oops! I almost forgot...

It should be a crime to be a Grandmother of 7, and look this awesome!

Happy Mother's Day to my favorite (and only) mom :)

You mean the world to me, even if you never let me cut my hair when I was a kid!

And yes, that is a neon pink, glittered cast on Parker. It was an accident that involved a chair and an itch on the posterior...don't ask.

Remember this girl?

I have a mom who forbid me to cut off my Marsha Brady hair my whole childhood. I mean, bangs were the compromise. Hello, I grew up in the late 70's, early 80's...mom, did you ever hear of Farrah? So my daughter has been begging me for a few years (and yes, she is only 5) to cut her hair short like a few of her darling friend have (Avery and Erica, you know I am talking about you gals). I kept using excuse after excuse, because frankly, it was what my mom did when I wanted feathered hair. "wait until after your recital" "you won't be able to put it in a pony tail" and my favorite "you will wish you hadn't". Well, I caved. I ate my words, I broke the mother/daughter hair struggles cycle. Fine. Ok, I really love it. I admit. So does Grandma (aka my Mom). We will see if she wants to keep up with the blow-drying and haircuts every six weeks. I actually hope so.

I just love her.

Yeah, I know I said that I would be back sooner...

Holy cow! Life gets in the way of plans some days. I won't bore you with the details, but suffice it to say, poop happens.

The Alice in Wonderland Party for Paris was a ball. Parker really enjoyed the face painting and the croquet and the hat decorating...everything was darling and there were even some Billie Beans wearing gals there! (imagine that!)

The host and hostess (aka, the Hendersons) are in the Tweedle Dee and Dum shirts. You all throw a great party!

Paris in Wonderland

It has been quite some time since I have visited my blog. I think I have my mojo back...in my own mind, anyhow!

I have been dyeing and cutting and sewing my heart out. I spend my days while the kids are at school just making stuff. It is cheaper than therapy, and it makes me so happy to create something fun and pretty. My husband refers to it as an expensive hobby. I like to think of myself as chronically creating. I do fine with my tie dye line, Billie Beans, but I just need to take it to the next level. I had a nice handful of stores before the economy "shifted" and now I am just doing trunk shows and vendor fairs and selling to whomever wishes to purchase some super cute kids clothing. I do need to narrow down what I do, because I am frankly, all over the board.

Here is a perfect example of my creative ADD. I am self diagnosed, so I am not on any medication....yet.

So, Parker has been invited to her fabulous friend, Paris', Alice in Wonderland themed birthday party. Love the Alice theme, and so perfect for a tea party! Paris' mom, although a nurse by profession, is also very clever and creative (not to mention sweet, and cute and quite young...lucky Brandie) I cannot wait for the party tomorrow, because it is going to make for some mighty sweet photos...I wish I were a photographer with a fab camera, but I think I can get the point across!

Might I add to this post, that I am still kind of rusty at blogging, and I don't get how to put the images where I would really like them. The invite was just way too darling! I love the vintagey feel of it! Brandie said that we should dress according to the theme. Parker's first reaction was "yeah, um, I'll be Alice." Sorry to pop your bubble, babe, but that is reserved for the birthday girl! Next, The queen of hearts. Good idea, easy to put something together for that...right? Right.

I think that any costume can evolve from A) feather boas and B) a pettiskirt. I took it from there.

I screen printed a black crown on a white tank first. Then I thought of the invite...playing card theme...so I put red felt hearts in all 4 corners and stitched them down. Then, because more is more (as far as I am concerned with costumes) I added a black felt tea pot to the back. A trip to Joann's for a couple of boas and a black feather hair clip, and we have lift off.

Tomorrow, I promise to show the photos from the party!