All the Small Things...

I "MUSTACHE" You...

 

I did it!!!

 

For the first time EVER, I didn't stay up the night before Valentine's Day making valentines for the kids until 3am!!!  I actually got my act together and Scarlet and I made these little cuties over the weekend.  

 

Why oh why do I not always do this???   It was such a pleasure taking my time and enjoying the the process.  Will I have learned my lesson?  Yeah, probably not.  Check back with me March 16th at about midnight when I am frantically running around trying to "Leprachaunize" my house and realizing that I used up all the green food coloring the year before!  I'm just saying... it's a probability.  

 

Okay, so we LOVED using the GIANT Pixie Stix last year, so we wanted to use them again this year-- only differently.  But what could we do?  So I thought and thought and then it hit me!!!  What's the hottest trend in quirkiness lately???  Why THE MUSTACHE, of course!!!  That's it!  We'll add a mustache to the end of a Pixie Stix, attach a pic of our girl and voila!-- cuteness AND quirkiness collide!

 

Now I don't mean to toot my own horn (but, I'm gonna)--- Dan delivered the Valentines to Scarlet's classroom yesterday and he said as he entered the room the whole class gasped and then broke out in spontaneous applause with comments like, "AWESOME! Scarlet used those Pixie Stix again!" and "No way! Those are mustaches!" and "Those are SO cool!!!"

 

I also have to report that Dan said he looked over to see his girl with the BIGGEST grin on her face EVER and realized why I put in all the effort I do for silly things like this.  Now mark that down in the books as one of my most favorite things he's ever said to me....  

 

Happy Valentine's Day, my lovely readers.

A Little Bit of Everything...

#1-  Can you believe swimsuit shopping season is upon us?!?!?!?!!!  I personally will not be swimsuit shopping for myself... I choose to stick to my 98% Teflon 2% Lycra "Miracle" swimsuit that I bought last year.  Although, the only "miracle" I've personally witnessed while wearing the suit is the ability for my blood to still circulate while wearing it.

Anyway... so I went swimsuit shopping for Scarlet and this is what I bought her:

How super cute are those?!!??!?!!??!

#2- Valentine's Day Treat Stuff-

These are the beginnings of some fun Valentine's Treats for friends and neighbors!  I think I'll put the XO cookies in the boxes with some of the pink shred.  I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the bags... maybe nothing.  I kind of like just having them for future festive events.

XO Cutters from Sur La Table.

Shred and Bags from Paper Mart.

Cookie Boxes from Kitchen Krafts.

It's February... Yikes!

How are we into the 2nd month of the year already?  Someone slow this life down!

Anyway, I missed posting on the first of the month because I was at CHA in Vegas, so I'll say a belated HAPPY LOVE MONTH!

Love this month!  The chocolates... the colors... the flowers... the decorations... love it all!

Here's another outfit I sewed for Scarlet... crazy, I know... I can't help it.

Okay, so who saw Sprinkles Cupcakes on Oprah the other day?  Holy crap, that's all I can think of now!  I informed Dan that next time he is anywhere near Beverly Hills he HAD to stop by and pick me up one.................dozen.  I'm telling you now, if I don't partake of one of these bad boys by Valentines Day, someone's going to get hurt.  I'll report my experience the second it happens!