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September 2013
Oh my...
5 days of making:
1. Lion and 2. Tiger by Mr. Printables | 3. Deer by Little Lamb | 4. Pom Pom Clown Wig by Lisa Storms | 5. Tree by Dlooar Store Crafts
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Hide, Print, and Seek
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The girls and I have found a new game to play after school.
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A Quick Craft #6: Ghost Finger Puppets
Despite my unwillingness to think or plan for Halloween before October, Nola and Kira's excitement has rubbed off on me and yesterday I found myself making them ghost finger puppets.
These couldn't be quicker or easier to make and inspired so much play.
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Pinterest: A Morning Ritual (and a little party)
After the girls are off to school and the cats have started their morning nap, there is a place I like to go. Just me and my coffee. We sit in my big comfy chair and stay a while. It is quiet yet social. It is beautiful and inspiring. It is Pinterest. Do you know the place well?
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Oh my...
5 days of making:
1. Alien Coffee Mug by Tutes | 2. Head in the Clouds by Mr. Printables | 3. Boo Glasses by Mr. Printables | 4. Skull my Minieco | 5. Photo Mason Jars
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A Favorite Book: The Vintage Tea Party Year
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I have such a treat for you today... a book I have devoured over the last week. The Vintage Tea Party Year is the second book by Angel Adoree. I ordered her first book after falling in love with the spine - it was everything I thought it would be.
The Vintage Tea Party Year is visually unique with Angel Adoree's distinct style ever-present. Twelve complete tea parties are staged starting with a New Year's Eve tea party, and ending with a Christmas tea party. The book includes a children's tea party, a bachelorette tea party, a fireworks tea party, and many more.
Oh this book... it is so decadent. So glamorous. So British!
These banana splits sold me - it was the first page I flipped to in the Children's Tea Party section.
Every tea party is fashioned with unusual recipes and old favourites rediscovered. My nanny would recognize the food, giggle at the name, and raise her eye brows a little.
A Picnic Tea Party? I'm in. Perhaps for my birthday next year. Perhaps with my girl friends next week to celebrate cooler weather and kids back in school.
One of my earliest memories is celebrating the Queen's silver jubilee. It was 1977 and the grow-ups brought out their tables and chairs and decorated the street with streamers. Us kids made crowns and ate too much cake - I think I had a stomach ache all afternoon. Good times!
Even if you are not British and aren't celebrating the Queen, street parties are a fun way to get neighbors together. And Angle Adoree specializes in making every celebration an event.
Vintage hair styles, pretty decorations, and hand-painted thank you notes are sprinkled throughout the book - enough for every party. It is another way that Angel Adoree inspires creativity while focusing on attention to every detail.
Yes this book is VERY British. I love that. Everyone needs a British friend in their life to drink tea with and plan fabulous dos. This is why The Vintage Tea Party Year is a new favourite book.
And just when you thought it couldn't get any better, Angel Adoree has another book, The Vintage Sweet Book, coming out next month. You better pre-order it because I'm going to buy them all up for Christmas presents.
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