Happy Saturday!

Well happy Saturday everyone!  I hope you are having a wonderful holiday weekend.  Today I am in need of a little inspiration to carry me through the business of Easter preparations.  Tomorrow morning we will have our egg hunt and my parents are coming for breakfast before we all go to church, so it will be busy.  I am making the most delicious egg and cheese casserole {a recipe from a friend} and I will share that with you later.  Mostly today is about being ready and freshening up the house and gardens.  

pinterest via Boden

How adorable are these little guys?  I want!

pinterest via kara's party ideas.com

Last year I hosted an Easter play date {view here} but the next time I will take a look at this sweet little party.

pinterest via etsy

I really like the chalkboard paint idea for eggs this year!

pinterest via Glitter Guide

I know that lilies are the flower of Easter, but I much prefer tulips.

pinterest via DGV

The perfect Easter breakfast/brunch table setting.  So beautiful.

pinterest via Susan Benner Rego

I hope all your preparations are going well.  Stay inspired!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I usually try to do something special for my family on Valentine's Day.  This year I thought I would do a pancake breakfast.  I had pretty much everything already on hand--remnant Valentine fabric, picture frame, chair ornaments, & LOVE letters--I brought out their little chairs and table from the playroom and placed them in front of the fireplace and TV so they could have a totally different breakfast experience (half the fun).   We had chocolate chip pancakes and fruit skewers along with their marshmallow pops and one special gift each.  Just a small way for me to show love to my family on this fun day!

 I had this adorable reproduction vintage Valentine's Day fabric from a bib project long ago.  It always comes in handy to keep left over fabric lying around.  The mint frame got a bit of left over wrapping paper and the marshmallow pops where stuck into floral foam placed in a gingham bucket with ribbon.

 Gwenna had been wanting this barber chair for awhile!  It doesn't show in this picture, but she was so excited!

 Same in this picture--I am slow on the button, because he was really happy to get this Calvin and Hobbes book, too.  He could hardly put it down long enough to eat.

but eat they did...

 My little cutie all ready for her Valentine's Day party at pre-school!

 But first a little play time...

The sugar is taking affect!  

Lori and I wish you a fun and memorable Valentine's Day today!

Glitter and Mold

Rebecca has been really good about posting things for Christmas.  I have not been good about that at all.  My excuse is that the battery in my camera is dead, and my other camera is m.i.a.  And I decorated late.  And I am lazy, people.  So here is my Christmas decorations post.  I would have more pictures, which may or may not be a good thing, but the camera I borrowed from my sister went dead and I can't find the charger.  I am so pessimistic today.  I really should be in a more joyful mood, considering this is the season for it.  Anyway, here is my family room, all decked out for Christmas.

The fireplace, with a paper banner that I made the other night while
Alli and I watched the Fred Astaire movie Daddy Long Legs.

Close up of the fireplace

I decided the fireplace needed a little bit o' color, so I added some fresh greens. 
My fireplace mantle is really on the thin side, so I can't add too much stuff to it.

The whole shebang.  There's my man David, dressed and ready for the season. 
See the pinwheels on the wall?  I made those while we were watching the movie.
I like them, but they kind of remind me of mold spores.  Pretty paper pinwheel mold spores.  Nothing says "Christmas" like a little paper mold.

David wishes you a Merry Christmas.

My pretty little glittery reindeer. 
Now he feels more at home, since I added the greenery.

This is our tree.  In case you weren't sure.  I need to snap a couple pictures of it at night. 
I haven't done that yet.

Glitter!

I have a few of these that all have different postcard
pictures in them scattered throughout the tree.

I love these bulbs.  I think they are beautiful.

Little feathery birdy on the tree.
 There are also some birds without feathery tails. 
There are also some butterflies.
And some hydrangea, blue clusters and brown clusters. 
I would have taken a picture, but that pesky battery died.

 So that is my living room, all decked out for Christmas.  I usually put up another tree in the formal living room, and a small Jack Skellington/Nightmare Before Christmas tree in the office/den, but I just didn't have the time or energy this year.  I did manage to put up Alli's little tree in her room, though, but only because it is pre-decorated (by my very talented Aunt) and ready to go.  Anyway, Happy Holidays!

~Lori