Thankful...

Today's post is not crafty. I just want to express my gratitude to God for all the many blessings that He continues to give me and my family. This holiday weekend gave me a chance to stop and think about the important things in my life and the fact that I am blessed with so much. Sure there are times when I feel down and helpless, but the most important thing for me is that I have my husband and my girls to be thankful for. They don't know how much I appreciate and cherish them when I come home after a rough day at work. Their mere presence is enough to make me feel better. Thank you Lord, for giving me such a loving and wonderful family. Thank you for my dad and my sister, my relatives and my friends. Thank you for my job and the students that You've entrusted in my care. I pray that I will make a difference in their lives. Thank you for continuing to provide for our family. Lastly, thank you for always being there for me in good times and bad. I know I can always depend on you!

Halloween Birthday Party

My younger daughter had a birthday party at a local Pump It Up a couple of weekends ago. Since it was close to halloween, we decided on a halloween birthday party theme for her. Of course that made me excited because I can make different party stuff that are halloween themed. Here are some of them :

I made two of these for the center table. This is a variation of something that I saw at a local QFC. I especially like the medallions. They are very addicting to make!!!

 

 

These are her party favors. I filled them with candies and small halloween toys. I made 24 of these. I have tons of halloween paper that I got on sale last year so I used several designs. I used black clips to close them which I also decorated with different halloween ribbons from Michaels.

 

 

Here's a closer look at one of them....

 

 

I also made these...



I made them big enough so that I can put two boxes of Lemonheads in each one.

There is a funny story about these favors. I have made about 10 of them when I realized that something's not right - I put coffins and mummies together! I told my daughter about it and she said, "That's okay, Mom. We can call them MUFFINS!" Get it? Mummies and coffins together! Hahaha! Very clever!

Anyway, it was a fun birthday party and my daughter had fun with all her friends. :-)