Unfortunately, not for my Camryn

Soooo, I thought I'd be able to knock out two piggies during naptime today, but that just didn't happen.  I figured since the piggies were medium and not large, they'd be a piece of cake.  Wrong!  This little piggy's design was incredibly intricate, and I did almost double the work by going over the bolder colors with white to soften them up a little bit.  Well worth the time and effort, in my opinion.  I hope Camryn's mommy-to-be is pleased...she already has great taste in names, so naturally her taste in piggy banks is second to none as well!

Here's the inspiration - Camryn's nursery bedding (Pottery Barn Kids "Wildflower"):

And the coordinating piggy bank:

I've got mouths to feed, so Camryn's little buddy Carson's piggy will have to wait until naptime tomorrow.  If only tonight's dinner would turn out as Fancy as this pig!

Medium piggy banks like Camryn's can be purchased for $15, while large piggies are available for $25.  Don't forget about Fancy Fonts' August Special...buy any two Fancy Fonts products or services and receive 50% off your third!  Email me at karen.psimas@yahoo.com or message me on Facebook for product information or to place an order.

I got a feevah, and the only prescription is more Fancy!

Trying not to let feeling yucky affect my Fancy.  While one child was napping and the other was "napping," I got horizontal on the couch and watched quite a few episodes of "Color Splash."  I loooooove me some David Bromsted, and I think he gave me some motivation to get up and get Fancy.  

I finally finished, framed, and hung the collages for Camryn's big girl room, and I'm so pleased with how they turned out.  I'm even more pleased that the frames I got at Michaels matched the frame I got five years ago and was hoping to use!  Brynn must have heard the snip, snip of the scissors, so I gave her her own paper, scissors, and glue and she worked right beside me.  Here's how my cut and paste turned out (please excuse the sub-par photography...I was balancing on a step stool with two sets of sticky hands pawing at me while trying to duck down to eliminate glares and reflections!):

Jellyfish and starfish, big and small

C is for crab...and Camryn!

Turtle?  Tortoise?  

All three, lined up in a row.  Most likely not in their final destination, but this is where I had three nails, so I went with it!  

This was a really fun project, and I look forward to making a few for Brynn's room as well (naturally, she has requested a blue fish...not a bluefish, but a blue fish).  I was thinking more along the lines of a mermaid.  We'll see who wins this one.  For now, I'm hoping that seeing these pictures hanging in Camryn's room will take the sting out of her nursery (and my time as a baby mama) being gone.

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Project 52: Week 32

I can't help being nostalgic with the celebration of Camryn's 2nd birthday this week.  It doesn't seem like 2 years have passed since my water broke at my friend's daughter's birthday party (don't worry, I was outside on the deck the whole time in case just such an event occurred), and I had to threaten Ryan with violence to get out of bed and take me to the hospital.  I labored rather peacefully through the night at the hospital, and Camryn was born just before dawn.  Since she wasn't my first child, I had a few visitors, but not a constant stream of well-wishers like my first time around.  I spent my vacation hospital stay relaxing, as well as enjoying a 4-game Yankees sweep of the Red Sox.  No wonder I wouldn't mind having another kid!  

Camryn Jane has been such a fun little baby, and she's turning into a firecracker of a little girl.  So hard to believe this is how it all began, just two short years ago:

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So sweet

My sweet Camryn turns 2 tomorrow, but we celebrated her birthday yesterday on the beach with family and a few friends.  Camryn demands enjoys a lollipop whether it's 7am or 7pm, so the theme for her party was clear from the beginning:

I was inspired by a similar invitation from The TomKat Studio on Etsy and got to work using supplies I already had in my big bag of Fancy.  I thought about buying cellophane lollipop bags to put the invitations in, but plastic wrap from my kitchen looked just as cute and was way more free. 

You simply cannot have a lollipop themed party without cake pops!  The girls helped a little:

And then they did some quality assurance before the dipping process began:

With a little bit of inventiveness from Ryan, we used this cute bucket as a serving piece for the pops and stuck the invitation in front to tie it all together:

I used a scaled down version of the invitation to create tags for the big swirl lollipops I used as party favors.  I had intended to tie the tags around the lollipop stick, but decided to tape them to the lollipop like a label instead.  When we got to the beach, we simply filled a bucket with sand and stuck the lollipops right in it to make a fun display (sorry, didn't get a close up shot, but the lollipops are on the left):

Camryn saw her guests leaving with the lollipops and got a little worried, so we let her have hers a little early.  It is her birthday party after all!

What could be better than sharing a giant lollipop on the beach with your big sister?

Easy...being these girls' mommy!  Happy Birthday, Camryn!

Terrific Two's

I cannot believe my baby girl is going to be two this month!  In the past, I've celebrated my wedding anniversary, my birthday, and even my BFF's birthday with a Fancy Fonts special, so I can't let Camryn's birthday go by without letting my Fancy followers in on the celebration.  Drum roll please...

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Project 52: Week 31

While it really was nice to get away for a while, man it felt good to come home!  Granted, feeling 100% good about being home took about 24 hours...the a/c somehow got fried while we were away, so we spent the first night home in a house that was 91 degrees!  The lollipop queen also must have wanted to make sure the ants had plenty to eat while we were gone, so she left a half-eaten Dum Dum on the playroom floor for them before we left.  For a week.  F-ANT-astic!

Regardless, the girls did wonderfully, given the 1600 DVD-free miles they spent in the car and six nights spent away from home.  Here's a few pics from each of our stops:

1st stop, Brooklyn!

 "Da-ee-puh-puh book"  (translation:  caterpillar book)

Fun times in Vanderbilt Park...glad we suited up!

Jam session

Next stop, Cape Cod!

Pretty amazing sunset views from our campsite

 Emelia and Camryn...buddies or Irish twins?

(Left to right - me, Kevin, Brynn) Reliving one of my favorite childhood pastimes at Peters Pond Park...minus the jumping off part!

Next stop, Lancaster, PA!

 Christmas in July at the Horbal/Frederick home

Trimming the tree

The girls didn't take too long to get back into their regular routine, so who knows what adventures lay ahead for the Psimases!  Wally World?  Big Ben?  Parliament?

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Project 52: Week 30

My friend Christina and I met when we were 8 years old, camping with our families at Peters Pond Park in Cape Cod, MA.  When we were leaving that first summer, we exchanged addresses and became pen pals (I believe we called ourselves Pound Puppy Pen Pals because of our obsession with the stuffed animals) until our families went back the following summer.  This tradition continued through college, and ended somewhat abruptly when growing up and getting big girl jobs got in the way of our carefree summer plans.  Christina was a bridesmaid in my wedding six years ago, and with nearly 600 miles between us, that was the last time I saw her.  We've had two daughters each since then, and until last week, they had yet to meet.  

Six years without seeing my Pound Puppy Pen Pal was more than long enough, so we planned a trip back to Peters Pond Park for a long overdue reunion.  It was surreal being back there, especially having my own kids with me this time.  It was incredible to see Christina and meet her fiance and her beautiful babies, and I feel like I can breathe a sigh of relief that I've finally met them and hugged and kissed them.  Now we just have to make sure it doesn't take another six years to see them again!

Brynn and Emelia enjoying their ice cream

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