April Showers Bring May Flowers, Bunco Centerpiece!

I'm hosting my Bunco gals

in April, and I thought

it would be fun to

have an

April Showers

bring

May Flowers

theme!

~kind of been

dreaming of Spring
lately~

So with a  centerpiece
on my mind, I was tickled

PINK

When I found these cute little

pastel watering cans

at my fave

thrift store.

~all ready to go~

I have tons of felt

and buttons so

I started cutting.

and...

~ went from this~

~to this~

I have several button boxes, so

of course I have to use them

whenever possible!

~from this to that~

I've made these with wire and

florist tape, but I needed something

a little stronger,

so these skewers work out fine!

~almost done~

I added a lollipop and some other candy

to the mix!

I'm either going to add some easter grass

or

some moss to help hide the mess.

What do you think?

I think it needs a couple of

paper umbrella's!

I'll show you what I end up

with when I set the

tables for Bunco!

Thanks for stopping by

I'm going to link up

with Cindy at My Romantic Home

for

Show & Tell Friday!

and also over at

Beverly's blog

How Sweet The Sound

for

my first

Pink Saturday!

Go visit

A Sentimental Life

I just found this blog

through Pink Saturday,

and you'll understand

her Sentimental Life!!!

~*~

Be sure and check out

all the participants,

they're a fabulous

group of gals!

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Always, Debbie



Ruffles & Rust an Event to Inspire!

I met my friend Marian at

RUFFLES & RUST

What fun we had!

~love this poster~

~this was a welcomed director~

~loooved all the garden art~

~adorable booth signs~

Having a new baby in the family

makes me notice the sweet

simplicity of a baby-t being

used for their booth name...

SWEET BEE

~*~

HOW CLEVER!

~I also loooved how they used umbrella's~

I've been thinking a lot about umbrella's...

seriously, I have!

Not because of our

rain...

I'm hosting my Bunco group

in April, and well, all I can

think about is

APRIL SHOWERS

BRING MAY FLOWERS

Remind me later to tell you

about the sweet little watering cans

I picked up at the

thrift store!

~loooved these darling pink dishes~

~*~

~Debi was sooo busy~

ORMOLULU

Had a FaBuLoUs booth!

I met Debi at the Skagit Fairgrounds

a year or two ago, we met again

at another vintage show!

She was so busy Saturday

I wasn't able to even steal a minute

away!

Until the next time...

~fluffing her booth~

I met Isabel of  Maison Douce

at her lovely booth!

Her Cottage booth was a sweet blend of

fabulous items for

your special cottage,

with and assortment of

wonderful vintage clothing!

...but my favorite, was

 a sweet

pink wooden chair!

 Sadly,

as I pondered where I'd

put it, someone else

bought it...

It was for the best I'm sure,

I'd had one just like it, and sold it at one of

my antique sales...

so REALLY,

why did I feel I had to have it???

Maybe,

 because I have

a childs chair that matches it...

or,

because I'm still upset with myself

for ever selling my beloved

little kitchen chair!

I'm not really sure, what the reason is...

but, enough already!

My bad, I hesitated!

...and I know better!

Darling booth Isabel!

~*~

~lots of garden ideas~

For some reason,

I seemed to have lost

the two pictures I took of Amy's booth,

of

Today's Country Store!

It was a delight to meet her in

person!

 I enjoy Amy's blog,

she always has such wonderful

vintage items to share,

and I looove her vintage trailer

posts so much!

You'll have to take my word for it,

Amy's booth was FaBuLoUs!!!

~*~

~adorable teapot & teacup chandelier~

~I loooved this watering can boxwood~

Honestly, I was so busy looking at the beauty

around me, that I didn't take

many pictures, I'm always guilty of that

where ever I go!

If you have a minute check

out these girls blogs!

Isabel at Maison Douce

and

Debi at Ormolulu

Both have some fabulous

pictures they took while at

Ruffles & Rust!

Thanks for stopping by,

Don't forget to say 'Hello'

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your comments!

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Always, Debbie~

Rubber Ducky Shower!

Saturday was Angelo and his Mama's

baby shower!

Rubber Ducky

Greeters!

~Rubber Ducky's in the birdbath~

~Welcome Friends~

~Angelo's pennant banner~

This was fun to make and matches

his bumper pads, crib set!

~fondant ducky's for cupcakes~

I know this is rather ducky,

but amongst the fun &

busy time of the

shower,

I

forgot

to

take

pictures

of

the

CUPCAKES

and

they were all eaten

except for a

couple

that went home to

put a smile

on a couple of our

Grandkiddos faces,

and

one

special

Uncle!

Honestly, I couldn't believe

it when I reviewed the pictures

late that evening...

luckily,

I have a few frozen

cupcakes in the freezer for

Grandkiddo treats,

and

some leftover frosting,

and

a little bit of fondant.

...and like magic,

I have two

little cupcakes to

share with YOU!

It's not the pretty

three tiered silver

cupcake plate

full of

rubber ducky

cupcakes,

but you get the idea!

~carrot cake with cream cheese frosting~

Delicious!

~Baby blue Punch~

Blue Punch Recipe

2 (0.13oz) Blueberry flavored Koolaid

2 frozen Bicardi Pina Colada Mixer.....

1 cup sugar............................................

2 quarts cold water...............................

2 - 2 liter 7-up.......................................

Ice Cream optional................................

Mix the Koolaid, cold water, sugar

and Pina Colada mixer and just before

serving add the 7-up, it's very yummy!

I didn't add the icecream, the color

was beautiful and it already had a

nice foam from the 7-up!

~*~

The Mama duck quacked

throughout the shower!

~Diaper cake centerpiece~

We also used the diaper cake

as a game and had everyone

guess how many diapers it

took to make it...

( fyi. 77)

~vintage stork~

These little bite sized morsels

were brownies with

peanut butter frosting!

~Beautiful quilt~

My friend Vicky made this gorgeous

quilt for Angelo, she also made

one for Lulu when she was born!

~Base Ball Baby~

I had to share this with YOU.

My Aunt & Cousin made this

little guy out of diapers, burp pads,

onsies and bunches of other

items on Mama's want list!

Angelo was named after

my Grandfather, who in

his younger years was

a catcher on a

semi-pro baseball team!

So,

because of his love

of baseball,

our little Angelo

received several

baseball outfits!!!

~Angelo, Superbowl Sunday~

~Look at that hair~

He almost woke up for me! :)

I'm linking to Cindy's blog
'My Romantic Home'
for
Show & Tell Friday!

and

Finding Fabulous
for
Fugaliciou$ Friday 

Please visit as many of the
participants that you can,
they are a CrEaTiVe bunch
of gals!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog,

be sure and leave a message, they

really make my day!

I'd looove it if YOU'D FOLLOW ME!

Always, Debbie~

Rubber Ducky!

This weekend I'm hosting a baby

shower for my Daughter-In-Law

and baby Angelo!

I've changed the shower theme

3 times, but of course we know

the third times a charm!

It's now a Rubber Ducky theme

and I'm lovin' it!

I can show you the center piece

that I made yesterday,

and the little fondant

ducky's I'm in the middle

of right now...

I'll show you the rest

after I set it all up

Saturday!

Here's what I have so far!

~The diaper cake~

~Love the rubber ducks~

I really wish I had made this a tutorial, but

I got so caught up in the moment that I

forgot to grab my camera.

I can't tell you how many diapers are in it

because, guessing how many diapers

in the cake is one of the shower

games we'll play.

I'll tell you the amount later!

I used newborn Huggie diapers

and rolled them from the opening

down and used a clear rubber

band to hold their shape.

I put them on a large cake

turn table and put a baby bottle

in the middle as my center. I

then took a piece of elastic

and tied it in a knot and put it

around the bottle and started

building my first cake layer!

I added a second bottle

(remove the lids/nipples)

Add second layer

just like you did the

first only make it smaller!

The third layer actually fits fine

around the second baby bottle!

Now just decorate, I've seen them

with tons of baby items added, I

just wanted mine to be blue

with rubber duckies and I'm

really happy with how it

turned out!

Tonight I've been making my

fondant rubber duckies for

the cupcakes. So you might say,

I'm getting my ducks all in a row!

~Quack quack~

~yep, getting my ducky's all in a row~

I can hardly wait to show you

what else I have up my sleeve!

I'm going to join 'My Romantic Home'

for

Show & Tell Friday

Please visit as many of the participants

that you can, they're a CrEaTiVe group!

I read each and every comment and would

LOOOVE it if you'd follow me!!!

Always, Debbie~

 

Our Trevorasaurus is not Extinct!

       Our Grandson Trevor

was 4 years old last week,

and this Nana had a cake to bake!

I jumped at the chance to make him

a dinosaur cake, I knew he'd looove it!

and Really,

I'm such a novice

that a dinosaur cake seemed

to be a heck of a lot easier than

TRANSFORMERS!!!

I can't even figure out how

to transform a transformer...

let alone

figure out how to make

a cake look like one...

I'm sure there are a few of

you with me on this one!

I feel the need to remind you,

I'm

NOT

A CAKE DECORATOR,

but if you squint or pull

your chair away from the

screen... it doesn't look too bad.

But honestly, there was a little

boy who thought it was

SUPER DUPER,

and that my bloggy friends,

is all

that

really 

counts!

~it's bright~

~excuse the messy table~

The diapers were for a project I

made today, I'll share it with you

tomorrow!

~yep, Trevorasaurus~

I baked two chocolate cakes for the base

and one orange cake for the volcano!

...and

I'll bet you guessed which one Trevor picked!!!

The volcano of course, it didn't

matter what flavor it was, he just HAD

to have a piece of  VOLCANO

with

a side of  ROCKS!!!

~Poof~

Adorable!!!

This all took place during our Super Bowl Party,

Trevor was a good sport.

We ate dinner during half time and

we had cake after the game ended!

What a sweetheart!

Thanks so much for visiting!

Always, Debbie~