Jaxon's Paw-Ty: The Details.

This Pawty was so much fun!  

It's so fun to have a backyard full of sweet and sweaty babies having fun playing and inducing a sugar coma with ice cream and cake. 

Normally parties do not stress me out. However, this one did solely due to the weather. Because a big black cloud sat over my home all day, I did not set up for the Pawty until 1 hour before. I had WAY MORE decor than just an hour's worth. 

Because nothing says 'little boy' more than burlap and blue. 

The 'J' was a last minute Hobby Lobby find. 

My sweet frand Kerri made the puppy cakes. Thank goodness for Pinterest and iPhones. Not only is Kerri talented with the cakes, she also sings out of this world and has a heart of gold. Our schedules were so crazy and we couldn't meet up for me to pick up the cakes,  so I literally had to 'hid a key for her' and she just came on in my house and dropped my cakes off. I was hoping she was gonna unload my dishwasher for me, but she didn't. 

I mean, how stinkin' cute is this puppy! 

Because every 1-year old needs a poster of themselves at their Pawty! 

Maybe I had a little too much fun with this at times. Maybe. 

It's amazing what a recycled formula can, a piece of foam, crinkle grass, kabob sticks and scrapbook stickers can do! By the way, if you need these, I have 4 of them. Free to a good home. 

Menu included:
Puppy Chow
Corn Dogs
Pawtato Chips
Hot Dogs
Pup Corn
Pawsta Salad

and of course cake and home made Pup-cream 

My sweet friend Jennifer Pace made the party favors. I told her to pick a color: light blue, red or navy. She did all of the colors!  Not only did they look good, they tasted AMAZE! 

Suga' cookies make for the best little parting gift! 

I hate to even admit this, but I glued dog treats on a wreath. Oh the things I do for my little lovey. 

Sweet labor of love! I spray glued burlap on a foam board then printed signs for the Pawty. 

When you own a monogramming machine, and when given the opportunity, you must appliqué everything. This is free to a good home if you want it! 


All of the photos of Jaxon's Pawty were shot by Jennifer Parnell. Because let's be real, no mother has time to play hostess AND take pics! 

DIY: Picnic Table Re-Do.

You know I love a good bargain. 
I love to find something, clean it up and make it new again. 
Case in point: 

I previously blogged about finding this gem in the deep woods of Greene County, MS while helping my dad with his hunting blinds.

 The thing about Greene County is, you just don't know what to expect. 

You may very well see a wheelbarrow full of mustard greens on the side of the road where you take what you want and leave your money in a rusty old coffee can, or pull up to the gas station and tell the attendant to put your purchase on your parents "ticket."

 It's certainly a hidden gem......just like this picnic table that my dad was hesitant about hauling home on top of his golf cart. He even offered to buy Jax a new one as he was hoisting it up. I may have then spouted off something about this one now has character and turning it into a blog post. 

I digress.

In my most dramatic flair, I made dad stop his camo golf cart and sling the table on the top of the cart. 

After dad delivered it to my house, the work began:

I decided to paint the sides navy blue. Then, I went to Hobby Lobby and purchased some vinyl fabric 40% off. I had no idea what I was really doing, so I asked the clerk helping me to go ahead and cut 3 pieces. I have learned, the less I have to cut, the better off my project will be. 

Then, I pulled out the bottle of spray glue. 

After pulling my fingers apart........

TA DA! 

And to continue to make Greene County proud.......I present to you, my High School colors. 

Clearly, Jax is trilled over his mama's crafty work. 

Thank goodness he doesn't mind to sit at a table that has been rained on for 20 years and survived Katrina! 

It's-Great-To-Be-A-GCHS-Wildcat! 

Anyone remember that cheer?!? 

You are welcome for me sticking it in your head for the rest of the day! 

Thoughts for Thursday.....

This week has done me in. 

1. Teething is going to be the death of me and Jax. It's so bad at our house that I'm starting to wear wrinkle cream repair at night. 

This kid LOVES LOVES LOVES his dad. They are 2 peas in a pod......but at midnight, when teeth are breaking the skin of his gums.....he only wants mama. 

Sweet buddy now has 4 teeth, and they all came at a bad crying price to him. Thankfully, the past 2 nights he has slept through the night again. I probably just jinxed myself here. 

2. I have lost a formal dress. If have loaned you my most favorite cream colored dress, please return it. I have racked my brain in trying to remember where it is. I have called all of the cleaners.....and nothing. I've got nothing. 

3.  Tuesday night, I made hamburgers and wrapped them in whole wheat pizza dough and baked them. Genius. They were so good. It was sorta like a hamburger pocket. 

4. So....this is happening at my house: 

5. This is my life, summed up in a text message with my baby daddy: 

Apparently- H and I love to use emojies. A lot. 

6. Jax's Paw-ty (it's obviously dog themed) is pretty much planned at this point. Birthday party #2 will probably just be cake and ice cream with the family on a Sunday afternoon. I'll be the first to admit, this party is a little out of control. But- in my defense......I have waited a long time to throw a birthday party.....and by-golly....it's gonna be big (at least by my standards). I've enlisted the help of my dad with wooden blocks for games and stands to hang signs from. As long as I say "It's for Jax" he will pretty much do anything. 

7. After I sold my kidney for my monogram machine, I kindly asked H if we could pre-purpose the office in our house that he hasn't used since September to be my craft room. Currently- my craft room is the walk-in closet in his office. I painted it the brightest robins-egg blue I could find, and H even hung a chandelier in the closet for me. However, my craftiness is expanding- thus my space needs to as well. In the midst of office and craft chaos on Sunday afternoon....... this kept the 2 little weenies happy for 10 minutes: 

8. Easter Photos. Jax will cooperate until he decides not to anymore. This where he decided not to anymore. 

9. My mom is very sentimental. I am not. I'm so bad that my friends make fun of me for not keeping items they think I should. 

Saturday morning, I sipped my coffee at my parents house out of a mug from my 10th grade trip to NYC. We stopped in PA at the Hershey Factory. Mom saved it. 

10. Speaking of my dear sweet mom- I left my phone charger at my house, so I borrowed hers. This is it: 

Red. Rope. Light. 

It honestly scared me. It was dark in my bedroom and then I plugged it in.....and all of a sudden, I felt the urge to have a dance party at 10 pm. 

Happy Valentine's Week and a Free Printable's !

Happy Valentine's Week! 

It's the week of love. 

In case you are in a pinch and need some Valentine tags for your child's class party on Friday, well, here 'ya go. 

You are welcome sweet frands. 


Just right click on the image and print your "hearts" desire.

Get it......"hearts"...Valentine's week. 

Whatever. 

I would recommend to copy and paste into a Word document so you can place several on a page. 



Jax will be using these card with a squeezable for his school friends:

These tags are great with a little individual cup of oranges:

DIY: Leg Warmers

Leg warmers are the 'in' thing right now. 

Several times I have placed them in my online shopping cart.......but I never could pull the trigger on $10 warmers that are just socks that have been cut off. So I had this brilliant idea.......then I realized that other women on Pinterest are just as 'brilliant' as I am. 

Last week I dropped off a bag of stuff to donate to the Goodwill........and while I was there, I snagged these fine fellas' for $7 (total). 

I cut the sleeves off and added a stitch with my sewing machine just to make sure it didn't unravel. 

And just like that........BOOM! Leg warmers for $3.50 each! 
If you are feeling fancy, you can have them monogrammed on the side. 

Before and After....

I love a quick and easy home project that I can do on my own. 

While H takes care of all of our large home improvements that include macho tools, I tend to gravitate to small projects like this:

Done and done. 

4 screws and no more white plastic switches. 

I also changed out the switches in the bathroom. 

Instant gratification for $4 each.