The Kerr Family Circus

 

Finally a post on T's second birthday party. I went with a circus theme this year, it was a lot of fun! 

Check it out:

 

 

 

The clown looks slightly scary, S got a hold of a pink marker and colored in the whites of the eyes. Atleast I had no kids screaming over it,haha.

 

 

 

Treat bags filled with animal crackers and a lollipop as well as juggling balls to take home.

 

 

 

 

The girls with hubby's parents at the family party.

Links that helped me out and some other details:

- Inspired by Full of Grace and Rubies, Carnival of Dreams Party

- Inspired by Taste(full), Bright & Fabulous Girly Circus Party

- I used the Animal Crackers collection by Imaginisce (paperpack, diecuts, and stickers) for my main color scheme and theme. (sorry it's a discontinued pack)

- I made the invitations accordian style and used the Circus font found at Dafont to print out all the wording. I also used it on all the labels and signs.

- I painted upside down flower pots for circus stands on the food table.

- I pinned balloons to a foam wreath for a fun welcome to the party (with a sign reading 'Step Right In Folks!'

- Made a directional sign from a piece of Base board and cardstock.

- Drew on and cut out a foam board for a ball toss game.

-Made photo props from cardstock and painted wooden masks bought at Dollarama.

- Made Funfetti dip with animal crackers, recipe from Eat Yourself Skinny.

It was tons of fun. Lots of junk food to eat, games to play, laughs to be had.

The photo booth was definitely a hit at both parties (we had a friend one and a family one). 

Now I'm starting to get ready for S's party that will sneak up at the end of summer. But I really enjoy planning the girls parties so I'm excited!

Happy Monday!

T.W.O.

Baby Girl is 2 today, TWO! 

(I still baby her even though S was younger than two when T was born.)

Miss independent is full of personality making us laugh constantly. She is our little firecracker, full of attitude and definitely dances to her own tune. Our nickname for her is Crazy T, she climbs/balances/wrestles/runs and in general is nuts. She loves to perform by singing or dancing or being goofie. She has a very tender and loving side too, she loves to cuddle and be cozy. She cares for her many babies and puppies. She is quite particular with which are 'her' toys making sure big sister asks politely before she shares. She loves playing outside and going for walks. She brings so much joy to us, she is such a sweetie and a major blessing! We love ya Baby!

welcome to our home: T's room

I thought I would do a little series showing you around our new home throughout the next little while. 

I'm starting it off with T's room.

With this last move, she upgraded to being in a 'big girl' room complete with toddler bed. 

And she LOVES it!

Check it out...

FYI, I have a project in mind for that blank spot above her bed.

Growth chart from here.

Fabric pennant banners from T's first birthday party.

embroidery above change table from here.

Remember this fairy embroidery from way back when?

Well I never did find the perfect frame, I decided to hang it up in T's room non the less. 

A painted hoop does the trick.

framed scrapbook page from here.

blue 'you make me happy' frame from here.

sock monkey from here.

 

Air balloon and Sunshine canvas' from here.

And that's it! 

 If you've been around here long you may remember that I had made S a special quilt for her toddler bed. Well T was not as lucky, I ran out of time. So she is using one of the first quilts I ever made.

My grandma owned a craft/fabric store when I was younger and I remember picking out the fabric for this quilt and making it with the help of my mom. So it's really special to me and I'm glad it works so well in T's room and fits on her bed.

Happy Thursday!

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Sugar and Dots

You are my Sunshine 1st Birthday

 As you may remember we celebrated T's first birthday last month.

I did a 'You are my Sunshine' theme, which was fitting since I made these canvas' for her room. I even made some of the decorations with the idea that they could be transfered to her room after the party.

Above is a foam wreath that greeted the guests at the front door. I just wrapped the foam in fabric and bakers twine, made some fabric rosettes and pinned them on, and added a little banner and a card stock sunshine.

Here's what the inside of the house looked like at a glance (darn upper window glare,err).

 I did up the mantel with the canvas as the centerpiece. I made a huge number 1 out of cereal boxes and tissue paper (no it was not a pinata, haha). I also made several pennant banners out of some old tea towels and double fold bias tape which were placed randomly around the whole room and in the entry way.

I made a 'Happy Birthday' banner using the cricut. I used the Close to my Heart Art Philosophy cartridge for the banner and Create a Critter cartridge for the little sunshines that were around the house.

Above the kitchen table I made two tissue paper pompoms to resemble a raincloud and sun (inspiration from here). I also found some Martha Stewart sparkle garland for $2, so I cascaded that from the chandelier to the windows.

The food table was decorated with a runner made out of the leftover tea towel pieces from the pennants. I bought some pink paper straws to sip lemonade from mason jars(from here, but apparently they don't sell them anymore...). Chocolate and sprinkle covered pretzel rods were a cinch to make and are so yummy! For lunch we just had a couple of salads,veggies, and a make-your-own sandwich spot.

For the birthday cake I made a Pink Lemonade cake with a pink icing sugar glaze, which I found through pinterest. Apparently they have 'perfected' the recipe so it is not the same as what I made. I would like to try the new recipe though. With the original I ended up making 2 cakes, I screwed up on the first one, ha! Anyways...

To carry on the pennant look I decided to do a banner cake topper instead of actually decorating the cake. I also didn't want to wreck the taste of the glaze or the cake with different icing. On both this banner and the one used on the wreath I used the Stampin Up Pennant builder punch. It made my life so much easier for these projects!

Perfected or not, T really liked it!! As you can see the inside wasn't a nice pastel pink as it should have been I blame that on having red food coloring not a nice Wilton pink. But hey, it worked! Everyone seemed to enjoy it!

T also liked eating her cards! Handcrafted by some of our lil guests, so sweet.

As a take home favor I bought raw wood frames, painted them blue, and stamped a line from the 'You are my Sunshine' song with Stazon. I then printed out family pics of everyone in sepia tone to go in the frames.

The kids also recieved a little goodie bag with bubbles and smarties...baby guests recieved fruit chews.

Activity wise, the kids just ran around and played either in the house or on the deck. Us adults drank coffee and had a good morning conversing. Very relaxed and enjoyable!

Of course T didn't make it to the end, she was so tired I had to put her down for her nap. What a sweetheart.

Overall the party went over really well!

Our little sunshine is ONE and she definitely makes our days brighter!

Happy first birthday sweet girl!

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