Jackson's 1st Birthday!

We had a small birthday party for Jackson with family and a few close friends on Saturday. It was a very nice day! I appreciated everyone coming and celebrating this sweet boy's birthday. And thank you to those of you who helped out with food! So kind of you! I love Jackson more than anything in the world. He has brought me more joy than I ever thought possible. I know he won't remember this day but I still wanted to make it special for him!

I originally planned an vintage airplane themed party because I found some cute stuff on etsy. But about a month or two ago I realized that I should do a Mickey Mouse Party because Jackson pretty much loves Mickey Mouse! So I started making some things for it! Of course I didn't get everything done that I wanted to!!! But it turned out great! Here are some pictures from his special day. (And of course I hardly got any! Next time I will remember to put someone in charge of taking pictures!)

Invitation:
Birthday Banner:
Party Favors:
Delicious sugar cookies and frosting (although the frosting might look funny) Let's just say food coloring nightmare!!! Thanks mom and sisters for helping!

Food Table (Pre-food)There should be a mickey mouse silhouette on the top of this food platter, but much to my disappointment when I opened the box on Friday night it was broken off!!!!! So sad!

Cupcakes! I think I made 30 cupcake toppers! And used 4 or 5 of them! Time was not on my side!
Center piece I whipped up the morning of the party!
Ball Pit!

Singing Happy Birthday to him! He was a little worried at first but once everyone said his name he got a big smile! So cute!


All tuckered out! (Yes he sleeps with his eyes cracked open!)Tried getting one last shot but you can see how this worked out!
I saved the worst for last (yes worst not best!) This is the one and only picture I got with him! And no I am not afraid to post this terrible picture of me!!!!!

These have been coming in handy lately. Life has been so hard. So many disappointments. So many unexpected challenges. So many blessings that get overlooked because of the "hard stuff".

Valentine's Day Subway Art

Remember the Christmas subway art i posted a while back. Well eighteen 25 just posted a Valentine's Day one too!!! How exciting. Already ordered mine! Go here to download it.

One Year in Pictures!

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Valentine's Day Wreath

I found this idea and decided I had to copy it. I went with colors to match my table runner and kitchen towels.

But I am not sure how much I like the way it turned out:
It does look much better in person though!!!! I am thinking about taking it all apart and mixing the hot pink and light pink colors together and getting rid of the teal. I thought it would look great! Uh! And just in case you were worried... I fixed the little whole yo you might have noticed on the upper left hand side of the wreath!
To see more heart wreaths go here.

Diet Coke

Usually fixes everything, but not today. Why is life SO HARD sometimes?