Happy Halloween!

October 31, 2011 | Posted by

I hope you all enjoy this spooky holiday! I will! The family and I are going trick or treating…. Mike and I might be eating all of R’s candy… 😀 Hee….. She doesn’t really have candy.
To celebrate…. how about a little Halloween flashback!

Ruari…. Halloween 2010:

Ummm…. she wasn’t really into the whole costume thing… ;D Ha! Happy Halloweeeeeeeeeeen!

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Steppin Out Saturday

October 30, 2011 | Posted by

My outfit: lipstick//forever 21, top//Anthropologie, belt//thrifted, skirt//thrifted, tights//Forever 21, shoes//Franco Sarto thrifted!
Saturday night was date night for Mike and I!!! We went to a wine bar in Portland. And, because we’re lame parents: we didn’t plan any Halloween costumes to wear. 😀 90% of the bar was dressed up. 🙂 Mike said I looked like a librarian… so, we’ll just say that’s what I dressed up as. Hee. 

PLUS: I wore lipstick for the first time. I liked it. Not for everyday… but, maybe on the rare occasions I go out? 🙂
I hope you all have a happy Halloween!

Linking up with Mandy from Harper’s Happenings, The Pleated Poppy, and Beautiful Blendings.

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My last couple weeks in cell phone pics…

October 29, 2011 | Posted by

R has graduated from the highchair to the booster. She loves it.//Trying to figure out how to wear my thrifted wool skirt//Ruar’s scared of the Halloween decor in a restaurant//coloring with Grandma T//Lazy cat//love that red coat//french toast for breakfast//rocking and cuddling her plastic radio bear//blogging//Portland composts//silly girls//how did I ever wear those tall heels?//Paper napkin art.//Baby kitty//Wine and Conan for my Saturday night//Ruari feeds her doggy//painting in art class//box bed!

Linking up with iPhoneography & InstaFriday and my week in iphone pics.

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The Paper Mama Photo Challenge: Halloween

October 29, 2011 | Posted by


This weeks challenge: Halloween
Week 78: The challenge will be based around your children. Take or find a photo of your baby (or kid… or puppy… or kitty). A photo of your kid or pup dressed in their Halloween gear, at the pumpkin patch, or maybe carving a pumpkin?


My example of “Halloween”:

Miss Ruari’s Halloween costume! A fox… made by meee.

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  • First time joining the Paper Mama photo challenge? Start here for rules and upcoming challenges. 🙂
  • My photo challenges do require you to have either your children or one of your furry children (pets) in the photo (unless it’s a self portrait week). It could be just one finger… or a toe… but, they must be there.
Favorite photo from October
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The Paper Mama


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AND, the winner of the "Face" photo challenge is…

October 29, 2011 | Posted by

This weeks challenge was: Face

First:
{Ashley Rita}


Congrats to the winner! Great job, and please feel free to grab the Fact: I’m Awesome button! Because You are awesome!!

The Paper Mama

Second:
{Pamplemousse}


Third:
{Heatherland}

Fourth:
{Callie Marie}


Fifth:
{The Daily Wyatt}


Congrats to my top 5 winners! If you’d like… you are more than welcome to grab a Top 5 Photo button below!

The Paper Mama

 

My favorites (in no particular order):

{Snaps of Our Life}
{They Call Me Mama}
{Naptime Momtog}
{ballistic gypsy}
{Kennedy Lantz}
{Life by the Creek}



If you’re one of my favorites you are more than welcome to grab a “Paper mama hearts me” button below!

The Paper Mama

 . 2010 winners . 2011 winners .

Halloween

♡ Chelsey

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Day 5: Stained Glass Cookies Recipe

October 28, 2011 | Posted by

Stained Glass Cookies

Day 5: I remember seeing these fun stained glass sugar cookies, from Martha Stewart, on the Today show a couple years ago. They looked so sweet I wanted to give it a try myself! These little cookies are the perfect/inexpensive gift! I also included a link to download some of my free gift tags below! Here’s the recipe I followed.

Stained Glass Cookies
Supplies needed for the Stained Glass Cookies Gift:
  • Martha Stewart’s Stained Glass Cookie recipe
  • Cookie cutters (all different sizes).
  • Jolly ranchers
  • Plastic sleeves or a tin to gift wrap them in.
  • Yarn.
  • My For You Jar labels printout. (See image below)
 Stained Glass Cookies
A little tip: So, we crushed up the jolly ranchers before we rolled out the dough and cut the cookies. By the time I got to the jolly ranchers they had soaked up the moisture in the air and glued themselves together (hard to work with). Maybe crush them up last minute and make sure they are crushed VERY fine.

– Chelsey

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Some links to looooove.

October 28, 2011 | Posted by

In case you missed it earlier…. this guy made my blog pretty. 😀

Ruari needs this coat.

My 50 DIY Days of Christmas started this week. 🙂

How sweet are these little hoop ornaments?

Can someone knit all these for me?

This girl is so talented with scrapbooking. If you have a moment…. please wander to her blog!

I’d really like to download this for the holidays.

I want to eat this. Now.

I’m in love with this wreath.

This gingerbread house is amazing.

This chair is AMAZING. I shall recreate it.

Please doughnuts.

AND, I’m loving this sweet green this fall.

Do you have any favorite links to share? I’d love to see them. 🙂

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