easter_mothers-day
cupcake_stand2
sunday_button_feat
sunday_button_feat
pillow2

{nifty thrifty sunday #3}

17
April 30, 2011 By | 17 Comments
First off, thank you all so much for linking up and partying last Sunday! There were so many fabulous links! Thank you all for sharing your creativity!
It was hard to choose again, but here are some of my favorites from last week’s {nifty thrifty sunday}:
This beautiful vintage kid’s room was shared by kim @ Too Much Time on My Hands.
She is full of awesome and beautiful ideas. You should really check out her blog!
Lily dressed up some Starbucks cake pops and made them into a beautiful cake pop bouquet.
You can find her and her fabulous ideas @ swanky::chic::fete.
The amazing Alexis @ Persia Lou shared the tutorial for this awesome looking pillow. Go check out her cute blog and see more tutorials for other pillows and her beautiful crochet work!
Look at this great idea shared by Joys of Life with Lucy. The wreath’s design is interchangeable, so you can keep it all year round!
I don’t know what it is with me and stuffed animals lately (I still really dislike teddy bears..), but this cute wiener dog just warmed my heart! ;) Find more cute projects @ Jennifer Katy Designs!
Kyra @ RACKS and Mooby shared this cute mini marshmallow flower tutorial. What a cute idea for cake decoration!
If you were featured today, feel free to grab the button from my sidebar!
{nifty button}
Filed Under: {nifty thrifty sunday} | 17 Comments

{floral friday #12}

19
April 29, 2011 By | 19 Comments
{floral friday #12}
Happy Friday and welcome to another Floral Friday!

This week’s featured flower is the bleeding heart (or according to wikipedia also named: lady in a bath, which brought me an “awesome” result in the google image search. haha!).

image source

 

A few facts about the bleeding heart:
  • The bleeding heart is a spring flower and will die in the summer. Its beautiful bloom will return every year.
  • All parts of the plant are poisonous and may cause skin irritation.
  • Bleeding hearts love partial or full shade.

signature
I’m partying here.

Filed Under: {floral friday} | 19 Comments

{backyard decoration}

25
April 26, 2011 By | 25 Comments
I hope everyone had a lovely Easter weekend and enjoyed some family time!
We celebrated Easter by having a wonderful, delicious Easter brunch in my mom’s beautiful backyard. So, all the decorating credit goes to her! ;)
I love all the detail she added to her already beautiful little piece of heaven behind her house!
{backyard decoration}

signature

Filed Under: Easter, Handmade, Holiday, Out and About, Photography | 25 Comments

{nifty thrifty sunday #2}

25
April 23, 2011 By | 25 Comments
Thank you all sooooooo much for making my first linky party such a great success!
I can’t believe we almost had 100 linkups! Awesome!
It was really hard to choose favorites. I would have loved to just feature every single one of your great projects! But then it would have been last week’s linky party all over again, heh? ;)
So, I’ll start off with the most viewed link from last week’s party:
Amy @ Green Eggs and Hamm shared this awesome guest blogger tutorial from Crazy Wonderful for a tie necklace! Go check them out!
This was love at first sight. Isn’t the sackboy just the cutest?!
Check out Melissa @ Crafty Fusion!
You can find this pretty deer named Dolly here @ Auntie Lolo Crafts!
This cute butterfly mobile was shared by Rebecca from Simple as That!
 
Ruth from Bread and Milk and Blackberries and Haniela from Haniela’s Food & Photography both shared super yummy-looking meringue recipes. Don’t those look delicious?!
These little goodie bags where shared by Gretchen & Heather from Did Someone Say Party?
Very cute idea!
If you were featured today, feel free to grab the button from my sidebar!
{nifty button}

 

Filed Under: {nifty thrifty sunday} | 25 Comments

{floral friday #11}

16
April 22, 2011 By | 16 Comments
{floral friday #11}
Welcome to this week’s floral friday!

The other day I went over to a friend’s house and saw that their beautiful japanese cherry tree in their front yard was blooming. I asked if it was okay for me to cut off a couple branches to share with you this week. Don’t worry, the tree is huge! ;)
Now, our kitchen has the scent of this wonderful cherry blossoms. Beautiful!

image source

 

A few facts about the cherry blossom:
  • The cherry tree is also known as sakura tree.
  • The cherry flowers only bloom for about a week and only once a year.
  • In Japan “Hanami”, wich literally means “flower viewing”, is celebrated each year and picnic parties are held underneath the cherry trees.
  • In 1912, Japan gifted 3000 sakura trees to the U.S. to celebrate the growing friendship between the two nations. This gift was renewed in 1965 with 3800 sakura trees. They line the Tidal Basin in Washington D.C.

signature

Filed Under: {floral friday} | 16 Comments