BARNYARD PARTY - MY TWINS' 1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY

Our twins, Owen & Hudson, celebrated their 1st birthday with a farm-themed family party

I went overboard with personalized t-shirts and bibs for the boys. But I couldn't resist knowing they'd sure look cute on them. (Pictured: Owen)

Animal Cupcakes

Personalized barn cakes. Let me tell you, the red looks better on the cake than it did all over their mouths and hands. (Pictured: Hudson)

The whole family (Me, Owen, Big Brother Emmett, Hudson and Daddy Matt)

 Proud big brother got his own personalized birthday hat.

 Happy Birthday Owen!

Happy 

Birthday 

Hudson!

IT'S GIRL PARTY TIME...AGAIN

I have been so fortunate to get to design and be invited to a friend's annual Day of Indulgence party for the past seven Augusts.  It's a party filled with mani's, pedi's, shopping, amazing food, fun drinks, candy galore, celebrities and topped off with a giant rolling suitcase giftbag filled with more product and gift certificates than the mind can imagine. You may have seen mention of the party in every November issue of InStyle Magazine.

This year's invite was very fun. We tweaked all the little details to highlight some of the goodies that will be at this year's party (my favorite, Garrett Popcorn...yum!!!)

This year's invitation (I'll add the bag tag when I complete it)

 I also make all the tags that go on the mind-blowing gift bags (suitcases, to be honest) and have put coupons in the bags too.

Last Year's Invitation

This one wasn't my favorite, but it got a lot of good feedback.

This may have been my favorite

I do 250 invites for her holiday party too. I'll do a later post on some of those invitations.

LOGO MOJO

I don't know how I ever got asked for help with creating logos, but I've done 2 for people and am working on a third. Kind of stressful coming up with a brand representation for someone, but in the end it was actually exciting...mostly to see how excited they were.

My dear, awesome friend Teresa had me do a logo for her new buffet candy bar company that she started up. We couldn't decide between the pink and green, so she choose both and did half her business cards in one color and half in the other. Fun.

My first one was a fun process trying to come up with a logo that showed the recycling aspect of her projects. Although I loved the "G, G, G" made into the recycling sign, she ultimately choose the other (which I think was a better option).

I'll post my new one, which is more of a challenge, since it's for an HR/Risk Management company. Wish me luck.

SUMMER TIME - GRAB A TOWEL

Don't know when or why I thought of doing this. Guess it was when I walked by the green striped and blue striped towels at Target and thought they'd be so cute for my twins if their names were on them. So home I went to sew.

Now it's my new little project. I need to get 2 made for my nieces' birthdays. I finished the one for our neighbor's birthday and had a slight tinge of "Oh, wouldn't it be fun to have a girl?" (something I only think when I am sewing girlie stuff).

I made Owen and Hudson's and then realized I should make one for Emmett. I didn't think he'd like it - since he obsesses about whether he's going to use his Lightning McQueen or Finding Nemo towel when we go to the pool. We'll see if he grabs this one for the pool this weekend.

I almost want to make one for myself. It's making me feel like summer is coming...that's for sure. I can't wait to see my three boys bundled up in their new towels.