We held the Flower Potluck event yesterday...and oh my! did we have fun. I'm working on a post about it right now...but until I can get it posted... here is a little tease. =)
Happy Day- Flower Potluck rain and all! (we even made floral crowns!)
Lots more to come
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Jessica is having a baby girl in little over a month! Heidi, Bree and I decided to "shower" her with a little love.
Baby shower theme- "Little Lamb"
Sandi was kind enough to offer her home for the event- Thanks so much Sandi!
We had a blast planning and working together...get ready for tons of pictures...Happy Day.
Baby Shower for Jessica- Little Lamb
Decorations-
The flowers- Lambs ear, daises with purple centers, sweet peas, purple stock
One of the favorite things that we did-
"Wishes for the Baby"
I loved that everyone got to pretend to be a fairy God Mother and sprinkle a little magic around the room.
One of sweetest little comments came from my 7 year old granddaughter-
she wrote-
"I hope you grow until you die"
think about it, don't we all want that? to grow and learn until we die.
Sweet Wisdom from a 7 year old.
We kept the guest list intimate... dear family, close friends and women that Jessica serves with in Primary.
We did not plan this- stripes are in. =)
The favors-
The cupcakes- Heidi made them....so very yummy!
Fun Opening gifts-
Happy couple- Jessica and Mason
Thank you Heidi (some of these pictures are from Heidi} and Bree for all your help.
Thank you so much Sandi for opening your beautiful home to us.
Special help from-
The Path Less Traveled- www.PLTMarket.com
Invitations- Baa Baa Baby Little Lamb
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A House Warming for Denver and Bree- after a few months of working on their first home- Denver and Bree thought it was time to invite family and a few friends over to see what they have been doing.
The invitations were sent out...made from paint drop clothes.
-Tiny gift house favors were made- for pattern go here.
Food was prepared and lights were hung.
(Paint chip banner}
Denver and Bree- Happy House Warming
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Last year my Daughter Shannon had a Favorite things party.. after seeing her party I planned to do one of my own...it's taken me a whole year to finally do it. A lot of my party ideas came from her party...click here for all the details-
My Friend Sandi and I got together and planned the Party
here it is....in a nutshell.
Setup-
Just a simple little welcome at the door.
Pumpkins from the pumpkin patch as part of the party favors.
Party Favors- burlap bag with a spool of twine, birch straw and mini pumpkin.
Can I just say...I really have a hard time having my picture taken...but this is for the record...I was there. =)
I tried to get a picture of all 15 in the living room...but came out so blurry! Sad =(
I need some serious "night picture taking help" with my camera!
The house felt like Christmas day-
How it works-
Each guest came with 4 gifts ( something that they LOVE (under $6).
It was great fun to see all the different things the women came with....I wish I had kept a record....some I can remember- candles, rush massage bar, LED snowmen, measuring spoons, a soap that keeps your towels smelling awesome, fresh flowers, tea towels, books, nail polish, garden gloves, a pie pastry form, makeup, beautiful scarfs, chocolate...and so much more.
See what I mean so blurry....and yes, we had one little guy at the party.
Fun!
I may need to do this again sometime.
Oh, as the night ended a little bird decided to fly into the house....added a little bit of crazy excitement....Danny was in the bedroom and thought we sounded like a bunch of 12 year old girls screaming.... It reminded me of a scene from a movie. All is well, the bird made it out safe.
Tons of fun.
Happy Day.
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Heidi and Sam hosted an awesome birthday celebration in Honor of Heidi...who turned 30!
Bree and Shannon helped Heidi make this awesome photo backdrop! So fun!
The birthday girl with her mini crown. (smile}
Along with a super awesome photo backdrop...they also had a bounce house for the kids to play in...or adults if they wanted. (smile} In photo four...Dan is standing with a bucket of ice....and yes, it was a gift for Sam. =)
Sam and Heidi had thought of everything....perfectly awesome in pink and gold.
Happy 30th Heidi!
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Heidi and Sam are expecting a baby boy in a month!
We had planned a little simple surprise shower for Heidi- Keeping it simple, just a few friends and family.....at a local restaurant....and a couple little baby boy shower favors.
As part of the table decorations I pinned some ribbon to the arms of a few cute baby onesies .....to hang on the back of each chair.
At the restaurant setting up.....the surprise.
Surprise Heidi!
Cute friends, cute baby Mommy.
{We had candle put on the chocolate pie....2 pink and 2 blue each representing each of Heidi and Sam's children....We then shared the pie.....Yum!}
After the luncheon we heading downtown Los Banos to Leah's shop...for some baby shower shopping.
Fun!
Then it was home to Share all the Baby Shower fun with Sam and kids.
Can't wait for another grand-baby to get here!
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I prettied up the Mill house for a little Holiday Fun.
Sandi and I planned a little trip to Filoli and decided it would be fun to bring the girls along.....so, we made plans-
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Thanksgiving decor-
Crafting-
More crafting- making Christmas word banners.
We always have a family competition on Thanksgiving- This year it was....
"A Minute to Win it."
Sam and Heidi...great style...eating their cookie. (Heidi and Sam are expecting a baby boy in Feb. Happy Day}
Denver's game face when he thought he won but didn't. (Denver made an awesome cheese and artichoke dip and Bree's rolls were amazing!}
Sam and Heidi's dessert table! Holy Cow...so yummy.
We came, we ate, we crafted, we played.....What a wonderful day.
Thanks to everyone for doing their part. Happy Day.
The next morning bright and early we drove to Shannon's home- for a very special occasion.....More on that later.....find out a little something about our day here.....until I have time to post about it.
Happy Day!
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Dinner under the Stars- {it actually ended up being more like "dinner under the Moon"... there was a full beautiful moon that night}
The Invitations
Attire- Bow ties for the gentlemen
and long skirts for the ladies.
Set up-
When Ellen and I decided to have a fall dinner a couple months back, little did we know how pretty and yet warm the evening was going to be. We were thinking it may be a little chilly so we bought pretty little "Pashmina" shawl for each of the women along with a matching scarf. {later on in the evening they did came in handy.}
"Couples" pictures were taken during the evening- {Thank you Heidi, taking pictures with my camera in bad lighting is not easy....you did an awesome job.}
The men looked so Dapper in their Bow ties.
Music under the Stars-
Acclaimed by the press as “a gifted and imaginative soprano”, Jenni Samuelson is an award-winning singer with repertoire that includes opera, oratorio and art song as well as musical theater, jazz and contemporary popular forms.
and she was in my backyard {smile} Happy Day.
and guitarist John Albano
They Made the evening fabulous....Oh, sweet music filled our property, songs like S'wonderful {Gershwin} What a wonderful World and Our Love is here to stay...to name a few.
Fabulous!
Check out Jenni's web site....listen to her music....she is awesome!
This is no way we could of have such a nice evening without the help of these two couples! Sam, Heidi- Chad and Christy! Oh my, thank you!
They grilled, plated dinner, did dishes etc. etc. I owe them big time {If you two couples get together and plan a dinner I will serve for you =)
We especially like the dinner narrative given to us at the table by Sam. I wish I could remember the "perfect words"....pork tenderloin resting comfortably on a bed of apple sauce.....or something like that. cute!
Favors and setting up.
Beautiful night, beautiful music....So Awesome! It was pure joy working with Ellen on this evening....Thanks so much Ellen.
The evenings menu-
Appetizer- cheese, crackers, figs and blackberries
Orange almond Drink
Butternut Squash soup
Spinach Fig Salad- served with Blood Orange Balsamic
Pork Tenderloin
Baked carrots
Hers and His Blueberry crisp
The center piece for the table- almost 100 clear jars and vases with candles in them.
PS. Happy Birthday Anna- you are my sunshine =)
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