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Lego Star Wars Birthday party food labels~

January 26, 2012 Leave a Comment

While Lego Boy’s Star Wars birthday party was only my 4th highest views post last year it’s the front runner in emails for the year. I get an average of 5 requests a week for the food labels I created for the party. Because the images are copyrighted to Lego I can’t sell them. And I wasn’t sure about giving them away, not only legally, but also personally. I spent hours and hours and HOURS on these labels and I’m a bit attached to them.

As part of my 2012 goals for this blog I’ve been wanting to utilize my facebook page more/better. SO as an incentive for “liking” my page, for the next month only, I’m giving away my Lego Star Wars birthday party food labels! Just go like my facebook page, and download the link. If you already like my page just click on the “Lego Star Wars Labels” on the left hand side!

and as an aside is there any requests for any other facebook incentive downloads in the future?

Topsy Turvy Tuesdays

January 23, 2012 15 Comments

GAH!!! I made some silly changes to my flickr account while I was sick and stupid… now none of my buttons are working! And they won’t again, you’ll have to get NEW buttons from below! I am so sorry for being such a dork!

We spent our weekend sick! Which while the sick part (and the messy house part) wasn’t fun, the sitting around playing wii, watching movies and enjoying NOT being out in the snow was a ball. I got some fun new crochet projects done and started a new knit project that’s going to take QUITE some time. Last week I posted Computer boy’s blue Chevron Ombre birthday cake, and this week my recipe for cheesy potatoes (aka funeral potatoes) along with the rest of his birthday dinner (and fun chevron ombre labels!)

I also posted my tutorial for my over-sized ruffled headband and my Friday Flashback was this “you are special” birthday plate I made years ago. And finally Baby Boy’s birth announcements! I had SO much fun making these, it was worth the time it took to design and put together. Probably my favorite announcements yet (next Friday Flashback I really should share the Destroying Angels announcements, I loved those too!)

This week’s features!

This metallic three panel art piece is GORGEOUS!!!! I wish I’d got thicker like this with my backlit art. I love the ombre gold metallic colors. I think I might need this (but maybe in silver)

I am desperately in need of a diaper bag… It’s getting pretty rough around here now that the diapers and spare clothes are getting bigger. I LOVE this laminated messenger bag tutorial. It’s exactly what I need. Now to just find the right laminated fabric for me!

I did a ton of pillow refashions last year, and I think this ruffled ribbon pillow would fit right in!!! SO lovely!

Have I mentioned how much chocolate I’ve been eating lately? I don’t crave chocolate when I pregnant with boys, so I didn’t eat much last year, but it feels like the last 3 months since baby Boy was born I’ve been making up for the 9 months without! These chocolate peanut butter toffee bars sound fantastic!

Along with loads of chocolate and peanut butter my other favorite things with chocolate are coconut, pecans and caramel. So these chocolate coconut bars are also going on my list to make! Mmmm (yes there is a reason I don’t lose much weight until AFTER I finish nursing!)

Don’t forget to take a button if you were featured (I did something pretty stupid and made some silly changes to my flickr account so now old buttons aren’t working! Feel free to grab another one!)

And don’t forget to grab a button for you blog somewhere (or adding a text link is just fine!).

Blue chevron ombre family birthday dinner- cheesy potatoes recipe

January 23, 2012 1 Comment

It was Computer boy and my husband’s birthday’s! For birthday’s here we have a family dinner the Sunday before or after every year. Since this was an off party year and we were just doing the family dinner I decided I might as well dress up dinner with labels (I’ve really enjoyed making labels for [...]

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Baby Boy’s Birth Annoucements

January 22, 2012 2 Comments

I created and mailed Baby Boy’s birth announcements at the same time as our Family Christmas cards. I figured they were going to the same people might as well save on stamps! But with as much time as both projects took I probably would have been better off doing one of the other. But I [...]

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You are special birthday plate- Friday flashback

January 20, 2012 2 Comments

I haven’t always been a blogger, but I HAVE always been a crafter! SO every once in a while I’ll fondly remember something I made B.B. (before blog) and want to share it with you, thus my Friday Flashbacks! This week? My homemade You are Special Plate for birthday’s! I grew up with the classic [...]

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Oversized Ruffled headband

January 19, 2012 2 Comments

I made this headband last year for So you think your crafty, it was party of my 7 red items for red week (AKA the week I got voted off). But with the craziness of morning sickness that followed for the few months after that I actually haven’t posted MOST of the crafts I made [...]