Just me My Soldier and our 4 little chicks

totally awesome.

HA! and there you have it.

as i may have previously mentioned, i lovelovelovelove theme parties.

every day would have a theme in my house if it were possible.

i think the really funny part is that i bought everything at target and here.

i mean, honestly...it should NOT have been so easy to find 80's clothing. the whole store was 80's for pete's sake. so odd that all of this is back in right now.

slowly settling back into a routine today, it was so fun having my mom here, and we'll miss her lots. already planning a trip home.

hope you had a wonderful weekend!

stephanie

p.s. in the collage, you can see my sweet new friend, meghan. she's such a cool, creative, smart person. go check out her blog, especially if you love to sew, knit, etc.

recipe for pure happiness

take one bb, who is majorly creative and loves

to plan fun adventures for the girls

 

 

add  one new haircut (lost some MAJOR length that was dragging me down)

 

add one new cute top and makeup:

 

throw in a ridiculously handsome man who wanted to take me out on the town:

 

add it all together and you've got date night. pure happiness.

just delicious.

 

sidenote...pretty sure sadie didn't recognize me. ha! that's what happens when you take off the glasses and take down the ponytail.

hope you are all having a wonderful friday...its almost 80 degrees here, and speaking of 80's, we have an 80's themed party tonight. More themes. YES!!!!

i have five words for you:

fuschia and black zebra print.

WHEEEE!

see you soon!!

xoxo

s

it was classy. very classy.

first- i want to share the winner of may's go hybrid class!

Here are your random numbers:

102

102

FrancineC said...

What a great giveaway! I've started dipping my toes in the hybrid pool, so this class will be a huge help!

way to go fran! i'm sending your info to may.

now, moving on...

I cannot describe the level of classiness at the party this weekend..

Teased hair. Tight t-shirts. Tight Jeans. High heels. Major Howell sporting an earring.
WHAAA???

Okay. Make that a stick-on rhinestone from my scrapbooking room.

But don't tell anyone.

 

It took a LOT of hairspray to do this:

 

 

 

who would have thought that i could make jersey shore themed t-shirts

using supplies from hobby lobby? see? being crafty pays off

(see aforementioned faux earring).

 

oh my.

a whole new look for us.

ha!

see? like i said. classy.

wrong. just wrong.

i'm WAY too preppy for this.

one more thing today...i've had a really cool offer to teach an online class. i'm thinking about it, and wondering what i would teach.

is there something you would like to see me teach?

you guys are the best, and i'm hoping you'll share your thoughts with me.

(that is if you are still reading after those *vom* inducing photos above. HEEE!)

i'll be back tomorrow to introduce  my march sponsors.

happy monday!! xoxo

 

fist pump!!!

**go hybrid giveaway still open in the post below!**

so j's promotion party is today. his good friend is throwing the party at his house, and asked j and another friend to be a part of the celebration as well.

anyone want to guest the theme based on the photos below??

 

 

that's the situation.

and i LOVE theme parties. LOVE. i still dream of having a Great Gatsby themed party. one day!!!!

i need a bump it. not sure how to do snooki hair without it. lots of hairspray, teasing, and a clip. we are going to look HOT.

and if you have no idea what i'm talking about, look here.

one more thing- a BIG fist pump for the fact that today is Studio Calico's Quilting Bee Reveal! 

noon EST for subscribers, and midnight EST for non subscribers. The gallery will also go live at midnight. Can't wait!!

I will be sharing all of my layouts here tomorrow for "Scrappy Sunday". Wheee!

Okay, off to tease my hair and to find some pickles and gold chains.

Love to you all, happy Saturday!!

xoxo

emasculating frosty

photo mosaic created at big huge labs

friday turned out to be an AWESOME day. remember i wasn't sure if snow was even coming?

and if you are wondering...why yes, they are wearing rain boots. it's georgia. we do not own snow boots. HA!

well it came, alright. and stuck! it was beautiful. looking out the window in my kitchen... i felt like i was in a big old house in new england. except it came and was gone just as quickly. and didn't make much mud or mess. it was pretty much the perfect snow. one thing i did NOT like about living in upstate NY was the mess when the snow melted this was painless.

except for poor frosty. inventive name, huh? harper named him. hahaha!

j and h worked hard to make frosty. his eyes? are glitter hearts. and yes, that is a binkie in his mouth. don't even ask.

we lost poor frosty today. harper looked out the window and screeched

"OHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, FROSTY ONLY HAS HIS BOOTY LEFT!!!!". and indeed he did. see above. bless his heart.

i'm pretty sure he died of embarrassment. let's just say there was an "incident".

said incident involved little harper attempting to put the carrot on his bottom snowball. in a very inappropriate place.

j&i laughed until we cried about that one. so so funny.

that's it for today...oh except i do have a few studio calico march sneaks to share!!

this month's kit is called quilting bee, and it's lovely. absolutely lovely. i chose to order both addons, i didn't get the project kit this month, but i think i'm going to wish i would have gotten it.

 

 

hope you had a fantastic long weekend!

see you soon! xo

 

major!!!!

this post very well may be boring to lots of you. i'm cool with that. ha!

but i'm (SHOCKINGLY) over the moon proud of J and wanted to share some photos of his promotion ceremony today.

little miss h was SO excited. she wanted to wear her "crewcuts" skirt and fancy shoes. and pearls. and cashmere. and she wanted to wear her hair DOWN LIKE A PRINCESS, MOMMY!!

we took sadie to hourly child care here on post...she would have been all over the place, to say the least. she's two for pete's sake! not the appropriate venue for her.

harper is so well-behaved and old enough to go to something like this...and she was so proud of her daddy.

can you tell???

 

yes, she is wearing mommy's lip gloss. not worth the battle. ;)

 

total daddy's girl. i wanted to cry when i saw how excited she was to see him and how special she knew this was!

 

she kinda thought the party was for *her*.

dancing for the rangers:

 

trying to get daddy to dance, too:

 

 

pinning his new oak leaf on (well velcroing)...love the look on his face. harper got to help me.

 

 

very serious in my facial expressions. HA! he gave a little speech and thanked me and of course it made me teary.

 

 

 

i had j take some shots of me and my girl, she was being a total ham.

and maybe i was too???? wonder where she gets it.

and then it was back to the posing.

 

so...major howell it is.

when he came home harper yelled HEY MAJOR HOWELL!!! and i totally didn't tell her to do it. swear.

so proud. of him and all that he stands for. he has my heart and protects it, too.

xoxox