Big News!

As a lot of you know, I've been discussing a large tote bag order with the National Trust for Historic Preservation for their conference in October. Well, I got the order today for 2000 tote bags! Yay for me!

The Birthday..

Thanks to everyone who came out. I've got way too many sweets left over.. it's South Beach sabotage around here today. We had a nice crowd of friends and family and I think everyone had a good time.

Tara made the adorable matryoshka cupcake toppers. Love them!


And see the lovely handmade hat on the table? Kristen (the newest Tulsa Craft Mafia member!) made that.. so fun! Thanks again to everyone and I love my gifts. I can't wait to use them!

The rest of the weekend was a blur, but I know that Sunday held a visit from the family. My aunt, uncle, 2 cousins and their wives, and my cousin's twins stopped by late in the afternoon. What little cuties! Two sets of precious twins in one weekend is a lot of babies! All of these babies and baby happenings are giving me the baby bug..

Expect new projects this week!

Lots to do

Thom asked me tonight why I would want to make all of this food and work so hard on my own birthday. I tried explaining that I really enjoy making treats.. probably more than I even like having a birthday party.

But, I am dying to make some more buttons/mirrors/bottle openers.. Ahh, I'm ready for Monday!

Tonight we ventured to El Guapo's with Tara & Estela before going by the Breast Impressions Gallery Opening.

I'm not sure what was going on here..

Then a stop by Jackie's Liquor Store (Mad Dog Liquor, by the way! On 11th, between Memorial & Mingo.. you should buy all of your booze there) for some Raspberry Liqueur (for the truffles!).

Almost my birthday....

Time for another party. This time, the menu is as follows -

Appetizers –

Hummus, with carrots, celery, broccoli

Tabouli

Spinach Artichoke Dip w/crackers

Main Food –

Grilled Antipasto Platter (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_31179,00.html)

Spanakapita

Desert –

Cupcakes (I’m going to make reduced sugar cupcakes and do two different sets of frosting, one is http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_36089,00.html, and the other is http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_35902,00.html)

Raspberry Liqueur Truffles (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_35378,00.html)

Rum Truffles

Choc. Covered Strawberries

Smores Brownies (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_35380,00.html)

Drinks –

Soda

Thom’s Beer

Margarita Mixer

Sangria

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Stelabird Party

What Fun!

Above are my new buttons/mirrors/bottle openers. Come buy some at ReggaeFest next weekend! Also, there are the candles I still have left at Dwelling Spaces. They have new and lovely labels now!

Happy StelaBirthday!

On the way home, I daydreamed about business ideas. Lots of new ideas floating around up there....

Stelabird Birthday Party

I dropped off my buttons, mirrors, bottle openers, and other goodies at Dwelling Spaces this morning. Along with cupcakes and candy! Come have some of these tonight!

Inspiration in odd places

I love this little yam forest. It was hiding out in the pantry. Nothing rotten or stinky, just a sweet little purple forest growing.

Crafty Weekend! Loads of pictures!

The baby shower was a success! I have only been to 2 baby showers ever and rather than the gross out baby games and embarrass the mom games, we did baby crafts. I forgot to take a picture of the completed onesies, but we each made baby Devan a onesie and started some plushies for a mobile. Here are pictures from the shower.




We spent a lot of the weekend battling the problems with our pool. It's gotta be swim-able by the 4th! Today holds another trip to Leslie's for more expensive chemicals.

Also, over the weekend, I finally got to try out the button maker!




All I can say, is I'm pretty much in love with it.

On Sunday evening, Thom decided it was time to brew his "Thespian Stout" beer. I probably wasn't a lot of help, but I took some pictures of the process.



Lastly, I made some new labels for the tops of our travel tins. Let me know what you think!