Splish Splash

My girls had their birthday party a couple weeks ago.  It was tons of fun!  Not even the drizzle could fizzle out the excitement!

I’m pretty proud of my cupcakes.

I used Elfin cookies for the bathing beauties and Peach Gummy Rings for the life preservers.

These are my Sister-in-Law’s from my Niece’s birthday.  I think she should get the most props.  These are stink’n cute!

Katie

 

Rendezvous

The hubs and I took a little trip to France last week in celebration of our 10th Wedding Anniversary.  To say it was a dream would be an injustice. 

There are a million things to fall in love with in this enchanting country, but these are what I was most smitten with:

The Doors

Yes, you read that right.  Holy H-E-double hockey sticks!  If I could only see what’s on the other side!  The colors, the moldings, the hardware…Smitten.

 

 

Smitten like a kitten, Meow…

Katie

Foyer Re-do

I got a little antsy last week and moved some furniture around.  I really like the change. 

What do you think?

I picked up the wall sconces at Scott’s last month.  Not sure what color they will end up, but I couldn’t wait to see them on the wall.  I need a bigger pot for my orchid and some accessories, but I’m thinking it’s not too bad!

Katie

Twofer

Have you heard of Linnea Design Poster Calendars?  Well, let me just say that they are amazing!  I got one for Christmas this year (thank you me) and I love it!  The art is beautiful and you can get a 11X14 frame to put it in.  It not only lets you know what day it is, but it’s art too!  I love twofers!

You can check out each month’s art here.

Of course, I love the images so much that I can’t just look at one at a time.  I need to see all of them!

I purchased four more frames from Ikea.  I’m in the process of adding the other months.  I’ll show you the whole year as soon as I get them up.

BTW, remember when the birds flew the coup in the kitchen?  Well, they landed her for just a bit.

But in the end, here is where they’ve come to rest. 

For some reason, I’m hearing the Lion King’s song, “Circle of Life” in my head.  Sorry birdies.

Katie

Teacher Appreciation

I finished up my teacher appreciation gifts last night and thought I would share, just in case you are still looking for ideas.

I picked up a pack of 4 of these Vanilla Bean Sodas at TJ Maxx.  The koozies are from JoAnne’s.  I just hot glued the ribbon and flower on. 

The tag reads, “Bubble Bubble, Fizz Fizz, What a Wonderful Teacher You Izz!”

I got the treat boxes from TJ’s as well and baked a batch of brownies.

The tag reads, “Your Class is a Real “Treat”!

The ice cream cups are from JoAnne’s.  I added the yellow crinkle and put a Bruster’s gift card inside.

I used the spoon for the tag.  It reads, “You’re Sweet!”  I also thought of putting, “You’re Cool!” 

Bath and Body had their soaps on sale this week.  I just freehanded the tag to look like an apple.

The tag reads, “We couldn’t have “picked” a better teacher!”

Hope you can use some of these ideas.  They were all under $6 each!

Katie

Hard to Believe

My sweeties turn six today.  Where does the time go?

Telling secrets

Good surprise or bad surprise?

 

I’m scared.  This will be reality before we know it.

 

The triplets: With their “sister” Bailey

 

Happy birthday my loves.  I can’t wait to see what this year holds in store for you!

Katie

Fireplace

I know there are differing opinions on this, but I’m a firm believer in painting brick fireplaces.  Especially when they look like this.

Remember my before…

I chose to paint mine and I was so happy with the results.  It brightened the room and also brought it up to date without having to spend a lot of money.

Well, looks like I have another brick fireplace just begging for a little upgrade.

But this time, I’m going to white wash instead of paint the brick.  I came across this fireplace makeover the other day over at The Yellow Cap Cod and I really like the way you can still see the variation in color of the brick.

This is her client’s before:

And here is the after:

I’ll let you know how it turns out.  The painters finished up last night and it looks amazing!  I can’t wait to show you.  What a difference a little LOT of paint can make!

Katie