Our New Home |

SO excited that the moving process is coming to an end soon. We get our new home on April 17th 2014!
We are so excited for this new adventure.
We looked at about 20-30houses total throughout the searching process. We saw this one at the open house (the house was very new on the market) and we knew another offer was coming in on it, so we made an offer the same day we saw! We didn't put in any conditions and we got it!
We went this past weekend to see it again and love it!
A few of my favourite things about it:
- Porch Swing
- Corner Tub
- Play Set
- Big Deck/Yard
- Veggie Garden
- Pantry
- Open floor plan
- 1/2 hour closer to family
- Backs on to Farmland
- ON an nice quite 'place' - cul-de-sac
- Double garage

A Winter Walk In The Woods |

I realized that if I wanted to get some photos for our Christmas Cards that NOW was the time! We are away next weekend and the following weekend is already December (where every weekend has something going on!!).  Plus with Shutterfly is having a 50% off sale until Monday so I thought if I can get everything done now it would mean savings!

I had already found the location I wanted to use for the photos on a walk one day. There were a few beautiful birch trees and  a pine tree behind them. We have a love for Birch trees that started on our honeymoon. So we makeshift planned our outfits (grabbing one of MY tamoshanters for Aderyn to wear and my hubby and I just wore our black coats & jeans).

Since we didn't have a photographer my idea was to have my husband take a photo of me holding Aderyn by the tree (so that he could get her to look/smile) then I took a photo of Ben by himself leaning on the other side of the tree. I then patched the photos together, matching up the tree bark in the middle, so that it looked like we were all in one photo together! Hopefully no one will be able to tell (unless of course they read my blog post hehe)! 

 I didn't have high hopes for how they would turn out, but in the end they are nice and will work well for our Christmas card!



Now to pick and design our Christmas cards from the hundreds of options!!

Pre-school & other Educational Resources I have been gathering...

Month 4-5 |

A lot of "Firsts" this month!

Our Family Silhouette |

Was so excited to make our family's silhouette! Aderyn is 4 months old in this silhouette image.

 Our family 2013!

I make these for other families, so it was awesome to make one for my own.

Get your family's silhouettes HERE.

Canada Day 2013

Excited to celebrate our great country with Aderyn for the first time!  I thought it would be cute for Ben and I to be the red part of the flag, and Aderyn the white/leaf middle for Canada Day photos!!

Chiropractic Care During Pregnancy | My Experience

A Peaches and Creme Nursery, Made with LOVE |

More photos to be added later of her name and 'initial' art (once we reveal her name).

My Baby Shower |

A wonderful day surrounded by such great family and friends who blessed us with so many amazing items for our little one!

Happy Two Years |

We have been married for two wonderful years now! I was recently creating a newspaper program for a couple and they included the quote: "Once you realize who you want to spend the rest of your life with, you can't wait to start the rest of your life." This quote is so true and I can't imagine a happier life than the one I am living.  In the last two years we have worked away on our home, updating it and making it warm and cozy. My husband has finished his Masters of Engineering and I have started an ETSY shop and absolutley love working from home. We found a church and have met some great friends in our new city, making it feel more like home. And now we are getting ready to welcome our first baby into the family in the new year!

I made a new slide show of our wedding day with some photos that I hadn't used in the last one, and used one of my favourite Hason songs (that's right Hanson) throughout it!

Thanks for a great two years! I look forward to the next 62 with you!

Our Birth Annoucement Slide Show |

Gender Reveal Party | It's A...

Last weekend we had our Circus themed Gender Reveal party! It was so fun to have friends and family join us for a celebration and the big reveal of 'What's Under the Big Top' (i.e. my belly)!

Unfortunetely the cute carousel/circus tent looking pavilion that we were supposed to use for the party was being used for a charity run, so we had to set up in a different, less attractive, pavilion. But it was super fun none-the-less.

Below are some of the photos from the party and explanation of the details in case you are thinking about throwing a circus themed gender reveal party too!

 Slide Show of the Event: 


 

 Invitations:

I designed the invitations and they were a lot of fun to create! I borrowed the wording from an invitation I had seen online as I thought it was so clever! Want to have these invitations for your gender reveal party? Check out the 'Gender Reveal Package' in my ETSY shop!

 

 Banner: 

Our banner said: "What's Under The Big Top?" in 'Coffee Tin' font off of daftont.com

 Straw Flags:

I designed these cute little 'Boy or Girl' flags and attached them to red and blue star straws. Want some of these cute straw flags for your gender reveal party? Check out the 'Gender Reveal Package' in my ETSY shop!

 Treats:
We had lots of blue, red and yellow candy options including red and blue tootsie pops arranged in a glasses with tissue paper in the bottom to look like bunches of balloons.

And we had Nutter Butter cookies and Peanuts in cute little Elephant Peanut Bags (as Elephants LOVE peanuts). 

 We also had yummy butter pop corn in blue and white popcorns bags with clowns on them as well as pink popcorn and cracker jacks boxes.  All the bags were from heyyoyo.com! To finish the event we had

A big hit was my homemade 'Dunk-A-Roo' type dip that we dipped Barnum and Baileys Animal Crackers into!  The dip is simply a box of confetti cake mix, one large tub of plain yogurt and 1 tub of cool whip mixed together! I put sprinkles on top!

 

 The juice we had didn't quite match the theme so I covered the labels with blue and red construction paper and added a tag/label to each with a sparkly foam star (from Michales).

Each of the guests got a 'Gifts for Guests' bag to fill with treats!

To finished off the event we had cake. I made a tinted the batter red, covered in white frosting and sprinkles and placed these cute circus toys on the top!

Me enjoying some popcorn and juice through my cute straw! Notice my blue and red nail polish! :D

Decorations:

I made these 'Team Boy & 'Team Girl' flags so that I could get a photo of all our guests holding up what their guess was...

 A few of our guests with their guesses...

 I framed some of the baby's ultrasound images and had the frame on the front table where the guests were writing down their votes so they could have a better look at the baby!

I found the cute vintage party hats at a local warehouse store and used them for decor on the tables.

I made little signs using circus font and images to explain all the 'stations' to guests.

I found an awesome antique squeaky clown and a Barnum and Bailey's animal cracker tin at a local antique store to use for decor as well!

I made 'Wishes For Baby' cards that matched the invitations for guests to write their wishes for the new baby on. I will place quotes from their cards in the photo book I make of the event. Want 'Wishes for Baby' cards for your gender reveal party? Check out the 'Gender Reveal Package' in my ETSY Shop!

What's it going to be?

 The Balloon Box:

The daddy-to-be put the structure of the box together. He used a box we already had (from a shop vac) and taped the flaps up to make the box taller. Then he used another box to make the lid/flap across the top. I then wrapped the box in this stripped wrapping paper that I found at Michael's and fringed it in yellow construction paper & Bristol board. We then taped on some ribbon to hold the lid down and placed a 'voting chart on the front of the box'. Guests wrote their name on a yellow ticket and placed it on the boy or girl side of the box.

 The Big Reveal:

 We had the guests stand on the boy or girl side of the box, wearing their blue or red clothing items, and opened the box!

Team Boy: 

 Team Girl:

The Reveal... It's A....

 GIRL!!!

Balloons flying away!

 Mommy and Dadddy-to-be with the box/balloons!

 We can't wait to meet our precious little girl!

  Want some of these unique designs for your gender reveal party?

 Check out the 'Gender Reveal Circus Package' in my ETSY shop!