Norah’s First Birthday

Where does time go?! I know I say that  a lot but I can not keep up with how fast my children grow!!
With that being said, we had a blast at Norah’s party. I did a Dr. Seuss theme and it turned out so cute (if I do say so myself lol).
Here’s the pictures!

Invitation

I baked/cooked for about 12 hours the friday before. It’s a lot of work but I would MUCH rather make everything than buy a cake and food somewhere! (I had lots of help from little hands, too)

These are the sketches I made for decorations throughout the house. The are for sale on my etsy site if you want them!!

I had Dr. Suess quotes hanging throughout the house, too. I just realized I took all of these pictures at the same angle! haha

More decorations

Craft! Cat-in-the-hat masks! they were more of a success than I thought!

Party Favors. Thanks to my M-I-L these were Target dollar section specials!! What are the odds we would find Dr. Suess stuff just before the party?! Best favor bags EVER!

The queen’s throne. Highchair banner.

FOOD!

I got all of the paper designs on Etsy… $5 for everything!! SCORE!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY sweet Norah! We love you!! :)

I think I found the boots I want

Emmitt by Steve Madden!

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They look like the perfect color I have been looking for. Tall, skinny, and without a lot of buckles and clips (I don’t like too much going on). I also wanted something that would make my legs and feet look smaller than they are. I think these will do it since it isn’t too big around the leg. Oh! and I also didn’t want to spend a FORTUNE!!
Hopefully I can go try them on soon and I will still love them!!

Fall Fashion List

These are on my list of must-haves this fall!
mint pants!

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brown riding boots
I havent found a pair the pair yet, but here is something like what I want

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boot socks!

head scarfs

wrap scarfs

I am totally obsessed with this look!!

Wish List

Here’s a new item on my wish list (at least my photography wish list) lol

Asian Lettuce Wraps

These are one of our favorite meals during the week!! It is super simple and very yummy. The recipe can be found here at Eating Well.com

Speaking of Hobbies

Okay, enough blog business. Here’s a fun post!
Back in March I received this old bookshelf from my husband’s grandmother’s house. She passed away and so we were able to go through and find things that we wanted. I spotted this shelf and knew it had some potential!

It really didn’t need much work. Just a little putty to fill some holes and a little sanding here and there.

She got to become a beautiful green color with some new knobs and I modge podged the drawers with some print paper.

Unfortunately, I can’t put anything on the shelves yet since little hands can reach it but it will one day have some pictures and nick-knacks on it

Blog makeover

Now that I am back, I needed an overhaul on my look. Do you like it? I do. I am loving teal these days and the gray background is simply clean and crisp (in my opinion anyways).
I’ve also deleted and added a few things on the sidebar. I took off all of the couponing sites. Unfortunately I don’t do that anymore. It was fun when I did but it is utterly consuming of all time and I HAVE to learn to pick and choose these days.
As you can see by my new title picture, I have several hobbies and I can’t pick my favorite! I think I could be a thousand times better at photography, or painting, or sewing, or design, or crafting… etc if I would just focus on one. Maybe it’s a form of ADD, I don’t know, but I get all pumped and into one project then get bored with that media and jump to another. Oh well, that’s just me, I am coming to grips with the fact that I will be okay or good at several things rather than excellent at just one. Maybe that will change one day, but for now, I will continue to dabble in all sorts of hobbies to keep my mind and creative side engaged!
Hope you enjoy the new blog!! :)

JGPhotography Shop on Etsy!!!

I opened an etsy shop a few weeks ago and I am so excited about it. I absolutely adore Etsy so I am thrilled to be a part of it. Now, if only I can get some sales!! lol
Click here to visit my shop!

Home made Pizza

YUMMMM!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE pizza! Why I have not made my own pizza dough before today, I do not know, but it is so stinking easy and so good! I got the recipe from Food Network’s Making it Easy cook book. I simply added some Italian seasoning to the dough just for a little something extra.
Normally, I am a cheese and pepperoni only kinda gal but I decided to venture out and get fancy tonight. I put just a little sauce, chopped tomato, fresh mozzarella cheese crumbles, prosciutto, and then sprinkled some basil on once it was done cooking. Wow! was it good. I am not sure if I will be able to wait for dinner tomorrow to eat my left overs

Hello Out there!!

Is anyone still listening??

I doubt it.

Despite the fact I have probably lost all of my readers (as if I really had any..) I have begun to feel the itch to get back into blogging. I used to love it! Why I lost my groove over the past year, I can’t really put my finger on it, but I think it has to do with one main factor:

I don’t really always feel like I can live up to the title of my blog, “Suzie Home-maker”. I feel like that name has such a precedent associated with it that I can’t keep up with. I fail miserably as a house wife daily. Our house is a wreck continuously, I don’t cook often enough or as healthy as I would like, I don’t get to spend enough time in the craft room as I would like…. When I realized I was trying harder to keep up with the stigma behind my blog name than focusing on my precious babies and actually doing some of those things rather than blogging about them, the blogging got put on the back burner. Now that Norah is a bit older and sleeps so much better I feel better about spending a few minutes at night talking about what’s going on over here.

Anyways, I hope that I can regain a few readers trust that I will do my best to keep my blog going as long as my girls allow me to