Photo Credit: Amy Atlas

Mmmmm, isn't that a delicious photo to wake you up on a Monday morning? Don't those colors, textures, and designs just scream wonderful things at you? I know they do for me- totally makes me want to go make something in my craft room!

 If you're in need of some inspiration to start your week, or if you just want places beyond scrapbooking blogs to look to for inspiration, why not try out a few party planning or wedding blogs? They're full of all kinds of lovely photos, guaranteed to make your creative mind go haywire with possibilities.

Here are a few of my favorites:

• Style Me Pretty- a simply gorgeous (and very prolific) wedding blog that includes photos of everything from the stationery suite to little details like placecards. 
• The Inspired Bride- photos of weddings, DIY projects, and a selection of color palettes that's not to be missed.
• 100 Layer Cake- inspiration boards, wedding and engagement photo shoots, and DIY projects are the hallmark of this lovely blog.
• The Sweetest Occasion- a more general event planning blog, ranging from birthdays to showers to weddings.
• Birthday Girl- Inspiration boards for parties of all kinds, photo shoots of real parties, and links to all kinds of other goodies.
• Tomkat Studio- Gorgeous blog of a small business that creates both custom and pre-designed printable party decoration packages.
• Hostess With the Mostess- another beautiful party-planning blog full of inspiration boards and real party photos.
• Amy Atlas- blog of the dessert-buffet designer extraordinaire herself- not to be missed!
• The Party Dress- party and holiday decorating ideas, including tons of inspiration boards.

Yum!! Now I need to make cupcakes after work today. :)

Weekend Wanderings

This weekend we wandered to Nashville to celebrate my Dad's birthday (it's actually on Wednesday) with my family. I made cupcakes (of course!!) and we also made these awesome stuffed shells (recipe by Pioneer Woman).

We stayed at Jon and Beth's house, so we got to see plenty of this little bean, who was all smiles most of the time (except for that two hour stretch Saturday when Darren and I watched her while Beth and Jon were at the hospital making sure Beth didn't actually have a blood clot in her leg- then she screamed like a wounded wampa).

But by the next morning she was all smiles again, sitting happily in her chair on the kitchen floor while J and I (and later Beth) worked on breakfast for everyone.

Okay, so she's just cute all the time. :)

Happy early birthday, Dad!

Friday Favorites

Hola, everyone, and welcome to another edition of Friday Favorites! I've got some fun goodies to share with you today, so let's get to it!

From left to right:

• Take a peek (come on, you know you want to!) inside Moline's craft room, thanks to Crafty Storage. Love the white furniture and walls with the pops of color in the accessories.
• Paperclipping has a great article full of tips for purchasing Halloween scrapbooking supplies.
• Lexi Bridges shares this adorable mitten-shaped mini-album on the Crate Paper blog.
• Learn to make these cute Halloween treat bags at Pink Paislee.
• Tomkat Studio posted a tutorial showing how to make this adorable cake bunting. 
• If you're looking for another way to display your photos, you'll definitely want to check out this project by Jen Jockish on the American Crafts blog.
• Visit Blume to see this super cute mini album page made using part of a baseball card sheet protector.
• Find directions for making your own travel journal at The Creative Place.
• This photo from Oh, Hello Friend is just too pretty not to share. Click through to see more photographs of Tabitha Emma's collections.

Have a scrappy weekend, everyone! I'm off to see my parents tomorrow to celebrate my Dad's birthday!