You know you want one

One roll duck tape.

Six 30 gallon trash bags.

The classiest artificial tree storage bag on the block.



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They wore the hat!!!

After a yummy dinner of taco soup and home made guacamole, the birthday girls blew out the candles and were good sports and adorned themselves with the party hat and let me snap a picture.

I made the cake and frosted it with Tiffany Blue butter cream in honor of Lara (who painted her bathroom the same color).

Do you think they will wear it?

I am going to a birthday dinner for two dear friends tomorrow night. On a whim I decided to make a party hat. I only had time to make one. Do you think I can get them to let me take a picture of them wearing it?

I think it will be one of my 'things' for 2012-everyone I know will get their picture taken in one of my 'party-hats'. That means I will need to make a more masculine version.... if that is even possible.

What I see from my perch

While sit in my studio working on 'this' and 'that', this is a frequent occurrence.

Look what I get to do for the next two days!!!

The Royal Wedding

Yes, I watched it and yes, I LOVED it. I was supposed to be attending Women's Conference but when Jen invited me to watch the festivities with her and her sister Richelle I had a serious moral dilemma on my hands. There is really only one person in the world (seriously) who would appreciate and enjoy an event like the Royal Wedding as much as I would and not judge or mock me for being so excited. And there is only one person who would print out cupcake toppers of Kate Middleton and turn cupcakes into a fabulous gown and then display them on a tray of delicate doilies surrounded by Sapphire (like) jewels reminiscent of the fabulous engagement ring.
And who else would provide tiaras and blue ring pops for the guests as well as freshly baked croissants, delicious chicken salad, fruit and fruit dip - oh and don't forget the sparkling cider.

I had to ditch the conference and wrap myself in royalty - and it was worth every minute!

Thanks helping me make a fabulous memory Jen!

Loves!

The Nephew

I have the coolest nephew in the world and coincidentally, he is also my favorite nephew (MFN).

Lucky for him, he is also my only nephew

He has been serving and loving the people of Taiwan for the past year and I don't think I could be prouder of the man he is becoming.

I just had to put a blurb about him up on my blog so the world can know how I feel.

Isn't this a cool picture of him - I think it looks like an album cover (for you youngsters out there, that would translate to a CD cover)

I LOVE YOU KJ!!!!

More Birthday!

So many people I know just hate having birthdays and I just don't understand it. Why would you hate a day that is all about you? I could do without the getting older part - I haven't come to terms with that yet - the whole, "wrinkles are the beauty marks of life experiences..." is lost on me but having everyone I know tell me how wonderful I am for an entire day (or week, ahem) I TOTALLY get!

It has become a birthday tradition to travel to Portland and stay at Chez Danelli's and hang out with the girls. We always try to book my trip around the Tulip festival. This year I came up earlier that usual which meant that it was a little cooler than in years past and the tulips were not as open as they usually are - but that was ok - there were still Tulips as far as the eyes can see (sorta) and the cow train was running! This is Sophie riding Lilly - she looks much cuter in her cow than I do in mine...

Here I am in Elsie. If I thought anyone was actually still reading my blog I would have never posted this picture - despite the fact that the ride is so bumpy that you suffer from whiplash for a few days and that you are sitting in a cow, it really is a fun little tradition. Dani informed me that I was on my own next year - she will not be sitting in a cow ever again...

Here I am in 2008 riding the wooden shoe - it hadn't been brought out yet this year so I had to settle for Elsie.

And here are the Tulips! That little speck of red in the distance that is not a Tulip is actually Sophie - Yes, she is picking a Tulip. No, you are not supposed to pick the Tulips. Yes, we weren't paying attention and didn't realize said flower was being picked until we got home and I took a look at the pictures. See how it is all about me around my birthday - celebrating me even prevented Dani from keeping an eye on her child. And here is one of at least 100 reasons why I love visiting Chez Danelli on my birthday (or anytime of year). She always makes sure there are soft pink Tulips in the guest room and she always makes sure we visit our favorite boutiques - this bag is from My Mother Knows - I KNOW my mother would have loved this place, as well as loved Danelli.

As always, it was a fabulous trip to Portland - I actually get to go back in June to make the cake for Sophie's Princess Party!