Happy 30th Birthday's!

Well I have had a very, very, busy weekend. My friend's Amy, and Emily planned and executed a huge 30th surprise German themed birthday party this weekend. Brad (my boy friend) and Dave (Emily's boyfriend and Amy's brother) turned 30 this year. Although Brad turned 30 in November I was off in China so I did not get throw him a party that I wanted to. I think I made up for it by combining Dave and Brad's Birthdays' this weekend.

Brad and Dave, "Prost to a great big Birthday!"

The entire gang!

Brad, Me, Amy, Emily and Dave

Friday: I took the day off from work and sewed a bunch of German hats as party favors. Then and ran some errands to finalize our home-made German girl costumes. I also fit the gym into my busy schedule(A+ for me). Emily and I picked up Amy from the airport, at nine PM, she flew in from New York, for the big party.

We went to the Party source and picked up the booze and decorations. Next we went over to Dave's house to check out the situation in the basement (yes we threw a surprise party in the Birthday boy's own basement) what did we find in basement? A horrid mess, that's when we knew how much work we had ahead of us. Finally we go back to my house and work on our German girl costumes until four in the morning....

Emily, Kyle, and Amy

Amy and I picked up various items from the thrift store and altered the heck out of them to give us the most authentic German feel.

Saturday: wake up finish outfits at noon. Then we run around picking up all the odds and ends we need to decorate. Emily works upstairs on food and organization. Amy and I are tasked to clean and decorate a basement. five hours later we did manage to turn a dirty basement into a clean German Beer Garden. By the way thanks to all our friends and family for help with the keg, fire pit, tables and food we could not have done it without you!!

Dave, Brad and Brad's nephew Ethan opening Birthday presents!

The party was a hit and I think a good time was had by all!

Mark wearing my home made German hat and special pink elephant beer stein.

Lott Family celebrating, we are only missing their sister Julie!

Bruce, Amy, Dave and Linda Lott

Hollander Family

Denny, Brad, Pauline Hollander

Happy Valentine's Day

I know many people do not celebrate Valentine's but now that I design seasonal gifts I felt like we should. I have always sent Valentine's day cards to my friends and family, so did that this year. (I didn't take a picture of my cards, bad Kyle) maybe Aunt Terri will send me a picture of her card. She is one my loyal readers.


For work I brought in a special treat for my c0-workers thanking them for all their hard work and people were more excited than I thought they would be. I made chocolate cupcakes and put them in cute cello bags from Target with a personalized header card. Super simple and well received.

For my Brad; I get him sports Illustrated every year, Pug got him Choixe melt always and fun cutting boards for each type of food. Pug received bacon and egg dog treats from me, and gourmet canned pug food from her Daddy.

Finally I got my long stem yellow roses, and a nice dinner at home. We dined on fresh tuna steaks, crab legs, and green beans. Overall it was a really nice Valentine's Day.

How does everyone else celebrate?

Silly Anthropologie

why do they keep making so many things that I so desperately want and do not need?

Pretty round bathmat at Anthropologie $48

I have been attracted to yellow lately, and it doesn't even look good on me.

I love this yellow dress to, however the girl looks like she is looking for my bath mat in the woods. On line the dress does not look as cute and I probably would not have given it a second look, but it looks pretty here. The catalog always sells me rather than online or in store shopping.
Sunny Days Halter dress $168

Target Valentine

Has anyone been to Target? Check out the entire Valentine section. So much fun!

Foudue dipping set

Chocolate Cigars, great gift for men.

LOVE STINKS!

yummy truffles on a stick.