august showers . . .

Bring September BABIES!

Well, not really. Or at least, not necessarily! 

Jocelyn's baby shower for Ezra was Sunday.  It was so sweet! The hostesses did a lovely job decorating and making everything so special.

       

Joc's best friend co-hosted.  ♥

A cookie cake, from The Moon Bakeshop.  YUM!

It really was all so pretty! I gifted Joc with Ezra's pinwheel quilt.  She was thrilled!

A very sweet afternoon, anticipating Ezra.  

:)

september, october, june . . .

Jocelyn did such a lovely job putting together Kim & Baby June's shower ... and it was such a sweet afternoon ... I wanted to make sure I shared some photos from that day.  Especially since all my family lives so far away and this is the only way they get to be a part of the festivities!  But instead of a lot of talk (especially since in order to do the day justice, there's a lot of photos), I'll "caption" my way through the photos today!

Joc did all the decorating.  She made the pendant banner with her Silhouette.
June's baby quilt will have pendant banners on it, too!

A "Headband Station"! All the guests were given the opportunity to make a headband for the baby.

Isn't that clever?  She had headbands in different sizes and lots of bows and flowers and embellishments. And tags, so Kim would know how big the headband was and who had created it.  It was fun!  I wish I'd thought to get pictures of the finished creations.

The "J" is for June wreath!  Kim was real pleased with this. She's going to use it for the hospital door! Joc was real pleased with that.  :)  These are the same fabrics I'm going to use to make the pennants banners for June's quilt.  On white.

And here's the Guest of Honor/Mommy-to-be (again)!
Joc made the fabric corsage.
It looked a lot like a peony - Kim's favorite flower!

The food buffet.  Joc took care of the decorating and had her co-hostesses take care of the food (which I thought was a very smart move).  I did the punch -- which is my favorite punch recipe and was a big hit -- sausage balls, and . . .

The S'mores Pops!  They look a lot more elegant here than they did in the styrafoam! These were a big hit too -- especially with Sawyer, who I think managed to each four or five (or six) by the time it was all said and done.  :)

The cake was pretty -- June Madelyn Panter -- and tasted marvelous!

Ellie came all ready for a party in her pretty party dress and hair bow! 

Sawyer, bless his heart, woke up early from his nap.  He is (like most of us) a little--grumpy--when he first wakes up! I do believe he sat on his mommy's lap the entire time she was opening presents.  He wasn't going to *anyone* else!  Several of the guests had brought a little something for him, too.  It was very sweet!  (But not sweet enough to get him out of Kim's lap!) 

Kim sent all the hostesses home with these pretty little packages!

Isn't this fun?  She made us each a jar of Honey Caramel Dip--which is *marvelous*--and topped it with an apple. And wrapped it in a fat quarter!  (I don't have to count gift wrap fabric in my stash report, do I??!  LOL!)

All in all it was a lovely afternoon and Kim and June got some very darling things!  I can hardly believe that in just one month, June will actually be here!!!!  YAY!!!

James shot this on Saturday morning.  He's got a great eye and a steady hand -- two important attributes for a professional photographer.  Here he had a beautiful subject, as well, which didn't hurt!!

Some fun things going on in blogland, too ... Missy, at Missy's Homemaking Adventures, is doing a birthday giveaway which is definitely worth checking out!  And Wendy, over at Ravenwood Whimzies, is hosting a "Thanks For Giving" swap and signups are open until September 30th.  I've also gotten some snail mail squishy love that I'll share with y'all tomorrow!

Today is a Camp MACOBA administrative kind of day ... I gots to earn my keep!  LOL!

:)

show and tell saturday . . .

Whew!  What a *busy* day yesterday was.  But first ... I did bring my camera, fully charged and ready to go.  I had to capture a shot of my lil' darling . . . 

But I'm telling you, I'm so busy enjoying her, I don't get a whole lot of pics of her (and this one isn't a great one ... but look at those big, beautiful eyes ... such a serious girl--she'd just woken up)!  C'est la vie.

Joc and I worked (or played at working?) hard yesterday, getting ready for . . .

The baby shower!!

Take a look a this stack:

And this pile . . .

Not mine -- thank goodness -- Joc's!  She's become a bigger fabricoholic than *I* am!!  The chevrons? No particular purpose, "It was just pretty!"  Hahaha ... she's sunk!

The first stack was for assorted pieces of the shower.  Aren't the colors fun? June's nursery colors!  First thing Joc was going to do was cut strips.  With scissors.  I told her not to do scissors, that I'd bring tools that would make strip cutting a breeze!  I brought my June Tailor Shape Cutter ruler and after showing Joc how it worked . . . 

She made short work of the first set of strips!

And shorter work of the bunch!

In no time, she had created a masterpiece!

Isn't it darling??  J is for June!

One of my favorite jobs yesterday?  Making S'mores on a Stick!!  They were so easy.  I gathered my chocolate melts, graham cracker crumbs, 6" sticks and marshmallows.

Dip the marshmallows in the melted chocolate, dip the tops in the graham cracker crumbs, and voila . . .

And they taste pretty darn good, too!  Perfect for a Saturday Show & Tell party over at Cheerios and Lattes!

And as for Friday Night's Sew-In, I didn't get to the project I'd originally planned on, but I did get some important stitching taken care of!  Using the same fabrics from the wreath (and other projects), Joc wanted a matching runner for her table for the shower.  So I cut strips of varying widths and stitched 'em up.

This would have been very cute as a quilted table runner, but we were running out of time, so I simply tucked the raw edges under and stitched it down.

It's a *little* long for my table . . .

But it will look perfect on Joc's dining room table!

I'm outta here -- got to get ready for the big day . . . y'all enjoy this glorious first day of FALL!!

:)