Our friend had a baby last week and I felt compelled to create "something" for her!  So I took this Pirouette can from my back room and began decorating.  I know her nursery is yellow walls with white and green trim and has an animal motif.  So I went from there.

I used the retired Kiwi Kiss cardstock and ink and some older designer series paper that had both Kiwi Kiss and So Saffron in it.  The ribbon is also So Saffron ribbon from Sale-A-Bration a couple years ago.  I used My Digital Studio to create the oval scallop with all of Zoe's birth information.

I used the new half back pearls for the eye on the giraffe and turtle.  There are pearls in the center of the butterfly and underneath all of her birth information.  Love those pearls.  Quick, simple, and beautiful touches to complete the project.

Now I'll put the adorable and tiny girlie outfits I bought for her (I miss shopping for those teeny, tiny girl clothes!) inside the tin and get to meet her tomorrow!  Can't wait!

It was my son’s birthday party today!  It was a lot of fun, perfect weather, great family, friends, and food!  I wanted to share with you what I did with his cupcakes.  First off I made a crazy amount of different kinds, vanilla cupcakes with either Hershey kisses, chocolate mousse, or raspberry filling along with chocolate cupcakes with any of those same fillings, and I alternated between buttercream and chocolate frosting on those and then I also made some carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.  The dilemma?  How to know what kind was what!  So, in sticking with the boat theme (you may remember seeing his invitation here) my DD#2 and I stamped a bunch of boats, stuck ‘em on toothpicks, added a scallop circle on the back and I wrote what kind of cupcake it was.  It was a lot of work but I think everyone enjoyed the different kinds!  So here are some pictures and I’m off to bed… it was a long, but fun, weekend!