Friday, August 24, 2012

Scrapbooking Birthday Party Ideas

In keeping with Heather's birthday party theme ideas, I thought I would share with you some of  my scrap book pages from these birthday parties.  I don't know if I have more fun at the parties, or scrap booking the pictures after the party! When you scrap book and journal your pages you look back and have so many wonderful memories.  I tell my husband that one day these could be my only memories....hopefully that won't be the case...but at any rate they are beautiful pages filled with precious memories.

Here are just a few of the pages I have scrapbooked and journaled.  As you can see, I try to use pictures of the cake and decorations as embellishments for the pages. I also like to do cutouts and take the backgrounds out when possible, so that you actually end up with more detail and your photos are the focal point. Hope these pages will give you some ideas to work on.  Happy Scrapbooking!


Princess Party Theme...I actually used her Tiara as an embellishment on this page.






This was her Tea Party Themed birthday party.



This one is her Madhatter themed Party....Heather made her cake for this one also..

Another Princess Party Theme

Cake Pops and Zebra Stripes Theme....

I made snuggle pillows for the girls to decorate during the party.
They had a blast decorating them with all the goodies we had set out for them.


      Love and Hugs,
                   

Friday, July 20, 2012

Summertime! Funtime!

                        

Kyla making giant bubbles in the yard.
Summertime fun in the yard drawing pictures in their books.

Whoa!  Where have the months gone? It has been a while since Heather and I have been on here posting to our blog.  As Heather explained things have been rather "insanely" crazy for past several months in both our lives actually.  Hers more so than mine....but nevertheless we are back! I thought since it is summertime I would share a couple of easy summertime dessert recipes with you, and some of my favorite pictures of my great-grandchildren having some summertime fun!

Kyla and Anna with their Nana having a porch picnic!


Recently I came across a really simple summertime sweet snack for the kiddies. (Try and say that 5 times fast!)

It's called:      Peanut Butter Cupcake Brownies
To make, use any store bought Brownie Mix per instructions.  Pour a heaping teaspoon of batter into prepared mini muffin pans.

 Bake @ 350 degrees for 13-15 minutes.  Makes approximately 40 mini muffins.

While these are baking melt 3/4 C. peanut butter in the microwave for 45 seconds.   Then sprinkle the tops with a mixture of 1/2 C. peanut butter and 1/2 C. chocolate chips.  These are so easy and quick, and it's something the little ones can help with in the kitchen.  Hope you enjoy them.  They are yummy!

 After you remove brownies from oven...if the centers don't sink with the back of a spoon make a slight indentation in each.  Into each indentation, spoon a teaspoon of the melted peanut butter into each.


   Then sprinkle the tops with a mixture of 1/2 C. peanut butter and 1/2 C. chocolate chips.




 These are so easy and quick, and it's something the little ones can help with in the kitchen.  Hope you enjoy them.  They are yummy!

Another fun easy summertime snack for the kids are  popsicle treats.  You can freeze juice, yogurt, rootbeer or just about any of your childrens favorite liquid treats into a fun frozen treat.  With the extreme high temperatures we have been having this summer, those frozen treats taste good even to me.

Love and Hugs,