PARTY TIME:COLORS OF THE RAINBOW BIRTHDAY PARTY

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Well I know I have been M.I.A. the past few days.  It is safe to assume that I was in recovery from a rainbow sleepover party overdose!

It was AWESOME, but I am so glad it is over!

You know, NOT ONE ITEM WAS BOUGHT FOR THIS PARTY UNTIL 9:30 PM THE NIGHT BEFORE! Yep, I just said that! 

INSANE? Just a little!

It all came together fine, thanks to Pinterest, a great friend's help and some crafty brain power!

Here is the E-vite that I emailed out to everyone!

She had to choose girls in her own age bracket and only 10 of them...That was MY her limit.

She is so cute:)

And for decor, I made tissue paper flowers to make a rainbow backdrop (super easy tutorial on the way), the white paper plates as clouds, a chandelier out of a dollar tree wreath, rainbow streamers and these dollar tree rainbow wind things that I found.  I used colored tulle I had hanging around to make a draped table skirt!

The girls loved the activities.  

I really thought I would have had more "oops" moments, but there really weren't many at all.  Nothing permanent, anyway!

They REALLY loved making these shirts! I followed this tutorial and just tweaked it a little! If you'd like to know more, let me know and I will fill you in!

I got this adorable party favor idea from here! Again, I added my own little spin on it...

...just like most of you would!!

:)

And here are some yummy food ideas...

DO NOT BE ALARMED BY ALL THE CANDY AND HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP!

I cooked a big pot of Jambalaya (which is basically rice with meat and gravy all mixed up) for some "rib-stickin" dinner!

OH..

and the CAKE!

I followed these instructions which were great and easy!!

It was so yummy and quirky!

I chose to not put icing on all of it so that we could admire all the colors and I figured a six layered cake with icing between every layer was plenty of icing!

OK and the highlight...RAINBOW DIPPING PANCAKES!!

 EASY AND FUN! They loved them so much! 

Now, I KNOW if I would have planned ahead, it really could've been even grander and craftier, but I am thinking..

Not too shabby for 24 hours?!

What do YOU think?

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THANKFUL THOUGHTS: I {HEART} MY FRIENDS

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Last Week I talked about how thankful I am to have a LIFE FILLED WITH HOPE!

This week, my heart is SWOLLEN with love and thankfulness for my amazingly wonderful FRIENDS!

NOW, it goes without saying, that I AM OVERFLOWING with oodles and oodles of love for family members, and honestly, some of my CLOSEST friends ARE family!! So, I am certainly giving a HUGE shout out to all of the FAM! Mucho Love!!

BUT...

TODAAAAY, I wanted to focus on those who do not share a "blood bond" or something like that connecting them to me in some way!

I want to talk about my FRIENDS!

There are so many types of people that I adore surrounding me! When I was a kid in school, I was never apart of "clicks" or anything like that! I always felt like I could fit in somehow with every click or type of group.  It's kinda the same way now, as an adult! 

Do you know what I mean? Is that how it is with you?

I just wanna be buds with the whole world!!

I have some friends that I see ALL the time! Some of them are even more than friends...those who have chosen "Lil ole me" to spiritually mentor them on a weekly basis.  SERIOUSLY, that's a HUMONGOUS HONOR and I don't take it lightly!

Some of the girls from my weekly small group:) I love these chics!

There are some friends of mine that I have known for so long that I can't even remember how I met some of them! These are the ones that probably have all the "dirt" on me! 

NOT THE BEST PICTURE BUT THESE ARE SOME OLD SCHOOL BUDS!

Then there are those that I call my "Kindred Spirits"!

My girl, Kim! She makes me wanna exercise...I said WANT TO...not actually... DO IT! Wish I could see her more...

KELLE BELLE!!!!!!! Time with her fills my love tank!

Keeley and I go WAAAAY back! I miss her!

Technically, these are my adopted parents and sister in
law but it's impossible to not
 include these three people as kindred spirits
(but I get to see them all the time, LUCKY ME)

And I can't forget about my sisters (and brothers too)! These friends are the ones that you may not even have a whole lot of interests in common or even hang out with all the time, but you are teammates, gathered together for the same cause! Just like a team! Siblings in a "real" family are, most often than not, completely different, but there's a bond that ties them together!

Some of the TEAM! There's like 30 more!! 

This is MY "Trace"! She let's me annoy her and she STILL loves me anyway!

I love, love, love my brand new friends! .....the one's that just popped into my life and I wonder "Where in the heck have YOU been all my life!"

( Bummer, no pics of my new buddies)

I cannot forget about my new bloggy friends! Of course, I don't have any pictures with these new buds, but I am looking forward to the day that I will!

And I can't forget the Hubs!

HE IS THE BEST!

And then...

...there's a friend who sticks closer than a brother!  Jesus Christ! 

He's been the ULTIMATE friend to me! I can't see Him or take pictures with Him, but I have stories about how He has impacted my life!

I'm thinking one day I am going to have to share my "God story" with you!

SIDE NOTE: THERE IS NO WAY THAT I CAN INCLUDE PICTURES OF ALL THE AMAZING FRIENDS IN MY LIFE! These are only just a few....

So, In conclusion, I am so grateful for ALL of the amazing people that God has placed in my life. Through hurts, struggles, good times, and not-so-good times...

TRUE friends will be there,

THROUGH IT ALL!

And for this, I am thankful,

TRASH TO TREASURE {T2T} TUESDAY: SOOTHING MUSIC MANTEL & SOMEBODY HAS A BIRTHDAY

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OK...I DID IT AGAIN!

I rearranged the piano/un-mantle for the MILLIONTH TIME in the past month! 

I just CANNOT HELP MYSELF!

I AM JUST INSPIRED BY ALL OF YOU FELLOW BLOGGERS...

and of course, PINTEREST!

I love my SOOTHING MUSIC UN-MANTEL!

On T2T, honestly, almost EVERYTHING in this set up was at one time---TRASH!

The run down:

• Canvas painting-Was an old "blah" painting that I picked up from who knows where.  I just used paint on hand and a little water and blended together blues and oranges.
• White platter-Picked up from a garage sale for $1
• Silver Glass Vase-Was orange but quickly became apart of my experiment with Krylon mirror-like spray paint...I love the result!
• White Deco Balls-You can see the before here! Rustoleum heirloom white spray paint changed those up for the better, I'd say.
• Old wine bottle-Is just that...an old wine bottle...no big explanation for this one.

Whatever is left (which isn't much) has been lingering around the house for a while. 

(Please forgive the bad lighting...As you have read here in my recent blog post, my SLR camera in "under construction", and I lost someone stole my wonderful, 2 month old iphone 4S, therefore, I'm back to using the old phone! )

I have future plans for these "Soothe" letters...Stay tuned!

ON ANOTHER NOTE...

IT'S SOMEBODY'S BIRTHDAY TODAY!

This picture is literally 5 seconds after waking her up...her eyes are still closed! haha!

She is enjoying her birthday present..."Buster", her new baby! She has been BEGGING us to have another baby...maybe "Buster" will get that off her mind for a while

:)

(YES, there is an ulterior motive---Don't Judge me!)

They were treated to "Mickey D's" for a birthday breakfast before school!

Pancakes and chocolate milk...their teachers will LOVE me today!

[Enter sarcasm here]

Amazing how they were ready early enough for this but on any OTHER NORMAL day, they are still dressing and eating in the car on the way to school!

HMMMM? Interesting??

So what's your latest Trash to Treasure project?!

XOXO,