Have I Mentioned I LOVE Baby Showers?

No?  Well, I do.  There's something just so cute and cuddly and sweet . . . 

the baby doesn't even need to be there and I love it!!

I recently worked with a friend who was throwing a shower for her expectant sister-in-law.

Since they didn't know if they were having a girl or boy she wanted to go with a gender neutral theme.

The mom and dad-to-be had registered for green cream bedding with little lamb embroidery and that was our inspiration.  The hostess has been to celebrations at my house before, and knew exactly what she wanted

me to repeat - in baby form!  So here are the water bottle wrappers, 

the baby banner,and the diaper wreath.  

The family's last name starts with a K, and they have been calling him/her

 "Baby K"

so we used that moniker a few places. 

 (I think it would be cute to keep calling the baby that

AFTER he/she arrives, but this is coming from a mom who referred to her youngest as 

"baby" so often that at age two if asked his name he said, "baby" . . . 

there's a thin line between cute and embarrassing sometimes!)

The hostess is making a coordinating diaper cake - this mama will be set for diapers

(at least for a week or so!)!!

She also ordered a lamb cake from a local bakery and lamb cookies to give out as favors.

I can't wait to see the pictures!

Let's Try This Again . . .

I started (ha! a bit of an overstatement!) this blog because I was addicted to other people's blogs.  I loved reading what other people were doing, getting inspired by their projects, seeing what people's houses/lives/kids looked like.  It was a community that I really wanted to be a part of.

But life is crazy!  At least my life is.  And even though I don't feel I  accomplish much on a usual day (you know, besides getting kids off to school, doing laundry, making meals, cleaning up, crafting, entertaining a small child, reading blogs, pinning . . .), adding "writing a blog entry" to that list just seemed impossible.  In short, I didn't want to.  I didn't want to compare myself to other bloggers, I didn't want to clean my house so that I could take really cool pics of my projects, I didn't want to become invested. 

Oh boy, am I lazy.

Anyways!  It's time I started DOING something.  I've been a SAHM for over three years now.  That's just crazy to me.  And I'll be honest, I'm getting bored.  Bored and lazy.  Not a good combo.

Maybe putting what I'm doing on this blog will focus me.  Make me realize that I do DO STUFF!  

So, I'm going to give it a try.  My goal right now is to do two posts a week.  They might not be much, but something!

Now I'm off to put together an orbeez lava lamp and draw the floorplan for my parent's new condo.

You'll be hearing from me soon.