Purple Bears and Babies

Kalie, who I consider my niece, had her baby girl on Tuesday at 2:07pm. When she found out she was pregnant with a girl, she asked me to make a bear hat, like I made for Khloe for her birthday, for her little one.

Ryenn's Birthday Banner

Much like the decorations at Nolan's birthday party, Ryenn's were handmade. Actually, they were almost identical, just differed in color. Her theme was based of the adorable cake at her party, but was pretty vague; purple and pink. I turned this theme into a princess theme with a few added decorations, but mainly everything was purple and pink. I started with her birthday banner as well. I again found this idea on Pinterest and had to make one. Seeing as it was so easy to make Nolan's banner, Ryenn was getting one too!

I followed the same steps in making her banner but was lacking in amount of paper I had for each color. Instead of having one color for the background and one color for the letters, I decided to do a pattern. This actually worked out better than the single shades would have. I added a white ribbon that had pink and purple polka-dots in order to give it more personality. It was a huge statement piece at her party!

Ryenn's 1st Birthday Party

Although we are celebrating early for Ryenn's birthday, it's still hard to comprehend that I have had two kids for a year now! She was due July 18 but decided she didn't want to wait a whole year to see the fireworks. She instead decided to show her chubby cheeks on July 3rd. She was 9lbs 1oz even after being 15 days early! She was beautiful!

We invited her friends and our family to help us celebrate this milestone birthday! I found a cake at Family Fare that was the inspiration for her birthday theme. I made her invitations and decorations to somewhat match the cake. It was so fun! Everything was purple and pink and very princess-like. I will go into detail this week about all the homemade goodies! WARNING: Many pictures follow!!!



WIP Mystery

My mother-in-law has helped me with so many things. Watching kids, planning parties, taking my husband in when we have fought, and with knitting. I am constantly going to her for advice and just to hang out. She is easily one of my best friends. With her birthday coming up, I wanted to do something special for her. Something she wouldn't make for herself.

A few months back, I had her pick out yarn for a mystery gift. It is going to remain a mystery as well, until I have finished the gift and given it to her, seeing as she follows my blog. I was intrigued by the construction of the knit. It is very different from what I am accustom to. It still has me curious as to what the final product will look like. I am about 1/4 of the way completed with it but its knitting up pretty fast being on size 10 needles and worsted weight yarn. Let's hope I can get a move on before her birthday!