Ventriloquist doll costume

I thought this was a fun idea and it was creepy without all the gore. 

My hair was a lot more ratted out and wild in the beginning of the evening but flattened down a bit by the time I got home and took this pic. Still, overall I am really pleased with how it turned out :) 

The makeup is actually really easy, the hardest part for me was getting the contacts in because I don't normally wear contacts lol.

What do you think? What would you do different? 

Baby shower diaper cake

My first diaper cake.

I feel pretty proud of myself :)

You can buy the head band and tutu at hobby lobby in a kit, so I didn't really come up with this creation on my own, I just followed the instructions lol.

But still.  Go me! Haha.

BUT, now I know the basics to make one for next time :D

Trick or treat footprint craft

I saw this idea on Pinterest and thought it was a cute Halloween craft :) Eli is so ticklish, it was hard to paint his feet lol.

Going out hair

We went to Vegas in May and it was hot.  I was trying to find a way to keep my hair off my neck but still look dressed up.  This was a pretty easy solution.

I just curled my hair using my flat iron, then pinned it all to one side.  Simple :)

Canned food Organization

I'm kind of a food hoarder.  

If I'm shopping for ingredients for a meal, I will usually buy double so that I will have some extra on hand for next time I want to make that meal.  It's a great idea as long as you buy the ingredients that don't expire right away, but it also fills up the pantry fast!

I found this solution on amazon.com, you can purchase it here:

What do you do to keep your pantry organized?

Rolled up jeans and skull top :)

Please pay no attention to the messy room.  Or the crappy mirror selfie haha.  Just notice that dang cute outfit!  I got the top on sale at Deb, and the jeans at Vanity.  The belt I picked up from a vendor at the Sturgis Biker Rally.  I think the heels are from tillys.com?  

My hair

I love this look.  Having the blonde underneath makes it so easy to manage and don't have to worry about embarrassing dark roots.  And when I do my hair curly it makes it more noticeable than when it's just straight.

Monthly photos collage

It's done!

Monthly photos for a year, and here is the result.

It is rather bittersweet.

I look at these and it blows my mind how fast the year went.

He changed into a little man so quick!

I really love this.  I can't wait to get it printed on framed on the wall :)

Hand print fish

This was our attempt at hand print fish.  Eli was not even a year yet so getting him to allow his hand to go flat was tough!  And I got some of his arm in the paint lol, so I guess those are eels?  Haha.  Daddy still appreciated it of course :)  I think I want to try this one again when he's a little older and do different colors or something, maybe to look like angel fish?

My Big One Year Old!

So here is the result of my little mini photo session I did of my little man!

 I found these letters on amazon.com, you can find them here: http://www.amazon.com/Kids-Line-White-Wooden-Letter/dp/B000XPS9C8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382712182&sr=8-1&keywords=white+wooden+letters

And I just dressed him up cute, sat him on a chair and handed him each letter and snapped away!  I used picmonkey.com to edit the pics and make the collage :)  I love love how it turned out!!  What do you all think?

Halloween decorations are up!

Well, most of it lol.  I still have spider webs to put up and the outside is not decorated yet.

I just received my console table for the entry way and put it together yesterday and I love it!  It's so fun to finally have areas to decorate for each holiday!  You can get it here: http://www.seventhavenue.com/janikka-console.pro?omSource=SLI& :)

My wall in the dining area is still very bare, I might hang a big spider web there.  But for now I am pretty happy with how this looks!

I have never had a staircase I could decorate, it is so much fun!  Maybe now I'll have a Halloween party!  We used to have one every year and it's been a few years since we have, now we have plenty of room!  Too bad we don't know very many people here though.