Jackson knows that he gets to start school after his birthday this year and because he knows this little piece of information he asks me every day if today is his birthday. Sometimes he'll even ask me a couple times a day just in case I wasn't sure the first time, I guess. Anyway, he did the same thing last Christmas and the solution at Christmas was an advent calendar. Well, that made me come up with the idea of a birthday advent calendar. I googled the idea and checked Pinterest (of course), but I didn't find anything that wasn't ornate and time consuming. I just wanted something simple so that Jackson could count down the days till his birthday himself. So here's my creation, a cupcake with star stickers as sprinkles. It took me about 5 minutes to make and he's going to LOVE it! I think I'm going to make a fancier-shmancier cupcake and make it a general birthday countdown that we can use over and over again for anyone's birthday, so stay tuned!
A friend of mine uses the motto, "if you decorate, it will come". So I decorated for fall because I want the fall weather to get here already. I'm a pregnant lady who doesn't like the heat when I'm not pregnant, so I'm especially not fond of it right now. It's supposed to be in the low 80's here, but instead it's in the high flippin' 90's! A friend of mine has a fabulous blog, http://smallsimplethingswithlove.blogspot.com, and it is my FAVORITE blog, so check it out. Nicole, is talented and creative and on a budget!! (my 3 favorite things) Anyway, she had some really cute ideas on her blog that I stole and it got me in the mood for decorating! This picture is of our entry way, by our front door. My favorite part is the autumn picture which I made with my handy-dandy Cricut machine. My husband even helped, hehe. I've had the frame for at least 10 years and I just took out the old ugly picture of the flower that was in it and crea
Have you seen the giant wilton cupcake pan? It makes a big huge cupcake? (walmart or anywhere that has wilton carries them) Your poster made me think Jackson would love a giant cupcake cake for his birthday, lol! Your birthday advent is a very cute idea!
ReplyDeleteI have seen the giant cupcake pans, they are really cute. Unfortunately, Jackson doesn't like any kind of cake. ...or cookie, or brownie, or muffin, or anything else yummy and terrible for you. Crazy kid!
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