Elmo Birthday Party

Elmo Birthday Party

I have to add a disclaimer to this post right up front. The photos are TERRIBLE because they were taken on my phone, long before I considered they’d wind up on a blog, in a hurry as people were walking in the door. But despite the quality of the photos, I really...
Cinderella Birthday Party

Cinderella Birthday Party

So, we’ve established I like to fancy things up a bit when it comes to my kids’ birthday parties. I do it for my girls but let’s be honest, I do a lot of it for me. I enjoy the madness leading up to it (even when I’m complaining) and when all...
Mermaid Birthday Party

Mermaid Birthday Party

After our newborn photo shoot with our younger daughter yielded this amazing photo, we knew that her first birthday party had to be a Mermaid Birthday Party. This sweet photo was taken by Marisa at Glow Tampa Photography. And so my crazy year long mission began....
Easy DIY Valentine Vase

Easy DIY Valentine Vase

After purging a ton of Holiday stuff following the undecorating of Christmas, I discovered I had little to none in the way of Valentine’s Day decor. Being the frugal mama that I am, I was inspired by ombre yarn wrapped letters I had previously seen on Pinterest...
An Affordable DIY Gasparilla Wreath

An Affordable DIY Gasparilla Wreath

We live in the Tampa Bay area and I was raised in a Pirate loving town. Gasparilla is Tampa’s infamous partyfest. We drink. We catch beads. We drink. We walk up and down Bayshore like bums. We drink. We run in the marathons (well, I don’t but some do). We...