gaga over paper

two weeks ago i posted that i am burried

in some paper goodness.

i was.

i was very busy working on items

for my baby boy's dedication (baptism).

and since we were hosting the reception at our humble abode

i decided to doll it up a bit with some paper goodness.

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since our theme was yellow and lime green

i grabbed some pretty scrapbook paper and got going on the work.

i made flower pompoms to hang over the food.

paper buntings were strewn both inside and outside of our home.

little cupcake toppers were made.

i repackaged some honeycomb cereals (which was a BIG HIT for the kids!)

made my own magnets with the little man's photo

and created it's own pesonalized case 

with a "PK" in front (for Phoenix Kaelan).

it was a very busy few weeks for me

trying to put everything all together.

in the end, it all worked out perfectly!

finger puppets

my dylan is a massive fan of caillou.

so big that in one of the episodes where caillou made finger puppets

he took off the caps from his markers

and said that those were his finger puppets!

(ingenuity at 2 years old makes this mommy proud!)

so what did this not-so-very-crafty-mommy do?

research online for a DIY finger puppets, of course!

i found these gorgeous patterns at an etsy store

very nice, right?

yeah... no.  i didn't get to make these.

we instead ended up making these finger puppets instead!

*pix from original DIY instruction*

the actual instructions for this DIY called for construction paper

but we decided to use foam sheets instead

and with the help of the glue gun

we were able to create the base!

the hubby who has a knack for art
did the work on the drawing

and we ended up with the chicken!

we also made the elephant and plan on making more.

for now, it's a great small project

and the little man couldn't be happier!

got to love those moms!

in celebration of mother's day

i decided to put to together little appreciation gifts

for some special women in our lives.

these little brown packages contains

my favourite tinted lip glosses and some scented soap

and i couldn't resist those gorgeous clip-on butterflies from michaels

these very pretty tins cans

also held some glossy lip balms packaged in very cute containers!

(i forgot to takea  photo of them)

i wanted to create a big post on our mother's day celebration

but alas, i am exhausted and with both my boys down for the evening

i too am craving to just crawl into bed.

so i am going to leave my mama's day post for tomorrow.

and wish all you mom's a very HAPPY MAMA'S DAY!

i hope you all had a great time celebrating this special time.

(but as all us mother's know, every day is extra special)

for easter...

a week before easter, i had the little man help me prepare some eggs for his classmates at school.  

as we were expecting a full house, i had him working on 12 eggs a day for three days.

he was supposed to give them out to his friends for easter.

but alas, we had baby phoenix and couldn't make it to school anymore.

nontheless, it was a great project for a two year old.

he thoroughly enjoyed working on the eggs.

it kept him occupied for a good 30 minutes a day!