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Littlest Pet Shop Catepillar Cake…

When your daughter is turning 5, has a HUGE obsession with Littlest Pet Shops and you ask what kind of cake do you want for your birthday – be prepared for the obvious answer a Littlest Pet Shop Cake. I will say I set guidelines for this cake (no birds) because I didn’t want something … Continue reading →

Happy 5th Birthday Sweetie :) (Quick Post with Cake Pictures)

Quick post because I have people arriving in 2 hours for my daughters party. This is a picture of her birthday cake – I finished last night at 11:30pm: Side of the Littlest Pet Shop Caterpillar Cake Front of the cake Side of Caterpillar Top View I promise I will do a giant “how to” … Continue reading →

Littlest Pet Shop Caterpillar Cake (Planning Stages)

So after going to bed at 8:30pm last night (okay I went to bed at 10:00pm but I fell asleep on the couch at 8:30pm) and loading up on every vitamin conceivable I feel amazing today. As you probably gathered the Thankful Thursday post was written yesterday when I felt like crap. My daughter is … Continue reading →

Thankful Thursdays

1. Hot Tea with Honey2. Chicken Noodle SoupI’m sure you are seeing the theme3. Kleenex4. My Bed5. Vick’s Vapor Rub6. My Packer Snuggie7. TV8. My husband for making me soup and wrangling the kids9. Sleep10. Getting over this crap before Trick or Treat and my daughter’s birthday party.

Awesome Easy Homemade Gift Bags

I needed a (last minute) gift idea for Teacher Appreciation Day for my daughter’s teachers. Before everyone starts to panic – our school breaks up Teacher Appreciation Week into five days throughout the year it is called Wonderful Wednesdays. I saw this idea on Cool 2 Craft P.J. Party last week and filed it away … Continue reading →

I DID IT!

I actually submitted not one but four pieces to Celebrate 365 (my amazing husband was the driving force behind this because I would not submitted anything). I submitted four ornaments (a snowman, a tree, a star, and an angel) with the explanation of the donation to charity and a description of each piece. I guess … Continue reading →

Tasty Tuesday – Slow Cooker Indian Chicken Stew

I love my slow pot cooker (it is my BFF in the kitchen) we use it all the time because who has time to slave over a stove all day (not I said the mommy!) This recipe came from friends of our we made this yesterday and it was FANTASTIC! If you like Indian Food … Continue reading →

My Monsters…

Jeff and I have been together over eight years now and over the years monsters have developed to explain certain things (missing cupcakes, rulers, etc.) Here is a list of the Monsters that have been created and an explanation of each. First is Bibl Skol (Bible School) AKA: B-Bip: B-Bip (artist conception) was around long … Continue reading →

Pumpkin Carving! Pictures of Pumpkins Past (and the New One!)

Every year I carve an insane pumpkin (I have done Bella Lugosie, Sponge Bob, Super Why, and the Evil Queen from Snow White) this year it was a Littlest Pet Shop Peacock. I only carve one pumpkin because it really hurts my hands gutting the pumpkin and getting the pumpkin prepped and ready to carve. … Continue reading →

Ornaments Almost Finished!

So I have been a busy little monster (elf seems so obvious)… I have been painting, painting, painting and painting today. The pictures aren’t the best I took them with my cell phone – I am going to do everything at once tomorrow. Star Ornament – 50% goes to The Trevor Project. The ornament is … Continue reading →