What’s That? What’s That? It’s the Great Pumpkin!

Are you dressing up your wee one this Halloween?  You know, the one that probably hasn’t even had candy yet, but so you can take him around your neighborhood and get yourself candy?  Or are you going to spend the money on a costume for one Halloween picture?  Either way, I have found some TURBO cute costumes that are sure to drive the little one INSANE what with all the stuff around his face and making it difficult to walk and all.  But GOOD LORD they are cute, aren’t they?  I think it’s a tie for me between the Masked Owl and the Roast Turkey…mmmmhmmm baby toes!!

  1. HalloweenExpress.com, Tom Arma Skunk
  2. HalloweenExpress.com, Tom Arma Monkey
  3. CostumeSupercenter.com, Lobster Infant Costume
  4. CostumeSupercenter.com, Infant Lil Elephant Costume
  5. Martha Stewart, Roast Turkey Costume
  6. Martha Stewart, Masked Owl

Friday’s Etsy Spotlight: fedeghost

So everyone knows Halloween is coming up and I hear at Halloween parties, people like to get tipsy.  Here at Tipsy Society, we like to get our margarita on…what better way to get our marg on than with fedeghost’s spooky rita glasses!

I’ve been told many times that I have more serving dishes/glasses than I know what to do with.  Oh I know what to do with them…I just have to wait around for the right event to pop up.  Maybe I need to plan a Halloween event, stat!

On This Day in 2005, I Got Hitched

Happy Anniversary J.Wo!

photos by Sherry Hammonds

I Love Me Some Baby Hats

When my little boy was a tiny baby, he had a hat on his head wherever we went.  I loved me some baby hats.  My dad told me, if I didn’t stop putting hats on him, his hair wouldn’t grow.  Blagh!  On a related note, my 1 yr old is just starting to get some hair on his noggin.

  1. So What Baby Butt’s Etsy Shop, Green Striped Beanie
  2. Boden, Knitted Hat
  3. So What Baby Butt’s Etsy Shop, Brown Striped Knit Baby Hat
  4. The June Bride’s Etsy Shop, Animal Ears Fleece Hat
  5. Hanna Andersson, Fleece Hat

6 T-Shirts That Will Make People Think Your Toddler Has a Stylist

Who says a small fry can’t be cool?  Dinosaurs? Check! Robots? Check! Slightly Business Casual? Check Check?

ak-boys tees

  1. Gap, Active Graphic T
  2. Tea, Stegosaurus Double Decker Tee
  3. Trusty Sidekick Etsy Shop, Kapow Raglan
  4. Kylala’s Etsy Shop, Peace, Fun, and Robots T-Shirt
  5. Boden, Dinosaur T-Shirt
  6. Super Sweet Creations Etsy Shop, Navy Tie Applique T

Baby PJs: Feet or No Feet?

Have you ever left your kid in their PJs all day because they just look so DAMN cute???  Yeah I haven’t done that either…that would be so wrong.

  1. Hanna Andersson, Night Night Baby Sleepers In Pure Organic Cotton-Navy Ink/Green Meadow
  2. Hanna Andersson, Night Night Baby Sleepers In Pure Organic Cotton-Monster Club Blue
  3. Hatley, Alien Footed Coverall
  4. Hatley, Super Hero Footed Coverall
  5. Hanna Andersson, Night Night Baby Sleepers in Pure Organic Cotton-Dino Chase

Friday’s Etsy Spotlight: jig.

I have a somewhat unhealthy addiction to Etsy.  If I’m just now introducing you to Etsy, don’t blame me. Please? Promise?

Each Friday I’m going to introduce you to an Etsy shop that I have LOVE LOVE LOVED.  Today I’m featuring jig. I have repeatedly returned to jig. (remember…unhealthy addiction) for onesies since my son was a wee baby.  Now that he’s the super chunk that he is, he’s wearing some Ts from jig.  Did I repeat some of the designs because I loved them that much, yes, you gotta problem with that?  It’s only because jig.’s designs are THAT CUTE.  I’m telling you…get your butt over to jig.,  you won’t regret it.

I’m mainly featuring her boy designs, but I threw in a few girly ones that I’ve used for presents.  Yes PRESENTS people, they are the perfect GIFT!!  Happy Etsy shopping!

If Jewelry Grew On Trees…

Here’s what I’d be picking today!

  1. Sundance, Countess Earrings
  2. Sundance, Taos Bracelet Trio
  3. Anthropologie, Undulating Orbit Earrings
  4. Sundance, Wraparound Ring
  5. Anthropologie, Notions Necklace

9 Ways to Make a First Birthday The Bomb!

My baby turned into a one year old a couple of weekends ago.  I decided that I’d try and make everything myself.  It was a lot of hard work but I think it turned out pretty cute!

Disclaimer: No one was injured or maimed from the massive amounts of candy with red dye available.

  1. We’ve done a bunch of owl stuff in our son’s room and have continued to carry that theme through his first year.  The invitation was a custom order with Pink Bathtub Designs, and the photostrip was done by us at home.  We just printed 3 strips per 5×7 photo paper and cut them ourselves.
  2. I made a small cake for our son to devour himself.  In case you hadn’t guessed it, I’m not a cake decorator.  We purchased the candles on ShopBakersNook.com.
  3. Owl Cupcakes!  My first try at making a cupcake look like something other than a little cake with a blob of icing on it…I modeled them after a cupcake I found in Hello, Cupcake.  Mine obviously aren’t as cute as the ones in the book, but hey, I’m an amateur.
  4. Your average red cup, found at Target.  The sticker was designed by petitenfantdesigns who normally designs these for a cupcake topper, but was nice enough to do a custom order that we could print on round sticker labels.  We used these EVERYWHERE!!  Can not say enough nice things about Kami at petitenfantdesigns, she was just great to work with.
  5. Party hat was made by yours truly with poster board from our local Walgreens and this template.  I just traced the template onto the poster board, cut it and stapled it together.  I got elastic at our local Hobby Lobby and tied it on after hole-punching holes in the side.  The sticker is petitenfantdesigns.
  6. Don’t you love the quality of this picture–over exposed flash, etc.  I don’t claim to be a photographer either.  I did a couple of small arrangements of red carnations, cut short and arranged low in vase.  I’m not normally a huge fan of carnations, but it was a boy’s party and I guess if you are gonna have flowers, carnations are totally fine and they fit the color scheme.  We bought red/turquoise candy and put them in other small clear vases I had on hand.  In addition we did some plain cupcakes and added cupcake toppers.  These toppers were a custom order with Chachke Designs.  Sarah at Chachke Designs was also great to work with–highly recommend.
  7. We made a ton of Strawberry Basil lemonade which turned out to be a HUGE hit.  We ended up having to make more mid-party.  Recipe:  2 Liters Lemonade, 2 pints strawberries (hulled and sliced), 12 whole basil leaves.  Mix together and let sit for 2 hours before serving.  If you want an adult version of this, vodka goes nicely.
  8. The banners!  This too was made with poster board from the infamous Walgreens.  We used the same stickers and then just printed the letters on regular printer paper.  To make the perfect circle around the letter, I used a bisquit cutter as a guide and then cut with that line.  Got the string at our local grocery store.
  9. The man of honor in our makeshift photobooth for all the guests to take turns taking pictures!  He wanted to know who was up next.

Sick of Navy & Khaki Toddler Pants for Boys?

So in case you haven’t read or guessed yet, I have a little boy. And if you are a mom to a little boy you probably get sick and tired of the same old khaki and navy pants and want to change it up a bit. I know I do! Here are some CUTE CUTE CUTE pants that I’ve run across recently.  I love that most of these are lined so they are soft on those chunky little legs.  My son has practically lived in the American Apparel karate pants since birth!

  1. Boden, Baby Jeans
  2. Boden, Lined Skate Pants
  3. Old Navy, Fleece-Lined Cargo Pants for Baby
  4. American Apparel, Infant Baby Rib
    Karate Pant