View Articlethe bridal shower…
{My Ole Miss little brother and his dear Meghan.} {My Granny’s pound cake recipe that I turned gluten free. Made 30 of these cute loaves for the party favors.} {Some southern family recipes graced...
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