Planning Aj's The Streets Party! :-)

our kid loves Sesame St. that is the only show he will watch and let me have a little peace of mind, so we decided we are going to throw him a Sesame St. 1st birthday party. I must admit. I am really nervous because Sesame St. parties can get really cheesy really fast. I am not a big fan of cheesy over the top kid parties. However, I have done alot of research on Sesame St. parties. People have done some amazing jobs on creating beautiful modern Sesame st. parties that are so not cheesy. So yes, my nervousness subsided a little. However, those people are extremely talented. lol . I'm not saying i'm not, but there are some amazingly creative bloggers out there. Nevertheless, I have came up with my must haves.

1. BIRTHDAY WREATH

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2. CUSTOM WATER BOTTLE LABELS

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3. OREO ELMOS

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4. SESAME STREET CUPCAKES

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5. BEAUTIFUL CAKE

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6 CUSTOM FOOD LABELS

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7. GIFT BAGS

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8. CANDY/ SWEETS BUFFET

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9. CAKE POPS

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10. CUTE INVITATIONS

11. CUPCAKES, COOKIES, GOLDFISHES

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12. TAKE AWAY & TAGS

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13. AMAZING DECORATIONS

I will add more ideas later.

I can not wait until his party. I am so excited :-)

Can't you tell??!!

a Tea Party for her 21st Bday! :)

Friday was my favorite cousin Lemetria's birthday. She made 21, and  my favorite sister ( my only sister lol) and I decided to throw her a grown up tea party on Saturday to celebrate. The theme was vintage Spring  tea party. I had so much fun planning this party in 2 days. It was a challenge on the budget we had which was tiny, but we had so much fun.

Most of the vintage pieces where given to me by my grandmother like the lamp. It was passed down from her grandmother to her mother then to me. I am sooo honored. The candy jars were found around the house.  The gift bags and the wine glasses came from the dollar store. We wrapped them in pink ribbon. The pink napkins also came from the dollar store & we stamped them with a stamp that cost us a PENNY that we got from Michael's! :)

Everything on the table I pretty much got from the thrift store & from my grandmother's china cabinet. It was a mix of new and old. it worked out nice.

We did a picture line over the table. We printed up pictures that she had taken with everybody who was there at some point in life . Everybody signed the back with some encouraging words. You should try this at your next occasion! Everyone enjoyed the picture line.

On the left is the birthday girl Lemetria & on the right is my cousin Lauren!

On the left my little sister & On the right me ofcourse! :)

Me & the birthday girl

me & my cousin Lauren

the girls :)

Our guest of honor finally showed up! :)

We were so happy that our grandmother came to the tea party. We were waiting on her to drink out of the tea cups which we never got to. ha maybe next time! :)

We really enjoyed our shelves. We decided we are going to have a tea party at least once a year.

**side note: We started our garden & I can't wait to show ya'll. :)

How was your weekend?? What did you do?? What did you think of our tea party??

Happy Friday!!! :)

I have been so busy these last couple of days because my sister & I are throwing my cousin a grown up vintage, Spring tea party! :) I can't wait to post pictures.

It will be outside in our backyard. Here are some ideas we are using for the party:

Not sure about this though because it will be in the daytime, but we shall see..

this is soooo precious & girly & romantic.

What are you working on this weekend???? :)

Saint vs. Vikings!

Saint's Party!

I fried chicken & baked chicken & hot wings...

made french onin dip

made deviled egs

cream cheese chocolate chip cookies

& homemade french fries :)

oh yeah & we (saints lol) WON 14 -9

Yay! :)

I'm 33 weeks almost 34 Sunday!! :)

I am getting big!

HAPPi 25TH BiRTHDAY! :)

I can honestly say I have the best husband in the world. I am so happy to be with him. I get to celebrate birthdays, holidays & all the special occassions. He is superman! He does not stop. He is amazing! I love you honey, and God could not put the a better man in my life!

Birthday Lunch!

 06-01-10

Left Over BBQ grilled chicken with bellpepper,saluateed onion & garlic pepper,green pepper,seasoning, suger, soy sauce & red pepper.. YummY in my tummy! :)

This is my first attempt @ making a birthday cake! I absolutely enjoyed it! I am so going to make another one! :) I love cooking & baking now it's like another way to express myself creatively. I never knew how truly creative I was until now. I knew I love photography & making things like scapbooks, photo albums & so for. but I had no idea how much fun I could have being domestic. I love to cook, bake, & decorate! I am learning so much about myself. :) Now, I know my first attempt wasn't that great! lol but I love my effort! lol 

Alden's Birthday Gathering!

Mr. & Mrs Cheatham!

19 weeks! :)