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If I don't hear from you...I'll have to pick a new winner, so be sure to email me!! :)

Wednesday's Parties {Sierra and Shaun's Candy Party}

Here's the candy party I did for Sierra and Shaun back in Oct. 09. I'm sharing it on the CSI project so I wanted to repost it! :) To see a ton of fabulous parties head over to CSI

Well here it is...one of the most anticipated parties I've done.
I say anticipated because I'VE been wanting to do a candy themed party for a long time and now I finally got to! :)
I planned it to be for just my niece and last minute we included another relative and that was fun too.
So here are the pictures.
{lots of them}

The candy buffet table ~

Favor bags ~
The centerpieces ~ {One for Sierra turning 3 and one for Shaun turning 2}
{Notice the lollipops? Those are from this post. They were easy to make, but I did not let the kids have them because the centers were jawbreakers instead of gumballs and I was afraid of them choking. I THOUGHT they were gumballs when I was putting my quarters in the little machines, but I was wrong! :) }

The table ~{I just purchased some fabric at Joanns and ran a crepe paper runner down the center. Sprinkled it with a bit of confetti and set some paper lanterns made into candies in the center.}

With her Birthday cake...a M & M with the letter S for Sierra ~

This picture shows the flag banner~
{not the best picture, I know. These were just made from coordinating paper and stapled to ribbon.}

Making candy necklaces ~

Playing lollipop grove {Sierra LOVED this game}~Possibly a little cheating going on here. :)The Birthday kids

Filling up the candy bags ~Possibly the happiest Birthday Girl ever
considering all she wanted for her Birthday was candy! :)

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Wedding Arbor

This arbor featured on Joyful Weddings and Events is just beautiful!!
Love the elegant look of it. You can see the entire Pink and Grey wedding at Joyful Weddings and Events.


Reminder....don't forget to enter my giveaway!! :)

Birds and bees baby

You want to know all about the birds and the bees??
Oh ya, I'll tell you right where to go ~
Fete Fanatic
shares an incredible baby shower that will fill you in!

Check this out.....cotton candy in sippy cups. How cute is that?? :)More pictures in this post!

Free to the winner!

I'm in a giving mood! :)
So...just for you my reader(s) you can win this adorable set of twine from The Twinery.
Here's what you get:
120 yards total of eco-luxe, plush 100% cotton twine in 8 colors (15 yards of each color shown): Maraschino,
Mandarin,
Lemondrop,
Peapod,
Caribbean,
Lilac,
Pink Sorbet
& Cappuccino
Now if you are not interested in the twine, you might be hungry just from reading the descriptions of the twine colors. :)

To win ~
1 just comment on THIS post..say "hi" or something. :)
2 tell me what you would do with these if you were to win.
3 follow this blog ~ or let me know you already do.
4 if you share this giveaway on your blog....comment again. :)

I'm going to hold this giveaway open till September 28....cause that's my birthday and I think it's a good day to pick a winner! :)
So...good luck all.

Eat your stamps!

Simply Creative Insanity featured this beautiful idea,
so I have to share it too!
She's off to Hobby Lobby to buy stamps and I think she will be followed by many others too.
What a great idea.
Easy, fun and so creative!
DIY is found here.

Touching Story

This cool story is about a young {30 year old :) } girl who wanted to share blessings and happiness with 30 other lucky people in this crazy world.
It all started when she was a child and she found a balloon with a note attached of someone wishing for a pen pal.
In celebration of her 30th birthday she attached hand written notes to 30 helium balloons and let them go...waiting for responses from the people who will find them.
What a great story about sharing and giving of one's time get to know others.

Your name on a Marshmallow

Check out this sweet idea from Head of the Table

It's all about camping..in style.
But seriously you could use this table placecard idea for other types of parties too, not just for camping.

Personalized Wedding Goodies

I wish I was the one who designed these!
They are fabulous and free!
I guess all you do is fill in your info and they email you the file so you can print away.

What a nice gift to offer it's readers.
Head over to The Wedding Chicks and get your free download....if you have someone in your life getting married, of course. :)

It doesn't have to be 4th of July for these

just make them into a different shape. :)
This is a simple sweet idea from Amanda at Bake it Pretty.
It just takes some Pop Rocks {who doesn't love some pop rocks},
candy melts,
a mold,
sticks,
and a bit of cayenne pepper{opt}.

Cake Pops on You Tube

We all know how much we love cake pops and how "fun" they can be to make! :)
I found this really good tutorial on Cakebot
and knew I had to share it.
It is really easy to follow, very informative and kinda makes me want to get out that cake mix and try these buggers. :)
So here you go, see what you think:

and if for some crazy reason this doesn't work ....go here.

Garland...cherry blossom style.

Creative Jewish Mom has a fabulous Cherry Blossom garland made from......disposable tablecloths.
I love it when people find other uses for things.
It shows alot of creativity.
And of course, I love this because it IS garland. :)
For the DIY head on over to her site.