Ain’t it purty? The Baconator is so funny because now he wants another one too (copycat!).

So do you have any plans for the long weekend? I have serious plans to sit my butt on the couch and do absolutely nothing. Well, I may actually work on some of the upcoming things I have planned for the blog and my website. I think everyone who reads and owns (or is thinking of starting) a business is really going to love what’s in store. I thought I was going to be able to debut some of them September 1st but it just didn’t work…not enough time to get all of my thoughts worked out. Plus we are going to Disney World on Fall break (less than a week, can you believe it’s almost Fall?) so I didn’t want to break things up I had planned. The Baconator and I bought our costumes while we were out today for Mickey’s Not so Scary Halloween…we are going as nerds. It is going to be great! We still have the get the costumes for the kids so I may roll off the couch for that this weekend. Hope everyone has a good one!

Oh and I have some really cool things coming to the blog over the next month. I actually hope to start in September (if I can get everything organized and ready to go). More info soon! Off to watch two episodes of the Gilmore Girls then to bed.

Today I got a chance to sit down (in my new craft space) and finish my inspiration book. I love the idea of having an inspiration board but it’s just not feasible because I need something I can carry around with me from the office and home. I have really been inspired recently by interior spaces…I have a slight obsession with DIY and interior design magazines. I thought it would be nice to put them all in a book that I can flip through when I am feeling a bit uninspired. I happen to have two notebooks so I gave one to Gia so she could join me. She loves when we do “craft projects” together.

I just took white cardstock and glued all of the things I had previously cut out onto each one and put them in sheet protectors. Then I took a plain recycled binder and covered it with fabric using a tacking spray. Unfortunately, I ran out of spray so we had to improvise with Gia’s – she ended up just using my crayons to color all over it and it turned out great.

I didn’t get any photos of Gia’s book, I think she got bored after the first page and gave up on the inside. I decided that I am going to use it to put her artwork from school in.

I have to say that the store was a little warm but the overall look was very pretty. The designer in me had to look at the logo and branding, which was consistent and nice. The cupcakes (which is what really counts) were yummy. We got a chocolate banana, red velvet, chocolate chocolate, their original, mint chocolate chip and lemon. Their cake was very good and more like a pound cake consistently which I love. All in all I think we are going to make stopping there a weekly occurrence when we make the trek up to Whole Foods.

Anyone know of any other cupcakeries in the Buckhead area?

Oh and I also have some cool news and venture coming soon so stay tuned for the announcement. I am going to try and get all of the final touches by Monday (if not sooner) so hopefully I will be able to share soon!

For the cupcake toppers, I printed and cut out all of his favorite wrestlers and glued toothpicks on the back. I didn’t have time to make the cupcakes so I went to a local bakery near my office (if you follow me on Twitter, you know which one I mean). They did an awesome job and the cupcakes tasted yummy. I opted for red and white icing with black liners to match the WWE logo.

I went simple on the decorations..red, white and black balloons and then matching plates, napkins and cups. I knew most of the time the kids would be in the pool, that was the crowd pleaser anyway. If you know me then you know I am deathly afraid of rubber balloons…mylars I can handle but something about the anticipation of those rubber balloons pooping scares the beegeez out of me! Since The Baconator was stuck in traffic I decided to brave it and carefully stuffed 3 bunches into the backseat of my Jeep. I was driving about two miles an hour all the way home, it was almost ridiculous but I made it!

And onto the photos…

Blakers enjoying the pool!

Pawpaw with the littlest ones (Memphis & Tristan).

Gia is such a crazy nut in the pool, she runs around screaming “Cannonball!” and then jumps in. She can’t swim yet but that little floaty bathing suit keeps her above water pretty good. I love this set of shots.

Don’t you love the deck? We absolutely do! Heather’s husband Tommy did an awesome job.

Got LOADS of photos to post this weekend so watch for those. I know we are going to be in the pool for most of the day tomorrow since Xander’s BFF Deione is spending the night. He recently moved out of the neighborhood so they are spending some serious boy bonding time (and apparently that includes swimming). It sucks that he moved because they have been BFF’s for like 3 years. Hopefully they will be moving back soon. At least they are still in one class together at school. Can you tell I am in random talk mood? It is so late I am almost delirious so before I start making absolutely no sense I am hitting the hay!