tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86695378583962960302024-03-18T01:04:49.445-06:00At Second StreetKalleen at Second Streethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09448428282753594724noreply@blogger.comBlogger308125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669537858396296030.post-24307450314978432372014-04-02T13:15:00.000-06:002014-04-02T16:17:21.864-06:00Frozen Birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My sweet Clarissa turned five last month and picked Frozen for the theme of her birthday. </div>
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I was surprised when I went out to gather supplies for our little party that "Frozen" stuff is actually really hard to find. Luckily, her only real request was that there would be an Olaf piñata. I knew I could make that and then mix in other items to fit the theme. </div>
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She was thrilled with her Olaf piñata. I used the same method that I used to make Kate's Minnie Mouse Piñata, <a href="http://atsecondstreet.blogspot.com/2010/04/minnie-party-how-tos-part-1.html">HERE</a>. Sorry, I didn't take pictures of the process. </div>
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The head was separate from the body (It does not hold candy). I attached it with hot glue and then tied it to the body using string and a giant needle. I built up the mouth by layering pieces of cardboard cut into the shape. The nose is made from orange felt, and attached with hot glue. There is a great tutorial for that<a href="http://www.whimsy-love.com/2012/12/diy-build-your-own-snowman-kit.html"> HERE</a>. The rest of the details were cut from card-stock and attached with craft glue. </div>
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For these kids it was the hit of the night!</div>
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I kept the decorations super simple with white pom-poms, a few clearance snowflakes from the party store, and white paper doilies.<br />
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Of course, I also whipped up a quick banner for the fireplace in <a href="http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/software/silhouette-studio">Shilouette Studio</a>. I know I say this all the time, but this program is <a href="http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/software/silhouette-studio">FREE to download</a> and easy to use. You don't have to own a Shilouette to download and use it. </div>
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I also made her a crown, which she loved but only wore for a few minutes, plus pictures. </div>
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The Cake! I ended up really loving this cake. Unfortunately, I forgot something. Do you see it?</div>
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I forgot to add Olaf's buttons! Oh well. Honestly, this little guy was a bit of a nightmare. The basic construction was fine. I followed this tutorial by Pucky Cakes, <a href="http://puckycakes.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/pap-modelado-de-olaf.html">HERE</a>. This was my first time using modeling chocolate, and all those little details kept melting in my hot hands. Arrrggghhh...It took three hours to make him. </div>
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My favorite part of the cake was the snowflakes. They were made using royal icing and <a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Cake-Mate-Cupcake-Gems-Shimmer-White-Sugar-3.9-oz/35644111">Sugar Gems</a>. I got the sugar gems at <a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Cake-Mate-Cupcake-Gems-Shimmer-White-Sugar-3.9-oz/35644111">Walmart</a> in the baking department. I'm pretty sure I paid less than $2 for the bottle. </div>
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I simply piped the snowflakes onto a cookie sheet that was covered in parchment paper. Then I sprinkled the Sugar Gem on top, while the frosting is still wet. *They need to dry for at least 24 hours* After that, they will slide right off the parchment paper. But be careful, they are very delicate! I would recommend making at least double the number you want. I broke several snowflakes in the process of transferring them to the cake. I printed off a couple sheets of snowflake images to place under my parchment paper as a guide, but actually liked my freehand snowflakes more. </div>
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Beat until stiff, keep covered as it dries fast.</div>
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I used some reserved royal icing to glue the snowflakes onto the cake. </div>
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It was a fun night with family, where Clarissa was cherished and spoiled. I'm glad we could make her feel special for at least one day this year.<br />
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For me, the intense game of Freeze Dance was the highlight of the party.<br />
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Most of the family decided to go with a Wreck It Ralph theme. It was optional to participate, but those that did, LOVED it. The girls planned, talked and plotted every spare moment for weeks about how we would accomplish every detail of the costumes. Best of all, Clair continues to only refer to everyone by their character names. She calls Jared- Ralph or "the kind, bad guy", Lydia- Candlehead, Jeff- Felix or "the good guy", and herself - "the Glitch." </div>
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Jefferson made the cutest Fix-It-Felix. His costume was by far the easiest. I got the hat on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Result-Unisex-Childrens-Plain-Basebll/dp/B00AXITF00/ref=sr_1_3?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1382931341&sr=1-3&keywords=Result+Unisex+baseball+cap">Amazon</a>, and the patches from <a href="http://www.alittlecrafty.com/">A Little Crafty</a>. We had the pants and shirt, thrifted the boots, and I made the belt with notions from JoAnn's. I lucked out and found the wooden hammer at an estate sale a week ago. All it needed was a couple coats of gold paint.<br />
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Clarissa started the theme when she wanted to be Vanellope Von Schweets. I was hoping to find some of her costume pre-made, but no luck, I had to make everything. I used pink shoelaces from Walmart for the strings in her hoodie and embroidery floss for the stitching. I painted white microfiber tights with craft paint, placing cardboard inside them and taping off the stripes with painters tape. For her licorice hair tie, I wrapped a fabric trim (Walmart) around wire. For the sprinkles in her hair, I colored adhesive name tags. Then, using a hole puncher I cut the circles, removed the backing and stuck them to her hair. The peppermints were glued to velcro and stuck in her hair. Warning! use as little of the velcro as possible, it really sticks to the hair and can hurt when pulling it out. <br />
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I think the Candlehead hat, was my favorite project this year. I used some old mouse ears from Disneyland as the base. I simply ripped off the ears and painted it brown. I used felt for the rest of the construction. To make the whipped swirl on top, I loosely rolled a piece of felt with wire in the middle, securing the ends with glue. With the wire in the middle it was easy to manipulate the felt into the perfect swirl. The candle is also rolled-up felt with embroidery floss wrapped around it. I made the skirt, thrifted the jacket (lucky find), and had the shirt and tights. </div>
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My husband was such a good sport to dress up with the kids. Finding his overalls was a nightmare. Apparently overalls are hard to find around Halloween. I went to probably 20 thrift stores, with no luck. Finally, I found a large pair of stretchy brown pants and knew I had to transform them into overalls. I made up the bib, sewed the decorative stitching on both the bib and pants, and added the overall buckles. In the end I was very happy with the results. Even if the fabric for the bib doesn't match perfectly, I think they look better than blue jean overalls would have looked. I thrifted his orange shirt: it originally had a collar, which I cut off. </div>
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Kate is really into cats right now, so dressing as a black cat was a no brainer. The key to this costume was a black feather boa I got at JoAnn's for a few dollars. I constructed her tail by wrapping the black boa around a long wire and attached it to a felt belt. Here is the trick, the belt had two pieces of supporting wire sandwiched between two pieces of felt in the back. I used my glue gun for all of this, no sewing. I made arm bands and leg warmers out of a fuzzy knit fabric (JoAnn's). I also glued extra boa to the wrist of the arm bands and around my felt cat ears. </div>
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Kalleen at Second Streethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09448428282753594724noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669537858396296030.post-45612822446814332852013-10-10T12:46:00.002-06:002014-04-02T20:59:37.428-06:00Jefferson turns 1!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My baby turned ONE last week. I really can't believe it. How did this happen so fast?</div>
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With the crazy schedules we are on and just trying to get through each day, his birthday totally snuck up on me. I wasn't able to throw a big party, but we did have a fun evening with our family to celebrate. </div>
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1st Birthday stats. I wish these were popular when my other kids turned 1. I reused my chalkboard from <a href="http://atsecondstreet.blogspot.com/2013/01/diy-giant-paper-flowers.html">THIS</a> post.</div>
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Minutes before the party started, I handed my sister a stack of photos, paper, and some ribbon. I asked her to come up with something, anything, before people arrived. I love what she did. She found some upholstery tacks and tacked the pictures to the ribbon after matting them with the paper. </div>
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I made a simple cake that matched the fabric for his "birthday outfit."</div>
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My favorite part of the 1st birthday is the Cake Smash. Since Jefferson is my last, I wanted to get super cheesy with it and made him a cake smash outfit. My husband was a good sport, despite a few comments about how it looked more like a baby Chip and Dales outfit. Ha, he may have been right!</div>
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Happy Birthday Jefferson!</div>
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If you sew for your kids, you probably already know this week is <a href="http://blog.kidsclothesweek.com/">Kids Clothes Week</a>. It's a challenge to spend at least an hour a day on sewing for your kids before the next season. It's such a great motivator to get things done, especially when you follow what everyone else is making. I wish I had time to make some amazing outfits, but for now, I'm thrilled to just get summer PJ's done.<br />
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Pretty soon my girls aren't going to be able to wear their long flannel pj's anymore. Summer nights can be brutal in our old, tall house, even with central air. They would be good with a giant, old t-shirt, but I like to have at least one cute pair of pj's for them.</div>
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As usual they were matching. I made all the pants, repurposed one of my old T's for Lydia and simply embellished the tanks for the other two. I know my limits.<br />
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They waited patiently all week to finally wear them to bed.</div>
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In addition to the pj's I also refashion some shorts for Jefferson and a skirt for Clair. Sorry no pictures. If you want to see what other mom's are making you can check out the blog <a href="http://blog.kidsclothesweek.com/2013/03/kcw-spring-2013/">HERE</a>, or the flicker group <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1293871@N23/">HERE</a> or search the hashtag #kidsclothesweek.</div>
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When I was asked to review the new line of <a href="http://www.joann.com/hgtvfabric">HGTV Home Fabrics from JoAnn's</a>, I couldn't say yes fast enough. As soon as I saw the fun bold print they sent me, I knew what I was going to do with it. </div>
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It's a project I've had on my bucket list for years, and was thrilled to finally get it done. </div>
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I have a real library in my house. It is charming but TINY. Like seven feet by seven feet, you probably have a closet bigger than my library, tiny.<br />
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Despite being tiny, it has a 10ft ceiling with shelves running the whole way up. It may be full of old books, that no one wants to read, but it's still one of my favorite things about my house. </div>
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Sandwiched between to bookcases on one of the walls is a bench, that has been begging for a cushion and some pillows. </div>
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This fabric turned out to be perfect for the space for two big reasons. One, it's super durable. I'm pretty sure it can handle all five of my kids. Second, It combines the neutral colors I have in the rest of my house with a fun pop of color, so the kids are drawn to it. </div>
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Once I put in the cushion and pillows I knew we needed something on the wall. Since a frame would be in the way, I went with vinyl and this fun saying. I don't think kids can hear their loved enough. </div>
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I got away with another year of matching dresses for Easter.<br />
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I wasn't planning on it, but fell in love with this rainbow seersucker. The next thing I knew I was buying five yards of it.<br />
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Lydia's dress was a nightmare. I have a hard time drafting my own sleeve patterns so I decided to use a vintage pattern. The pattern had the cutest pictures on the front, but didn't sew up anything like the pictures. I think it will be the last time I use a vintage pattern. I had to unpick, recut and resew it several times to get the fit I wanted.</div>
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Kate's dress started out as Clairs, but became Kate's when I realized the bodice fit her better than Clair. This may be one of the only benefits of sewing for more than one girl.</div>
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Clair's dress was my favorite and by far the easiest to make. She loved the way it twirled.</div>
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They loved being different but still matching.<br />
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I wanted so badly to make ties for the boys but simply didn't have time. I barely got the dresses done, sewing a zipper in late the night before.<br />
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I'm sure we look super cheesy to many, but I can't help myself. I blame my mom.<br />
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My darling Kate turned 6 yesterday and she requested a peacock theme for the celebration. Honestly I was a little scared when she made the request a few weeks ago. I'd never seen a peacock birthday and wasn't feeling very creative. I've never said no to a request and I'm glad I didn't this time because we were both thrilled with how everything turned out. Once again we celebrated with a simple family dinner and cake, but I tried to make it special. </div>
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Her birthday outfit:</div>
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If you look close you can see all the peacockish designs in the fabric. </div>
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My favorite part of the outfit was her headband. She was so excited to wear a real peacock feather. </div>
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The decorations:</div>
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I was pretty proud of my late night peacock drawing. </div>
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This cake reminded me a lot of the <a href="http://atsecondstreet.blogspot.com/2011/05/blue-bird-birthday.html">blue bird cake</a> I did a couple of years ago. </div>
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While Kate loved the outside of the cake, the rest of us were loving the inside. I hate to brag but this cake was pretty dang good. It was super moist with three layers of chocolate ganache inside. YUM. </div>
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I sure love this girl. I think we are the most alike of all my kids. She is the middle child and kinda takes care of herself. She seeks out attention by doing good things not acting out. </div>
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Some things I want to remember: She requested Ramen noodles for dinner, luckily I talked her into spaghetti noodles with alfredo. And she came home from school with a birthday present from a boy, her "boyfriend".<br />
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My baby girl turned 4. It was a bitter sweet birthday for me. She chose Disney's newest princess, Sofia the First, as a theme. Even though I'm not a big fan of the whole disney princess thing, I've tried to embrace it over the last 8 or so year for the sake of my girls. During my preparations, I realized that this would probably be the last time I did a princess themed party. I thought I would be thrilled and I am, but a small part of me was sad that I've reached the end of a phase. </div>
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I shouldn't really call our little celebration a party. We simply had a family dinner and cake, but it was perfect. </div>
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My little princess, I think she looks just like Sofia.</div>
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I decorated the house the night before so she would be surprised when she woke up. My husband thinks I'm crazy when I decorate for a small family dinner, but I love making things magical.</div>
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I was so excited about this Sofia bunting, she didn't even notice it with all the balloons on the floor. </div>
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I usually make a special outfit for birthdays. I debated on making a real sofia dress or a simple dress she could wear to church and school. I went with a Sofia-inspired dress. While I was sewing it up, she kept telling me I was making it all wrong and it didn't look like Sofia's. I was worried, but turns out she loves it and won't take off. </div>
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There has been a lot of twirling. </div>
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I love how it turned out. I'm so grateful to my sister who showed up and helped decorate. As always, I had way more on my plate than I planned, and it wouldn't have been finished on time without her. </div>
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Lucky for me we live by a Disney store, I used the sofia from a <a href="http://www.disneystore.com/sofia-the-first-figure-play-set/mp/1325466/1000262/">figure set</a> for the topper. </div>
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I think I'll enjoy every last moment of her being a princess before it ends.<br />
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Linking to <a href="http://www.thegirlinspired.com/">{You Inspired}</a>, <a href="http://www.thetraintocrazy.com/">{Make It Wear It}</a></div>
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I love it when good things happen to good people, to much of life is unfair. After 12 years of waiting, one of my dear friends was finally able to start a family through adoption. It was a miracle and happened suddenly, so some friends and I whipped up a shower over the weekend.</div>
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Of course I had to dress up the mantle for the affair.</div>
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First, I made this painted burlap banner. It's a project I've wanted to try for a while and I love how it turned out. </div>
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Once I was done with the banner, I had all this leftover paint and just wanted to use it on something. That is when I remembered some wood blocks I had from a past project. I used my western stamp set for the letters. It wasn't necessary but turned out to be a nice gift for baby. </div>
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Does my sign look familiar? I used it <a href="http://atsecondstreet.blogspot.com/2013/01/diy-giant-paper-flowers.html">HERE</a>. It used to say FAITH but I altered the lettering a little. If you look close you can see what was erased and what I kept.</div>
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I got a new chalk marker since my old one ran out. I don't think I can tell you enough how much I love chalk art and these chalk markers. AMAZING. </div>
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The drink station. We served a mint lime punch and pretty flavored water. </div>
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I'm loving multi layered bunting right now. I found a package of oblong paper doilies that were perfect and altered my <a href="http://atsecondstreet.blogspot.com/2011/03/spring-banner-free-printbale.html">SPRING banner</a> to spell out the new baby's name. I think I put about 30minutes total into all four banners. </div>
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Since it was a late-afternoon open house, we stuck with simple finger foods and a few desserts, including my favorite mint brownies. </div>
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The invite. I was able to make these up in minutes using my FREE <a href="http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/?page=software">Silhouette Studio software</a>. If you are like me and don't own photoshop it's a great way to design and print your own invitations. I've told you about it <a href="http://atsecondstreet.blogspot.com/2012/05/custom-invites.html">in the past</a>, but wanted to give it another shout-out.<br />
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<a href="http://atsecondstreet.blogspot.com/p/link-parties.html">HERE</a> is a list of parties I link to.</div>Kalleen at Second Streethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09448428282753594724noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669537858396296030.post-49891485991102623142013-02-26T11:31:00.002-07:002013-02-26T12:26:33.185-07:00double-sided adhesive sheets, glitter and a shamrock<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When the nice guys at silhouette asked if I wanted to try their new <a href="http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/?page=shop&cat=13">double-sided adhesive sheets</a>, I jumped at the chance. </div>
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My girls love glitter. In fact when I pulled out the glitter to test it out, they all went crazy and started grabbing paper and glue before I could stop them. We're looking forward to some fun projects in the future like sparkly easter eggs or halloween signs. I didn't have any of the super fine glitter, but what we had worked fine for now. </div>
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We decided to make a little sign for St Paddy's. </div>
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We started with a clover, sticking it right to a little canvas mat we had. </div>
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We covered it with green, then added {LUCKY} to the corner. Honestly, the sheets were a little harder to handle than I anticipated. I was in a hurry and with these you want to take your time. Once they touch a surface, they can't be moved. So, my C may or may not look a little like a G.</div>
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Despite that I am still a big fan. You would never be able to accomplish the same look with glue. I absolutely love the way it sparkles when I walk past. </div>
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lucky banner found <a href="http://atsecondstreet.blogspot.com/2010/02/first-for-me.html">HERE</a></div>
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And since I am way behind on my Thank-you's for all help and gifts for the baby and made a few cards too.<br />
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I hope everyone had a fabulous Valentines Day. We sure did. </div>
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My husband and I used to make a special effort to go out alone for Valentines, but a few years ago things didn't work out and we spent the night with the kids. We had so much more fun celebrating as a family we've never gone back.</div>
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The kids love having a fancy dinner. Kate asked every night this week if dinner was "Valentines Dinner." Using giant red goblets and drinking sparking juice is their favorite part.</div>
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It was red velvet, super moist and to die for. </div>
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After dinner we played a Valentines version of cherades. It was a lot of fun. </div>
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We're going bananas over our valentines this year and hope you will too.<br />
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While searching Amazon we came across these cute <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Monkey-Figures-Plastic-Party-Favors/dp/B003G55KVA/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1360355522&sr=8-8&keywords=monkeys">monkey figures</a> and knew we had to use them. <span style="color: #0000ee;"><u></u></span><br />
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Then we got a little crazy and added some <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Silly-Yellow-Banana-Heads-Candy/dp/B0080JFTH2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1360356257&sr=8-4&keywords=banana+head">Banana Heads</a> to the mix,<br />
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And came up with this<br />
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And this.</div>
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We did our own twist but were inspired by another version <a href="http://funfamilycrafts.com/monkey-valentine/">HERE</a>.<br />
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I had a hard time finding the right bag to put them in, but eventually found these at Michael's.<br />
They're called archival bags and I found them in the wrapping section not with the other cellophane bags.<br />
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Overall I spent about $40 on supplies for 4 classrooms. That's $10 a classroom. Not cheap but just a little more than what you would pay for cards and a bag of candy. </div>
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If you are interested, I downloaded the tags so you can print them yourself <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxtzPwwphz7hNGlRelpTdGpCajQ/edit">HERE</a>.<br />
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You can find our valentines from previous years <a href="http://atsecondstreet.blogspot.com/2012/01/blow-me-kiss-valentine-with-free.html">HERE</a> and <a href="http://atsecondstreet.blogspot.com/2011/02/love-juice-valentines.html">HERE</a>.</div>
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The last three years my sister and I have hosted a valentines making party. It's a perfect fit for us, we both love valentines and need an excuse to share our hoarded crafting supplies. </div>
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My sister came up with the cutest display for all the card making supplies. </div>
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I have to say, the washi tape was the hit of the party. I got mine from <a href="http://pickyourplum.com/">Pick Your Plum</a>. </div>
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Mini strawberry tarts, I think I'll share this recipe, so easy and so amazing.</div>
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I decided to let my older girls come along this year, since they wouldn't stop begging. I was impressed with how serious Lydia was about it. She had a list of people she wanted to make a card for and didn't stop till everyone was done. </div>
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Kate made a few cards but mostly enjoyed her time getting a sugar high and running around with one of her best friends. </div>
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How pathetic is it that I was looking forward to a couple cans of this, since I stopped drinking it on a regular basis? </div>
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Me and my sister Shelly (who is actually shorter than me but loves high heals). </div>
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I just got all our supplies for our classroom valentines in the mail. Hopefully I can share them later this week. </div>
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I was asked to make a display table that represented faith at our stakes New Beginnings this week. </div>
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I knew I wanted to do giant white flowers. Not only did they fit my theme perfectly, they also added a lot of drama.</div>
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I wasn't able to find any tutorials online that fit the shape and size I wanted so I thought I would share what I figured out in the process. </div>
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They are super easy to make and only take a few minutes. You can make them Giant or small and with supplies you already have at home. I used plain old printer paper as well as some butcher paper from my husbands school. Even with just 8-1/2x11 sheet of paper you can still get a 24" flower. </div>
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I cut four sheets of paper in half, one into 4th's and one into 8th's. </div>
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Then I cut the tops into a petal shape. Various shapes on top will add dimension. Next I cut a slit up the middle of the bottom. It was about 3" or so. </div>
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Then I folded the one side of the slit onto the top of the other side. You want to create a cone shape with the glue holding it in place. </div>
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You can fold it over a little for a shallow bump or a lot for a deeper bump. You'll want to vary how deep of a cone you get with each layer. The outside petals will need a shallow bump and the inside need a deeper bump. </div>
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Once you've made all your petals for each layer, start glueing them together. I like to start with the largest petals and move in. For this flower I started with two petals and then added petals around it. </div>
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Once I had my outside petals done I glued the four middle ones together and placed them on the inside. </div>
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Hope that makes sense cause they really are super easy and so fun. You could do any color and any size depending on what paper you have available. I think they'd be great for a wedding or big party. </div>
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If you are interested the chalk boards, I got a giant board (2'x4') at Home Depot for $10 and had it cut down (for free) to fit my frame. <a href="http://www.iammommahearmeroar.net/2013/01/huge-chalk-sign-under-10.html">Thanks to Cheri for the tip on chalk boards</a>. I was then able to use the left over pieces for the other projects. </div>
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The chalk board worked perfectly with my <a href="http://www.chalkink.com/">Chalk Markers</a>. I see a lot more <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/88594317640513369/">Chalk Art</a> in my future.</div>
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I spent every spare second last week frantically trying to put together costumes before the school carnival friday. It's been so long since I sat at the sewing machine I was a little scared that I wouldn't know what I was doing. Luckily, I kept things super simple and everything worked out. </div>
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This little girl would probably look cute in anything, but was thrilled to wear an old clown costume from a few years ago. You can see the original <a href="http://atsecondstreet.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-we-wore-last-year.html">HERE</a>. </div>
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I was so happy to use this costume again. The sleeves are my favorite part. She loves telling people she is a "silly clown".</div>
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All I had to do was clean it up and repair the hat. </div>
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This girl was kind enough to request a witch costume.</div>
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I was able to recycle most of the costume and only had to make the tutu. </div>
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When this one requested a bat costume, I instantly knew what I wanted it to look like. I knew I had seen something somewhere before but couldn't remember where. After several searches online I finally found <a href="http://www.danamadeit.com/2011/10/halloween-costumes-2011-into-the-dark-knight.html">Dana's bat costumes</a>, which inspired our look. </div>
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Instead of black felt, I used purple satin on both sides of the wings. I love how the lighter stitching turned out. </div>
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And, instead of a hat we made a headband. Thanks Dana for sharing your bat ear shape, I'm sure it saved me a lot of time. </div>
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When my oldest son said he didn't want to dress up for Halloween my heart broke and I knew I just had to think of something cool enough. Since he already had long hair, I suggested he cut the sides for a bit and be a punk rocker. Don't worry, we'll cut the rest off after Halloween.</div>
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I have to admit it bothered me a bit at how comfortable he was with this look. </div>
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I cut the sleeves off a women's levi shirt, and added an iron-on scull to the back. I put together his wrist bands with supplies from JoAnn's. The spikes are actually beads glued to a vinyl band I sewed. I used E6000, it worked okay but by the end of our second party we had lost most of the spikes. </div>
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I also had to share this Astrid costume with you too. My sister made it for my niece and I love how it turned out. </div>
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My niece asked her mom to start a blog just to show it off. We're hoping this works instead. </div>
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She made the sculls with clay, drilled holes in the eyes and sewed them on with beads. Amazing. </div>
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If you're wondering about the baby. He got the short end of the stick this year. I ran out of steam and decided not to dress him up. In the end, I'm glad I didn't since he didn't go out with us to anything. He stayed home safe and warm with Grandma. </div>
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Our little Jefferson finally joined the family last week. He is so little and so cute. Honestly, I'm not much of a baby person but I can't get enough of him. I could sit and look at him all day long. I think it's because I know he's my last and I'll never experience this size again. </div>
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I was hoping for a burst of energy that usually comes with a new baby, but because of lack of sleep and four germy kids, I'm dead with a cold. I'm just grateful for little improvements each day. </div>
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We started our summer out with our annual trip to California to visit one some of our closest friends. </div>
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We spent a day at Disneyland.<br />
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Celebrated the 4th.<br />
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But, our favorite things about summer are long visits from cousins and several trips to the lake.<br />
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I put this list on our back door the last day of school to get the kids excited about summer and to help motivate myself to do more than sit in front of my bedroom AC unit. </div>
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#6 on the list was "make a bird feeder". My five year old had been begging me for months to make some. I was worried that it wasn't the right season to make a bird feeder, but read online that birds will come no matter when you place them, so we gave it a go. </div>
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This was what we came up with. </div>
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First we cut 2 stars from a cardboard box. Glued them together with a piece of twine sandwiched in between. Then we covered the entire thing in peanut butter. </div>
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It made a big mess, but was so much fun. </div>
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After hanging them up in our tree, the kids sat outside for hours watching to see if they had any takers. For some reason I think the sight four children scared them all away.<br />
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Even though we didn't have many bird sightings, they were pretty to look at while they lasted. We will for sure be trying this again when the weather is cold and hope to have better success.<br />
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Hope you are all having a great summer. We have three more weeks to finish our list, I hope I have the energy to make it all happen.<br />
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Having the proper attire at our tea party not only set the perfect mood, but also provided a great activity to keep the girls busy. </div>
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The base of the fascinator is made by sandwiching a headband in-between two felt circles. It's held together with hot glue. The top circle is 5" and the bottom circle is 3". I used my <a href="http://www.accuquilt.com/go-baby-fabric-cutter.html">Go! Baby fabric cutter</a> to cut the circles, but you could easily trace a bowls or cups about those sizes. I purchase the silver headbands from <a href="http://www.theribbonretreat.com/Products/headbandmetal-bended-end.aspx">Ribbon Retreat</a>, for 40¢ a piece. </div>
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The first step was letting each girl chose a gold or pink tule for the flare at the top of the fascinator. I attached the tule myself so that no one would get burned. I found these rolls of tulle at our <a href="http://www.zurchers.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=tulle&x=0&y=0">local party supply store</a> for about $3.50 each, using a roll instead of tulle from the bolt was very convenient. </div>
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While I was attaching the tulle, the girls picked from the assorted trimming and started designing their hats. </div>
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I took some time in the days before to make several fabric flowers. If you need some ideas of how to put these together here are two good tutorials. I hot glued mine together.</div>
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Lydia wanted to make sure blue was included and I loved these butterflies I found at the party store in a pack of 20 for about $4. </div>
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Some other items not pictured are various items in stash, white feathers($1.50, walmart) and pink glass beads ($2.50, Walmart)<br />
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Once they decided what they wanted they brought everything to me and I put glue where they wanted it and they stuck their trimmings on. It went really smooth. This one was designed by my 5year old. I was worried about what she would want but thought she did a great job. </div>
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I made four fascinators the night before, one for each of the women helping at the party. It was really fun, and would recommend this activity for women too.<br />
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Here are two more examples of the ones I made:</div>
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Did anyone notice Lydia's cute tea dress. I desperately wanted to make her a lace dress for the party but knew I had limits especially because I wear out so easy these days. </div>
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Luckily I found the <a href="http://downeastbasics.com/timepiecedress-2.aspx">Timepiece Dress</a> from DownEast at their clearance center the week before the party. </div>
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I found it in a women's medium size but it was only $10 and I knew it would be easy to scale down to Lydia's size. </div>
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After 40 minutes of altering we had the perfect tea dress. I unpicked the sleeves, brought down the shoulder line, tapered in the sides and reattached the sleeves. I also added a ribbon belt and an old flower clip we already had. </div>
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I love the lace and embellished neckline. </div>
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For more info about the party go <a href="http://atsecondstreet.blogspot.com/2012/05/vintage-inspired-tea-party.html">HERE</a>.</div>Kalleen at Second Streethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09448428282753594724noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669537858396296030.post-80644454226080185462012-05-21T07:00:00.000-06:002012-05-24T12:29:33.147-06:00Vintage inspired Tea Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We celebrated Lydia's 8th birthday this weekend with a fabulous vintage inspired tea party. </div>
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Our original plan was to hold the party in my Mother-in-Laws backyard, but with the threat of thunderstorms we moved the party back to our house and into our living room. We were all heart broken about not being outside, but had a delightful time anyway. How could you not with these cute girls surrounding you? </div>
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The tone was set with our custom invitations, blogged about <a href="http://atsecondstreet.blogspot.com/2012/05/custom-invites.html">HERE</a>. </div>
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Once the girls arrived we split the 12 girls up into 3 groups and rotated between activities. </div>
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Activity #1: Nail painting</div>
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My sweet sister set up the cutest nail salon. Not only did each girl chose a color and rhinestones, but also she gave them a full manicure. </div>
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Activity #2: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascinator">Fascinator Hat</a> Making</div>
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The girls were able to pick and choose from a variety of embellishments and flowers, to create something just their style. For more info go <a href="http://atsecondstreet.blogspot.com/2012/05/tea-attire.html">HERE</a>.</div>
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It was difficult for me to give them freedom to design their own but they all did a fabulous job and really enjoyed being unique. </div>
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We were so lucky that the sky cleared up after a morning of rain so that we could play croquet in the back yard. </div>
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Many of the girls had never played before but really got into it. Lydia said this was her favorite part of the party. </div>
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One of my favorite parts was to just listen to the girls talk and laugh as they enjoyed each other. </div>
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I made up menu's that matched the invites. My mother was the server in charge of food orders and my mother-in-law handled all the drink orders.<br />
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My sister loaded the herbal tea with sugar so they would all really enjoy it.<br />
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After the second course we gathered around the sweets table and sang Happy Birthday.<br />
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Then the girls were able to pick and choose what ever treats they wanted.<br />
I spent three days in the kitchen baking everything myself.<br />
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The sweets included:<br />
Mini cupcakes, cream puffs, two types of sugar cookies, cake balls, mini tarts, meringues, and Lydia's cake. I'll share recipes later this week. </div>
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I loved the vintage lace cookies. So pretty.<br />
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We were scrambling to make decor once we decided to move the party indoors. I printed a few banners and luckily had some bunting from <a href="http://atsecondstreet.blogspot.com/2010/07/wedding-reception.html">my brothers wedding</a>. </div>
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It was a lot of work, but hopefully it will be a fond memory for the rest of her life. </div>
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We're getting ready for my daughters 8th birthday in a couple weeks and thought I'd share the custom invitation I made for her. I was inspired by <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/88594317639866463/">THIS</a> invitation and loved how ours turned out. </div>
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As cute as the inspiration was I decided to go the DIY route not only to save money but now I can do matching menus, place cards, etc. </div>
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I made the invitations in Silhouette Studio. Yes, it is the software I use with my Silhouette machine, but anyone can download it for free <a href="http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/software.aspx">HERE</a>. I love this program. It's so easy to use, I basically taught myself by pushing all the buttons until I understood what I was doing. All the fonts on you computer will automatically be transferred to the program and any additional images you want can be downloaded for 99¢ a piece. I downloaded the background, flowers, and tea cups for this project, spending a total of $4. </div>
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Another great tip if you want to print at home, is to print in the photo paper setting. It will give you a crisper and brighter image. </div>
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I've had so much fun searching with my daughter for the perfect tea cups and accessories. Hopefully it will all come out as planned. </div>
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We celebrated Kate's 5th birthday last month. Despite being <a href="http://atsecondstreet.blogspot.com/2012/04/growing.html">sick</a>, I had to pull something together since 5th birthdays are one of the few birthday's we celebrate with a friend party. She's patiently waited 2 years for this and won't have another friend party for three years, so I wanted to make it as special as I could.<br />
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As guests arrived they recieved a purple glitter crown. (found at JoAnn's $1 bins)</div>
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Then everyone was sent outside to develop their artistic talents in sidewalk paintings. </div>
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I loved this one of rapunzel and her floating lanterns. (please ignore the rust stains)</div>
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Next we beaded necklaces.</div>
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I was so worried about entaining the girls, but really they just enjoyed playing outside together. </div>
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After working up and appetite, we went inside for lunch, presents, cake and ice cream. </div>
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This was one of the hardest cakes I've ever done. I ran out of time and wasn't able to do half of what I wanted to. </div>
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I was so upset, and felt like a huge failure until I saw her reaction. </div>
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She doesn't care that the tower is going to fall any second. </div>
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the decorations:</div>
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Thanks to my silhouette, these banners were a breeze to make. </div>
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I loved the look of the chandelier.</div>
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We hung several of these Flynn Rider wanted posters inside and out. You can find the image <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/88594317639419542/">HERE</a>.</div>
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I forgot to get a picture of these all wrapped up, but here is what we sent home in a goodie bag. </div>
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I have to give a huge shout out to my mom for helping me make the amazing Rapunzel dress. </div>
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I couldn't have done it without her. </div>
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I had a really complicated idea of how to make it, luckily my mom has years of experience and showed me a much, much simpler way of putting it together. Sorry no pattern- we totally winged it. </div>
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Honestly this dress was my favorite part of the party and I think it may have been Kate's too. </div>
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I have to laugh, I had created this great plan years ago to make my life easier and only celebrate 3rd, 5th, 8th and 12th birthdays with friend parties. Funny how all three girls ended up with a friend party this spring. I was so sick for the 3 year old's birthday that I had to cancel it, but I'm hoping I have the energy to pull off the 8 year olds next month. </div>Kalleen at Second Streethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09448428282753594724noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669537858396296030.post-12542642745936760042012-04-09T07:00:00.000-06:002012-04-09T07:00:10.121-06:00Growing<div style="text-align: center;">
I've been blogging so infrequently the last year, you may not have even noticed my long absence. For those who have, let me explain, our family is growing.</div>
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Soon our family of 6 will be a family of 7.</div>
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Not only is our family growing but so is my belly, and with all this growth I haven't had the strength, stomach or desire to get online. </div>
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I'm just starting my second trimester and starting to feel a little better, so hopefully I'll be back to blogging infrequently. Most of all I just want to be myself again, and creating is a big part of that. </div>
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To answer the most commonly asked questions: No, we don't know what it is yet. Yes, we will find out in about a month. We are hoping for a boy but would be happy with a girl. Our kids are absolutely thrilled to have a new sibling and I am thilled to be done having kids after this one. </div>
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I've worried about the changes that will come to our family with a new baby and wonder if I have it in me to give enough attention and love to a 5th child. Over and Over I've been reassured that the baby will be plenty loved simply by becoming part of our family. My children are constantly surprising me with acts of love toward each other. For example, yesturday, my youngest started singing "twinkle, twinkle, little star" to her big sister when she was sad and crying in hopes that she could chear her up. And a few weeks ago, my 9 year old son said he almost started crying when he watched his sister dance during a performance, he was just so proud of her. </div>
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I'm glad I've got such a great team to help me or this one might be doomed. </div>Kalleen at Second Streethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09448428282753594724noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669537858396296030.post-38037719597743940682012-02-13T11:13:00.000-07:002012-02-13T11:13:16.921-07:00V-Day attire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I decided to keep our Valentines attire simple this year. My older daughter requested a shirt to wear with jeans. She is over skirts and dresses (sad, I know). I figured making pleasant blouses would be a quick easy project. </div>
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Unfortunately, I also decided to use fabric I had on hand. When I went through <a href="http://atsecondstreet.blogspot.com/2011/03/lucky.html">my stash</a>, I fell in love with this vintage dotted swiss fabric. It turned my simple project into more work than I wanted. The blouses only took about 30 minutes each to make, but I ended up making knit undershirts that took more time, Grrr. I was hoping to use white undershirts we had on hand, but they just didn't look right. </div>
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In the spirit of LOVE, I'm sharing a family secret today. It's a good one too. </div>
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This is our award-winning, infamous Rum Cake. People go crazy for it. It's one of those cakes that everyone wants the recipe for, and I'm always embarrassed when they ask. </div>
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The truth is, there is no recipe. It's just your typical chocolate cake, chocolate frosting, chocolate ganache, and a little secret weapon. </div>
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We use it for our chocolates, but it's just as good added to chocolate frosting. You can find it at your local baking supply store. I bought this one at <a href="http://www.gygi.com/">Orson GYGI's</a>, but I've also bough it at <a href="http://www.bakerscandc.com/">Bakers C&C.</a> You can also find it <a href="https://www.lorannoils.com/p-8290-butter-rum-flavor.aspx">HERE</a> online. But, here is the important part, you want {BUTTER RUM}, not butter or just rum. Trust me they are not the same. </div>
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The cascading chocolate ganache makes it look fancier than it really is. People will think you put a lot of effort into the cake, when it really doesn't take much. </div>
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-For years I made my chocolate cake with just a cake box(devil's food), but recently I've been using <a href="http://www.ucreateparties.com/2010/10/hi.html">THIS</a> recipe, which is almost as easy. </div>
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-For the ganache melt half a 12oz. bag of good chocolate chips(I like Ghiradelli) in the microwave. Melt them in 30 second increments, stirring each time. When they're all melted, add 5-6 Tbsp of cream, milk or half & half. Stir the mixture as fast as you can. For a minute you'll think you've done something wrong and then it will come together. Pour the ganache over the top and smooth it out so it runs over the sides. </div>
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As I was making this cake for my mother-in-laws birthday (she asks for it every year), all my kids came running into the kitchen the minute I added the rum flavoring to the frosting- no lie. The amazing aroma filled the house within seconds. Seriously it's that good. </div>Kalleen at Second Streethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09448428282753594724noreply@blogger.com7