Anthropologie Inspired Necklaces

Somehow I stumbled onto a necklace tutorial on the blog Little Miss Momma

I immediately decided that Sommer and I needed to attempt these and plans were set in motion for us to go across the bay and stay with her and Mike on Saturday night.

First we had an amazing dinner at Harry's Hofbrau, then cupcakes from Sprinkles, (Sommer and I each split a coconut and a German chocolate one...mmmmm), then after bedtime for Luke we headed to Michael's and prepared to "get our craft on."

The little petal necklaces were the easiest things EVER! Seriously! Look up the tutorial.

Materials Used: 

$0.99 cent chain from Michaels

old t-shirts for fabric

one sheet of felt
Scissors

glue gun

 pearls for add glam (optional)

We also made extra puffs that could serve as little embellishments on sweaters or bags. So fun!

Here is our assortment of craftiness:

Petal pins on Sommer's sweater

Chair spinning

Luke's favorite word of the weekend was "Dog." Here he is pointing toward the living room where Maggie McMaggerton was barking.

Showing off my wearing of the petal necklace to Sommer via text on Monday morning. Ignore the dorky girl in the picture and just focus on the super fun necklace.

The Birthday Party

I'll be posting an inordinate amount of pictures on facebook in the next few days, but here are a few pics to show you Luke's First Birthday Party. I didn't really want any particular theme other than the primary colors, but I threw in a few Sesame Street-inspired things because I love it! I even found a Sesame Street shirt when I was cleaning out boxes of my old clothes last weekend, so I decided it needed to make an apperance at the party too!

Sister-in-law Sommer takes credit for the awesome tissue paper poofs and the "Happy Birthday Luke" Banner

 

Happy first birthday sweet baby boy! 




(next year we're going to Chuck E Cheese) :)

Getting My Craft On

I have been feeling especially crafty lately. I'm certainly not the most "Martha" person I know, but occasionally I do like to give it a whirl. I busted these projects out the other night after Luke's bedtime. (Did I mention how thankful I am for a little guy who goes to bed by 6:30 or 7pm every night? Granted, we're up around 6ish in the morning, but it gives us time to have quite lovely mornings together before I go to work, so I don't mind.)

I did this for a friend who had a sweet baby boy in early October. His room is decked out in monkey theme. Shout out to Diana! (I told her not to look too closely at my imperfect polka dots. Fortunately they photograph well.)

Letter J, acrylic paint, and pre-painted monkey cutout:  Michael's

Green and white ribbon:  from my ribbon stash (I LOVE ribbon, especially polka-dot ribbon!)

I wanted to do a chalkboard for the wall in my kitchen area, but I absolutely HATE touching chalk, so I opted for a whiteboard instead. I got this cute black whiteboard at a fairly good price at Office Depot.

I busted out the hot glue gun and added some ribbon and twigs (only burned my fingers twice), as well as an obligatory "P" for Perry that I painted a mossy green color. I covered the little clear magnets that came with the board with cute paper that came from a thank you card sent by my dear friend Ancelle. I finished off the wall with my pear candles (get it, "pear" for Perry) and used an empty photo frame that I filled with scrapbooking stickers. The quote says, "It's the little things in life that mean the most." I still need to hang a fun little pouch or something to hold the markers and eraser.

 

White board:  Office Depot

Twigs, ribbon, paint, scrapbooking stickers & "P":  Joann's

Pear Candles:  beachy home store in Laguna Beach

Picture frame:  found in my basement

Yay for some decorations in the kitchen! More seasonal and birthday crafty-ness to show you later!