Ok so not to brag or anything

Pin It Now! ....but I'm pretty sure these are the best pumpkins ever!

I'm so happy with the way they turned out.  I can't really take any credit...this wasn't my idea at all... I found the initial inspiration from Interest with a Cookie Monster pumpkin:

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but it looked like the mouth part had been carved out and that seemed like a lot of work so I just used black paper instead! I LOVED how easy these were to make, and Jonah loved helping make them and now loves saying hi to Elmo and Cookie every day.

If you want to make these yourself all you will need is:
Red paint
Blue paint
A pack of styrofoam balls
A pack of styrofoam eggs
Orange paint
A paintbrush
Black Cardstock
Glue
(I had a few of these things in my art supply already but got the rest at The Dollar store)...then you just paint the pumpkins, wait for them to dry and then glue the eyes, nose and mouth on! The mouth was the hardest part, I tried a few different ones on each pumpkin but found these ones with the little dots at the side of each mouth worked best.

Also - I have some big news....

 I have been busy over here with a new project - I signed up as a Stella & Dot stylist and I am having so much fun!  I have 6 shows coming up and looking forward to each of them - I just LOVE everything about the company and am finding it a nice break from the kids that I can for the most part just slot in when I have some downtime.  It's perfect for me for now - if you are interested in learning more about becoming a stylist or hosting your own event let me know - I love to talk about it!

 These are a few of the new social media buttons that they made available to us - aren't they cute?

And just because I love to share - here are a few of the pieces I'm ogling today:

Serenity Stone Drops

I normally wear studs but thinking these will be a good transition piece for me to try out a longer style

Petra Bracelet

This is SOOOO gorgeous in person, looks like a diamond encrusted sleeve!  Will be perfect for the holidays.

Mercer Wallet

I LOVE this wallet.  I just got a new wallet for my birthday so a new wallet is the last thing I need but I can't stop thinking about this baby.  The fringe zipper?  The pink interior?  Sigh.  

Have a great day! 

xoxo

You guys...

Pin It Now! I can't even believe how my life is just a jumble lately - a good jumble but a jumble.  I realized I TOTALLY forgot that Liam turned 6 months old this past week.  Oops.  So official pics to come but also tomorrow marks Jonah's 23 month marker....he is almost TWO.  Bah.  I can't even handle it.

Jonah is just such a big old joy of a boy...
He knows how to play with things.
Zooms cars and trains.

Is super good at puzzles and sticker books

Loves to climb and play

In fact - if you follow me on FB you know this already but today was his first class at gymnastics.  He ended the class looking similar to the above photo.  Covered in sweat with his hair matted to his head.  The kid just LOVES to GO.  

Liam @ 6 months

Is super cute.  

He is getting so much more animated and "talking" - I swear he said "Hi!" to Kirk this morning when he was having his bottle

Has all of the sudden praise the Lord above started sleeping for longer stretches at night.  Till 6:30 or so - it is so great. 

Isn't so into cereal but we're trying

Has his 6 month appointment tomorrow so we'll get the stats but I'm guessing he's gained a lot - seems much chubbier then the last appointment

For me things are good - there have been a lot of changes around here as of late but none of them bad, just new routines and things to get used to - and also some exciting things that I'm working on that I'll share on here soon.  Scrapping has taken a back seat to business but I have an entire scrapbooking weekend coming up soon so am excited for that!

Have a great day!
xoxo

Little moments

Pin It Now! There are so many little moments in every day that I'm sure I'll forget.  One of the reasons I started this blog was to help to remember....it doesn't help that I'm bad at remembering to actually blog but whenever I look back on time it's the little things that I love to remember.

This is one of those little moments:

Mr. Blankethead.  Liam is SUCH a tactile little guy - always grabbing at things.  He finds it comforting to put his blanket right up to his face and smoosh it in.  I always peek in once he's down to make sure it's safely out of his way.  He used to only turn to the right but now he always turns to face his musical seahorse and settles right in on his side.