My dear friend Holly has been home on an extended holiday before she heads back to Sydney to start grad school. Having been introduced for our mutual love of quilting, we felt it was a must that we visit the national quilting museum together before she leaves. We fit it in just in time, as she takes off Sunday. Today Holly, Lucy and I took a road trip to Paducah. The museum was so fun- these are not your Grandma's quilts, but incredible art pieces made by such gifted hands. Very inspiring! Then we had lunch at an adorable little deli/bakery place. Of course we couldn't leave without some treats. I will surely miss u bunches, Holly!
Dr. Seuss Party, Part 1 Decor and Food
I have to say, Bruce and I totally knocked ourselves out to throw Lucy the best Dr. Seuss 4th birthday party that we could and I am pretty proud of the results! It was a wonderful day for her and hopefully for all her friends that came. Our kids have LOVED the story The Lorax for a while now and were so excited to go see the movie. Bruce had a brilliant idea to make his own truffula trees . With some PVC pipe and spray paint he put these together. I made the tops out of tissue paper (tutorials widely available). Of course, once I got started on them, I just had to make some extras to hang around the dining room. I used the extra paper to make a super colorful one for the front porch. These were so easy and cheap to make, I highly recommend them as party decorations for all different types of themes! I printed out some of my favorite Dr. Seuss quotes and gussied them up with some fancy paper cutters (Thanks, ...
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