This weekend

Happy Monday everyone! We had a busy busy weekend over here which didn't leave much time for me to work on my many projects. But, we did have some great family fun and those are not moments that I take for granted. DIY can wait....always!!! Noah had his 5th b-day party at Chuck E. Cheese's and we had a blast! Believe it or not, I actually really like their pizza, and the local Chuck E. Cheese's is very clean and wasn't super crowded.

We also attended our sweet friend Zoie's 2nd b-day party which was a circus theme. We were supposed to wear our best circus attire. Not having too many "circus themed" clothes in our wardrobe, Hayden wore a mis-matched combo of fun girlyness :)

They even had an awesome photo booth with props at the party and Noah got all dressed up. Too cute!! You can see in the background the book page medallions that spelled out "Cirque du Zoie." I gave my friend a tutorial on book page medallions, pom poms, and We scoured our local flea market for some fun vintage circus decor. The party was adorable and I was happy to help make it fancy :)

Lastly, I packaged up my custom pom-poms and shipped them out to their new home. I love experimenting with making the jars fancy. Here's a peek for you :)

That's all I have to share at the moment but I'll be back soon with more. Bye for now :)

Annoyed......with myself.

Ok. I don't know if any of you do this, but I annoy myself like crazy!! At the moment, I'm feeling frazzled for NO reason. I have had a pretty busy week with random stuff. We were the snack people at preschool so that meant we had to provide the snack for Noah's class for 3 days. Nothing major, just something healthy and a drink, plus all the napkins/plates/utensils etc. This is usually no big deal, but it seemed like this week I was throwing it together at the last minute each day. It would be five minutes before we were supposed to be out the door and I would be cutting up strawberries. Grrrr. Seriously, get it together. On Thursday we spent the day at Disneyland with some friends. Myself, my sis, the kids and I met up with our sweet friend Zoie to celebrate her 2nd B-day with Mickey Mouse. It was a seriously fun day, but it was a LONG day. And to top it all off, my sister and I both neglected to remember where we parked our car in the HUGE parking structure and wandered around literally for 30+ minutes looking for our car (as Noah was whining and terrified that we would never get home to see daddy again). Seriously!!!! How many times have I parked my car? A zillion! How many times have I lost my car, once? Ok twice. Ha ha! Grrr. We finally found it on the floor above us. Tired and grouchy. Lastly, I am in the middle of like 5 projects right now. I go through periods where I have seriously NO ideas, and then I go through times where I have a zillion. Right now, a zillion! And, to make it worse, I am not finished enough with any of them to blog about them yet, so for some reason this is making me feel rushed. Does this happen to you?? Am I the only one?? Regardless, I am going to s-l-o-w down, finish my projects the right way, and share them as I complete them. Deep breaths in-and-out. Ha ha. I know, I sound like a loon! We're off to Zoie's circus party today (which I made soooooo many pom poms for to help with the decor), and then tomorrow is Noah's Chuck E Cheese's party with his little friends. See. No time for the projects again, ugh! Serenity now!!! Haha :)

In other news, I got my first order for a custom pom pom garland, yay!!! It's so pretty in cream and white, very chic if I do say so myself!!

And here's a teeny tiny sneaky peak of Hayden's big girl dresser. Almost finished, so stay tuned people!

(Is anyone else trying the new blogger post editor thingy....it's pretty annoying).

Happy Mother's Day to Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Ok, I know it isn't Mother's Day yet! BUT, that didn't stop me from buying myself a little treat (because darn-it, I deserve it, ha ha). One of my bloggy besties has the sweetest Etsy shop with the most beautiful jewelry along with some other fun goodies. I knew right when I saw her 'nest" necklaces, I had to have one! So, Andi & I worked together and she made a customized pendant just for me. It is AMAZINGLY beautiful and I want to wear it every day!!! The grey pearl is my hubby, the white one is me, the blue one is Noah, and the pink one is Hayden. All of my sweet family together in our nest. {SWEET}. And, it doesn't stop there!!! Her packaging is adorable and because we are ASFL (Aqua sisters for life), she threw in a fun aqua ring just for little old me, yay! Go over to Andi's shop and buy one of these nests for yourself or your mom! DO IT!!!!
ps. Blogger has this new post editor thingy and it's making my pics go all wacky. Bare with me until I figure out how to use it. Ha ha. Ugh!       xo, Ali

Busy busy...

First of all I want to say hello to my new followers!!! Yay!! I'm SO happy to have you on this crazy crafty journey. For the rest of you, if you haven't already, go over to Primitive & Proper (find link on my sidebar...blogger is acting funny and won't let me link it here) and enter to win an Owl Charm necklace - oh yeah baby!!!

The hubby and I went for our callback for the game show today - woo hoo! Now it's just a waiting game to see if we will be cast on the show and potentially win a million bucks!! Ok, the chances of us actually winning the million are unlikely, but they did say that if you get cast on the show, you won't come away empty handed :). My sister snapped this quick pic of us before we drove up to Hollywood for our on-camera audition (disregard my hubby's shirt, he doesn't like to get his fancy shirt wrinkled when he drives). It was fun, and we definitely turned up our "dork factor" and were super enthusiastic and did what we thought would help seal the deal. Fingers crossed that we get on and win some much needed cash. Other than that, I'm almost done with Hayden's new dresser and about a zillion other projects so yes....as usual.....stay tuned :)

XOXO

"Hoppy Easter everyone!!!"

It's official.

It's official! I'm throwing in the towel on the stinky beast in my backyard. ICK. I went outside today because I was going to give it one more shot. I was going to sand the outside of it, prime it, and let it live in my closed-up bathroom overnight to see if the stench was still there. When I went out to get started, it was just so stinky, I couldn't stand it. The biggest problem, that will be super hard to solve, is the stench coming from inside the drawers. I wasn't planning on sanding or painting inside the drawers, and if the baking soda and vinegar didn't work, I fear nothing will. So, I've learned my valuable $30 lesson and I'm moving on. Good news though, I found this beauty today on Craig's list for $40 and I think it will be perfect for Hayden's big girl room once I work my magic on it. It's doesn't have that uniquely cool oval detail, but it has a much more feminine silhouette than the other one, which I love. And I also love that I can hang a pretty mirror and a bunch of other cool stuff on the wall above it because it has a lower profile. So, as usual, stay tuned!

A few other things are in the works over here too. I painted this canvas using a stencil, and I was originally intending on putting an "H" in that Oval and adding it to Hayden's 'wall of H's in her room." But, the color came out a bit dark, so now I'm not so sure what to do with it. Hmmmm.

I also sprayed my flea market frame white, and a few other that I had laying around. I'm working on a project with them that I will share sometime next week.Tomorrow is a BIG Easter egg hunt in our park, and then Sunday my baby boy turns 5!!! He told the Easter bunny at the mall, "thanks for sharing your day with me." So stinkin' sweet!!!

Happy weekend :)

Newbies and some family fun...

New pretty pink pom pom garland in the shop :)

New necklace too :)

& yesterday we went to a local regional park for some Easter family fun!

There was an Easter egg hunt for the kiddos (& bad mommy forgot their Easter baskets so we improvised, ha ha)

And there was even pony rides, yay! It was a GREAT day! We came back to a home with clean carpets and some seriously sleepy kids. Happy Easter week people!!!