This Mama Makes Stuff

Woodland Faerie Party: The Food

This is Carrie — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:00:51 +0000

The party was held in the evening to try to escape the heat of the august day. The invitation instructed guests to come with dinner in their bellies, but with enough room for lots of fairy treats:

Fairy Berry Salad with Edible Rose Petals (a crowd favorite)

Button Mushroom Cookies (thank you mom for making these)

Clementine Oranges

Herbed Cheese and Seeded Crackers

Rasberry & Blackberry Candy

Pretzel Fairy Wands

Fairy Bread (using homemade bread thanks to a dear friend)

Chocolate Birds Nests

And to drink:

Lavender Lemonade (made with our backyard lemons and lavender). Throwing in a handful of floating gumpaste flowers (graciously brought over by the wonderful Kristin of Meringue Bake Shop) made the delicious drink even more appealing to our little fairy guests.

Finally, the cupcakes from Bake U Happy. They were as delicious as they were gorgeous.

And did you know that in England, cupcakes are called “Fairy Cakes?” Perfect.

Family on Mountain Bikes

This is Carrie — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:26:21 +0000

It had been a little while since our last family mountain bike ride, especially to our favorite spot.

P.S. Baby Brother is wearing a Sparkle Kilt because “boys don’t wear Sparkle Skirts“.

Woodland Faerie Party: The Invitations

This is Carrie — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:00:08 +0000

This vintage fairy art was $2 well spent. I first used it to create the invitations.

With a touch of glitter, the hand-delivered scroll invites set the stage for a magical party.

Making Stuff: Doll Diapers

This is Carrie — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:00:06 +0000

Against my better judgment, I let the girls purchase Baby Alive dolls with their birthday money. In about 2.5 seconds, they had both soaked the one disposable diaper included with each doll and were begging for more diapers for their naked doll tushies.

2.5 seconds after that, I found this tutorial for baby doll cloth diapers and by the end of the day each doll was dressed in a new, reusable, flannel diaper.

I tweaked the pattern a bit to make it fit our specific dolls and added an extra “soaker” layer because our babies “really wet.” Yippee.

If you happen to have the same doll, I uploaded the tweaked pattern HERE. Tutorial can be found HERE.

Brian Head Vacation Recap: The Final Stop

This is Carrie — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:33:02 +0000

On our way out of town, we made a stop at the Cedar Breaks National Monument

Honestly though, nature is way more fun to look at as you’re whizzing past on a bike.

Brian Head Vacation Recap: Kids on Bikes

This is Carrie — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:47:41 +0000

Surrounding the lake, we found a great trail for the kids to practice their mountain biking skills.

Even Baby Brother took his little Strider out for a spin.

Making Stuff: Crocheted Hair Bows

This is Carrie — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:00:11 +0000

When I found this tutorial for crocheted hair bows, I knew they’d be the perfect accessory to spice up the girls’ otherwise bland uniforms for the first day of school.

Brian Head Vacation Recap: The Lake

This is Carrie — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:00:09 +0000

Just 20 miles southeast of Brian Head, just past Cedar Breaks National Monument and the herd of sheep on the corner of highway 14 & highway 148, lies Navajo Lake.

At 10,000+ feet altitude, I thought the water was going to be much colder than it actually was.

It was a gorgeous place to waste away the day.

The First Day of School

This is Carrie — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:04:10 +0000

I’m not sure who was more excited, them or me?

Pumpkin biggest worry about Kindergarten was that “I don’t know my math yet”. Imagine her relief when the hardest things she did all day were walking in a straight line and using scissors to cut paper.

Brian Head Vacation Recap: The Stars

This is Carrie — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:00:19 +0000

Even without the shooting stars created by the Perseids meteor shower (which just happened to coincide with our vacation), the clear, night sky atop Brian Head Peak would’ve still been amazing.