Brenna's ABC Book

This is for you Erin!

For Brenna's birthday I made her an alphabet book on Shutterfly. I took one picture of her for each letter and put them all together. I got the idea off of Pinterest, and it turned out better than I even expected. And it was FREE with a gift certificate I had in my account plus the good deal they were running on photo books.

Brenna's Seussical Celebration

I'm obsessed with party planning. I'm apparently not obsessed with wrapping up the first 2 years of Brenna's life since I keep refusing to write her 2 year letter/post. But, I'm not too nostalgic to spill all the details about her super fun 2nd birthday party.

We decided to celebrate her birthday in VA since our rental house is small and we know about 5 people total in this town (another story for another day). We knew my mother-in-law's house was probably too small, so we rented the fellowship hall of a church near her house. This was close for all of our family in Bristol and our friends in the NRV and Roanoke, so nobody had too much of a drive. It worked out perfectly and was a blast. I planned and planned and planned, and I was very pleased with the end result! Enjoy the (ridiculous amount of) pictures!

cool invite from Etsy

Brenna's topsy turvy cake made mostly by Daddy

Who says fondant isn't yummy?

money from Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw

Hokie chair from Nanie - a little skeptical at first, but now a huge fan!

opening presents

Cat in the Hat candy by my mom

cupcakes

green eggs pretzel candies

cheese tree

truffula trees

caramel turtle candies

one goldfish, two goldfish

noodles for poodles

green (deviled) eggs and ham rolls

cute idea from Pinterest

family

more family

sweet cousin Jayla

double third (and fourth?) cousins

the 3 pregos

T in her Christmas present (a tutu that I made!)

catching up on opening Christmas gifts with the Bashams

finalllllllly!!

London and Brenna "helping"

smooches

present table

Happy Birthday to You! book that everyone signed

poem for my baby and some party favors

These will be used in the playroom once we move.

T showing off the Dr. Seuss chair we made for Brenna.

balloon wreath on the door to the fellowship hall

Pinterest = LOVE!

Thanks to Kelley, I'm obsessed with Pinterest. If you don't know about it, you're missing out. It's a little confusing at first, but it's awesome! It's pretty much a bookmarking site where you can share ideas about anything under the sun. You can pin images or websites to look at later and share with your followers. You just need to go try it! My main motivation was to actually DO some of the ideas that I found, so I did just that this weekend! Below are some of the yummy creations that I created thanks to Pinterest this weekend! If you follow me (or want to!), all of these are on my boards!

Friday dinner - Lasagna Cupcakes (will make again!)

Friday dinner - Parmesan knots (will DEFINITELY make again!)

Friday dessert - Oreo mini cheesecakes (will make again with a different cheesecake recipe on top)

cute Oreo imprint

Saturday breakfast - 4th of July toast (should probably do something more yummy next year!)

Saturday lunch - pesto/ham/mozzerella/tomato on focaccia bread (SO DELICIOUS - thanks Merritt!)

Saturday dinner - baked zucchini chips (awesome when warm)

Saturday dessert - Strawberry lemonade bars (not a fan - Jonathan liked them)

....and this isn't a Pinterest find, but it was my craft project yesterday. They are for my new nephew. Want me to make you some?

*I also made a few other craft projects off Pinterest for Brady's shower - pictures to come later!
*We hit up our local antique store today and got a few more supplies for some projects.
*I bought a few more household items for some other projects to work on this week, too.
*Where did the non-crafty Erin go???