Baby shower

I got to throw a great friend of mine a baby shower! There was no "theme" it was a couples shower, so I didn't want to make it too girly. This was also my first attempt at a baby shower...and the only other one I've been to is my own...so I gave it a go. I have to say I'm pretty happy with how the diaper cake turned out....but my attempt at decorating the actual cake, not so much. I think it was a crafting failure...but I gave it a try and I'm proud of myself for that! :) Here's a look:

M-I-C...K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

Teagan is the biggest Mickey Mouse fan ever! She loves anything and everything that has Mickey (or Minnie) on it! She has about million stuffed Mickeys and Minnies, her bedding is Mickey Mouse...so I made her these to hang on the wall. I'm not sure If I will just add a hook to the back, or hang them with ribbon..but either way I'm sure she will adore them! I wish I could say this was all my idea, but it so wasn't! I saw similar ones on E-bay, and I already had all the supplies on hand so I just made them myself. It was so easy, I would venture to say that it takes little to no skill. So little skill that I made a few other sets for friends that have themed rooms for their little ones!

Interested in a set?
Supplies:
4 x 4 plaques ( Hobby Lobby .50 each)
Paint and brushes
Mod Podge (or similar)
Stickers of your choice (oriental trading, smile makers, or E-bay) I suggest Ebay (this seller) where you can get 15 stickers for $2.00 and cheap shipping! BUT the other two suppliers are great for a larger quantity at a lower price.
Ribbon (unless you prefer to hang them differently)

Directions:
Paint the edges of the plaques in coordinating colors
Paint the inside square of the plaque white
Add stickers and Mod Podge over to seal!
**I told you it was THAT easy!**

Welcome Home Daddy!

My husband has been away on "business" all week. He got lucky and had to go a class that happen to be near his home town in California, so a free trip home for him! Anyways he comes back tomorrow and the kids have missed him terribly (me too!) I wanted to make his homecoming special, so we are surprising him at the Airport tomorrow when he lands and the kids will be wearing these cute little shirts. It took me two trips to Hobby Lobby to get these done ( 1 letter 'E' short). I love how they turned out for the most part, I tried to use a little stick figure iron on that was suppose to be "daddy" but I wasn't patient enough and pulled the cover off too soon...live and learn!

Ugly orange bathroom

We have tons of renovations that we would love to do, but of course don't have the money for them right now. The whole house needs new flooring terribly and by the whole house I mean even the bathrooms... the BATHROOMS ARE CARPETED, EWWW! We are so disgusted by the carpet and it's number one on our long list. Along with the carpet, one of the bathrooms is also bright orange, the pictures don't do the brightness justice, it's much more intense in person! I have some before pictures for you to enjoy. I hated the color so much that the day after we closed I was over priming the walls. Too bad that's as far as we've got, hopefully I will have some after, or at the very least some "work in progress" pictures for you soon! It will be the kids bathroom so we plan to do a kid friendly design, but still make it guest friendly. Well wish us luck on our first home improvement!

The Lake House

Hi! My name is Stevi and I am a happily married mommy of two! Teagan turned 2 in July and she is our little princess and then there's our tough guy Maddox who will be 1 in October! We just recently bought our first house, and I figure why not also start my first blog to keep up with all the improvements we plan to (eventually) do!

So why the lake house? Our house is not ACTUALLY a "lake house"...but while we were house hunting we had names for all the houses so we could keep them straight. They were all pretty self explanatory, like the hot tub house (the house with a hot tub), the new house, the bar house (had a bar in the basement) and of course the LAKE HOUSE! Which is just near a lake, and that was the best selling feature! We love the lake, and the kids do too!