Sweet bird ~

Today was a day of shopping and gathering. Fresh ingredients to make the cupcakes ~ spinach dip and other things. A precious outfit for Clara for me to give Emily at her other shower that her family is giving her Feb. 14th. Also, I found a teddy bear that has the sound of the mother's heartbeat, so I had to get it as well.

I've been trying to think of a way to display the cupcakes creatively without buying one of those cupcake stand/holder things. Well, believe it or not, I don't have a cake plate (but have sold a blue million of them at the antique store!) but found one at W-mart with a dome for only 9.97!! Then I purchased a parfait glass and another glass plate, each only 1.50 or so. I will turn the glass upside down onto the cake plate and place the smaller plate over top to have a two tiered glass display. It won't hold all of the cupcakes but at least I will have a pretty display that all of the items can be reused after the party! Here are a few found images of what I purchased:

I hope that you are having a wonderful week!! Things should calm down here a bit after this weekend ~ Thank you so much for sweet comments!!!

Wishing you a wonderful Wednesday dear friends!

xxoo, Dawn

The Birds' Christmas Tree ~

I have several very old children's books from around 1887 or so. The images are so beautiful and the writing as well. As I've not been very good at sharing new things I've made lately, but I do want to share with you these sweet images! Just click to enlarge and right click to save to your computer. The poem is just wonderful! Read about making your own bird Christmas tree HERE ~

I also want to share with you the name that Brent and Emily have decided on for our sweet granddaughter!!! Her name will be Madeline Clara Edmonson ~ and she will be called Clara .... our sweet baby Clara!!

Wishing you a wonderful Wednesday sweet friends!

xxoo, Dawn