Dizzney Mania

In April our Church had it's annual dinner auction to benefit the school, religious education program and the Youth and Young Adult ministry program. Once again I was in change of transforming our gym into our version of the Happiest Place on Earth. (So no one thinks I can't spell we decided to spell Disney as Dizzney to avoid any copyright problems in our advertising)

From the beginning I knew I wanted surround the room with silhouettes of some of our favorite Disney character. I was very lucky to have a former teen from my youth group who is an amazing artist. Every silhouette was hand drawn and inspired by a picture she had on her phone. They were amazing.  

To help pull the rest of the theme together I went to Pinterest. (If you would like to view my Pinterest board full of great ideas including the ones I used click here.)  

Enjoy our Dizzney Mania Auction........

Semi full view of the room

One of the auction tables 

This year we had featured premier tables. Premier table holders received a bottle of wine, real serving pieces, two personal waiters and bottled waters. Each table featured a different Disney character or characters.

(Pictured here clockwise: Princess, Minnie Mouse, Mickey Mouse and Goofy)

It all started with a Mouse! Mickey and his better half were our featured characters of course.

The Mickey Mouse theme table. (Pinterest inspired) 

One of the two Disney Princess theme tables. 

The Donald Duck table. I also had a Goofy table, a Minnie table, a Pooh Bear table, an Alice in Wonderland and Tinkerbell Tables. 

These decorations would have never created if it were not for the wonderful people who volunteered to help.  I am very grateful to all of them. They made the week of decorating stress free. Well not totally stress free, I'm not going to lie but they did help to keep my stress to a manageable minimum. 

So now it's time to gather ideas for our auction next year. We've decided to go to the Islands! Now my mind is focused on grass skirts, coconuts  and tiki tourches. 

Until next time,

Karri 

Happy Easter & an Easter Edition Link Party

We had a wonderful Easter weekend, I hope all of you did also.  

We began on Friday with the annual cross walk held by the Youth & Young Adult Ministry at church. On Good Friday the ministry host a Stations of the Cross walk at a local park. This is one of my favorite events to put together and I was so excited that this year we had the largest turn out ever.  (I'm sorry that I can't share any pictures since they all have teens in them and I don't have permission from their parents but trust me there were a lot of teens.) 

Saturday we decorated eggs. Jacob was available for the first picture then he had to leave. As we are setting up he showed me what he thought was a bite on his arm. It was huge, red and hard as a rock so we decided to take him to emergency. Jim and my Dad took him and all ended well, he has an infection in the tissue of his arm due to a scrape he had received earlier. The doctor gave him antibiotics and by the end of the evening the swelling was down considerably. 

Now back to the egg decorating, Alexa had a blast. I loved watching her get so excited as the eggs became a new color. She really loved adding stickers to them after they dried.

Jim and I attended the Easter Vigil on Saturday evening. Since my Mom & Dad stayed home with the kids it was just Jim & I. A friend of ours called it "Date Night at the Easter Vigil". At first is seemed funny but as mass went on I thought, this is really a perfect date for Jim & I. It has been so long since we have been able to enjoy mass as a couple without kids. I especially valued our time after communion when we could kneel and pray together for our kids, family and friends. It was just the three of us - me, Jim & God. It was perfect!

Alleluia! Alleluia! He is Risen! 
Easter Sunday we hosted a wonderful lunch at our home with both sides of the family but first Jacob and Alexa posed for the mandatory annual Easter photo by the tree!

Here are a few pictures from the Easter decorations. 

Egg Hunt Time!!! Our family has a no age limit egg hunt every year. We fill eggs with money, candy and prize tickets. Everyone brings prizes for all age levels. We let the little ones have first crack at the eggs and then it's a free full all for everyone else. 

Thank you for visiting our Easter Celebration! 

Now let's make this a link party - I would love to see how you celebrated your Easter!! Link Away!!!

Until next time,

Karri

Our Favorite Things Link Party #29

One last link party to end 2013. There have been so many great projects linked up over the last 29 weeks.
If you would ever like to take a look at all 29 weeks of posts together in one place just click here.
This week has been a crazy week both at home and on the blog. I was very excited to see many of my regulars returning for another week and this week I also have many new blogger joining the party. Welcome and Happy New Year to all.

Here are my highlights this week.

Danee from It's Raining Jelly Beans shared the incredible gift tags she made. I think they are so beautiful.

Terra from Sunshine and Stovetops  shared a very yummy recipe for granola. 

And finally Audra from Reduce, Reuse, Renewed took a old fashioned wooden horse and made it into her daughter's dream, a My Little Pony. I love this one of a kind gift she was able to create. 

Thank you ladies for sharing your wonderful post. Feel free to grab my button for your blog and be sure to share some new posts this week.

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Now for this weeks party:
Here are the rules
Rule #1 Please add my blog button or a link code in your post.

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Rule #4 Enjoy yourself and visit often. The party will be open to links from today to Friday.

Until next time,
Karri

Our Favorite Things Link Party #28

So are you ready for Christmas? I'm happy to report I have one more food gift to prepare and then I'm done. I'm so excited I don't have to spend tomorrow in any stores. It is going to be a mad house.

To enjoy last week's link party full of great ideas for the holidays just click here.

Now for my favorites:
Erin from Kaminski's Creations shared her Jingle Bell Jar she used to reward her daughter when she showed good behavior. I'm thinking of trying something like this with Alexa next Christmas.

Elena from A Casarella  shared a Holiday Gift Wrapping Party. Her party looked like it was so much fun and she was so organized her guests had everything they could possibly need to create beautifully wrapped gifts.

Diana from Diana Rambles shared a recipe for Apple Crisp Baked Brie. They say a picture says a thousand words will check out this picture. I think the word Yumm! x 1000 is perfect.

Thank you ladies for sharing your wonderful post. Feel free to grab my button for your blog and be sure to share some new posts this week.

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Here are the rules
Rule #1 Please add my blog button or a link code in your post.

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Rule #4 Enjoy yourself and visit often. The party will be open to links from today to Friday.

Until next time,
Karri

Our Favorite Things Link Party #27

Hello everyone and welcome to Our Favorite Things Link Party #27 (check out last weeks here). Before we begin this week's party I want to share some of my favorites from last week.

Karen from Bargain-ista shared this great holiday centerpiece.

Carrie from Crafty Moms Share linked up a great post with tons of ideas to celebrate the Nativity of our Lord. 

Audra from Reduced, Reuse, Renewed shared her homemade fire starter ideas.

Enjoy checking out theses and the other amazing posts that were linked up. Ladies thank you for sharing and feel free to grab my button.

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Now for this weeks party:
Here are the rules
Rule #1 Please add my blog button or a link code in your post.

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Rule #2 Please follow My Life's a Treasure on GFC, RSS Feed, Google + or Facebook.
Rule #3 Please take time to visit a few of the other party guests and leave them a comment. Everyone loves comments.
Rule #4 Enjoy yourself and visit often. The party will be open to links from today to Friday.

Until next time,
Karri

Our Favorite Things Link Party #26

A few days ago a friend informed me there was 20 days left until Christmas. That was 3 days ago. Now I'm down to 17. I'm actually pretty prepared for the upcoming holiday, I just can not believe how quickly it's getting here.
Last week's link party was filled with the greatest ideas for holiday decorating, gift giving and the yummiest recipes. Thank you to everyone who linked up and welcome to all the new comers.

Barb from Second Chance to Dream shared her beautiful decorated front porch. I love the sled she used.

Ilda from I Love Doing All Things Crafty made these gorgeous Christmas trees. They look better then ones I've seen in stores. 

Who can pass up potatoes and cheese. That is one of the all time best combinations. Nici from Posed Perfection share her recipe for cheesy mashed potatoes. 

 

And last but not least Brooke from Blissful Roots shared the fun Christmas Countdown she made. I love all the glitter.

Thank you ladies for sharing your wonderful ideas. Please feel free to grab my button for your blog. 

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Until next time,
Karri

Our Favorite Things Link Party #25

It's a Silver Anniversary for the Our Favorite Things Link Party. Yes that's right it's number 25. Now if you missed all the wonderful goodness of party number 24, check it out here.

Now to this week's features:
Alecia from Chicken Scratch NY made this adorable Christmas Countdown Tree for her niece. I love the pink tree.

Donna from HoliMess shared the greatest story from her childhood. I couldn't stop smiling after I read it.  

Mary from Mary's Kitchen shared the most delicious Strawberry Shortcake recipe. My mouth is still watering.

Oh ladies I know you know the drill - grab my button for your blog and thanks again for sharing your fun posts.

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Now for this weeks party:
Here are the rules
Rule #1 Please add my blog button or a link code in your post.

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Rule #2 Please follow My Life's a Treasure on GFC, RSS Feed, Google + or Facebook.
Rule #3 Please take time to visit a few of the other party guests and leave them a comment. Everyone loves comments.
Rule #4 Enjoy yourself and visit often. The party will be open to links from today to Friday.

Until next time,
Karri