A simple tutorial which shows how to create these pom pom monogram letters with yarn or wool.

This post is several month's old, but we are headed to my niece's birthday party today, and this has been sitting in my drafts for quite a while now. Baby's taking a nap so I decided to go for it. Welcome to Baby's 1st birthday party! I chose to do a "Mr. Roger's" themed party because of his wonderful positivity and this awesome quote: Originally I had all of these cute ideas for a "Pinterest" worthy party, as I was feeling the pressure to live up to the super adorable themed parties friends had recently thrown for their kiddos, but alas, I just didn't have the time or the energy to make everything happen. I was feeling disappointed that all of my ideas weren't going to come to fruition the way I wanted it to until I was reading "The Finishing School" by Val Woerner. She has a chapter about hosting and the quote that stuck out to me was something along the lines of "hosting isn't about people leaving your home feeling better about you, it's about leaving your home feeling better about themselves." As long as your event has good food and places for people to sit then that's really all that maters! So I ditched all of my cutesy little food ideas and forewent spending exorbitant amounts of money on decorations and went with Costco and Walmart, and a few homemade touches :) My mom painted this sign for the entry. And it now hangs in his room! Who needs an expensive custom made cake? Costco Cake + Red Vines equals crazy delicious!(anyone get that reference?) We asked people to dress in theme by wearing their best Mr. Rogers style Cardigan. My "Raising Tomorrow" shirt is from Ford & Wyatt. He burned his little finger on the candle right before we sang to him so he cried all the way through his birthday song :'( I lucked out and found this little mini cake at a local grocery store the morning of his birthday. I knew they usually had them, but I there was only one generic cake and the rest were graduation! Our friends and family blessed us with so many sweet gifts and letters. I wouldn't wish being president on my worst enemy but it's fun to think of his future achievements, dreams and talents! I hope you enjoyed this glimpse at our fun, colorful 1st birthday party for our baby boy! And I leave you with this: It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood A beautiful day for a neighbor Would you be mine? Could you be mine? It's a neighborly day in this beautywood A neighborly day for a beauty Would you be mine? Could you be mine? I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you I've always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you So let's make the most of this beautiful day Since we're together, we might as well say Would you be mine? Could you be mine? Won't you be my neighbor? Won't you please Won't you please Please won't you be my neighbor?

My niece, Bonnie, turned 8 this year! In our religion, when we turn 8, we get baptized! It's such a fun and special time in ones life. It's so special that I wanted to make sure she had some special decor at her party. Earlier this year I made the decorations for my sister in laws bridal shower. I made a circle paper chandelier. I took that idea, and embellished it a little. Instead of plain circles, I thought daisies would be cute. And I think I was right :) I used aqua bakers twine, one 12 inch embroidery loom, yellow and white construction paper, and my trusty Cricut! I used the Paisley Cricut Cartridge and cut: 8 five inch flowers 8 four inch flowers 8 three inch flowers 8 two inch flowers 8 one inch flowers 75 one inch circles (in yellow and white) 75 one and half inch circles (in yellow and white) Putting it together: I tied four pieces of twine across the loom creating 8 pizza slices. These will be used to mark where I place the daisies, and where the center circle dots will be hung from. I then strung the daisies together and tied them to the loom. Placing one five inch daisy in the pizza slices. Then I strung four different lengths of circle paper chains and tied them to the center twine, one on each piece of twine. Be creative, use your own personal taste! You don't have to follow my rules exactly, I just look at it and go with whatever I feel looks good. Trust your eye :) I made 24 6 inch Daisies and made two Daisy chains to hang as banners. And I took a few sheets of 12 inch paper and cut that into four equal pieces. From there I made half of them into triangles and half of them into two triangle flags. Putting those two shapes together made for the most beautiful banner! We see triangle banners all the time, so it was fun to change it up a bit and add a different shape to the mix. I was so proud with how everything turned out! I love making decorations for parties! I can't wait for the next one.

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