Sneak Peak of our Mario Party

Well, our Mario party went off this weekend without a hitch. The sun was shining the whole time (which was wonderful for a day calling for rain!) and we survived our sleepover with a bunch of 7-year old boys!! 

I have been super busy working on a new party for a client, (and recovering from a weekend full of mayhem, ha!) so I have barely had time to even look at the pictures from the party, but I promise, once I do you will be the first to see :)

If you follow me on Instagram (@Nestling_Designs) then you have seen the sneak peeks I have been throwing out there the past couple of weeks. Here they are now:

I got my spray-paint on and turned PVC pipes into some gorgeous green Mario pipes:

One of my favorite things from the party : Yoshi tongues!!:

Painted 140 yoshi eggs. Maddening, but worth it in the end ;)

Enjoyed all the happy mail that came in. Like these:

I am in love with how our food tents came out. It was my first time doing a vertical version, and I am hoping to set the trend to do some more :)

Showing that our love of Fat Tire has finally come in handy LOL:

Getting our goody bag-stuffing on:

Making magic at 6am for the birthday boy and his friends:

So. Many. Mustaches:

I can not wait to show off all the details soon!

xo,

Rachel

Weekend

We are coming down from a long weekend. The kids had no school on Friday or Monday, so there was lots of play to be had here :)

I started work on a custom job for a client. She wants an invitation for a more "fancy" baby shower. The colors are baby blue & brown, with a mix of traditional and modern elements. Here's a sneak peak of one of the options I worked on:

{the right side is the back to the invite. It's on my to-do list to start offering more of these in my shop - I really think the added element adds so much to the look}

We have family up in Madison, Wisconsin who just had a baby in November, and finally made the trip up there to see her (and her sister who was visiting from Florida). 

{Life with two boys, tends to lead to a lot of trucks!}

Last year we decided to try to take one short trip each month to a new city, so we used this trip as January's and squeezed in a little exploring as well: 

{because rockcandy after exploring a cave is a MUST}

Spent some much needed time with cousins:

...and, of course, hit up the indoor pool :)

...Something you appreciate in weather like this:

Jason and I brought home a little souvenir of different local beers (because, can you really go wrong with a name like fat squirrel???)

Back home it was business as usual - the cats tore into our bag of dirty clothes as soon as we got home.

Maybe the missed us? ha! 

We also bought a few accessories to start fixing up the kitchen a bit. I'm really trying to stick to my resolution and focus on the smaller details, one by one. 

So that was our weekend in a nutshell - how was yours?

xo,

Rachel