An early 4th

One of my dear granddaughter's turned 4 this past weekend.

For her party she chose a lady bug theme.

So I decided to have fun with my sewing/embroidery machine

and decorated a shirt for her to wear for the party.

She loves to play in her little kitchen so I also decorated 

an apron for her to wear in there.

To finish it off she got a little table and chairs

to go in that kitchen 

so I decided a tablecloth was also needed.

My hamper was about the right size to try it out.

I had fun learning how to rearrange the little leaf with ladybug

that was built into the machine

to spice things up a bit.

I am not sure if I had more fun making these 

than she will have wearing and using them

but maybe it will make good memories for both of us.

Birthday Embroidery

My little granddaughter has a birthday coming up this month

and chose Lady Bugs for her party theme.

This sparked my imagination 

and I decided to decorate a little apron

since she loves to play in her little kitchen.

I had fun playing around with the little lady bug on a leaf pattern

that was in my machine.

So many possibilities!

So I added them to a tea towel

to be used as a table cloth

on the little table and chair set she is getting.

It will be about the size of this hamper so I tried it out

and I think she will like this.

Maybe even as much as I have enjoyed making it!

Who knew?

Who knew I would be helping with a last minute request from a 6 year old who just had to have a Monarch caterpillar cake?

At first it was just going to be a caterpillar.

But then she got quite specific so this is what we whipped up.

Can you believe all I had to buy was the cake mix? Licorice, M&Ms, cake decorating tips, large box and even a liner paper for the grass were all just sitting around here. I guess that is why they come to me. I always have plenty of 'stuff'. I just hope it passes the 6 year old's expectations.

Now back to Christmas stuff...

The year of big 0 birthdays

This is how I decorated at David's for his 30th Birthday. Had him convinced it wasn't me!

And this is what 40 candles looks like. I did this for Kristy's Birthday. It made quite a glow!