well

Sigh followed by sigh.  It's been another banner week. 

Lately, our lives have been plagued by bad news. It is 

seriously and amazingly too much!!

But, it must get better from here. 

Really, the only way to handle this situation is to 

get the winners out of the closet and throw them on. 

Yesterday, said winner was the old batwing romper. 

Don't be jealous. 

 It even has bling!

look closely. 

bought at Ramona West

The second winner, which is currently hindering my 

ability to breathe, is these. 

and my new furry ankle booties. 

these really do make you feel like celebrating. 

 even Ava knows what's up (and how to pose). 

she is styling out one of Mommy's sassy

eighties dresses. 

 and when outfits fail, there are always good vibes

happening on the weekend...

Have a good one!

evolution

So, the birthday stress begins. Time to get out those darned birthday

invites. Let's roll through the memories of birthday past...

Yes, the address is blurred out. I am super famous, remember?

So, yesterday we had an impromptu birthday photo shoot. 

I think it went well. Getting the right shot was touchy. Interestingly

enough, the kid gets more difficult to pin down every year! shocker. 

This one was a little forced. 

Too angry.

Eating Fennel. Put that down!

I think we can work with this one. 

And here are some fun goodies from HeyYoYo to get us in the partee mode. 

Dying over the roller skate excitement because 'somebody'

is getting roller skates this year!

2 of the babe's favorite things...

I want miniature everything!

All images from Hey Yo Yo! Buy some stuff!

And because Hey Yo Yo always reminds me of Martha..

they use all Martha papers for their backgrounds, 

I was super pleased to find NEW papers on the 

Martha Craft website this morn. WOO HOO. 

After what seemed like a 6 month hiatus, the papers are back, people!

And they must be fresh off the design table because there are no 

actual pictures, just creepy cads. 

Although, there were some very pretty pictures of stickers. 

What is it about stickers and collecting them and staring at them 

and never using them? Damn you, Mrs. Grossman, for starting me on 

the path to hoarding stickers in the first place!!

Ha.. what a rant. Anyhow, 3D Butterfly stickers..

And fun felted ric rac stickers. These would be super cute

on packages. HATE ric rac. LOVE felted ric rac stickers. 

Buy stickers and new exciting papers at Martha Stewart Crafts!

And, the birthday train will continue. Don't you worry, I will be dragging

you along on my control freak party planning path.