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three french hens for my three little (actually one not so little!) chicks! P.S I have a free pattern EVERY Friday here - @dotpebbles ...

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“인내심에 과부하가 걸리지 않기를 꽃 피는 너의 마당이 잠기지 않기를”

Finally ....the day has come and I'm able to show you some of the things I have been working on for my little sisters bridal shower.. I cant believe it.. even as I type this that my baby sister will be a wife! Memories flood into my mind as I gathered pictures and supplies to give her a bridal shower where family and friends can celebrate together and share the joy she is experiencing.. and here she is all smiles... This is the beginning of the idea..plastic pedestals painted and made to look like old rusty metal..textures that represent a rustic elegance theme that Lily has chosen... Brown tablecloths layered with green grass mat, brown burlap, branch runner and pedestals topped with a rustic wood stained in dark brown... and here it is all dolled up! And topped with yummy cupcakes made by my sister Holly...maple and triple threat chocolate with peanut butter filling.... We had great food thanks to my niece Merissa who is Lily's maid of honor..that's sister in law Shelly..thanks to her for lending her home for this event..it was great.. Rustic breads and pasta salads and pinwheels oh my! So perfect...that I cheated on my diet...yes I did! heheee Coffee punch and limeade... I prettied them up with tulle and wooden tags.. Our drink bar.... Our guest were welcomed with this wooden heart that I originally had above my bed...I added the letters and colored ribbons in Lily's colors.. A little sentiment of Lily's feelings this night... remember this from a post long ago?..Well, it's done! Our tables for the guests...we had a beautiful evening as the weather cooperated...it was nice! Wild flowers go with the rustic woodsy feel.... the runner is wrapping paper from the dollar store.. You don't have to spend alot if your willing to scavenger the fields and Costco has great deals on white flowers..love it Lanterns offered by a friend Ruthie..thanks! We had a candlelight evening that made it magical. oops posted twice.... And this is a favor that I dreamed up as a thank you gift for our guests..Lily is a hardworking college student who is planning a wedding ..the nicest gift we could give was to help with the "thanks you's "for all the great gifts she received..so instead of thank you cards they received this ...I don't know about you but I would rather get one of these than a card that I read and throw out! lol A votive candle in clear glass wrapped in burlap string and pearl..covered in tulle.... tied and tagged with wood chip, acorn star and thank you charm. All clustered together in an old crate I bought at a flea market... photos of Lily and her fiance' Carlin.. My son Carlin made this wooden sign that I clipped the photos to..she loved it so much she will be using it at her wedding... The card basket and extra photos for guests to pick through... The "brides chair".... I had this chair in my office that I thought would be perfect to put by the gifts...with ribbons, tulle and a wooden garland I revamped it's extra special... A look at the whole area...Games were so fun and I enjoyed the guests faces as they tried to draw a wedding dress off the top of their heads! And the game that had guest designing wedding dresses out of toilet paper..good times.. And the winner! Well done with great details..... Lily picks her favorite with a smile! opening presents at dusk by candlelight... The entry to the party lit by candles... What a great time..Lily was so thrilled and she enjoyed her bridal shower... As for me.. it was a blast to plan and I want to thank Lily's maid of honor Merissa and her second made of honor Karie and all her bridesmaids..your all so great..thanks for making this event one to remember! Thanks Shelly for letting us use your backyard..Duane (her hubby) for all the yard work and everyone who helped in their own way..Holly thanks for the cupcakes! So.... its back on the diet and on to the wedding!!!! Thanks for stopping by! love ya mean it!Stephanie

Parties need games, and lots of them. A Greek Myth theme fits nicely with the format of a Quest, so we based all of our games on the need to fulfill a Quest. Quest: Earn three Drachma in order to play the Game of the Gods [I found that it was cheaper to use pennies or nickels than it was to purchase fake gold coins. The Game of the Gods is what I called Left-Right-Center. It is a great party game for this age group --fifth grade. I got the idea of using LRC from Small Hours and Little Wonders.] Boys had to win Drachma in a series of challenges given to us by characters in Greek Myths. Dionysus Challenge #1: A cookie is placed on each player's forehead. Holding his hands behind his back, the player needs to try to eat the cookie. If it drops, the player may pick it up and start over. [Our winner got his cookie by very slowly and carefully raising his eyebrows and twitching his cheeks until the cookie was on his lips.] Medusa Challenge: In teams, the boys had to transfer rubber snakes from one bucket to another, while blindfolded and using only chopsticks (you can't look at or touch Medusa's snakes!). The Sphinx Challenge: Using the book What a Beast, by Sophia Kelly, my son read humorous descriptions of mythical beasts. The winner was the guest who correctly guessed the most beasts. Arachne's Challenge: The boys sat in a circle. One boy wrapped yarn from a ball around his ankle (loosely), and then tossed the ball to the boy who followed him alphabetically. The winner was the first boy who could not wrap the yarn because the ball ran out. What a tangled web! (See their togas in the picture below...they did such a great job with their costumes. You can even spy Eros's wings.) Dionysus Challenge #2: We split up into two groups. I gave each group a brief myth for them to act out. Three judges (my two young party-helpers and myself) voted on the best skit to win. I wasn't sure how the boys would like doing an activity that involved reading, but they loved putting on the skits. For this challenge, I chose the stories of Daedalus's wings and Theseus vs the Minotaur. Both stories related to the labyrinth, and I wanted the guests to be familiar with the story so they'd better appreciate the labyrinth challenge which comes later in the quest. Kid-friendly versions of the myths can be found online. Zeus Challenge: Toilet paper togas! Need I say more? Teams worked within a time limit to dress one team member in a toga that would stay on by itself. Hercules Challenge: We hid symbols of each of Hercules 12 Labors in the yard and teams competed to find the most. I got the idea for using the 12 Labors from this site. Our gang had to find a lion, a hydra, a stag, a boar, a sponge and dustpan (to represent cleaning the stables), birds (we hid ten), a bull, mares (we hid 17), a belt, cattle (we hid nine cows), an apple, and Cerberus, the three-headed dog. Most of what we hid were toys we had (we have toys of Cerberus and the hydra, believe it or not), but pictures would work, too. The apples had to be picked from our trees (took the boys a while to figure that out). A list of Hercules' labors can be found online or in the book Oh My Gods, by Megan Bryant. Dionysus Challenge #3: My helpers (my daughter and niece) hid a cookie in a plate of whipped cream for each boy. Hands behind the back, the first boy to find the cookie with his mouth was the winner. The boys quickly realized that the 'real' winner was anyone with a face full of whipped cream! Theseus Challenge: Find the toy minotaur hidden in the labyrinth! After the challenges, all of the boys had enough coins to play Left-Right-Center. It was lots of fun. We followed the game with cake and presents. The boys then played outside in the labyrinth until pick-up time.

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Boarding schools - the smell of school dinners wafting up through prep rooms, the stolen biscuits hidden beneath starchy bedsheets, muddy sports kits spinning in industrial washing machines, long-nosed teachers in hard-heeled shoes strolling through dim, flagstoned corridors. It's fair to say the idea of these archaic institutions stir up a bit of romance in all of us, be it because of novels we read as children or experiences we have had first-hand.

Brustabnäher kann man an alle möglichen Stellen drehen. Wie das geht zeige ich dir hier anhand von drei unterschiedlichen Variationen.

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