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| Pretty soon she's have to share Mama's lap. |
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| Cupcake tower and cake I made for Christy's bridal shower |
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| Close up of the gum paste orchids |
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| DIY Polaroid coasters I made for Dave & Christy |
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| Mother's Day gift for Mom |
LUCY:
Just in the past 2 weeks, Lucy's vocabulary has exploded! We are on to 3-word sentences. Her first 3-word sentence, you ask? "I want doggy!" LOL! When Tommy and I heard this we stared at each other wide-eyed and mouths opened! It was so funny! Tommy was almost suckered into saying "yes" because of how she said it! It was adorable! I love this early toddler stage!
ALEENA:
I just had my 36 weeks appt. with my OB and I'm proud to say that Aleena is head-down & settled! She's so active! She's not even here yet and she already wakes me up in the middle of the night with her kicks and jabs.
Since Tommy got me a Cricut Expression 2 for Mother's Day this year, I have been using it almost every day! I LOVE the stupid machine!
Cupcake Tower - Michael's charges about $4 for an 18pack of cupcake wrappers. For the same price, I got a 50 sheets white cardstock and made 100 cupcake wrappers myself out of my Cricut! I also made the gumpaste flowers. I'm so proud of them! I wanted a new hobby and somehow gumpaste flowers came to mind! I made 3 orchids and a ton of little generic flowers with white sugar pearls in the middle. I have to say gumpaste is really a fun thing to get into! I made the cupcakes & cake out of Angel Food Cake! It's a really good type of cake to make from a box if you have to make A LOT of cupcakes on a budget because one box yields 32-36 cupcakes instead of the average 22-24. Many health-conscious people thanked me for making these cupcakes because you only add WATER! So it's naturally Fat Free. And it tastes DELICIOUS!!
Polaroid Coasters- I know this has been going around Pinterest forever, but I'm so glad I finally tried them myself! Dave (Tom's brother) is getting married in July, and although I split a vacuum with my Mother-in-Law for them, I really wanted to make them something personal. I have to say that this has been one of my favorite DIY's! The tiles are 13 CENTS from Home Depot! It's so inexpensive, yet memorable! I printed out a couple of the engagement pictures I took of them on cardstock and used a couple layers of Mod Podge to put them onto the tile. Then Tommy sprayed them for me with some Polyurethane spray to make it water proof. I have no idea whether or not this spray has a strong odor that's bad for pregnant women to inhale, so better safe than sorry! Tommy wants some credit for having part of it =] lol. And then just let it air dry. Super cute idea for real cheap!
Etched glass vase: I'm sad that I didn't get a picture of the back where I later etched "Love, Lucy & Aleena." I put contact paper (from the dollar store, a whole role of contact paper for $1!) through my cricut to cut out the letters. I put it on a glass vase, you can use any glass vase really, and then put some Armour Etch on it. I let it sit for about 15 minutes, and then washed it off with soap and running warm water.
Well, those are my DIY's so far this month! I'm currently working on a project for Father's Day, which I'm more stoked about than all of the above combined! That post will have to wait until I give it to my hubby cause I know he reads my blog. It's really hard to keep a secret. I'm really bad at keeping secrets, especially from my husband. >>Rabbit trail- When Tommy and I were still dating, I secretly bought plane tickets to come see him during summer break. His whole family knew and helped me plan getting there without him knowing, but I was so excited, I told him the same day! HAHA I can't help it! I just get so excited sometimes! <<
Anyways, this post is WAY long. One more day of work left then maternity leave! Pray for me that I don't get lazy and just call off. haha! No seriously though. =P
Cupcake Tower - Michael's charges about $4 for an 18pack of cupcake wrappers. For the same price, I got a 50 sheets white cardstock and made 100 cupcake wrappers myself out of my Cricut! I also made the gumpaste flowers. I'm so proud of them! I wanted a new hobby and somehow gumpaste flowers came to mind! I made 3 orchids and a ton of little generic flowers with white sugar pearls in the middle. I have to say gumpaste is really a fun thing to get into! I made the cupcakes & cake out of Angel Food Cake! It's a really good type of cake to make from a box if you have to make A LOT of cupcakes on a budget because one box yields 32-36 cupcakes instead of the average 22-24. Many health-conscious people thanked me for making these cupcakes because you only add WATER! So it's naturally Fat Free. And it tastes DELICIOUS!!
Polaroid Coasters- I know this has been going around Pinterest forever, but I'm so glad I finally tried them myself! Dave (Tom's brother) is getting married in July, and although I split a vacuum with my Mother-in-Law for them, I really wanted to make them something personal. I have to say that this has been one of my favorite DIY's! The tiles are 13 CENTS from Home Depot! It's so inexpensive, yet memorable! I printed out a couple of the engagement pictures I took of them on cardstock and used a couple layers of Mod Podge to put them onto the tile. Then Tommy sprayed them for me with some Polyurethane spray to make it water proof. I have no idea whether or not this spray has a strong odor that's bad for pregnant women to inhale, so better safe than sorry! Tommy wants some credit for having part of it =] lol. And then just let it air dry. Super cute idea for real cheap!
Etched glass vase: I'm sad that I didn't get a picture of the back where I later etched "Love, Lucy & Aleena." I put contact paper (from the dollar store, a whole role of contact paper for $1!) through my cricut to cut out the letters. I put it on a glass vase, you can use any glass vase really, and then put some Armour Etch on it. I let it sit for about 15 minutes, and then washed it off with soap and running warm water.
Well, those are my DIY's so far this month! I'm currently working on a project for Father's Day, which I'm more stoked about than all of the above combined! That post will have to wait until I give it to my hubby cause I know he reads my blog. It's really hard to keep a secret. I'm really bad at keeping secrets, especially from my husband. >>Rabbit trail- When Tommy and I were still dating, I secretly bought plane tickets to come see him during summer break. His whole family knew and helped me plan getting there without him knowing, but I was so excited, I told him the same day! HAHA I can't help it! I just get so excited sometimes! <<
Anyways, this post is WAY long. One more day of work left then maternity leave! Pray for me that I don't get lazy and just call off. haha! No seriously though. =P
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