Chocolates for breakfast

Fun Valentines

2012-02-11T17:21:00.001-08:00

For Valentines Day this year I wanted to do something fun and easy. I scoured Pinterest for some ideas and came up with these adorable ideas!

First we have Jackson's - I found the first idea here - It was very simple and fun to make. I ordered the Pillow Boxes from Paper Mart on-line and ended up getting several sizes. I went with the 4 X 2-1/4 X 7/8 size in the end. I now have a whole bunch of pillow boxes for another project! :)

For Hannah's Valentine, since she's in third grade we wanted something a little more grown-up and fun. I've been obsessed with Mustache's lately. (I will be posting my Mustache New Years Eve party soon) so we found this fun idea and used my Silhouette to cut them out lickety split!

Happy Valentines Day everyone!! If you need some fun valentine gifts check out our ETSY shoppe. I made this set for a customer yesterday. She was going to give them to her kids teachers. I say lucky teachers!

Valetines Day Wreath

2012-02-11T17:04:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago I was looking at some fun craft ideas and came accross this adorable argyle wreath. I am a sucker for argyle and so i had to make it. It was a very simple craft and I bought everything and made it in just one day!

Penguin Baby Shower

2012-02-02T23:54:00.000-08:00

One of my very best friends husbands is obsessed with Penguins. I mean OBSESSED! So when she got pregnant with her first child and I offered to throw her a baby shower, I knew what the theme would be. PENGUINS! I'm not a huge fan of Penguins (Sorry, Parker) but I knew I could make this shower adorable. I had to. This girl is crafty. I mean super crafty. Just check out this Twilight party we threw together. Anyway, I digress. I put my sister Connie on the job to make her a "Penguin Quilt" That's all I told her and wouldn't you know it, I got it in the mail from Utah a few days before the shower and it was THE SAME EXACT PENGUIN I had used for all the printables, cards, decor etc. Talk about being in sync!

We started with a sign in tree as you enter the party. I found the idea on-line and thought what a fun way to give the new mommy our old mommy wisdom! Each party guest wrote their advice on a mini penguin and hung the little guy on the advice tree.

We played a few of the classic baby shower games but mostly ate and talked. I made Oreo Truffles,

used donut holes as "snowballs",

made these cute little olive penguins,

I found out her favorite snack foods that she loved to eat during pregnancy and mixed them all together for the party favor. I displayed them in this cute frame. (A word of caution...cheetos are greasy and bleed through the bags to make oily spots!)

I decorated the food table with "snowballs" made from yarn and styrafoam trees. Here is before the food came:

A friend of mine made these cute penguin cake pops. Adorable!

The shower was a huge success!!

Photos Courtesy of http://www.rachaeldphotography.blogspot.com/

Breaking Dawn Shin Dig

2012-02-02T23:52:00.000-08:00

The last movie!! Well second to last since they broke this into two parts...Ok, the last book! Those of us who love the Twilight Series are used to the ridiculing, judgemental looks and condescending snide remarks but I personally think "yay for us!" We are passionate about something and it doesn't hurt anyone to be excited about something...even if it is a silly movie! Plus it's a great opportunity to throw a party and have a girls night......This girls night had a special guest....
Hello there....Angry Edward

My friend Candice and her mom Tracey were the masterminds of this fantastic party and I helped them carry it out.

As you walked up the steps to the house at the front door our guests signed in:

We tried to replicate the "Wedding Scene" in the entry way with Edward greeting us,

the wedding cake and special wedding rings we made for the guests

we also decorated the chandelier to look like the scene in the movie

Next each guest took their wedding photo with Edward..He looks so angry!

Then they got their next favor. Cute Sour Cream Containers made from "Twilight" Scrapbook paper and filled with treats for the midnight movie

Another favorite part of the entry way were the Edward and Bella Sillouettes

The next room the guests entered was Esme Isle which as Twihards know is where Edward and Bella honeymoon. The room came complete with a Palm Tree that we constructed over my 70's style Fireplace and Bed and Canopy with feathers stuck in the canopy from their....hmmm....hmmmm....raucous evening together

First comes love, then comes marriage then comes....you guessed it...the demon baby!
So we enter the delivery room!

This is where Bella has her baby and again, if you've read the books or seen the movie she has to be injected with Edwards Venom to save her. Here is Candice's version of that lovely event!

We had guests bring "Twilight" themed appetizers and we provided desserts like these delicious fang/forks cupcakes with quotes from the movie on them.

Moving into our last room. The Kitchen is where we served drinks and "Got Bit"

Instead of playing a Trivia Game we put Trivia questions on the drink markers

It was an exhausting few days/months but we were so pleased with how it turned out.
Our guests left with great swag bags and off to the midnight show we went!

OH....I forgot one room. This was in the bathroom and "faced you" (if you know what I mean)

Can't wait til next year when the last one comes out!!!

Most of the printables were found here

Ice Cream Parlour Birthday Party

2012-01-31T18:21:00.000-08:00

For my daughter's 8th birthday I didn't have a clue what to do. Her birthday is in July and so it usually ends up being a swim party. I wanted to have a theme and I was looking around on-line one early morning and found these cute Ice Cream Shoppe Printables. They made me squeal I was so excited! Everything all done for me, I just needed to print them!

I made her a giant cupcake since the girls were already going to have enough sweets with the ice cream and toppings.

Made Tissue paper Pom-Pom's to give it a festive look.

What a great party it turned out to be!

Superhero Birthday Party

2012-01-31T16:55:00.000-08:00

My Son's 5th Birthday was this past summer. My mom was here for a visit from Utah and I had seen this adorable party on-line and the light bulb went on and so I put my mom to work making these cute capes:(She's such a good mom!)

I ordered the printables from this company on etsy and went to work. The party turned out amazing. It was so much fun and the kids loved being able to take home a superhero cape!

We loved the party so much we decided to decorate his room in the same theme!

Milk and Cookies - Back to School Bash!

2012-01-31T08:36:00.000-08:00

For my church calling in Activity Days I decided to do a Book Swap. My kids are always looking for new books to read. I had each of the girls bring a book to swap and we met after school. Since school had just started back I decided to do a "Milk and Cookies" Theme. I went to work collecting these awesome jars. They are Starbucks Frapachino's. Since I don't drink coffee and didn't want to waste, my friend took the jars to her work and had her co-workers drink them! I collected about 50 jars and have used them for several parties since. I found an old book at the thrift store to make the banner and the pinwheels. It was a really fun time and the girls went home with some great books!

Photo's Courtesy of
http://www.rachaeldphotography.blogspot.com/

About Us

2012-01-31T07:33:00.001-08:00

	We are four sisters who grew up in the western United States. Moving around so much helped us to become each others best friends (well most of the time anyway!) and that way when we moved we could take our friends with us! We started this blog because we love to find new things, share new things and make new things. As for Chocolates for Breakfast?...Well who wouldn't love that?