Cute!

Glass drinking jars

I'm thinking of ordering these and throwing away all the other plastic cups in my cabinet and just using these for the girls!

2month

Misty Pink Birth Announcement

Shutterfly has cute birth announcements and Easter cards.

View the entire collection of cards.

Brownies....yummmmm

Once again, I can't go to a gathering with just a pan of brownies. I can't. I have to fancy them up in some way. Again, this may sound "snobby" and I promise I am not!

I took these to my husband's g-ma and g-pa's house for our yearly get-together. Usually I make some sort of cake or cupcakes, but this year brownies were on my mind.

I just baked a batch of box mix brownies.

In my opinion, the brand of brownie mix you buy really does make a difference.

I lined the pan with foil and sprayed it with non-stick cooking spray. When they were done and completely cooled, I lifted them out of the pan and used a glass to cut them into circles.

I took the circle brownies and put them in regular size cupcake liners.

Then I took a regular can of chocolate frosting and heated it in the microwave for like 30 seconds I think. 

{You should probably make sure all the foil is off the rim first.}

I just spooned the frosting over the tops of the cupcakes and ta-da! When they were set I put them in cake box (cause yes, I have those on hand along with the cake boards).

I used mini cupcake liners and the leftover brownie parts to make the mini ones.

This was the best pic I had of the finished ones. My daughter came in with a funny look on her face, like "Why is mom taking pictures of brownies?"

I think they needed something else on top. Like chopped peanut butter cups or maybe if they weren't traveling 2 hours away some whipped topping, ooooo, or caramel. Wow, I think I better stop now.

Tie Onesies

I can't go to a baby shower with only a store bought gift. I just can't. I know it's silly, and it's kinda snobby, but I just have to take something handmade. On top of that, I don't know exactly what gift I'm gonna give until I walk out the door with it. {Even then it's can still be iffy. I've been known to try and leave parts of a gift in the car before.} I usually, always wait until the last minute.

This past weekend I subjected my family to the whole gift giving process. A baby shower gift made the very morning of the shower. I started off with a very late night and very early morning. {Not a good day this makes!} Then stressing over time, to go or not to go, kiddos moods, and my mood.....

Anywhoo....

This is what I made

I'd seen these at a craft show that my mom and I and a friend of mine go to every year. I looked around and found a pattern that I tweaked for the tie.

And, they were a big hit!

I was in too big of a hurry to take all the tutorial pictures and stuff. I may or may not do that later. I'm sure I'll be making more considering how many women at our church are preggo!

My 1st Tee Shirt!

YEAH! I made my 1st tee shirt today! I'm soo excited to finally get something done! {Well, that worked out anyway.} See, I had a good idea to make my girls some tulle skirts like the ones they have from Target. I even jumped the gun and bought 3 different colors of tulle and lining to get started {cause ya know you have to have enough to make an army of skirts}. Anywhoo, the 1st one looks craptastically pitiful. Not even fit for a dress-up skirt. So when I finished this and it looked cool and it fit and she liked it you can imagine how super excited I am!

{I even told my brother and he could care less and I knew it, but I still had to tell him. His response was "It'd look better without that stuff on the front." Thanks Bub!}

This is where I got my inspiration for it:

Here's the exact page.
She has alot of totally groovy stuff! You've got to check her out!