Baby Shower

Here are a few photos from the baby shower I helped with recently.  I really didn't do much to help, just went over the day of the shower and helped set up for it.  I took a few pics that evening but with my camera issues I just couldn't get very many good ones.

Buffet table.  The food was so pretty and so yummy.

Love the grass.  I really want to plant some wheat grass myself.

Maybe I can talk my brother-in-law into letting me have some to take home with me!!

Vignette in my friends kitchen.  So cute, I love it.

Globe on the center of the table.  The paper chain is made from old maps.

I really like the map theme for a boy baby shower.

This baby's parents moved here from Africa!  He is the most adorable little thing I've ever seen!

It was fun to be at a baby shower again.  I have been very bad about attending them the past several years.  It was just so hard to make myself get out in the evening, especially if I had to take my 3 kiddos with me, without Daddy.  The girls are old enough now it's not really a big deal.  And a 'girl's night out' is very fun now and then :)

Retail Therapy

Retail Therapy.  It's what a friend of mine did with my girls a few weeks ago.  She took them for the day so I could have some time to myself and she took them shopping - to Goodwill!  I loved the term - Retail Therapy.  It's what we women do when we need a pic-me-up.  At least a lot of us do!

And it works!  It's so fun to go shopping and BUY stuff.  I love getting stuff in the mail that I've ordered.

So today I decided to do a little shopping for you and give you some things to consider if you need some 'Retail Therepy'.  I just might make 'Retail Therapy' a regular post.  What do you think?

Should I continue to 'shop' for you??

Cool green glass ware.  I wanted to buy these!

Find them here.

Fun pillow to remember your anniversary by.  Or a babies birth.  Or your own birthday.  Or just for fun.  Find it here.


Cool industrial light. Wouldn't this be a fun pop of color:)
Find it here.

Vintage grain sack and rhinestone cuff.  Cute, cute!

Find it here.

Map stickers!  I love maps, and paper goods, so what's NOT to love about these :)

Find them here.

Darling necklace for the photographer in your life! Found here.

Like yellow? and chevron? find this here!

I almost bought these letter rounds. But I refrained. I'm just window shopping for you!!

Find these here.

Small chalkboards are all the rage lately.  I thought the color of these was fun.

Find them here.

Union Jack bunting.  I just love the union jack - it's such a cool design and you can do so many fun things with it!  Find this here.

If you love ironstone this tea pot is for you.  How darling is that!

Find it here.

And that's all for now!  Have you had any 'Retail Therepy' lately??

Creative Fun

Here are some pics I have saved in a 'creative' file.  Thought I'd share.  I don't remember where most of them came from:(  If you recognise one and know where it's from do tell!

This would be so fun to make!  I love maps and I love sewing.

I HAVE made one of these.

Cute party idea. From Hostess with the Mostess (thanks Roxannne!)

The blog is pretty cute, check it out:)

Baby shower invites.  I used this idea for a friends baby shower about 3 years ago.

I'm pretty sure this one is from Andrea Singarella's blog.  I think maybe the strawberries and peas were on a purse but I can't remember if she made them or if someone made them for her.  She love strawberries and I think this is just darling.  Love how they added the peas and how those are made.

If I remember correctly this cake wasn't supposed to be crooked like this but I just love it.  I'd call this a GOOD accident!

This came from Andrea too.  She made this as part of a journal swap or something like that.  I saved the pic because I thought it would be a darling idea to pull from for some girlie birthday invitations.

And this was from Etsy.  You could buy the pdf instructions for making these flowers.  I'm liking the way zippers are being used to make all kids of creative stuff.