Renaissance Themed Party

Our Scout troop recently had our yearly Blue and Gold Banquet over the weekend with a kick-A Renaissance theme.
No detail was left out in creating this amazing event!

Lead Me, Guide Me, Walk Beside Me Artwork

There is a children's song in our church called "I Am A Child Of God."

The chorus says:

Lead Me,
Guide Me,
Walk Beside Me,
Help me find the way.
Teach me all that I must do,
To live with Him someday.

You can listen to the amazing song here.
Can't promise you won't cry.
It's beautiful.
And for everyone.

So when trying to come up with an idea for some beautiful, timeless and uplifting artwork for my music room, I knew I wanted to do something with my children, and something with those lyrics.

Little Red Riding Hood Birthday Party

My little Edy has turned 6

*tear*

And this little angel was much deserving of a big bad birthday bash!

Vacation Photo Idea: Part 2

Also known as the Smoochie Pics, also known as my FAVORITES!
*for so many reasons*

All you need is an awesome background scene, a camera, a friend or unexpecting willing fellow tourist...or a good timer on your camera...then just grab your guy (or gal for you fella readers) and swoop into a toe curling body swooning hollywood smooch.

I call this idea
"Love Heard Round The World"

Vacation Photo Idea: Part 1

The Mr. recently took me on a European getaway.
I wanted a way to photo document all the fun places we went and things we saw without having a cheesy picture of one of us standing in the foreground with an equally cheesy smile.
So.
Boring.

So I came up with 2 ideas, did them, and LOVED how they turned out!
This first one, anyone with a camera and feet can do.

Chucks Family Photo Idea

Done for my darling sister and her adorable family for Christmas 2 years ago.


Happy Creating!!

1940's Mobster Christmas Card

Happy Creating!!

1950's Suburban Christmas Card

And the family portrait for the wall?




It looks so peaceful and perfect huh?

Don't get discouraged with your own family photo shoot though.
We took over 400 pictures.
In the span of 30 minutes.
We ended up with the two mentioned above...
And 398 that looked more like this...



Just remember...You only need one ;)


Happy Creating!!

Old Car Themed Room For Boys

Now for those of you who don't know Connor like I know Connor...

He's an old soul.

The boy has style, but for another decade.

He loves the Beatles.

Loves to wear his pants around his waist (what a clever concept).

Uses phrases that always take me by surprise ie. "May we continue our game after dinner?"

(what 7 year old speaks like that?)

Wants to find out the history and stories behind EVERYTHING.

Favorite game at bedtime is to have one of us name a country and he finds it on one of the 3 world maps he has hanging by his bunk-beds.

If you tell him something that doesn't make sense, he will question it/you until he gets all the answers to make it make sense, unless it never does then he will render it/you as indefinite hokum.

So when it came time to decide what wall art would best represent my boy, the choice was obvious.

Old Cars.

Timeless, just like my Connor!

I took him to a car show downtown.
Let him pick his favorites and photographed them.
He obviously was in HEAVEN.

Now the prints are back, framed and hung snugly on his wall.





You can view each individual picture HERE
(prints available for purchase)

Also included a couple pics of him with the cars for his dresser.
He declared that these are his favorites.

Coolest boys room EVER!

Seriously, the Mr. is a little jealous.

You're welcome to sleep in one of Connor's bunk beds my sweet Mr.

But you may find the sleep overs with me to be more enjoyable.

...That's what I thought.

Happy Creating!!