Book of the Month Club Gift Idea

As a woman who can not leave a present unopened for any length of time, this would be so hard. But it'd also be fun to have something to open throughout the year.

It's a cute idea that I'm sure parents would love.

Make the best of everything!: Book of the month club!.

Flu Survival Kit

During the Flupocalypse of 2012 we came to realize the importance of a few main staples for flu survival. Like I mentioned before, we hadn't had the flu in a long time so we were  not prepared in the slightest. Thanks to a friend who delivered ginger ale as well as our grandma who stopped by with a quick drop off of a few provisions we were able to survive. It should also be noted that early on in the game the husband heroically  ran to Walmart where he barely made it home in time to yack in our driveway.

The lesson learned? If you ever have a friend and you hear they've got the flu put together this little care package and drop it off on their doorstep. This isn't the time for socializing. You don't want that crap and they surely don't feel like playing hostess.



Ding dong ditch them with a quick text letting them know to lookout on their porch and you will surely move up a few notches on the friend post. Simple, sweet, shows your care and will most definitely help the poor sap suffering from the flu.

Brown Paper Package Gift Idea

What a stinking cute, thoughtful and inexpensive gift idea. A brown paper package with a cute label (that the girls at eighteen25 made into an easy printable) filled with some of your favorite things.  Wouldn't it be fun to think of your favorite things to give to a girlfriend?

eighteen25: [birthday week] brown paper packages.

A Ladybug First Birthday Party

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What a party! Everything was covered in polka dots and black and red. Crepe paper was strewn about, polka dot balloons lined the yard, and Gwen was dressed to the nines with her ruby red slippers.  She made the obligatory mess of her ginormous cupcake and put on quite the show opening and playing with all of her presents.

A few days before the party I asked the husband to put a slideshow on our tv during the party. Little did we know our AppleTV had the coolest slideshow setting ever. We set a playlist from our itunes which was our background music for the party while the photos slowly went across our tv in picture frames. It would've been painstaking to sit and watch that as a slideshow of photos, but as a background for a party it was perfect and fun to look at pictures from the past year.

We also had a cute little photobooth setup in the kitchen where we found it quite difficult to pose with props and a one year old.

Ladybug Photobooth

And here's a tutorial on the banner I made for behind her highchair.

Crepe Paper Banner Tutorial

{I am linking up to these parties}

Spoiled Rotten

27 is a good age to turn. It couldn't have been a better birthday. 

Spoiled Rotten

27 is a good age to turn. It couldn't have been a better birthday. 

Cheap & Easy Gift

I had this brilliant idea to get an employee of the quarter program started at work. When my boss told me she was going to run to Target and get the girl who had won a gift card I calmly let her know not to do that. Give me the store credit card and I'd take care of it. $20 later, this is what I came up with. Two movie tickets in a dollar store popcorn tub, packed with movie candy from the dollar store. It was so easy and inexpensive. Now I just need someone to give it to as a present in the future.....

Cheap & Easy Gift

I had this brilliant idea to get an employee of the quarter program started at work. When my boss told me she was going to run to Target and get the girl who had won a gift card I calmly let her know not to do that. Give me the store credit card and I'd take care of it. $20 later, this is what I came up with. Two movie tickets in a dollar store popcorn tub, packed with movie candy from the dollar store. It was so easy and inexpensive. Now I just need someone to give it to as a present in the future.....