The weekend of parties

Friday we went out with Josh’s family to have a celebratory belated birthday dinner. Saturday we had my annual office party, Eli’s little friend’s 2nd birthday party, and then Josh’s best friend’s birthday party. Now today I’m off to celebrate one of my best friend’s birthday while Josh is off to a family gathering at his brother's. I’m going to make this super short and sweet. It’s been a busy weekend and I’ve got to get going!

Ah- before I update you on Eli- here is the finished product for my coworker. I made her some office décor that can be used just as trinkets, or as bookends, or as photo displays.

I actually quite like how they turned out. The best part? I had leftover wood, wood glue, modge podge, ribbon, etc. so I only had to spend $5 to finish it up. What do you think?

Eli: Week 31

After my second (and last) party yesterday. I was over it I’m happy today! Let’s party more
This week I started sleeping on my tummy. This inevitably set off the baby motion monitor and scared my parents half to death! I started getting on all fours and am trying to crawl, so it’s only a matter of time. I finally was able to grab my Memphis Zoo tiger from the basket above my changing table. Every time I pull it down I get so bright with accomplishment. My fourth tooth finally poked through and I’ve been much happier since. I had my second ever swim in the pool. Mom’s coworkers just loved seeing me. They all oohed and ahhed over my beautiful eyes. They also were shocked with how tall I am! I went to the doctor this week for a minor cold. I am 18 pounds 11 oz! I’m wearing mostly 12 month clothes now.I went to my first birthday party as well. Mom says my first birthday will be in 5 short months. I can’t wait to finally get me some of that cake! I love to stand on window sills and I love pulling myself up using the safety gate at the top of the stairs. I play with mom’s rings and I think painted toe nails look delicious.

Have the best weekend!

-Shantel

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Tuesday Tips

This week’s focus is… MENU Oh how I love food. After you’ve come up with your theme and your décor, it seems (at least to me) for the menu to come along naturally. I do have a few rules I try stick to. When I throw a party I generally like to have something crunchy you can snack on, something healthy(ish), something you could consider to be what I call “real food” aka something you would eat as part of a main meal, at least 2 drink options, and something deliciously sweet. Although I try to have some of the food options be theme-specific, I don’t think it’s absolutely necessary. People might remember if your food was theme specific, but they’re definitely going to remember if your food was delicious. Don’t feel like you can’t make some of your favorite staples for a party! Make food you would like to eat- especially if you’re hosting. You might just have leftovers. If you’re staple food is steak, or something equally expensive or equally larg...

Dust yourself off & try again

Okay, I have persisted and I have a few tips. Fluffier frosting is definitely not the way to go. I used a fluffier frosting and the frosting ended up coming off the cookie with the stamp. This icing seemed to work much better. Secondly, brush cornstarch on top of the icing to limit the stickiness. PaperVine was so right about that! I had a rubber stamp and an acrylic stamp and the rubber stamp worked much better. That’s not to say that acrylic stamps won’t work, but I didn’t have an acrylic block to put the food coloring on. I used the paper towel method I read about somewhere (for the life of me I can’t find it), where you put paper towels into a Tupperware container and soak it with food coloring. You use the paper towels as a sort of ink-pad. Next time I may just shell out the cash for an un-inked foam pad. I’m also interested to see how different types of food coloring works. Some people swear by gel while others swear by airbrush food coloring. Thirdly, make sure you’re hu...

Nerd, Nerd, Nerd, Nerd is the Word

I really want to throw a nerd party! How fun would that be? If my husband was into parties I might would just throw him a nerd party for his birthday. He’s not a Screech type of nerd, but he does like to game and is into computers and gadgets. I’m definitely having trouble coming up with a catchy name for the invitations, but you know I’m ready for the food! I think I would start out with a periodic table cloth on the food table to set the stage. Much like this one from Learning beyond the books. Then I’d definitely bake a nice pi pie like this one from Bot Pie . Then I would pick and choose from some of theses ideas. Love the Jell-O Legos The Joys of Jello did! These cupcake stencils and cakelet pans from Williams Sonoma are so cool too! And who could forget drinks? Harry Potter Butterbeer anyone? As far as décor goes- I think these removable Mario wall stickers would be a nice addition, and these Star Wars (Lego) glow sticks could be fun favors. This is definitel...

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