FRIDAY FUNNIES...BABY NAMES

NOW, YOU KNOW, IN HONOR(?) OF KIM AND KANYE'S NEW BABY GIRL, 

WE JUST HAD TO TALK ABOUT BABY NAMES!

    When I was expecting, 21 years ago, I didn't want to know the gender.  After all how many ULTIMATELY wonderful surprises are there in life?  But I did have a few names chosen. 

    I then began the "game" of what would kids in school do with that name!  YIKES! Kids are VERY CREATIVE.  

    Then I thought "FAMILY NAMES"... ultimately I did choose a family name BUT not because it was family..it was just beautiful and had a strong meaning for a young girl.  It is Greek and a bit difficult to prounounce (if you don't understand phonetics!)   

    My daughter has always embraced it and all of her friends are in love with it too!  BUT I will tell you, I waited until I met her before I chose the actual name.  IT JUST HAD TO FIT.  I believe children show you their personality from birth and you just FEEL the name is right

With all that said....here are some ideas...

QUIRKY & COOL BABY NAMES

COOL BABY BOY NAMES

BABY GIRL NAMES 2013

THE HIPSTER BABY
How did you choose your baby's name?  We would LOVE to hear some cool names you've chosen and how PERFECTLY it fits the little gem he or she is growing into.
Read these links as you enjoy the weekend, with your feet up, dreaming and planning for the greatest gift you will ever receive!

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HAPPY WEEKEND!!!

DIY BABY SHOWER FAVORS

DIY  Sugar Scrub Baby Shower Favors

HOMEMADE SUGAR SCRUB

What you'll need for the sugar scrub:

- mixing bowl and spoon

- 3 cups white or RAW sugar

- 1 cup + 2 Tbsp. good quality olive oil or coconut oil  

- 10 drops of yummy-scented soothing essential oil per jar .... mandarin, peppermint,  lavender

Combine your sugar and oil, mix it up well, and divide into separate bowls (if you're planning to flavor them separately). Add your essential oil, stir, and divide among your jars. 

(you can also use kosher salt as as substitute for the sugar)

PERSONALIZED BABY LABELS & JARS

EDIBLE FAVORS are always a guest favorite!  

Bake your favorite sweet treat, cookies, cupcakes, truffles and 

present them in beautiful bags, jars and boxes.

Make homemade SUGAR COOKIES to attach to your  BABY FEET COOKIE CUTTER FAVORS

Use pink OR blue icing or use both colors to keep the guests guessing as to the gender of the new arrival.

BABY FEET COOKIE CUTTER FAVORS

SUGAR COOKIE RECIPE

1. Gather all your supplies to make the sugar cookies. Or buy the pre-made cough from the grocery store. Make sure to buy enough for the number of guests you have coming.

2. Frosting for your sugar cookies.

3. Dye for your frosting.

4. Frosting pens to write with on top of your cookies.

5. Cookie cutters in baby shapes, such as bottles, babies, strollers, or any other shape that matches the theme of your baby shower.

6. Small, clear cookie bags.

7. If you do not want to use bags, then clear plastic wrap works also.

8. Pre-printed ribbon with your name or your babies name and the date of the baby shower.

Now that you have all your supplies you are ready to make your baby shower cookie favors, first begin with making your cookies.

If you are using cookie cutters, then cut out your shapes. Make around the same number of shapes, so if you need 20 cookies and you have 4 shapes, make 5 of each shape. You may have to make the cookies one day and let them cool overnight and complete the rest of the favor the following day.

Now that your cookies are cooled, begin mixing the frosting to the desired colors you have chosen. Make sure you have enough frosting for all of your cookies.

Begin frosting and designing each cookie now. Use a butter knife to spread the frosting and detail to each cookie. Make sure the frosting is completely dry before doing anything else so that it does not get smeared or crushed.

You can use your frosting pen for small details like eyes, noses, a mouth, or other small lines and curves that can not be done easily with anything else.

Now that all the frosting is dried, begin placing the cookies in the cookie bags. Be careful still while doing this so the frosting does not get knocked off either. Dried frosting can fall off if you are not careful, so slide the baby shower cookie favors into the bags.

Take the pre-printed ribbon and tie the bags closed.

Place these on each persons plate  hang from a BABY SHOWER TREE or place in a basket for each guest to take as they leave.

BABY SHOWER FAVOR TREE.  Find a beautiful tree branch or use a mini Christmas Tree (which you Can spray paint any color) and hang your cookie favors!
This BABY TREE can also be used to invite guests to write sweet wishes for the new baby and attach them to the tree.
The new MOM-TO-BE will cherish these notes forever!.  Supply hang tags with ribbons and plenty of pens or colorful markers and crayons.

BELL JARS FOR CUPCAKES

I love these glass bell jars!  Fill them with beautiful cupcakes, candles or small plants.
 Tiny terrariums are all the rage now, so who wouldn't love one as a baby shower favor!.
 

Use small succulents, mosses or clovers to fill your TINY TERRARIUMS.  Attach a personalized label and ribbon and you have a unique baby shower favor everyone will love!

READ THIS, JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT!

JESSICA SIMPSON

Read this interesting article about Jessica's TOM SAWYER BABY SHOWER 

and the 'unusual" baby shower favors!

http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/celeb-news/jessica-simpson-baby-shower-guests-received-unconventional-party-191730171.html

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Please share your favorite baby shower favors that you have made or received. 

We LOVE new and unique ideas!

WEDDING FAVORS, BABY SHOWER FAVORS & MORE

WEDDING PHOTO IDEAS

MUST TAKE WEDDING PHOTO CHECKLIST from REAL SIMPLE

This is one of the biggest and most anticipated day in your life!  Make sure every moment is captured!

CAPTURE THE PURE JOY

GETTING READY FOR THE BIG WEDDING EVENT.  HAVE PROFESSIONAL PHOTOS TAKEN OF THE PROCESS BUT THROW IN SOME CANDIDS TO REMEMBER THE ANTICIPATION LEADING UP TO YOUR VERY SPECIAL DAY.

FUN PIX WITH YOUR BEST FRIENDS

BE CREATIVE WITH YOUR PHOTO MEMORIES

 PERSONAL MOMENTS 

with the 

SPECIAL PEOPLE in your life

BRIDE AND MOM CELEBRATE

TRADITIONAL MUST HAVE PHOTOS

THE KISS

THE CAKE CUTTING

THE FIRST DANCE

CANDID PHOTO OF YOUR VENUE

 BLACK and WHITE or SEPIA TONES

are beautiful and elegant and timeless for any wedding style.  They are oh so perfect must have photography style for a vintage inspired wedding.

NUDES or  BOUDOIR PHOTOS

The latest trend in wedding photography.  Brides are now having "BOUDOIR PHOTOS" taken as a special and private gift for their groom.

BRIDES GIFT FOR THE GROOM


Celebrate with your BRIDAL PARTY by taking fun and tasteful semi-nude and flirtatious photos  as part of the getting ready for the wedding process.

BOUDOIR WEDDING PHOTO IDEAS



FUN GROUP PICTURES
CREATE MEMORIES OF  YOUR JOYOUS DAY

What creative and fun photo ideas have you seen at weddings?  What creative photo ops do you plan to incorporate into your future memory collection?

Favors & Gifts for Weddings, Baby Showers and  more

ENJOY A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND!

FATHER'S DAY

Dear Dad, Daddy, Papa, Father,

      Today we say "THANK YOU" for all you do do for us.  So, sit back and enjoy the day we have planned for you.  We will start your special day with coffee and your favorite breakfast....

  

We made this card for you!  Yup, that's my footprint!  A lot bigger than last year, right?!?  Anyway, I love the words of this poem and I know you do to.  

Isn't this the COOLEST FATHER'S DAY GIFT EVER?!?  Please read the Nutrition/ingredients!  It will tell you how special you are to me. 

 (this project involves a little Photo Shop but is pretty easy and so worth it.  Click below for printables and instructions)

BEST POP EVER DIY GIFT

Here's a little treat for you.  We know how much you love a good cookout (YOU will be cooking out for us tonight!  That's why we love you.)  Anyway, these tasty cupcakes LOOK like grills with your favorite foods (really candy pieces, my favorite food!)

BBQ CUPCAKES FOR A FATHER'S DAY COOKOUT 

One more thing!  Here are some coupons, from me to you, that you can use for FREE  HUGS and more surprises. 

CUTE FREE DOWNLOADS

THANKS DAD  ENJOY YOUR SPECIAL DAY
AND
THANKS TO ALL THE MOMS, 
WHO ARE MOM & DAD and DO IT ALL

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SCHOOLS OUT PARTY IDEAS

SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER...

It's been a long school year and the day 

every kid has longed for is FINALLY here!

Welcome your kids and their friends as they jump off the bus and 

LET THE SUMMER BEGIN!

They will have a lot of pent up energy, so get the pillowcases out and start with SACK RACES then, 

SACK RACES

Maybe a NATURE WALK, gathering flowers for your Picnic tables or ,( in the some parts of the country), gather veggies from the garden for GRILLED PIZZA!

NATURE WALKS

TIME TO COOL OFF!  

If you have a pool, then of course MARCO POLO, WATER VOLLEYBALL and DIVING FOR TREASURES 

is on the agenda.

NO POOL?  NO PROBLEM!

Pull out the sprinklers, make water balloons for balloon toss games, wet large sponges for "Sponge Football" or fill squirt bottles (from your friendly Dollar Store) and squirt away!  

CHECK OUT THIS "TRIKE WASH".  

Of course its just so festive and fun to run through, too.

SUMMER "TRIKE WASH"

Pass out SUMMER IN A BUCKET for each child,
filled with jump  ropes, flip-flops, squirt bottles, bubbles, chalk....
This will keep the kids busy as you set up a
SLIDERS or PIZZA BAR

JUMP INTO SUMMER PARTY BUCKETS

End the fun with a FUN FOOD BAR...Let the kids make their own feuit salad on a stick
  

FRUIT SKEWERS

Set up a pizza toppings bar and let the kids choose and make their very own personal pizza.  Don't forget the veggies! Use pre-packaged pizza dough or flour tortillas.  

Click below for how to grill PIZZA.

GRILLED PIZZAS

OR

 Set up a SLIDERS FIXIN'S  BAR

Kids always eat better when they make their own!

Place pitchers of PINK LEMONADE on the table and...

SLIDERS RECIPES     

ENJOY THE FESTIVITIES,
ENJOY THE FOOD,
ENJOY THE CHILDREN,
               ENJOY THE SUMMER!!                          

CELEBRATE SCHOOL'S OUT BANNER

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VINTAGE BABY SHOWER THEME

Your having a BABY!  

This is such a special time for you and your family.  Your Moms, Grandmothers, Aunts and friends are as excited as you   They will recount your childhood days as well as their own. 

 A new baby becomes a part of your family history and future,  

A VINTAGE BABY THEME SHOWER 

can bring all of those memories and stories together.

Start with VINTAGE BABY SHOWER INVITATIONS.

VINTAGE INSPIRED BABY SHOWER INVITATIONS

 Talk to the women in your family.  Do  they have toys, books, quilts or blankets and photos from their childhood?  They would be honored to lend them to you for a really authentic 

"OLD TIME" shower theme.

VINTAGE TOYS, BOOKS, FAMILY HEIRLOOMS

VINTAGE BABY SHOWER DESSERT TABLE DECOR

Borrow Grandmother's vintage serve ware or scour thrift shops, yard sales or Etsy.com for vintage tableware and decor.

VINTAGE PUNCH BOWL

Look for cheap frames, paint them in soft whites, pink, blues or greens and display baby photos of your family and friends

Gather cut flowers from your garden (or your neighbor's!) for fragrant, easy and GORGEOUS decor.

Look for roses, hydrangeas and peonies, the most popular flowers of vintage cottage gardens

SHABBY CHIC BABY SHOWER

Search out VINTAGE INSPIRED baby shower favors or fill mason jars with "old time" candies, cookie ingredients and order personalized vintage labels.

VINTAGE BABY SHOWER FAVORS

BABY MILK BOTTLE FAVORS


Create memories of this momentous occasion.  
Share your favorite baby shower theme. We would love to see how you plan to welcome your new baby
to the family.

Enjoy a beautiful weekend!

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