Look Whooo's Turning 8!

Miss M is 8!

Miss M is into Owls these days, so we made Owl Treat Bags for her to take to school for her classmates.  I used the Cricut to make the toppers. 

 Miss M wanted cupcakes and chocolate peanut butter ice cream for her birthday.  I made funfetti cupcakes with whipped frosting, topped with heart sprinkles and owl cupcake toppers.  I ordered the plates and napkins from Oriental Trading

 

 

Miss M was blessed with lots of presents for her birthday!  You can see that she loved her new sandals...

 

 ...and the craft kit from her uncle...

 

 

...and new clothes for her American Girl Doll.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

~peace and blessings~

Lisa

First Communion Day

Our daughter on her First Communion Day

 

Miss M made her First Holy Communion on Sunday, May 5th.  Here are some of the photos from her special day.  Mass was at 10 am, then the parish had a reception following for the children.  We then hosted a luncheon at our home for our family. 

 

 

Above is the altar cloth made from the banners each of the children designed and made. 

 

 

 

The children renewed their Baptismal promises, while holding their Baptismal Candles.

 

 

 

During the Offertory, the children brought a rose to their mothers.  Loved that!

 

Maddie read a prayer petition she had written. 

 

 

Here is Miss M receiving the Body of Christ for the first time. 

 

Our Family

 

Thank you for stopping by!

 

~peace and blessings~

Lisa

First Communion Party

 

Miss M made her First Holy Communion on Sunday, May 5th.  We hosted a luncheon following the mass for family.  The food buffet, pictured above, included a cheese platter, BLT dip with Beer Bread, Deviled Eggs, Veggies and Dip,  Sliced Baked Ham with Hard Rolls, Macaroni Salad, Potato Salad, and Tossed Salad.  There was plenty of food and more than enough leftovers. 

 

For dessert, I made frosted sugar cookie cut-outs.

 

A local cake baker made the cake.  It was as delicious as it looks!

 



 

I made chocolate cupcakes topped with whipped frosting.  I made the cross cupcake picks, too.

 

 

I also had personalized lollipops and small popcorn containers filled with kettle corn and cinnamon popcorn on the dessert buffet.  The banner is from Etsy. 

 

~peace and blessings~

Lisa

First Communion Sneak Peek...

 

Miss M had her First Holy Communion Pictures taken on Wednesday evening, so I snapped a few photos of my own.  This one is my favorite. 

 

~peace and blessings~

Lisa

Black Cabinet

 I wanted some kind of cabinet for in the family room/playroom area to store my photo albums, as well as some of my china collection.  J just finished the project on Tuesday.  We found the inspiration on Pinterest, of course.   The cabinet is made of 3 stock cabinets from Lowe's.  If you would like to see the directions, visit http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/how-to/intro/0,,20310641,00.html I still have to pick knobs and pulls, and "merchandise" the top.  I'm thinking lamp and a family photo display.  I found the photos that are on there now while unpacking boxes. 

 

 

I am considering glass knobs and pulls to give it a little sparkle. 

 

~peace and blessings~

Lisa

First Communion Lollipops

 

I wanted to have a small token of thanks for everyone who attends Miss M's First Communion Party.  I ordered the swirl pops from Oriental Trading.  They came with stickers to personalize the pops.  I added ribbon to the sticks and arranged them in floral foam inside a pink bucket that I bought on clearance after Easter.  I filled in the gaps with pink paper shreds. 

 

 

One more thing done on my to do list!

 

~peace and blessings~

Lisa

First Communion Veil

 

I had a hard time finding First Communion clothing in our area.  I did travel out of town and found a dress for Miss M's big day.  It's much simpler than I would have chosen, but it's the girl's big day and she gets to pick.  I ended up buying materials to create a veil .  I picked up the plain veil at Michael's.  I bought the white satin headband and flowers for embellishment at JoAnn's.   

 

 

I removed the comb from the veil and sewed the short part of the tulle to the satin that was in place to hold the hair comb.  We tried the headband with the short piece showing and it just wasn't right.  Then I hot glued the veil to the headband.  Once that was in place, I hot glued the flowers to the headband, putting the larger one first, then nestling the smaller ones in the center of each. 

 

 

 

Here's the view from the front.  I think it came out okay.  My girl is all about simplicity for this day.  If M is happy, Mama is happy!

 

~peace~

Lisa