Make it Monday- First Birthdays

First birthdays are so special.  I know we went all out to celebrate and decorate for that matter.  You can find Parker's photos HERE.  A friend of mine asked me to create a banner, a bib and a crown for her little girl Molly.  Her theme was under the sea.  I totally love it!  You can grab the pieces singly or as a bundle.  Check them out HERE.

Parker's First Birthday- Out to Sea

++reposted from my old blog for savings sake.  Thanks for stopping by! original post date June 2nd 2013

We held Parker's first birthday party Memorial day weekend.  It all came together without much stress thank goodness.  We have a HUGE family, huge.  So we opted to have it at a park pavilion.  It was really nice and if you are in the MD area I suggest Quiet Waters park in Annapolis.  So here are her decorations.  Little Yellow Bicycle generously sent me what they had left of the Splash (my favorite!!) collection so I could make them. 

   

 

The cake was the show stopper by far.  It was ADORABLE and tasted great.  Parker tore.it.up.  

She wanted to make sure we had some too.

Pre-cake we took some family photos.  Below is My husband, Myself, Parker and her sister Victoria.

This is Victoria's Mom, Bill, Myself, Parker, Victoria and her boyfriend Josh.

Someone is sure to email me and ask, her dress is from Gymboree.  Her shoes are Hoy Saltwater Sandals.

She was set to have a meltdown after the cake so we hurried to try and get the presents done without her passing out. My niece took the photos and the Unicorn rocker was by far her favorite toy.

 

She's a very blessed and loved little girl.  She had a great day and crashed the heck out after.  :)

Make it Monday- Coachella Shorts in Military Max

Camo Shorts & Shirt, by Jen Chesnick.

Who says boys get to have all the camo fun? Max was one of my favorite paper lines, so I was equally as thrilled to see it come to life in fabric. My daughter LOVED the camo prints. I recently bought the Coachella Shorts pattern and knew it would be perfect for the design.  

I made bias tape from the skull fabric instead of using a trim. Pom Pom trim would also look pretty cool on them! 

For this shirt I merged two applique designs, Love For Boys & Military Patch(both from Planet Applique), to create the final Love Patch pattern. It's a perfect little outfit for play!

Supplies:Bella Blvd Military Max fabric by Riley Blake Designs, Elastic, Bias Tape or Trims, Heat N Bond Lite, Medium Cut Away Stabilizer, Wash-away Stabilizer, Embroidery Machine, Notions

Her World + Earth Day

Hey gang just stopping by with a project I did for Earth Week on the Fancy Pants blog. What other way to kick off Earth week then with a To Die For layout inspired by my whole world (my daughter).  I know, I know I pulled a fast one and took our Earth Day inspiration to left field!I loved the patterned paper with the US print and I decided to roll with it, but in the globe die-cut shape.  I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut my shape.  I then lined the back with pop dots to create some depth under the globe.

I used the gold foil paper for my large die-cut title.  It runs through my machine like a dream!  Keeping with the globe, travel, around the world thoughts I had in my head I also die cut some airplanes in various sizes to go “around my world”.

Fancy Pants Designs collection used: Office Suite

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Make it Monday - Me, Myself & I with Bella Blvd

Hey gang! If you didn't see the Bella Blv blog had an amazing weekend of inspiratio for National Scrapbooking Day.  Loads of layouts and giveaways!  Stop by and check them all out!  I used the Color Chaos collection which can be found in the Paper Issues store!  Grab my code SAYCHEZ on the side bar and save 20% on your total order.  Enjoy!