Reindeer Pops

It's late, but I've been meaning to post this for a week now, so i thought I'd get it up, even if it's too late for my brain to function! It's crazy how much there is to do this time of year! Anyway, Manhattan, Mia, and I made these cute little Reindeer out of this:

It was simple enough for a two year old to help! The girls brought them to all the kids in their classes as a cute holiday treat. Here is where I got the idea, via Pinterist! As an added tasty bonus, I dipped some of the pretzels in the extra melted chocolate. Yum!

Growth Chart

Well, well. I've been working on all sorts of projects the last couple weeks, so I thought I should start posting some of them. This was one that I did the other night. I've been wanting a growth chart, so I designed one and cut it on my plotter. It is now hanging in the playroom, waiting for me to find a Sharpie. I don't know about your house, but scissors and Sharpies are two of the things that I know we have a million of, but I can't ever find them when I need them. And exacto knives. Anyway, I love the way it turned out, all graphic and such. I might just start selling them in my Etsy shop, along with a few other things I've been working on.

Birthday Cake

For Mia's first birthday, we had some family over. The most important part, of course, was the cake. Because, what do you want from a first birthday party? Pictures of the little one making a mess with the cake, of course! So, I went about making a cake, but not just an ordinary cake. I went for something different, and used banana bread for two of the three layers, with one chocolate round in the middle. Add some cream cheese frosting, fondant, and icing, and voila, I had me a tasty cake! I was quite proud of myself. I also made Mia a little cake of her own, with just a mound of banana bread. I guess that's the new thing; a cake for everyone to eat, and a "smash cake" for the kid. Great idea in my book, and Mia loved it too!

Baby's Wall Decor

This week I've been working on decorating Mia's room. I will have it decorated before she turns one. That's my goal at least. A bit pathetic, but hey, she's too little to care! Here are two of the projects, and I have a couple more I'll post about, hopefully soon.First, I've finally gotten around to hanging her name on the wall. I bought various letter from eBay and Etsy, a couple from old theater sign boards (A & I), a letterpress wood block (M), one from a '70s interstate sign that used to hold reflective "coins" (E), and a couple old wall hangings (L & A).I've also hung artwork above the changing table. I love how this turned out as well. I bought different frames from the D.I., prints and artwork from different sellers on Etsy (some cards, some prints, and one or two originals), and there fun little flowers from Target. A couple of my favorite prints are the drawing of the girl with a city in her hair from Paula Zakimi's shop (bottom left), The Neighborhood print from meArtDesign (bottom left of bottom right photo), and Give from ErinJaneShop (top right of bottom right photo). The flowers from Target look as though they are being blown out of their frame towards and out the window on the adjacent wall. Did I mention I love how this looks?

City View

Manhattan, now 4, has become obsessed with the city for which she was named in the last few months. So, I decided to bring the city to her room! She loves it, and is getting more and more excited to take a trip there, hopefully sometime this year. Can I tell you how simple this was? I love my plotter and all the many fun things I can do with it!

One of my recent projects...

So, yeah, it's been a while again. Lame excuse (but true): we couldn't find the charger for our camera and didn't want to buy a new one because we knew the old one would turn up as soon as we did. After a few months we bought one and as soon as it arrived, I found the old one. Anyway, now we have two. I've done a few little projects in the last 6 months (I sure would hope so), and this is one.

It seems as though most kids these days have their names displayed in there room in one way or another, and this is one of the more generic. I bought some pre-cut letters from Michael's and glued scrap book paper to the fronts using colors that coordinate with her room, of course. This is the result. after I've finished all of my planned projects in the room I'll post some shots of the "finished" product. Even though I don't really think a room is ever finished and they just continue to evolve.