Design Dazzle

ever been to this site?  if not and you have children then you should.  it's a great site for room decor and party ideas for children.  they even shared my idea for my son's Wii party i had recently...check it out here. 

other news....

see that black shelf (well i call it a mantle as it is heavily constructed) on the wall?  i got an idea the other day when i was doing my daily read over at this blog and i have really longed for a proper place to hang stockings as we do not have a fireplace in our current home.  so this past spring i found this mantle at a yard sale for $3.  it had a dark stained finish and it wasn't in too bad of a shape as it was but i'm not into the wood look.  it quickly went up into the attic and that is where it stayed until a light bulb went off in my head the other day.  i dug it out, sanded it down and painted it a satin black finish.  so when hubby came home off is job it was ready and waiting (ok he works on the railroad so i had a couple days, lol).  he couldn't put it off as it was all ready to go.

i will be back here to show you how i decorated it for Christmas.  i'm still puttin some touches on it. :)

 

hey, before you go...look at this peek of a project.

(don't mind the books, i didn't have anywhere to shove them temporarily) 

  

what a busy weekend!

hubby and i hosted a surprise 50th birthday party for his father.  we chose a 60's "peace" theme and it was fun with guests dressing up in their tye dyed shirts and john lennon glasses....loved it!

that was just saturday.

sunday was spent helping with a benefit for a high school friend that has been ill.  she is doing better now but doesn't have insurance and just spent 12 days in the hospital.  we pulled together a silent and chinese auction and a kickball tourney.  it was a blast!

 i actually won a few things...yay me. :)

 

hope everyone is excited about the holiday season fast approaching....i am, i am! lol 
  
  
  
  
  

Wii themed birthday party

Lake turned 11 a week ago and his party was slightly delayed due to everyone being sick in the house.  at any rate his party day came and went without a hitch this past weekend.

it started off with guests arriving and getting their mii badges to wear during the party

the wii had a slideshow of photos going of Lake through out his 11 years.  everyone enjoyed the cute baby photos to those nekkid ones and then on to his accomplishments and school functions.

the rooms were filled with blue colored decor such as; blue light bulbs, blue mylar balloons, blue cups, goodiebags, etc...

speaking of goodie bags

i found some wii controllers that were candy dispensers, cute medal awards that go around your kneck, gold covered chocolate coins and blue neon glow sticks.  they also got waterbottles with labels of the birthday boys mii on it (didn't do well in the photo department).

i made a quick attempt at a wii controller cake but still wished i would have had close access to a bakery supply shope for better writing tools.  i did also have a cupcake stand of blue sprinkled cupcakes to go along with the party.

he doesn't look too thrilled here but he told me many times that he loved his party.

Lake and his friends and some cousins had fun playing wii games and snacking on fun foods.

other fun decorations where 8x10" sized mii images that were hung around the rooms of all the family and guests.  hand made banners weren't the best but done up to have different fun phrases for competing. 

 

everyone raved about the theme and had a great time visiting, playing games and snacking.  as for me there are more things i would have liked to have done but oh-well. lol