Water Party

My baby will be turning one this Friday the 11th. One of her favorite things is water. Her favorite time of the day is bath time. I can't help but want to do a water themed party for her. We will be actually keeping it low key with only family but I think I will be trying some of these fun food ideas of Martha's. I also love the color scheme. If only I had more time on my hands. You will soon find out through pictures I take that day, whether or not I got to any of this. Wish me luck.

Small Yard, Big Design

We are landscaping our small backyard in a few weeks and I have been eyeing some beautiful designs for small spaces. I like the manicured feeling in these landscapes pictured. If I had an unlimited amount of money in the budget I'd like to do a little of each and a lot of the water feature. I love the water features they are coming out with now.

{via sunset}

Warming Up the House

My sweet sister-in-law Stephanie will be putting on a housewarming party in a month or so. She called me up to brainstorm about what she should do. These were some ideas we came up with. To welcome quests and quide them to the door luminaries would line the entrance to the home. I like the idea of these reusable luminaries. To make it easy on her the main dishes of the night would be different types of soup with cheese bread. Which also plays on the whole house"warming" feel. She could prepare the soup ahead of time and freeze them until the morning of. The main decorations will be each nicely decorated room in the home but to bring in a color splash, fresh flowers would be strategicly placed around the house. As the quests leave they can take one of these cute info cards to stay in touch with her family. That's all we have so far. Any other thoughts would be appreciated.

{pics via flicluminaries.com, cookinglight, housemartin, target}