tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48130793205330249852024-03-13T03:09:22.439-04:00the pink shamrockthe pink shamrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14066751180277269795noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813079320533024985.post-23634255139401397502013-04-10T22:51:00.003-04:002013-04-11T18:49:51.540-04:00give. save. spend.charlie {6} came home from school and asked if he could buy a penny skateboard with his own money, which he has had carefully stashed away in a super mario wallet from six years of birthdays and tooth fairies. knowing that he had enough saved, and had never asked to buy anything before i said sure right away. and then added an 'i'll speak to your dad about it' to cover my bases... {and told myself that there must be some skater boys who pop their collars on their polo shirts, right?}<br />
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when i mentioned it to the hubby, he said he'd talk to him, and i promptly forgot all about it. until i came down from putting the girls to bed and found them hunched over some pieces of paper and markers at the counter, learning about money. i shouldn't have been surprised, since the hubby isn't just an intentional and hands on dad, he's also a financial advisor. they explained that the three things you can do with money are give, save and spend and that charlie had written down what he thinks the reasons are that we do each. he then was asked to rank them in order of importance.<br />
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next charlie took out his life savings, $71, in ones and fives, and was asked to decide how much money to put in each category - how much he wanted to give, how much he wanted to save and how much money he wanted to spend!<br />
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we left it totally up to him and after much deliberation he had $28 on give, $25 on save and $18 on spend.<br />
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charlie was happy with his choices, surprisingly even after he realized with some disappointment that he no longer had enough money to buy his coveted penny skateboard. we carefully put the money away in envelopes and talked about how we would continue to follow this procedure whenever charlie earned more money {or lost more teeth!}.<br />
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my favorite part of the night was when the end when hubby told charlie to add up the amounts in give and save, and said he would give him that amount, and would continue to double any money he decided to give or save in the future. which means two things - first that i lucked out with a husband who is an exceptional dad who takes the time to really teach important lessons and....</div>
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<br />the pink shamrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14066751180277269795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813079320533024985.post-88911695862829052382013-02-11T10:57:00.000-05:002013-02-11T10:57:06.998-05:00organization love!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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my most favorite part of my house is my mama's HQ!</div>
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over the almost 7 years we have lived here, it has evolved into the perfect place to calm the chaos of work, school, sports and the general craziness of life. my rules are that everything has to have its place, and every item has to be beautiful to me in some way...</div>
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this weekend i added an early birthday present to myself - a set of four <a href="http://www.emilyley.com/collections/prints" target="_blank">Emily Ley prints</a>. i love not only their messages, but the bright colors and gold foil. they are the perfect daily reminders i need to {try!} to live an intentional life! </div>
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<br />the pink shamrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14066751180277269795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813079320533024985.post-8609981713145757692013-01-29T15:22:00.001-05:002013-01-29T15:22:18.502-05:00magic & the mousewe surprised the {big} munchies with a last minute trip to disneyworld this week, thanks to a sweet friend who had a timeshare to spare. while thunder mountain and meeting peter pan were pretty high up there, i'd have to say collecting signatures in their personalized mickey and minnie autograph books was the biggest hit of all!<br />
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another terribly sweet friend {thank you jen!} made these for both of the bigs - with laminated covers and coordinating ribbons!</div>
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the signatures are all adorable... they each added a special flair!</div>
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tinkerbell got the prize for best character interaction..worth the wait!</div>
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getting 'Rella's signature for the little cinderella lover we left at home!</div>
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happy husband's vice in life is food...and like everyone else in january we are trying to eat better and move more. </div>
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i have been spending my afternoons trying to put together dinners that happy husband won't turn his nose up at - which is no easy feat. and let me tell you, after a 900 step Cooks Illustrated recipe that involves obscure ingredients and tons of fresh herbs, ambivalence is not what i am going for! </div>
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'crispy' buttermilk chicken over a wedge of lettuce with plum tomatoes, bacon, avocado, bleu cheese and homemade dressing. tastes like the real thing!</div>
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i was chatting with a dear friend recently about how we could keep our darling little ones from growing up too fast and losing the sweet and kind-hearted ways that inevitably seem to disappear as munchies get older and older... i had seen a <a href="http://toomanybs.blogspot.com/2010/09/wise-choice-jar.html" target="_blank">'Wise Choices' jar</a> on pinterest {<a href="http://pinterest.com/marytbeasley/" target="_blank">my obsession</a>} where children receive a marble for good decisions they made, and then can earn a reward once they reach a certain number of marbles, but i wanted to make my version really focus on acts of kindness. it's wonderful to make good decisions {especially when you are 4 & 5}, but my hope is to teach them that love always wins {the monkees motto at<a href="http://momastery.com/blog/" target="_blank"> momastery</a>} and that sometimes it's better to be kind than to be right.<br />
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it occurred to me that the 'children's version' of Proverbs 11:17 is: When you are kind to others, you help yourself" -- the absolute perfect reference for the munchies!<br />
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so, i took my vintage glass jar that was my grandmother's {we miss you, gaerta!} and had my fabulously talented friend <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/1derfully-Made/118205364927778" target="_blank">kelly</a> at <a href="http://www.1derfullymade.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">1derfully Made</a> make Proverbs 11:17 out of vinyl for it. when i catch the munchies doing something kind for each other, or a friend or neighbor, i put one of their colored marbles in the jar. when they earn the set amount of marbles, they get to fulfill their dream of going to 'make a bear, build a bear' and making a stuffed animal. the rules state that either mama or daddy have to 'catch' them being kind - they cannot report their kindnesses in hopes of getting a marble. {we do reward based on input from their teachers and sunday school leaders, however!}<br />
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have open heart surgery was the absolute lowest point of my entire life – I was terrified
to the point that I felt physically ill – sweating, nauseous, dizzy – I was
convinced that my own heart was going to stop. But as horrible as that moment was,
had it been one of my munchies – Charlie, Dagny or Georgie, I think I literally
would have fallen to the floor and broken into a million pieces. It’s not that
I love them more, but that Bryan is an adult. He understood. This terrible, no
good, mixed up, very bad thing had happened to him, and this was what we had to
do to fix it. As I stood there in my neon pink shirt, clutching the handle of my
inappropriately large suitcase, sobbing, he smiled at me and gave me the web
address of a blog where he had secretly written incredibly special letters to the kids
and I. {have I mentioned how amazing my husband is?} Had it been one of them, my munchies would have woken up just like their daddy did - in an overheated lock down ICU unit full of loud machines and people in hazmat suits and masks, hooked up to a ventilator, tubes, monitors, and thankfully not a bypass machine {which is the most awful thing I have ever seen, and I thank God every single day that he didn't need one}. but they would have had no idea what was happening, or how they had gotten there. or what was wrong, and if they were ever going to be more comfortable, or get to go home. and i would be unable to do a single thing about it. Mamas can always, always do something to fix things, except, well, when they just can't. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">I don't know what day Camden had his open heart surgery. Maybe it was the same day as Bryan's. It just as easily could have turned into a 9 week (and counting) nightmare for us as it has for Camden. There is an incredibly scary percentage of patients who don't make it out of the OR at all after a total pericardiectomy. But we made it. We made it. And it has changed me forever. The afternoon that we left on the plane for NYP-Columbia, I sat on my kitchen floor and prayed to God to please, please let Bryan come home to Florida, let us all come back home again as a family. And we did. So that is my prayer for your mama, Camden. That she gets to bring her family home again </span></span></div>
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bird nest cupcakes individually packaged in clear plastic boxes, wrapped with chocolate brown and blue grosgrain ribbon and finished with <a href="http://palmbeachink.getpapered.com/productdetail/40273" target="_blank">personalized nest stickers</a>.</div>
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diaper cake - i wanted it to be more elegant than the usual ones... this is set on a white cake plate surrounded by floral moss, tied with blue grosgrain ribbon, with faux birds perched on the different levels and a nest filled with white & blue eggs on top.</div>
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charlie {5} came home from preschool today with copy of Helpful Hints for Cooking a Turkey, written by his class. the 11 other kids mentioned where they would buy their turkey, how their mom would rub it with salt and pepper, side dishes they would have and guests that would join them. charlie's quote, however, was "We never had Thanksgiving. It's going to be our first Thanksgiving. There's no Thanksgiving in Florida. I just want to have a peanut butter and jelly". i read this on the steps of his school, the teeny brick building i had graduated from myself, and cried. in front of all the kids, all the moms, the teachers....everyone. his teacher, who was my own elementary school teacher, hugged me - and i couldn't get the words out to explain why i was crying. of course we have thanksgiving in florida - i have always loved holidays, and try to make a special effort to make a big deal out of them in our house, with special traditions, decorations, books, treats and big dinners, complete with an adorable kids' table. it wasn't that he didn't seem to remember any of this - but the idea that he has been affected by what has happened with his dad's health this year, that things are different, that we are far from home, that no matter how hard i try to keep things 'normal' for my munchies a small dart of uncertainty, change, and upheaval had snuck past me. and so....what better way to cheer myself up, than making a special thanksgiving treat with my little turkeys?<br />
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double stuff oreos on lollipop sticks, covered in milk chocolate with candy corn feathers, icing eyes, whopper face with the white tip of the candy corn for the beak and a red fruit imperial for the wattle. and pretzel stick legs!</div>
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and so, this thanksgiving i am reminded that what is truly important is being together with family and dear friends... not decorations, or carefully arranged holiday tables or perfectly brined turkeys and homemade cranberry chutney served in a vintage pink hobnail bowl - but being with the people who will love you forever and ever, without hesitation, no matter what challenges are thrown into your lap. </div>
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i am forever thankful for our families, for my dear sweet munchies and for every single beat of my darling husband's heart.</div>
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dagny {3} is thankful for: her cousins, her baby sister and big brother, mommy and daddy, chicken and movies.</div>
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and charlie's artistic representation of our thanksgiving dinner!</div>
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may your thanksgiving be warm and bright - with those you love most close at hand....</div>
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xoxo mary</div>
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<br /></div>the pink shamrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14066751180277269795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813079320533024985.post-87768859175654836952011-11-13T00:48:00.002-05:002011-11-13T08:21:46.067-05:00Firehouse Birthday Fun!<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #443322; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">my sweet charlie turned 5 this november - we celebrated with our families, old friends and new classmates at a firehouse theme party! {oh, how mama loves a theme!}</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #443322; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">popcorn and red and yellow m&ms packaged in <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/CakesAndKidsToo?section_id=10237524&ga_search_query=red%2Bbags&ga_search_type=user_shop_ttt_id_6446327" target="_blank">red and white polka dot favor bags. </a></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #443322; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">birthday cupcakes </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #443322; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">with <a href="http://www.bagsforgifts.com/white-polka-wrappers-cupcakes-p-1166.html" target="_blank">red and white polka dot cupcake wrappers</a> decorated with white icing and 'spray painted' with red food coloring and topped with a red chocolate fire helmet. i used a fire helmet candy mold and red chocolate melting wafters. {i can't with good conscience give the link for the fire helmet candy mold, because they were just plain awful to deal with!}</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: #443322; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #443322; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">after stuffing ourselves with burgers, dogs and tons of treats, it was time for a super cute fireman relay race, rides around town on a real fire truck, pretend race car driving in poppy's cars, freeze dance and simon says. {three cheers for our master of ceremonies, hannah!}</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: #443322; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCTxE6c_aHTf4duwKgG4k9bUZBqiRzLFLX2MV0FRjutkfWZf03POMnRf79_OqwoKB5kxPG2DePiwkcoUysfPuw2x9vUw8oQcy_QOb0Vd01rqoAbtOTBYnsHfiT9dHpfJTqcPTNtFcuZpY/s1600/IMG_1010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCTxE6c_aHTf4duwKgG4k9bUZBqiRzLFLX2MV0FRjutkfWZf03POMnRf79_OqwoKB5kxPG2DePiwkcoUysfPuw2x9vUw8oQcy_QOb0Vd01rqoAbtOTBYnsHfiT9dHpfJTqcPTNtFcuZpY/s320/IMG_1010.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="240" /></a></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br />
</u></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #443322; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">it's not a party without favors! <a href="http://stock.englishpapercompany.com/productdetail/31695" target="_blank">yellow polka dot favor boxes</a> individually packaged in a clear bag, tied with a grosgrain ribbon and finished with a <a href="http://palmbeachink.getpapered.com/productdetail/45076" target="_blank">personalized fire truck sticker. </a> </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br />
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</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><u><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672421355875959410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0ru5G-vp1XyhL9CpKH9eRsEks9GI9Ni3yMvh0QHN1fj22gxKCITGtJZhdHkZou3v6L19wsJWHtTp-KmjBEDsmQvTea6J4uAKcTTj5eGbbO5b6XINH1CWoJSk_P1vRFo7fyNcePjs8y4/s320/IMG_0979.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee; font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #443322; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"> fire house themed chocolates handmade by the multi-talented uncle ross - who knew he was a master chocolatier? love that guy! each of the {97} chocolates was individually packaged in a clear bag with a <a href="http://palmbeachink.getpapered.com/productdetail/33549" target="_blank">personalized candy bag wrapper!</a> we used<a href="http://www.bulkfoods.com/Drops.asp" target="_blank"> merckens red, yellow and milk chocolate melting wafers</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003QP378S/ref=oh_o03_s00_i00_details" target="_blank">fire truck, helmet, badge and fire hydrant candy molds. </a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><u><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674311335860136866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnrCu3ZkbfyPd9PfMcwIhbumJ2OaocdI8tg9eVqcUyC_2uXN-Dm7OLxFxKS4qvZO1h1pmBctpTLH1GMUnU7pr8ornY8r1orFPYuNM0ubiAj_oNe5Ocqsw82AkWcuqMJucfWtE-pK3mrA/s320/IMG_0983.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br />
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</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #443322; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">charlie's birthday fun continued the next day at school with a birthday 'sharing snack' - popcorn and m&ms in personalized <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/red-pails-with-handle-a2-52_42-12-1.fltr?Ntt=red+bucket" target="_blank">red metal mini pails </a>for each classmate. {charlie's favorite treat is popcorn with m&ms in it - can you tell? love to the fabulous meg fay for inventing it a million years ago!} custom vinyl names and fire trucks by the fabulous kelly at <a href="http://www.1derfullymade.blogspot.com/" style="color: #dd6688;">1derfully made! </a>{if you can dream it up, she can create it!}</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #443322; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #443322; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">each of the 'sharing snacks' was individually packaged in a clear bag, tied with a grosgrain ribbon and finished with a <a href="http://palmbeachink.getpapered.com/productdetail/45076" target="_blank">personalized fire truck sticker</a>. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #443322; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
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the pink shamrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14066751180277269795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813079320533024985.post-60523501826198194972011-05-15T22:32:00.051-04:002011-05-16T15:31:55.534-04:00yipee..dt is three! {an ice cream theme party}<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSraQEmwrPauS54EP4blOEIxT1ARKbtAgFhZ7eNd_wDcwdQhQ-qlBW7N_lndTYlkC4V1LC7MreIcLHYAQXXS5l5yFcr5KeiDkF0NTd9my1QpQRYDq1v_En5mSAyAlz5V5BNSATCTx4tc/s1600/invite.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">my darling dagalicious turned three on sunday...so we celebrated with a <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.palmbeachink.com">palm beach ink</a> ice cream theme party!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1tOjhROtRZBZKz2B1VmR3B_KSwPwxsPCZh5XQh43XIj-tiramSq6tXFFNpHiRqfWuCp0k3kj3XjKkgZkI2sikx_AAK0jRKN9IhcEKwoxz-v8Do8W5bcaO5HDAW9Qgq782WRxzUblN64/s320/DSC_0003.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607136982420207378" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">custom <a href="http://www.cathkidston.co.uk/">cath kidston </a>fabric name applique by the fabulous kelly at <a href="http://www.1derfullymade.blogspot.com/">1derfully made! </a>{if you can dream it up, she can create it!}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4yegPxxYTUa_o1Ovvgd79EKz92R7YVVh9FXaS66QVq8Sk6WjR6ZfxcWw3YvSj4m3-O5LIMIsnUIaBnuAbXtyUpDmJawiffkmhY1Ua5xMkphf6ScBlQRUOHCXo0D_ObEW3SIaIHXCw98w/s320/DSC_0022-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607380785514626946" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">it all started with the perfect <a href="http://palmbeachink.getpapered.com/productdetail/31636">ice cream cone invitation</a> {and her nickname, dt, even rhymes with three!}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSraQEmwrPauS54EP4blOEIxT1ARKbtAgFhZ7eNd_wDcwdQhQ-qlBW7N_lndTYlkC4V1LC7MreIcLHYAQXXS5l5yFcr5KeiDkF0NTd9my1QpQRYDq1v_En5mSAyAlz5V5BNSATCTx4tc/s320/invite.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607374372697829970" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">we selected a color palette of bright and light pinks mixed with the prettiest lilly green!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkiN21WMI8sjR_2xygrQToR57c0Yo5PS7CrnEg-Q9cdv3nJlyBzUPxy424hZrMeUQsPT0SiAQBgwBJEjTD6xnZ-1RoUQ4iEbh5n5lDHA0BZA2tUlZA_e78qK08BECgikmB15Hx2KlNkII/s320/DSC_7708.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607145176668763858" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_5mIcwiocllXNfN4Fw4qeosr5tQX29n4uWuZKqJQ9Ze8g2bNICj385evdwtYGgt-p3R8z4f3InPpFjLkErswojNnsT7VeAMbV-Vca7fL2nkOCEz56o6eOrjbpUSMVEbcdLWmAR2C1mU/s1600/DSC_0026.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_5mIcwiocllXNfN4Fw4qeosr5tQX29n4uWuZKqJQ9Ze8g2bNICj385evdwtYGgt-p3R8z4f3InPpFjLkErswojNnsT7VeAMbV-Vca7fL2nkOCEz56o6eOrjbpUSMVEbcdLWmAR2C1mU/s320/DSC_0026.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607138707591642194" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><div></div></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkr1WYRGZh5Svbv6fcXCThD1sTj7hs-I4cjPxvwn9rEBHgVljPDWYyMRGD2kyW9ooslakjZLnZ9KrEWUfQF4sRj2rKRqSQY1kwLAmBpeZLTcrzyBq0_buYAYv5WltUmitEf7ipdWjoC-0/s320/DSC_7710.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607145337935919202" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsdeoMGZjnueS-EZL75Cw3FxuA8AEuj3nDWyN7NaovTF-7xZtmO9v8qABol7zcq5gxTMGOihEUqfUoD1XsdWqnM63y_L2BlcWYWlyd-Zaa5w-zliTQ05p16qloj9Hz84PAgIQdRQfE-b0/s320/DSC_7711.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607145464105379170" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">it's not a <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.palmbeachink.com">palm beach ink</a> party without pom-poms! we made ours into a fabulous outdoor chandelier!</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDwz7LAsJLt558t0mznmqGJuo10nnYOBQ2atM02WvK9nN1zoJhDLyRsBVxSPgpduKlXWOJY_ft4PV0X1Cn7uHQ5ZRRja91UrguRVuhWNv8KH8cdA7NG6uT174IPaU5pLvMCCSvEhbp6Y/s320/DSC_0033.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607140182458642002" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">munchies table with cath kidston oilcloth tablecloth and cupcake liner centerpiece!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7eHUQW-eVTVCAmdAplXfxrgGtOmfz9q4XS3mSgbXQb6pYNgjSptq5k1kTTkHIUvCTwm793bOe3yic-L7DhUMIIC7apleR2Fhuv3fBB43z0ozZ3CFhikVI-qjkX5mMsaKDT-iz-SL_Tg/s320/DSC_0012.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607379484633455138" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">close up of centerpiece!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihPmhG32M3rI91gPxjYnZRAOQiFd6lJPSDvCjTvoByEGszDd8QfGpG8VN4OT8NwR5WspRwct826VrY4_qepHzc_4MBwxllKcqnWhJDWMRNRDRqrJakjcPOaLe06xf8XPaHAoMlttQBuw/s320/DSC_7651.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607143805490221842" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">ice cream cones made with paper mache, unbleached coffee filters & streamers. and lots and lots of hot glue! sadly they did not survive the weather...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghFN4kZZoIa8Qy3-MGwvcT3y7Wdm_WN8Ay16r7uKDTZvx6HCW8HdY1bm5qfUk8Vlx9xpHEY2gkYB5o8adF8kbG4diR0xPZhG_Iy3xFrbkZAqrXfqzKL1zdTfOHeWW-OKylUcL-YhAVjBo/s320/DSC_7659.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607144241329565698" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">hand painted custom ice cream cone sign by the incredibly talented and sweet friend, <a href="http://sheblog-lissette.blogspot.com/">lissette!</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHzPtSCNhlYwacDJdhkq8Yp6XoFnmwqH8WfWDJdmN5sDvzCQn9V2yqXQYGXyK-wdrP4YFv8g85-5hMTPUSmERHdunwKpxxTYKVFryXMKUhj_QveGDx2KvHnust9b0qfM3KDsQulMEF50/s320/DSC_0034.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607140557661847714" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">our delicious birthday girl as a baby</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCznHZbgNFDVWs1GHI256Zs-tXRDjsgZaXei3RVJX5DleCGUPdjIOIT58_EcdrMky6fqI-hxm_2It-JWj8w0lnjjkG-XZl_89IDaawcUjzy1XBl_H2oDr3zDbRiM9Ed5h7Vmh1gdVhm-s/s320/DSC_0035.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607143154565411506" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">the ice cream party table!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWV0yNFfaK2mIvHazTOvzcC8OlMckSZzS9_e_Fk6t7k8U-IWEZPPYiVdMUgvPJlkG-Rdzh0LLjIyFMVFs-RJfdCbdu_JIwJWgWkNlhyasb4hk02_ptlRhEEmpR2GVnUYuFhsJjxjmpCLM/s320/DSC_0015.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607139477797776002" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LOde-NfXviQpffQ5BmwxB8tQND4ycv9-2HfteEbysfEdJ4_r4pPD2uVR8E0G-xUykfNwzp3BPdb9SuA765ngwTT8Hgsn4AHaj1wFQ2CpZrrcOttoNqIlpt8IySEl6FmQLpjkvj41Jmw/s320/DSC_7709.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607146736975053362" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">mama & daddy serving ice cream to the munchies! {we put the half-gallons of ice cream in a pink polka dot galvanized tub - cute & effective!}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; 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"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi09X6xxWHmkL-I04ZHTAu_IqMwbnKJcibQ-mwIOh6NYgK_4PqCPNYFMnj__fhKhEmZbbSj6NXrCBRHWxcWcR9l_xZWPyz4_Fc1xRSvjsltRXBB-OS9HrbpXozHAokpxHcoBuFqCSBfRRs/s320/DSC_7700.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607144901284637186" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">birthday girl's favorite toppings arranged in glass vases trimmed out with green polka dot grosgrain ribbon and personalized labels</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-NENmRlfgaDuk7_LNonoW5PJMNli1DP_A-pesNqyx6K8r2POjVxXcH_NWHk7p04ukpi4ZdExxTIq3Cws2aU5qb3szjNbqQ4xiStGMVjIXqfr4k4_JPhqwCBe9pzuOEb_xnSdNzG2fwDc/s320/DSC_7695.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607144774882771298" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">fresh fruit & mint arranged in waffle cones. several guests poured the homemade hot fudge on top - delish!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkveWhb5Z-njxoYEYWbfaVS-B6gXU01SQJv8v6j11frPP3y8GpBasMSR7A0_7PNKTVouOY4-pf3tXeGPHGGoghclRAXm9UqoY0XtndbW-PYI1or7CBS308TPJ0Ho6UvbAG6jxjY9I6GAo/s1600/DSC_7666.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkveWhb5Z-njxoYEYWbfaVS-B6gXU01SQJv8v6j11frPP3y8GpBasMSR7A0_7PNKTVouOY4-pf3tXeGPHGGoghclRAXm9UqoY0XtndbW-PYI1or7CBS308TPJ0Ho6UvbAG6jxjY9I6GAo/s320/DSC_7666.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607146310354143010" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkveWhb5Z-njxoYEYWbfaVS-B6gXU01SQJv8v6j11frPP3y8GpBasMSR7A0_7PNKTVouOY4-pf3tXeGPHGGoghclRAXm9UqoY0XtndbW-PYI1or7CBS308TPJ0Ho6UvbAG6jxjY9I6GAo/s1600/DSC_7666.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkveWhb5Z-njxoYEYWbfaVS-B6gXU01SQJv8v6j11frPP3y8GpBasMSR7A0_7PNKTVouOY4-pf3tXeGPHGGoghclRAXm9UqoY0XtndbW-PYI1or7CBS308TPJ0Ho6UvbAG6jxjY9I6GAo/s1600/DSC_7666.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkveWhb5Z-njxoYEYWbfaVS-B6gXU01SQJv8v6j11frPP3y8GpBasMSR7A0_7PNKTVouOY4-pf3tXeGPHGGoghclRAXm9UqoY0XtndbW-PYI1or7CBS308TPJ0Ho6UvbAG6jxjY9I6GAo/s1600/DSC_7666.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>ice cream cone cake pops made by the ridiculously talented aunt beth, dt's fairy godmother!</u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><br /></u></div><div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm8QXrE9jd8CHlvDADsl4lgJbY_g0QSHMf8QqPYBBBSOD0LBYwlprxTN5Q1BIS7beocQtyFz-f4eokKFwK7wBeSUDrPEfapigfYFnE4sdOrcIILkQzdvN0u_htEEee_hsWts-hH9JKX3w/s1600/DSC_7663.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm8QXrE9jd8CHlvDADsl4lgJbY_g0QSHMf8QqPYBBBSOD0LBYwlprxTN5Q1BIS7beocQtyFz-f4eokKFwK7wBeSUDrPEfapigfYFnE4sdOrcIILkQzdvN0u_htEEee_hsWts-hH9JKX3w/s320/DSC_7663.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607146210122704450" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">pink sweets arranged on a cath kidston cake stand</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJqCC1eiiqZ-o79N2DMzCGrK3_evodR00AWMlcjrE1StLmOVTqGED2XJQ-SIvaYKvjS24naKbywd4WGTSNWMT4ILiXudpwOeL-rb7dBjm3qkvFDa8lv7EfLHCzjjJ_U1GXP0aQRrwsjS0/s1600/DSC_7684.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJqCC1eiiqZ-o79N2DMzCGrK3_evodR00AWMlcjrE1StLmOVTqGED2XJQ-SIvaYKvjS24naKbywd4WGTSNWMT4ILiXudpwOeL-rb7dBjm3qkvFDa8lv7EfLHCzjjJ_U1GXP0aQRrwsjS0/s320/DSC_7684.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607144533015801362" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">lollipops arranged in milk glass vases and pink & white iced animal crackers in a pink depression glass bowl. we put ice cream cone stickers on the lollipops for a little extra pop! {ha!}</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJqCC1eiiqZ-o79N2DMzCGrK3_evodR00AWMlcjrE1StLmOVTqGED2XJQ-SIvaYKvjS24naKbywd4WGTSNWMT4ILiXudpwOeL-rb7dBjm3qkvFDa8lv7EfLHCzjjJ_U1GXP0aQRrwsjS0/s1600/DSC_7684.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51TuKgrIVbG6lOcSox5YMfC9v8kI6gfN696iYmUtIdTxE5to2Gwy77RgZec5d44lgEzfMhfP0NTdpFDbrgiA9ZjZI8rCw3XUL3JZFiOdyOCA0S7by89lNjiaYaGEm4GLFjuxwsX2pALo/s1600/DSC_0031.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51TuKgrIVbG6lOcSox5YMfC9v8kI6gfN696iYmUtIdTxE5to2Gwy77RgZec5d44lgEzfMhfP0NTdpFDbrgiA9ZjZI8rCw3XUL3JZFiOdyOCA0S7by89lNjiaYaGEm4GLFjuxwsX2pALo/s320/DSC_0031.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607142888308682514" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">close up of lollipops</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmE8mUxUF5EtVvy0GAEFvvvYPXU2Vo8to06uci3yH7UfEk7CNpsd8RG20X8L2GTO6TmPTu6rjSCgEdTAVLT3O_cyFboxWGpLkvxivVUPS0OfHcdB56BiX7FUDVd8JUt5xbO4zW5OuDJuw/s320/DSC_7674.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607144422309991938" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">chocolate cupcakes baked in brown ice cream cones with strawberry icing & a cherry on top! {my mom used to make these for us when i was little!}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL7a21xM57wtC4KU-LPH1ys7C_SrzllzFCUtw5OMgI7CJN89rw-ZVwj-CTtIBXFvNm0WCZvLTQusgM_C04THclSy3B88_MdCc5yfi2dYpw-wYuAfysy1miOsAapQLHzQxKk27S7ihcQwE/s1600/DSC_0028.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL7a21xM57wtC4KU-LPH1ys7C_SrzllzFCUtw5OMgI7CJN89rw-ZVwj-CTtIBXFvNm0WCZvLTQusgM_C04THclSy3B88_MdCc5yfi2dYpw-wYuAfysy1miOsAapQLHzQxKk27S7ihcQwE/s320/DSC_0028.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607142444700736530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">close up of ice cream cone cupcakes on pink polka dot platter {thanks, aunt karen!}</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCZHfMImqcb-9LOb6jxA77tuZVt4KHicbo0ltQhWR4fRNw69AM0IEqKwOQZl4VoORFN1okdwBqgR-rHR5VuIr8YD4lfbuV2sQJ1IKhTWDhwRvKHlAcqSgh2txGJjmf2hJjROtYPVjGSE/s320/DSC_7701.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607145055048620194" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">strawberry lemonade in glass drink dispenser</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2ACp9LXGqSfH9xrDIs9_I9vzG_zob1tS9tMjW1USAeH_hUOTvx1f9sUv0scjFV-PkGhW_1QMPupX9hiH8-7v369l2e4o_pOGaxcTGrDmgmfCaX84XRWMqDXN4rA3ztWcHzOJSLtxug0/s1600/DSC_0036.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2ACp9LXGqSfH9xrDIs9_I9vzG_zob1tS9tMjW1USAeH_hUOTvx1f9sUv0scjFV-PkGhW_1QMPupX9hiH8-7v369l2e4o_pOGaxcTGrDmgmfCaX84XRWMqDXN4rA3ztWcHzOJSLtxug0/s320/DSC_0036.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607140771740640450" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">we removed the outer ring from a <a href="http://palmbeachink.com/item_876/PSA-Peel-Stick-Princess-Personalized-Stamp.htm">psa essentials peel & stick princess stamp,</a> put in a pink ink cartridge and stamped the napkins!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><br /></u></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_5mIcwiocllXNfN4Fw4qeosr5tQX29n4uWuZKqJQ9Ze8g2bNICj385evdwtYGgt-p3R8z4f3InPpFjLkErswojNnsT7VeAMbV-Vca7fL2nkOCEz56o6eOrjbpUSMVEbcdLWmAR2C1mU/s1600/DSC_0026.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXN8uckbatV7afem-NLkFPn0s1-5xVqA_ox0hFeLoe23aaN70yYnn-EQNzTv3l_bueYvGzeYffsM8NQfByO-IqNwycEl6fLrev5T4BY03ASt0QKFVNTVsexKdqt3vdc_w4MSsK-FwfFTI/s320/DSC_7689.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607144667596909730" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></u></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://palmbeachink.getpapered.com/productdetail/31692"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a href="http://palmbeachink.getpapered.com/productdetail/31692">pink & white polka dot favor boxe</a>s, filled with ice cream cone shaped marshmallows!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1tOjhROtRZBZKz2B1VmR3B_KSwPwxsPCZh5XQh43XIj-tiramSq6tXFFNpHiRqfWuCp0k3kj3XjKkgZkI2sikx_AAK0jRKN9IhcEKwoxz-v8Do8W5bcaO5HDAW9Qgq782WRxzUblN64/s1600/DSC_0003.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8yys1e6U48xy0oaa95ugXzAbcdlVpMm1ir3bpQlz1qc9ED0Hdnv70mRCFix4Aij4kkSbwhpTiR_TgpiEGN9_56X6fIvGOLJ4Hho-nDGBkwXXvy5njrG0UxrrgmYHvOxDuPa82BtcLrTE/s320/favor+box.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607375195248054866" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 166px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://palmbeachink.getpapered.com/productdetail/37240">personalized lilly clothesline gift stickers</a> for the <a href="http://palmbeachink.getpapered.com/productdetail/31692">favor boxes</a>. that's dt's monogram on the dresses! {mama is slightly obsessed with monograms!}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7sZHETL1x-3wdq2yH7Uh7z5O3aabyXNOGlMOXC6GkyQikr9Upl2L9J4VCVPufZpd99uqDuBWIZOncjZCV-AaQI7PmFrhW18LMI1JqW-lQqxZBRibZ0Mv9C7NKPLAr9D-1ZdRkoxRvVck/s320/dtsticker.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607143487122134754" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://palmbeachink.getpapered.com/productdetail/31692">favor boxes</a> ready to be taken home by little party guests</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3qDD3WOHV4xNSvCwPhDIEVtn6WcKceJYQMx1pZWN8droq1BbMFSBSJcRZVJHzt80iCSyfGvNRm9YnErk9Cb2x6BAeBUUK5l9t2OdD32vKQTfaPHHEMz0aMxAlHp4UPdupd7D_3qBSFi0/s320/DSC_7653.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607144138459452882" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">ice cream cone shaped bubbles tied with pink & green grosgrain ribbon!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE1C9yRTbl5bvtNoFcpKB_LLxgaVXDjzFHJ2BJqAT9vUb-5Fk3XdoBPb-DF825kZ8hO4lDmob8pExjbWVgWVoRGTrcW0kucSEdhCsiF9Eq8zUqDMdMrDV5jnI1ZmBeArb_-wbeZsQ00Gg/s320/DSC_7652.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607144013063502322" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">many, many thanks to the over the top talented aunt phoebe of <a href="http://phoebedenton.com/">phoebe denton photography</a> and dear sweet friend jessie for fabulous party photos...the <a href="http://sheblog-lissette.blogspot.com/">super stylish lissette</a> for invaluable help with set-up {what an eye for detail she has!} and of course dt's beloved 'aunt beff' whose incredible talents we are so blessed to have in our family! {you were dearly missed, but we forgive you for picking the maldives over jupiter! xoxo}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and most of all to my darling husband, who not only indulges me in my party extravaganzas, but cheerfully helps out with everything while graciously ignoring the huge piles of laundry and noodles with butter for dinner again... i adore you!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>the pink shamrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14066751180277269795noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813079320533024985.post-66655331312272610862011-03-14T21:31:00.015-04:002011-03-14T22:33:18.707-04:00'an i scream....you scream... birthday!'<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">my sweet daughter, dagalicious, (as we call her) is turning 3 in may, and i have been searching for a cute idea for a little party for her. while going through some magazine clippings i discovered an article about an ice cream party - perfect for south florida in may! throw in a slip and slide and some pink lemonade and we are done.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> of course i needed to find the <a href="http://palmbeachink.getpapered.com/view_product/6140//Sprinkle_Ice_Cream_Cone_Invitations">perfect invitation</a>, and here it is!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymicf7higY0PGFqH4IYeCBuZR5fhs5SOEKXt1Hajy-keav6sBzMpJkfNdQduH7mfRY0RpIor9MuSaSVB_Yg_21S6NRc2WoT-d9Cnf3-n1fbypULvKwnAQzxVJeqZok6QS_cbxzZvZL0Y/s320/icecreaminvite.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584126184652564530" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">my plan is to set up an ice cream cone station just like this, with all kinds of fun toppings arranged in pretty pink bowls. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2xBhxFRiNAO9n7cSz_DPmVPobUtJR9WB7riIgDwr1JjqPfNtMF13GwGQgeEMPA467eBeZpZhJCeMXGraT7nDR_UYVj3JkxFj0eaOws4no3AeleE-ybTW03k1wPDK_4u29Zd9dZkhKJBw/s320/IMG_1594.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584117695827661954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and of course you need something slightly healthy so the other mommies aren't horrified by all the junk food. love these fruit filled cones!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkwyuhkgNAUbCdZZWqzX9zWY-mm-fcRomm9IPOcQ8XEZrI3tDe89OKVob2k-qtAN67JFP04eHQMn6pCTaBHwYbagcP3KrUZ6BmNV0jWYGY-zFH2-KoNMZ0wfy2VlzLwJzVQWtMshiIrj8/s320/IMG_1599.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584119486731702562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 320px; " /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">the cupcake cone is another easy treat - i remember my mom making these when we were little!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxzWL_Ph77VyoPNX6jUdS8EEbuCB6sR0w-E7sp3Lka2L1vKW96bHTHGiGM49YOAWmrNORvH-7-l4Q4k3JuaAHI8A1eYh2WGsV2pEtJb7cB4l3KqsMm7dbZ4n70xFYM1aP0HZ5pHQAxiY/s320/IMG_1601.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584120220462601858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">i'm not sure exactly how these flowers fit in - but they are just too adorable not to incorporate. i'm thinking perhaps as centerpieces for the little kiddie tables? aunt beth is bringing over some <a href="http://www.cathkidston.co.uk/p-11666-cath-kidston-spot-kids-oilcloth.aspx">Cath Kidston oilcloth</a> to make a tablecloth that will go perfectly with our <a href="http://www.cathkidston.co.uk/p-13415-cath-kidston-spray-flowers-melamine-plate.aspx">Cath Kidston kiddie china! </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiaJFqa3R39ZYpHkU7FXmS7rYR8mhwG0Wievu-3kIUYFqa6fJ6lrDX5XP-I8ZRTMbEJb5HUufPlRU4Q3XYS3ITlboysqXv2GB8wLRYpyo5rwubYexcgGWijI2yEp5nP2gV293dQ0vyAT4/s320/IMG_1595.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584121068342713202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and of course we need the perfect favors -- my mom made these recently, but i would need her to fly in to help me make them. she claims they are easy, but i totally don't believe her.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJKoLpMUpIPlGXa75B_Vb6ffQeyVzuow15gIOW96Q-dd2OOYutCROSDWb29gNS17fFcmotpW1Jg5wUFD0SyhKfyOMpM9MDsyWjR9K09O7v58mUwn2SxxmcsehK-5CjdegIeA-XoEb5mk/s320/ice+cream+cone+cake+pop.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584121825265025234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">these <a href="http://palmbeachink.getpapered.com/view_product/15211//Pink_White_Polka_Dot_Favor_Boxes">adorable boxes</a> filled with marshmallow ice cream cones and other sweet treats would be much easier...i'm thinking packaged in a cello bag, tied with grosgrain ribbon and with an<a href="http://palmbeachink.getpapered.com/view_product/5115//Ice_Cream_Return_Address_Labels"> ice cream cone sticker?</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO8OEIxRvW2R5BMOfYfaCExt69NUaH8m6DXziu7nsAkZT8sOb6aYF5rWwfX_aYV04qLaEi1HIgnun9JX-xT3KDHmr6PqnWWG1RQeAacXkUc6W2xD0_Cw_9JDmpXhzewPdZJ_yk9vMPmEE/s320/favor+box.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584122972512432162" style="display: block; 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"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxs071UEOZSoqW2F_bDX8ou6ibeQVX0pVcXN-KWczAj78VyjnIOZDpR6lBGrqD4attUcStQpGCE-dEEXrTdbKFBVbpZBAXJtpgpA93ptYvPVbY5vSyUvZOIS44AULrENRy9TXske8uTz0/s320/IMG_1605.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584122309063572114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">what do you think? i told dagny she could invite 4 friends....she changes the guest list every 12 minutes! i think i might have to break down and let her add a few more!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>the pink shamrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14066751180277269795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813079320533024985.post-27682041073250412010-11-24T20:15:00.003-05:002010-11-24T20:25:30.111-05:00Happy Thanksgiving!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKokDEcjgCMuarw3elgGcve-2uxAVEwlXZE8RpsYsMVmUHFGpPFwXftqLejilhyH0nD5K2_gS5y4kM5-nnDucDs9tJ0c9tIva2a91DrDZnoixu6fGDhhNAV1s6CCBQtAOWEqkd1BWyIhw/s1600/IMG_1015.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKokDEcjgCMuarw3elgGcve-2uxAVEwlXZE8RpsYsMVmUHFGpPFwXftqLejilhyH0nD5K2_gS5y4kM5-nnDucDs9tJ0c9tIva2a91DrDZnoixu6fGDhhNAV1s6CCBQtAOWEqkd1BWyIhw/s320/IMG_1015.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543292152813475138" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_eIxGCvBOhLKtp8_hpUn1NBXSldZQR9H7YQWL_wmGuzgqawX6IOAfzh_9lqqnIiV7XsRlJw5gTCtb8Y06PeXyRT6-SmdkcT4Dm0Ws9bn5XZUmKumc_cvd7LYUCSA5fgVT0st77hB5pTs/s1600/IMG_1014.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_eIxGCvBOhLKtp8_hpUn1NBXSldZQR9H7YQWL_wmGuzgqawX6IOAfzh_9lqqnIiV7XsRlJw5gTCtb8Y06PeXyRT6-SmdkcT4Dm0Ws9bn5XZUmKumc_cvd7LYUCSA5fgVT0st77hB5pTs/s320/IMG_1014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543291685998263106" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>happy thanksgiving from the palm beach ink girls! we hope your holiday is warm and bright, with those you love most close at hand...<div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div> i had to share my yummy placecards that my little turkeys and their girlfriend julia helped me make....i love how they fit right in with my grandmother's wedding china from the 1940s. want to make your own ? here are the <a href="http://www.ourbestbites.com/2010/11/oreo-turkeys-and-cookie-pilgrim-hats.html">step by step instructions</a> and special thanks to my sweet friend victoria for the idea :)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>the pink shamrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14066751180277269795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813079320533024985.post-82683508507545406292010-11-01T15:36:00.005-04:002010-11-01T16:06:17.780-04:00Teaching Gratitude<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9BAGrvIggdm2Q2NWKTQ8el_boBDGxt8YVWGqVaGlqwdHJKm9WvGnDSdQTlba53ydq1syR4Y6jZ1BgXlhVoIGSp7w9dRU1d8Ds6YmO2v4dM3ddGVDu5hfBuOKmV4mvCULhm2imGaM4Go/s1600/IMG_0917.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9BAGrvIggdm2Q2NWKTQ8el_boBDGxt8YVWGqVaGlqwdHJKm9WvGnDSdQTlba53ydq1syR4Y6jZ1BgXlhVoIGSp7w9dRU1d8Ds6YmO2v4dM3ddGVDu5hfBuOKmV4mvCULhm2imGaM4Go/s320/IMG_0917.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534671127796448498" /></a><br /><div><br /></div>sometimes it seems like it is getting harder and harder to teach the munchies gratitude, especially as we get closer to the 'most wonderful time of the year'... charlie and dagny have already started their lists for santa, although my sweet dagalicious thinks the list is what santa himself would like. (a princess movie, she has decided). at 4, charlie has the santa thing down, and is hoping the elves are hard at work on 'off-road racing motorcycle that can drive in the desert'. anyone see one of those at target?<div><br /></div><div>i have decided to start a new tradition for Team Beasley - tonight, and every night until Thanksgiving, we are going to go around the dinner table and say one thing we are thankful for, and i will write them all down and put them in our 'Thanksgiving Jar'. i imagine we will start off with lots of thanks for nascar drivers, purses, princesses and probably fruit snacks too - but my hope is that we will end up with the realization that we are all most thankful for each other. </div><div><br /></div><div>tonight, however, i am thankful for a husband who agrees to have the dining room painted pink!<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>the pink shamrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14066751180277269795noreply@blogger.com1