My Picture, My Way

Am I the only one who is never truly satisfied with a picture frame?
I love pictures but collage picture frames never seem to be satisfactory for me.
Since the walls in the house have been so bare I decided to do my own Picture Frame..My Way
I found this big frame at Value Village which is a thrift store I love cause its so clean and does not have that thrift store smell.

The Painting's nice though... So I took out the painting, glass and back board and got a new board from Home Depot.

Gift wrapping paper from Michaels.

Glued it onto the board with my trusty glue gun

After gluing the gift wrap I nailed the board onto the frame.

I got 4 white picture frames from Value Village, nailed them onto the frame and the result

Ta Daaaa!!!

 

 

 So easy to do..

 

Big Frame.............Thrift Store $12

4 Small Frames........ Thrift Store $3 each

Gift wrap................... Michaels  $2

Board......................... Home Depot $10

        WINNING!!!!!!!

 



Sydney and Co.

SYDNEY IS ONE!!!

Sydney turned 1 on June 19 but we had her birthday party June 22nd.
We don't know that many people in the State so most of our church members were at a conference...
That certainly didn't stop us from celebrating our baby girl's 1st birthday.. Grandma came into town and we had a PARTY..

Trophy Cupcakes and Party was the Venue since we were having a Tiffany's theme, their colors and Party room matched perfectly.

I made my own centerpieces.. spray paint and hot glue gun works wonders.

 

We had lots of food, rice, chicken and beef, sandwiches, sausage rolls, meat pieces, candy buffet, cupcakes, I even took the time to make pettit fours and rice krispie treats.

I had a custom soda made and also made a special punch to go with the theme color..

Everyone loved it.

It was a great day and I'm blessed to have a beautiful daughter and I can have parties for...

Now I have to come up with a theme for next year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thus Far

.,\So a lot has happened in our lives since the last time I put a post.
We moved from Bellevue Wa, to Issaquah, had a beautiful baby girl and husband got a new position at work.
The really exciting part was making a tutu dress, hair band and barefoot sandals for her 1st birthday photo shoot.

 

I had a blast doing the tutu dress. It was so easy and I had it all done in 2 days.

One does not have to know how to use a sewing machine to make a tutu dress...

Since her party theme was Tiffany and Co./ Sydney and Co. it was only right to have the tulle in tiffany blue.

The best part of it was making the belt...I found a tutorial on YouTube on making satin roses so I got my ribbon, glue gun, and I went to work. 'It only took me 2 tries to nail decent looking rose.

And to top it off, I embellished the roses with Swarovski rhinestones I picked up from Jo Anns.

 

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