Happy Birthday Seren And Carys

This year Seren turned 6 and Carys turned 4 and the theme for their joint party

Princess - Pink Princess.

And let me say I think  I went overboard with the pink. Talk about  Pink explosion! 

I used plastic tablecloths from the dollar store and hung them over the windows, made banners and lots of balloons.

Although, it looked fabulous even I say so myself :)

See how I made the Tutu Cupcake Stand HERE

Table settings

Fit for a Princess or two or three or four :)

I made cupcakes for the girls.

Lots of yummy Sugary treats

Pink Princess Popcorn

Princess Pretzel Wands

More Princess paper wrappers

What it looked like before the Little Princess arrived!

PARTY TIME.

Musical Statues

Funny Face Time

This is my granddaughter, Paisley

Seren

Carys

 Princess Photo Booth Time

Pass The Parcel

Happy Birthday to CARYS

Happy Birthday To SEREN

Here are all the Little Princess's in the Princess Photo Booth.

Click HERE to see how I made it.

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Tutu For A Cupcake Stand

To follow the Princess Theme for the girl's birthday's in March

 - I decided to make a Tutu for a cupcake stand.

Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy to make - just takes time.

Buy stretchy hairband fabric, wrap around the size of stand you want to use.

Cut and stitch the ends together to make a circle.

Tulle.

Then cut into strips. I did  2" wide strips x the length from the top of the stand to the bottom of it. Make sure you double it as you'll tie it on

Pop your stretchy band around the stand and begin adding the tulle.

I used three different colors.

Pink of course to match Princess Theme

Here is the one finished that I'll use for the gift bags to sit on

And this larger stand is for the cupcakes.

The Finished Tutu Covered Cupcake Stands

Pretty in Pink 

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Princess Castle Photo Booth

With both daughters having birthdays in March it thought a Princess Theme would be great.

 Then my aging grey cells got a churning and I came up with making a Princess Castle out of...guess what.... Cardboard Moving Boxes, Poster board, Craft Paper, glue and the good old duck tape.

Start with a LARGE moving box

Cut in half

Then using Poster Board I strengthened the inside before sticking both halves of the moving box back together.

I used a Medium Moving box, cut into 4 and made a tower shape.

I used more poster board on the backside for stability.

Using one poster board make a fancy top. for the main castle

And a simple triangle for the Tower roof.

Duck Tape works wonders, don't you agree :)

I cut out a heart window

Made some simple cardboard stands from the cut off cardboard.

Glue the front

Cover with craft paper - trim all the edges

Let it dry over night.

Then came painting day.

The girls, had to help, it was for their birthday party after all!

And the final product!

I painted it to look like a castle, added glitter

 (which I'm still finding in the nook and cranny's of our home)

I glued on green leaves, flowers and butterflies I picked up from the dollar store

Then from Michael's I picked up clip on Butterflies to add the final touch.

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Our New Home

Last October, Jason, I and the girls went to visit a model home in West Jordan, Utah.

Built by Holmes Homes 

(the landing page of their site has a slide of homes - one of which is for Bluffdale. That pic is the one from the model home I fell in love with the model type is called Hannah)

I'd already fallen in love with the pictures of it and now was the time to see it in the flesh -- or more like, bricks and mortar! Lol

No sooner as we walked through the garage into the kitchen -- AHH! Angels singing  moment. The kitchen was my dream one and I knew this was the house for us. 

That same day we signed with Holmes Homes - see the virtual tour of the exact home were having built HERE for our home to be built in Bluffdale, Utah. 

It should have been built by now but as we all know....! Building permits, Design meetings to pick our colors and everything else that goes into turning wood and nails into a home, plus delayed/missed meetings later, things begun to move and boy once they get started things move along pretty quickly.

Anyways...here are some pictures of the beginnings 

Second week of March.

Footings poured.

Amazing that this gaping hole will be our garage.

One week later the dirt had been filled back in. 

This picture is the view from the back of our home.

The following week which was last Sat 2nd April

The garage is up

The beams that will be the ceiling of the basement and floor of the main floor.

And one week from the last picture

Here is  how our home looks today

Friday, April 8th 2016

It's beginning to look like a home :)

The North side of our home

Front of the house faces West.

Inside the main Floor

The Kitchen/ Dining Area

Stairs to second floor. No roof yet but I'm guessing it will be up by end of next week!

Upstairs. Don't look like much but I can see where each room will be :)

The Basement

The Basement Stairs

The View of the back of our home from the corner of our property

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