Coffee Cards

Hello Friends, and happy Saturday! I hope you all had a great week and are looking forward to an even better weekend! I haven't quite decided on what are plans are yet, but I'm sure I'll think of something!

Today I'm sharing a set of cards I made for my co-worker. She asked for some cards that had a gift card holder inside. She likes to give Starbucks gift cards to friends and family (my kinda girl!). So, I pulled out my cute image from MFT called Miss You a Latte and whipped up this set of cards.

I actually made a set of 5 cards, but one card went rouge and stayed behind in the house when I was taking photos! I colored the MFT image with Copic markers, added some polka dot paper and a ribbon to the front. On the inside, I cut out the gift card holder from my Silhouette and stamped a cute coffee cup image from PTI on the inside. My co-worker really liked them, and she told me I should quit my job and make cards full-time! LOL! I think I'll stick to doing it on the side, I kinda like being able to pay my bills! :-)

 

And, as promised, here are couple of pics of Paige from Easter weekend!

 

Well, get out there and enjoy your Saturday! Thank you so much for stopping by!

 

Carol

Baby Talk

Hello Friends! I hope you're having a great start to your week. Today I'm popping in with a quick update on Paige. She's 16 months old (I still can't believe that!) and she's walking/running all over the place! She is loving her newfound freedom and let me tell you, we have to keep our eyes on her every second! She's pretty slick I tell ya! She's getting more verbal too, and that's just the cutest thing ever! Her favorite word is still da-da, but she will occasionally say mama (I think just to let me know she really can say it), and it's so funny because instead of saying bye-bye she's waves and says ta-ta,- like ta-ta for now! She's so fancy! LOL!

Anyway, we are enjoying every moment with this sweet little girl. She has a smile that completely lights up the room and she is such a blessing in our life. Yesterday was such a beautiful sunny day so we took a little walk to the tot lot in our neighborhood and I snapped a few photos.

 

 

I hope you all have a great day, and thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Carol

 

Paige's first birthday party

Hello Friends! I'm finally getting around to sharing photos from Paige's first birthday party. We had such a wonderful time on her big day, and the whole day was just full of love, laughs, and fun.

I chose a book theme for her party and on her invitations we asked guests to bring he a book instead of a card. She received over 25 books!

I also made some coasters to put these little milk bottles on that I bought from Michael's for fresh flowers. I found this this pin on Pinterest for these old school book covers.

I love these coasters, but can you believe that I forgot to put the flowers on top! It was a crazy day! But, here's a picture of the flowers.

I absolutely love the subway art craze that's going around these days, so I had to get something for Paige because she's cool like that! I believe I found this on Etsy.

So, I have to take a moment to talk about her cake. I went to one of my grocery stores looking for cake to fit our book theme, but I came up empty. I went to second grocery store, and I was speaking to the bakery manager, and she told me that she had been working there for 20 years. She says "well, it's not in the catalog, but a long time ago we made a cake that looked like a book for Baptisms, and I can do that for you!" I told her that was perfect, so she took it and ran with it, and boy was I happy with the results!

And, a party isn't a party with favors, right? I made these 3D books (using my Silhouette of course) and filled them with Smarties - perfect for our theme!

And the finishing touch, the Thank You card.

 

Of course this post wouldn't be complete without a picture of the birthday girl!

 

Thanks for hanging in there, I know this post was longer normal! I hope you have a fantastic day!

 

Carol

 











Happy 1st Birthday Paige!

Hello Friends! I just wanted to pop in to wish our sweet little girl a Happy 1st Birthday! This has truly been the fastest year of my life! I still can't believe she's one! What a blessing she has been to our lives and what I wonderful little girl she is growing up to be. She wakes up with a smile on her face every morning and just makes our days awesome.

She is starting to "cruise" around the ottoman where she's taking steps while holding on. She takes a few trips around it before she gets tuckered out! LOL! She has five teeth, and is 21lbs and 30 inches long! She talks all the time (I have no idea where she gets that from!) and she's feeding herself ravioli and she absolutely loves her baby food! She's a sweet potato kinda girl!

I took this picture of her a few weeks ago so I can add it to her birthday banner.

Isn't she a doll? And isn't that cupcake insane?! It was delicious too! :-) Happy Birthday sweet baby girl!

 

Love,

Mommy and Daddy

Baby Talk

Hello Friends! I hope you're having a great 4th of July weekend! Our day yesterday was pretty quiet, my honey had to work so Paige and I just relaxed at home. We've been getting a lot of rain lately so being in the house has been our thing. :-)

So, today I have a little baby talk for you! Paige recently turned 9 months old, can you believe it? Time is going by so incredibly fast! Here's a recent picture of her that I took in our back yard.

She is definitely the happiest baby ever! She smiles, and belly laughs, and talks ALL the time! She is so funny! The daycare actually got her on video saying Daddy! She's been saying "da-da" but this time it was daddy! My husband was beside himself! She's not quite crawling yet, but she does the "booty scoot" backwards which is hilarious! I told my husband that I think she's going to skip crawling all together and start walking soon! 

 

She's 18lbs 6oz and they didn't measure her length at the doctor's office, but I would say that she's close to 28 inches. She's just growing like a weed. Paige fills our days with so much joy, she is truly sunshine on a rainy day! I'm already starting to look for ideas for her first birthday. That's going to be a lot of fun! Since we have a long weekend, I want to at least start thinking of ideas for her invitations so I can check that off of my list.

 

Well, that's my update on Paige, I hope you enjoyed it! Have a great day and thank you so much for stopping by!

 

Carol 

Baby Talk

Hello Friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend and I hope today is treating you well! We are feeling better, Paige and I both finished our antibiotics and although we both still have a bit of a cough we're feeling much better.

So, I've decided that I'll pop in once a month to discuss my favorite topic...Paige! I'll chat about her milestones and what she's been up to. First, I have to say that she is by far the happiest baby ever! She wakes up with a smile on her face, she is too sweet! She has these great belly laughs, it's hilarious, all the teachers at her daycare/school come in the infant room just to hear her laugh! She also "talks"...a lot! I think it's pretty safe to say that she's going to be a talker, I have no idea who she gets that from (wink, wink)! The big milestone this month is she started solid foods. We started with organic oatmeal and she was not a fan! I have to admit, it looked like it tasted like cardboard. Any way, we moved on to veggies and fruits and the first veggie we tried was green beans. She loved them! She smiled after every bite, it was so cute! I figure if she likes the veggies, she's going to love the fruits!

On another note, since my mom lives so far away, she doesn't get to see Paige very much, so I made this mini album for her so she has some recent pictures.

This mini album was so easy to put together. The camera and inserts were cut using my Silhouette Cameo. I just added the pics, a few simple embellishments, and this album was done! My mom absolutely loved it!

 

I know this was a longer post than normal, but it's never too long when you're chatting about this sweet little girl! And, I will leave you with her 5 month photo.

Have a great day, and thank you so much for stopping by!

Carol

The Baby Diary

Hello Friends! Happy MLK Day! I'm popping in with Paige's 3 month photo. I can't believe she's already 3 months old! So many of my friends and family have told me how fast the time goes, and boy were they right!! She is growing so fast and every day she discovers something new, it's so heartwarming to see her eyes light up over everything she sees and hears! She's starting to "talk" A LOT and it is SO DARN CUTE!! My husband called me at work last week to tell me she was going to town talking to herself for about an hour! Too cute!!

She is just super sweet and she is such a joy to watch. My husband and I find ourselves staring at her all the time for no reason at all, it's hilarious! She is such a blessing! Here's another pic I took of her right before bed one night.

Doesn't she have the sweetest face ever?! Well, I hope you enjoyed this update and I apologize for taking so long but I've had major issues with posting pictures on Blogger lately. It looks like I've got it resolved for now, thank goodness, I was missing the blog! :-) We are off to the fair today to eat lots of fried food, people watch, and enjoy time with our family. I promise to post pics of all the fun!

Have a great day and thank you so much for stopping by!

Carol

I'm in Love...

with this beautiful little girl! Please say hello to Miss Paige Nicole! She's now 7 weeks old and she is a healthy, beautiful, sweet, and busy baby. She totally has me and dad wrapped around her little  finger!

 

She is the sweetest baby ever! I think all new mom's say that, right? Well, I just wanted to pop in and introduce you to our little bundle of joy!

 

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

 

Baby Bump Update

Hello Friends! Did you have a nice weekend? Mine was certainly nice, very busy but nice. So, we had an appointment for our 3D ultrasound, but little Miss Paige decided that she didn't want to cooperate. :-( She had her hand in front of her face the whole time so we couldn't get a good picture. Considering that we get an ultrasound every two weeks, maybe she's just tired of the paparazzi! LOL!

Then on Sunday we took a breast feeding and child care class which was really informative. I've been on the fence about breast feeding but after hearing about all the benefits for the baby I'm totally on board! The class was 3.5 hours long so it was A LOT of information and we got a great goodie bag, so it was well worth our time. The next thing on the agenda is to tour the hospital we're going to deliver in. That should be fun! There are just so many little things to put into place before she gets here, I have a running list of "to-do's" for me and my husband!

So, without further ado, here is our Week 30 photo! Wow, 30 weeks I can't believe how fast this time is going!

My belly is definitely growing by leaps and bounds! But, I'm still feeling good, still working out, and still smiling! Well, I hope you all have a great day and a wonderful week! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Carol