Baseball Birthday Party

As I’ve mentioned, my son is a sports nut.  His birthday is in July, so it coincides nicely with baseball season and 4th of July, which made a baseball/Americana themed 2nd birthday a no-brainer.  I started with some simple table settings.  For the tablecloths I used solid red that I popped with a red and white picnic…

Watermelon Characters

As I’ve mentioned, I like to add a touch of fancy to everything I do.  I’m not really certain if what I’m about to share constitutes ‘fancy’, but it’s definitely a touch of something.  It started with the traditional watermelon fruit salad bowl.  I then upgraded the bowl to a basket.  What happened next was completely…

Gender Reveal

It was the classic scene from Steel Magnolias – a Sunday afternoon in the hair salon and a group of women gossiping. One of the women was pregnant with her first. The once cohesive group quickly became divided at the topic of how the baby’s gender should be revealed.  It was now 3 against 1.  The three of us…

Mother’s Day

I generally like things organized and planned.  I do love the element of surprise, but only when I’m giving, not receiving, the surprise.  Mother’s Day was no exception.  We were going to the Brewers game, which is a family favorite event.  We were meeting up to tailgate with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. The cousins…