My Baby Boy

 

 

 

Hi everyone! I know I promised I'd be back blogging soon
 but I haven't been able to peel myself away from my new little guy. The last few weeks have been amazing. He is a wonderful baby and I feel so so blessed. If I can stop staring at him for a while I will be back. ;) I have some DIY ideas to share with you and hopefully will get to them soon. For now, I am still ooh-ing and ahh-ing over my lil' cutie. If I am not back before Christmas I wish you all the best, most blessed holidays with your families.

 

XXOO,

Monica



A New Page

 

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Sorry I've been absent but... 

the last few weeks have had me busy with my new Baby Boy!
He's here already and I'm so in love and blessed. :)

 

Baby Thoughts

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I ♥ this.

 I found it on Pinterest a while back. It's from Etsy but unfortunately is no longer available.

 

I am getting very close to having my Baby and I am getting sooo excited. Not nervous yet...just very excited. It's amazing to be a Mama. It is the hardest, easiest, most draining, most fulfilling......most wonderful thing in the world. I don't know why I'm so sentimental tonight. If you know me actually, you know I'm sentimental always. But maybe more so today because we set a date for Baby. Whether he got the memo or not...well, we'll just have to see. ;) But, I am ready and waiting.

I know him and at the same time cannot wait to meet him. :)

 

Hope you enjoyed the pic above.

Goodnight.

 

XXOO,

Monica

 



Random Thoughts

Hi everybody!

I am up late at night typing this when I should be in bed and thought I would check in and chat for a bit. First of all, I love seeing that people are still visiting my little corner of blogland and I am so sorry I have not posted in so long. Where should I begin???

I am getting very close to having my new little boy and am very, very excited, nervous, excited, anxious, excited...you get the picture. I also recently sent my baby boy of 5 years off to Kinder with his big sister and that was quite an experience for me...to say the least. My son told everyone (very openly) how he was going to cry and didn't want to go to school and when the time came...he was suddenly a big boy and when I tried to gently break the news that Daddy and I were leaving and we'd be back to pick him up.........."okay" was his devastated response. :( **Insert heartbroken mother here. lol** ;)

 Honestly I was very proud but it did break my heart for our summer to be over

 and both of my babies to be in school. Very strange to drive home from school alone with no little face in the rearview and no one trailing behind me. But, I am proud of my little Kinder guy and big 1st grade girl. Time just goes by too quick.

 

Here they are on their first day.

 

So, I guess I have no excuse for that dirty laundry anymore. Except of course... to post here more often! ;) I hope to be doing that the next few weeks. There is a lot going on. But I do hope to check in a bit more before baby comes. For those of you on Instagram, you can also find me there now as @creationzstudio and of course don't forget to follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.

Anyway, I guess that is enough rambling for one night and I will talk to you all again very soon!

xxoo,

Monica

{Friday Fave} Project Life

If you haven't heard of Project Life by Becky Higgins I am really glad that you are hearing about it now. I heard about it a while back and recently looked more into it. I really want to use it this year so I thought I would share.

Photo by Jennifer Woodbury

If you are like me then you have every intention of preserving your photos and family memories and making that amazing scrapbook with layouts like you see in your Scrapbooks Etc. magazine (too dramatic??) ........but....it just hasn't happened. You might have tons a few pictures on your SD cards and you may even have a box like this...

Happy New Year!

Sugar and Charm via Pinterest

Happy New Year everyone!

I am very excited and hopeful to see what 2012 will have in store.

I thank you so much for following my blog and can't wait to share more in the new year.

Wish you all the best!

Cheers!

xoxo,

Monica



Time Together

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My daughter has this week off of school and I am soooo enjoying having her home all day. I can't believe Thanksgiving is already here again but I can't wait. I ♥ this time of year. Time for crafting, and candyland, and legos, and cuddling! :o)

What are you doing this week?

{Friday Fave} My Baby Girl - The Kindergartener

Time goes by soooo fast and it definitely felt a little too fast to me this week when I found myself taking my baby to school. I took the picture above on my last day of work, after resigning to stay home with my daughter. And somehow, my baby grew up...very, VERY fast...and I found myself taking her to Kindergarten this week, and not yet feeling ready to be away from her. 

{Creationz} Back to School Countdown

Two posts in one day! Someone pinch me!! lol :o)

Anyway, I'm back with another post to let you know about something else I have been busy with

and that is getting my baby ready for Kindergarten! :o(  I actually think she is ready ....me?....not so much!

 I have been blessed to be able to stay home with my kids from shortly after the time my daughter was born and I can't even begin to imagine how my day will be without my little princess. (yes, I know she's not leaving the country ...just humor me here!)

BUT!.....Before I get all sappy, I wanted to share with you a little countdown we are doing.

 I bought a few little things, wrote a few poems, and threw this together the other night. As you are reading this today, our little countdown board will say "4 days" {YIKES!!!} So, the bulletin board is kind of our centerpiece on the table and off to the side I have an apothecary jar filled with my little dollar store finds wrapped in black paper with a number written in chalk. Attached to each gift is a little poem and opening the little surprises is our morning ritual now until school.

{Friday Fave} So Pinteresting!

Look what I "pinned" today...

Have you heard of Pinterest?? Where have you been!! I love it. It is like having little virtual bulletin boards for ...anything. You can have one for party ideas, make one to "pin" all your wedding ideas on to, maybe your favorite recipes...or how bout your favorite shoes?!! ;) While you are browsing the web you can just "pin" an image that you like to your boards...love it. I haven't pinned too many things yet but am going to try to add more soon. It's soooo addicting just looking around! Check it out!
Follow me here.

Sources: lemon cupcake with rasberry/blackberry frosting {source}, blueberry cupcakes {source},

rosette cupcakes {source}

{Friday Fave} My Sister - The Graduate

image via otterfootball.com

Later today I will be in or on my way to Monterey for my sister's graduation. I don't usually share very many personal/family things here but I really, really must today. My sister means the world to me and I am so overwhelmed with pride at what she has accomplished that I wish I could shout it from the rooftops! But I guess my blog will have to do. Lol!  :o)

Cake Pops!

My babies made these! {I helped of course, they're a little tiny for the stove etc.,

but they had their lil' chubby hands in every step :) and I am a proud Mama}

My daughter is always yearning for her drawings or lil' creations to be featured on
"the blog". lol.
So, here you go baby. : ) xo
Incase you are all wondering what is inside all of this chocolate goodness...

{as if it matters with all the chocolate and sprinkles on the outside!}...they're cake pops!

 So, the inside is the cake and frosting.

 mmmmmm.....

Some may be missing tomorrow... {wink, wink}

These are so great for dessert tables and you may just be seeing them in one of my upcoming parties soon!

p.s. I know Christmas is over but we still had sprinkles.

Goodbye 2010.......and 2011...Bring It!!!

2010 has been a great year and one of my proudest accomplishments has been starting this blog. Blogging is definitely a new love. In 2011, I want to keep bringing you more of the best inspiration from around the web but also share more of my "creationz" and ideas with you too. As parties go, I am so excited about all the upcoming parties I will be working on and can't wait to share!

As family goes, 2010 we were blessed to have each other and to have our health. We have had some really great and memorable moments together and 2011 is going to bring so many milestones for us! I am beyond excited about everything on our plates this year. It is definitely going to be a year to remember!!! 

Thank you so much for visiting my blog. 

To you and yours I wish you a very safe, healthy,

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

See you in 2011!

XO, Monica

Thankful

On Thanksgiving we stop our busy lives for a second, share time with people that we

love, and remember what we are thankful for.

I am thankful for my family first and foremost.

I don't think that anything would mean anything without any of you

and I'm so glad that we all got to be together today.

I am thankful for my small group of very close friends {to me, you are family too}.

I am thankful for today, for the smells coming out of the kitchen,

 for the food we stuffed ourselves with, for the smiles and laughs we had,

 and for the leftovers!! LOL

Truly, every day there is something to be thankful for

and every day I do try to remember that.

Lately, I am very grateful for this blog. This has been so fun for me so far

and I can only imagine how much better it will get. So thank you for taking the time to read this and for all the other times you stop by...

I really am THANKFUL.

xo, Monica



My First Post!!

Well, I signed up for my blog and keep waiting for...what am I waiting for again!?!  So, I decided today is the day! As family and friends know, I have been designing parties and making crafty ANYTHING since as long as I can remember. I think every year that passes seems to bring me more ideas.  So, I am creating this blog, my online "studio", to showcase my projects and my love for everything creative! Can't wait to see what this may bring!