Little Baldy's Accessories

The baby bear was somehow born with really fine, blonde hair. I'm yet to figure out how that happened, but it did, and apparently having a bald baby means that she looks like a boy. Even when she's wearing pink from head to toe. Just this morning, a guy at the store commented on how baby bear is starting of right with HIS Detroit Tiger's blanket. She was wearing a pink jacket too, mind you. Anyways, I feel bad that everyone always thinks poor baby bear is a boy, so I made her some hair bows. I think they're super cute, and they're really easy to make. If you have a little girl and you want some of these, I may just be able to hook you up, in any pattern/color scheme you want :)

These particular bows were made for hubby's friends' daughter who is still a little blonde baldy at a year old.

They look cute on a headband (for the little baldy), or just clipped into hair.My nieces rocked these bows in red with white polka dots for our wedding and looked super cute doing so :)

A Very EcoFriendly Wedding

It's no secret that I'm VERY ecologically minded. I mean, I did major in Parks and Recreation in college. And no, I don't want to be a park ranger. Anyways, when I started planning for my November wedding last spring, it was very important to me that we used as much natural material in the decor as possible, and also that we didn't make/buy a bunch of stuff that would just get thrown away. Who am I to generate a ton of extra trash with wedding crap? Fortunately, a "rustic" theme worked perfect for us, since my hubs and I are outdoorsy people. He even proposed in the nature preserve behind our home, with our dog in tow. I also didn't want to spend a small fortune on decorations, so I decided to make as much as possible. I surprised myself with my creativity. Here's some of what we did:

Stick candle - made with a $1 glass vase, sticks from the woods behind my home and green raffia. All hot-glued together and somehow still intact after a long travel from their fabrication site in Maryland to Michigan for the wedding

Centerpieces - I used a $1 vase and a drop-in candle holder that the hubs found on Ebay, sheer green ribbon, filled with a pine cone (my mom found these), acorns (my 2 year old niece picked up for us) and fake cranberries from Hobby Lobby, all atop a slice of tree trunk that Grandpa sliced up for us. Nothing fancy, but it worked for us!

Head table with stick candles

I'm really proud of these, if you can't tell.

The place cards - We snagged some sticks from my in-laws back yard, threw them in a vase from the dollar store with some pebbles and wah-la! The place cards were leave shaped, so it worked.

Turned out way cooler than anticipated!

 The decor obviously was not the main attraction at the wedding, but we ended up as Mr. and Mrs. by the end of the day, so I'd call it a success.

Who Needs Snow?

Having grown up in the Great White North, I'm used to having snow by now. Waking up to a white blanket of frozen goodness coating the yard was just expected on Christmas morning, but now, living south of the Mason-Dixie, it's an impossible dream. I'm one of those crazy people who LOVES snow and everything about it. Especially around Christmas time. And I LOVE Christmas. And decorating for Christmas. And baking for Christmas. And Christmas music. And Christmas lights. Pretty much, I love everything about Christmas, from the shopping to the family parties and midnight church on Christmas Eve. I can only hope that my daughter will love Christmas as much as I do, and that her daddy continues to support my Christmas craziness.

Moving to a new state just before the holidays means having to find new craft stores and a new farm to get our tree from. Alas, it was taken me just over a week to succeed at both of these things. Where there's a will, there's a way. After a trip to two different stores complete with three separate screaming fits by my 3 month old daughter, I came home with a starter wreath for my front door and some goodies to decorate it with. The baby bear and I made a wreath that I think looks pretty darn good, considering it's my first project of this sort ever.

Also, since last year, my husband sat in his car for two hours and secretly stitched my name onto my stocking, I thought I would do something extra special for his this year. Hubs is in love with bacon, so I made his name in bacon letters.

It doesn't get much more awesome than that.