Bird Theme Babyshower

Bird Theme Babyshower!







Lemon Coconut Cream Cupcakes (hard to see but the tail feather is lavendar lace)


Marshmellow "cupcakes"








Custom clay eggs

Chocolate Coconut birds nests (favors)

Baby games

Hairbow tree

A Baby Shower

I have been a very busy bee around here! My best childhood friend is having her first baby in June. So when her aunt asked me to co-host her shower I jumped at the chance to help make this day super special for her! The three of us all had a different task... Amy was in charge of food, her aunt was in charge of getting the petit fours/decorated cookies/napkins/cutlery/etc. I am in charge of DECORATING, favors, a candy "bar" and some cupcakes !!! My favorite thing to do in the whole wide world! Since she is on facebook, I can't really share all the wonderful fun things I am making without ruining the surprise for her. Thank goodness for this blog because I am dying to share everything! A little preface: her last name is Byrd and she is doing the nursery in a bird theme. Hence the theme for the shower! The colors are turquoise, yellows, oranges, purples, pinks and greens!

This is a flower arrange for the coffee table (behind that is a metal tree that will be used to make the "hairbow tree")


Favor tags. The favors themselves will be nests made of coconut and chocolate with a white yogurt covered raisin for an egg.


I love to make baby shoes....these are a gift for her.

Another pair of shoes :)

Hairbands for the bowtree

The house we are having it has a large granite kitchen island and this sign will mingle around the food.

Another sign!

I made these letters to hang as a banner. The plan is to have ecru colored lace trim strung. I painted clothes pins turquoise and then "shabby chic'd" them with some sandpaper. The signs will hang on the lace with the pins.

A flower arrangement to add height to the dessert table!

I found this canvas little art piece at Michaels for .50cents. I then took some fabric and ironed the babies initial onto the canvas using wonder under. I LOVE it!

A little bird corsage for the mom to be

I bought this really cute 3-12mth baby tutu at Marshalls for $5.00. It had ugly felt flowers on it. I took those off and made my own satin rosettes with green rosettes in it. The hairband had the same ugly flowers and I reworked it too. A little Amy Butler fabric, onesie and a sewing machine complete the outfit!

Chipboard bow hanger for all those bows she will get! :) Made from chipboard that was on sale at Hobby Lobby, some scrapbook paper, mod podge, ribbon and some varnish!

I haven't attached the picks yet, but these are the cupcake picks. Hard to see in the picture but I used lavender lace for the tail feathers.

I made a ton of little birds for decoration

This isn't for the party but these are some infant headbands I made for a friend at my pedi's office. :)

The shower is next weekend and I will be sure to post pictures once everything is set up! I'm so excited about the party! Yay for babies!

Phineas & Ferb Birthday Party

Laundry Soap updated!

When I first started making laundry soap I followed an internet recipe. Since that first batch I have changed the formulation to better suit my needs. Here is the original link... SOAP

Since I have a toddler that is learning to eat with a fork/spoon I needed some serious stain removing!! While I liked the other soap, I like the smell and cleaning power of this much better. Also, I just couldn't handle the "homemade soap" not bubbling. Something about the bubbles is what makes me feel like things are getting clean. Since I use only Tide for my cloth diapers (Bum Genius cloth diapers recommend Original Tide for absorbency reasons) and I like the cleaning power of Tide I decided to see what would happen if I "extended" the Tide if you will. I love the results! I can take a small tablespoon of this stuff, a bowl of water and soak my son's soiled clothing (blood, chocolate, dirt, etc) overnight. In the morning there are no stains and no scrubbing!! I throw the entire bowl of water/soap into the washer with my normal load and add a little more soap. So here is my adjusted recipe. Please note I removed the original Fels Naptha from the recipe, as it was a hard soap to grate and I didn't care for the smell. Use 1/8 cup of the soap with a medium load and 1/4 cup with large loads.

This recipe lasts me approx 5-7 months

Ingredients:
4 cups Borax
4 cups Washing Soda (not baking),
2 Bars Zote finely grated
Tide 70oz

Payless Coupon

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Ebates!!!

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