Party Decorations

This morning on One Pretty Thing, she had a Fourth of July Roundup and had a link to
Lilly Cakes for this red, white, and blue fringe paper. I thought I would make it to add to our decorations for our party on Friday.



It was very simple and I got a " O mom that is so pretty" from the birthday girl.

A few projects to do. . .

This weekend was a busy weekend. .. we enjoyed a picnic at the local arts festival - listening to music and watching the boats sail by. We worked another local festival and enjoyed a birthday party. And today we are catering a meal for 400 for company picnic. Food will be served in less then an hour. . .hope all goes well!

Flag Stamping

Today we decided to start making some decorations for our Jolly July 3rd Party. The party is to 1/2 to celebrate the 4th of July and 1/2 to celebrate Miss almost 5!

I carved a flag into a styrofoam tray ( silly me forgot to reverse the image and I have no more trays)

and then let Miss A paint the colors on. . .

and then let her stamp away. .

They turned out cute, now I need more trays. . .

A favorite. . .

Tonight I made one of our favorite dips to accompany dinner. I took a couple of pics but nothing looked great, so just trust me. I get many requests for this after serving it for parties. And it is so simple.

Here we go 9 X 13 pan.
One brick of cream cheese spread evenly. ( I use low fat, no fat whenever available)
One jar of salsa, spread evenly.
A nice layer of shredded cheese. ( I use cheddar and lots of Mexican type blends)

That's it. . bake until hot and cheese is melty or microwave it if your family is STARVING. We usually serve it with tortilla chips. I have made it fancy by adding olives, green onions, or black beans. I just usually stick with a Mexican theme.

It is also just as easy to make a single serving. Enjoy!

In Progress

I have been wanting to make a birthday banner as seen here, here, and here.

This is what I started last night. . .

I didn't follow any of the tutorials. I just cut out the letters out of some scraps I had and sewed them on with a decorative stitch, added some ribbon around the edges. Now it sits until I figure out what else I want to do. I just wanted to make sure I had the banner done for the next birthday in our house. I will probably make another one when I have more time to think about it and more supplies on hand.

We're back. . .

We are back. . . and in full swing. Well, maybe half swing. We had a great trip to my parents house. While we were there they got some baby ducks to raise in their pond - so darn cute!

Then yesterday we went to a local Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 1194 Fly-in/Drive In. It was a blast. Our business caters for different festivals in the area and this one we do a pancake breakfast as a fundraiser for the EAA. They had a great turnout. Here are a few planes that flew in for the event.

There were lots of airplanes, helicopters, a few jets, airplane rides, radio control planes, antique cars, activities for the kids and great food (I guess I had to say that since the hubby and crew cooked it all!)

Next weekend we have a car cruise in for the Make - A - Wish Foundation.

I've been trying. . .

I have been trying to sew, craft, create, but it just isn't working. We had Memorial Day weekend with beautiful weather so we did yard work, went to several parties and hosted a party . Then we had a weekend of company with a family get together. Followed the next day by more company.

Yesterday Miss A went to her Nana's and Grandpa's for the first official sleepover by herself. 100 phone calls later she is surviving and she wants to make sure I am not coming before they play a game, have a banana split and learn to knit. So, Mr P and I are heading out to pick her up and stay a few days.

We also own a summer business and that is in full swing. . .more on that another post.

So. . .this is what I have been trying to work on. . .

this is my larger coin quilt, I could be done but I ran out of white for the back and just haven't made it back to the fabric store. . .

this is a wonky log cabin that I started as a TV snuggle blanket for Miss A, I am also waiting on some white to finish it up.

I started this disappearing nine patch awhile ago and I have a ton of squares done just not sure where I want to go from here. . .
I guess I have been creating just not finishing anything!