Baby, baby, baby oooohhh

I of course have fleeting thoughts all the time, so let me share with you where else my mind wandered to when thinking about this shower. Instead of throwing a traditional shower, I thought about setting up a nice PINK picnic. I of course love baking (or making any food for that manner) and I am pretty fond of being outdoors in a cozy/intimate setting. Nothing like sitting on blankets in nature to bond. It just seems so personal to me. Pink drinks, finger sandwiches, flowering teas, petit fours, pink macaroons, and pink peonies would round up my ideal pink baby girl shower. Here's some cute ideas...

Images and recipes from top to bottom, left to right...Sugar Crafter, mowielicious, Such Pretty Things, and Hostess with the mostess, Numi Organic Tea. I have the recipes for the last pink drink (and I actually plan to make pink non-alcoholic drinks YAY!) but I found it on pinterest and the link goes no where, so you'll just have to bear with me.

Some other ideas thought up included: going out for brunch followed by pedicures and/or going to a painting class like Paint a Long, Sips and Strokes, or Paint Plus Canvas.All good ideas if I say so myself, but I'm still so excited for the "Rainbow Owl" shower. The invitations came in already and I have to say I'm pleased. Will share soon!

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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

First of all….Can you name the seven dwarfs? Just try it. Kills me every time.Okay moving on. Of course today’s party I’m working on a Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs themed party. I think I would start by setting up a little “forest” for the kids to walk through on the way in- complete with either stuffed or cardboard cut-out animal bunnies, chipmunks and deer. Little birds (most likely paper) would be hanging from the door frame. I’d be going for this kind of feeling (but with the princess not so sad let’s hope!) I would love to have a dress up station with a nod to “Mirror Mirror on the Wall”. Maybe something like this but more down to earth like this . Of course there would need to be apples galore. Candied apples? Carmel apples with a carmel apple decorating station? Rice crispy treat apples ? Donut hole mini apples ? Oh the options. (I also looove the Snow White cut-out in the mirror- adorable). Some sort of poison potion (with dry ice) would be super cute too. Maybe...

Dog Days of Summer

Well, my acrylic stamps didn't happen to work out on the cookies, but I found a purpose for them. I was practicing dipping Oreos in white chocolate when I got the bright idea to stamp them. I tried a few different methods, but my husband had the winning idea. Take a look. My methods- leaving the stamps in the white chocolate while it dried, using a greased stamp (gross, don’t do it), and using a stamp on nearly hardened white chocolate The winning method (eh hem- Josh’s method), putting the stamp in the white chocolate then freezing the cookie That man is a genius! I think they turned out super cute. I can’t wait to use this for a party. I’m kind of a sucker for my dogs so I was actually thinking about hosting a dog’s day out. If not, then I’ll probably keep this in my back pocket for Optimus’ birthday. Like I said- I’m a sucker for my dogs.

The Daniel Fast

When Josh and I moved back to Bellevue this summer we joined a new church, Zeal, which we really love. We've felt more challenged there to really engage, and twice a year the church as a whole focuses on 21 Days of Prayer. In January we fast during the 21 days, andre encouraged to give up something we feel hinders our focus (Instagram, sweets, etc.) We chose to do the Daniel Fast. The Daniel Fast is based on the following verses... “Test your servants for ten days; let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink." Daniel 1:12 In those days, I, Daniel, had been mourning for three entire weeks. I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, for the full three weeks" Daniel 10: 2-3 So basically, we've been eating a vegan, gluten-free, no sugar or sweetener-added foods for the past 11 days. We don't have fried foods either as they're 'rich', but we do have whole grains. We drink 100% juice and wat...

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