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We celebrated S.R's birthday over the weekend in fun fairy fashion. All of the girls seemed to have a fabulous time with the fairy jewel hunt, the impromptu dance party and the goodies to snack on. Everything came together like it always does...at the last minute when I feel as if I will collapse at any second:o)   The invitations. pardon the white-outs...we all like just a tad bit of privacy:o)  I usually email invitations, but this time I decided to print the invitations and mail them.  I thought the  fairy digital clip art  was adorable. All of the girls were to come dressed in their "fairy best". S.R. wanted me to make her a Queen Clarion costume. I used the  Charlotte Apron dress  as my base and built on top of that. It was a pretty quick sew, even with all of the extra details.  And yes, that is snow falling in the background...it very rarely snows here, so we had to grab a quick shot outside. S.R. was a trooper, though, because she was free...

 Almost every Thursday night we try to sit down as a family and watch a movie and eat lots of junk food.  If possible, I try to have a theme where the food is concerned. Since we were watching Despicable Me, I decided to try to make all of the food resemble minions. When the movie first came out, S.R. referred to the minions as Tater Tots, so that was an absolute must for the menu.  I found these cute little corn dogs at Publix, and thought they looked like little minions too.  The minion Twinkies were the hit of the night. Can you tell which one was my first attempt;o) I have seen these little guys all over the internet, but never took the time to find out how they were made. I did check for the list of ingredients, though. Through trial and mostly error, here is what I found out...  *mini marshmallows, cut into thirds, are the easiest for the goggles, not the suggested SweeTarts. *I used black gel icing, which I highly suggest against. It's way too runny. ...

This past weekend, we celebrated my mother's 50th birthday. It was supposed to be a surprise, but you really can't pull the wool over my mother's eyes...she knows all:o) Anyway, we put on a party to honor her. I was in charge of the decorations, and as most of you know, that is one of my favorite parts of a party:o) We had a "memory table" with pictures of her when she was younger. Here is the birthday banner I made that was supposed to be hanging. Unfortunately, the twine I was going to use to hang the banner was left at home..2 and a half hours away....doh!   This was a dress my mother wore when she was a little girl. You can see her in it in the picture frame. **Back Story of the Dress**My grandmother made this dress for her. My great-grandmother used to work in a dress factory and she would bring the scrap fabric home. My grandmother pieced this dress together, and everywhere you see the black lace, that is where a seam was, joining the scrap pieces together. ...

I am finally back to normal again...well normal for me, that is:o) What a doozy that virus was! Phew! Anyway, with this new found energy, I have been Mrs. Domesticate for the past few days. I have been cleaning, organizing, meal planning and party planning. The hubs has walked out of the house with a warm meal in his belly and a packed lunch for the past two mornings..oh yeah, he's getting spoiled...I better quit while I am ahead;o) Juust kidding:o) I have been in the mood to redecorate something, anything really. However, we are still working on the backyard, so I am having to channel all of my DIY energy into the Wizard of Oz party I am planning for S.R. By the way, she calls it the "Lizard of Oz"...LOVE IT! For this party, I have been instructed that I will stick to a budget...a much smaller sum than what I have spent on previous parties...OUCH!  I fully intend to stick to this budget, and I will possibly even share what that budget is and a break down of what I spent ...

Here it is. The Super Hero Birthday party for E. I'll try to let the pictures do most of the talking:o)  I made the cake...in a hurry. I wasn't as happy with this one as I was with the Barbie cake I made for S.R.'s party. Table scape for the boys. Table for the girls. A shot through the web.  Party favor table  Each of the boys got to take home a lunch box, plate & cup(not pictured) along with a book & Spiderman comic book.  This is what was inside of the lunch box. I found these in the dollar section at Target the other day and they were half off. Construction of the Bat Cave. The hubs and my daddy did a great job.  Fishing line, tacks and black plastic table cloths made the Bat Cave. The kids got a kick out of it. We had the lights off when they walked through it. Here were some of the games. To get the posters, visit  designergirl007  at Etsy.  Here were some of our villains...Doc Oc  Lex Luthor...for some reason I t...