~inspiration and a pirate party~

In preparation for the Momma 

makeover I'm going to do in January,

I've been browsing Pinterest and other

blogs for ideas and inspiration.

There is some AMAZING stuff out there!

-BUT-
...it seems like the more I look at, the more I
lose my own insight and inspiration. 
I need to lay off the Internet for a bit and
get back to the basics.....
-my dress form
-my sewing machine
-my style, ideas and creativity

I want to hurry and finish all my Christmas projects
so I can start with the fun stuff :)
(can you tell I've had enough of kids stuff for awhile?)

SO...that being said,
let me show you the pirate party we had for my
little guy based SOLELY on other people's
ideas I found off the Internet.


These first pics are of the main table for the 
kids to sit at:

disclaimer: my pics are NOT good.

I was scrambling before the party to get them.

I decorated the living room too.....

didn't get any pics other than this: 

 We did a treasure hunt outside with the kids.
At each station we did a game after which they 
received a little piece that slowly transformed them
into a pirate (i.e. hat, patch, earring, etc.) 
We tried to decorate the deck like a ship
and I only took one picture of it....
and the picture is NOT good but I'll share it anyway.

 After the treasure hunt we came back inside to 
do presents and cake and ice cream.

 The work was worth it....
the kids all had a great time
and our little guy will be talking
about it for a long time.
Which is a good thing because it's 
going to be awhile before we do another
one of these.
At least one of this magnitude.
:)

~Pinterest~

I know it's been around for awhile and

you could say I have a tendency to get stuck in 

the dark ages electronically but......

I HAVE JUST DISCOVERED:

How did I not know how amazing this is?

I am loving it!

I'm still learning the navigation around it

and all but I know the basics....obviously-

I've pinned over a hundred things in a couple days.

My little guy's birthday party is Saturday and I 

am knee deep in pirate stuff.

Pinterest has supplied me with soooo many

ideas and solutions to ideas that I already had in my head

but didn't quite know how to carry out. 

Here are a few of them:

These ships from icandyhandmade.

(click on pictures to go to blogs)

 

How amazing are these?

This is the main thing I was trying to figure

out how to do when I started searching.

Tables turned into ships at

designdazzle 

 Kitchen table turned into a ship at

wants and wishes design shop on etsy.

This is actually a kit you can purchase but

I think I'm going to try and wing it for the party.

These bottles and punch dispenser at 

karaspartyideas

And that's just a peak!

A friend of mine told me that Pinterest

is like "Internet crack and heroine" .

Addicting and hard to stop......

she wasn't exaggerating.

Want to see my pins?

click here.