Put A Bird On It: winter

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Mommy & Me ... Guest Post by Whitney from Polish & Pipsqueaks

Hey, birdies! I am so happy to welcome Whitney from Polish & Pipsqueaks. I love Whitney's blog, because she is all about "real women doing real things." Her fashions are always AFFORDABLE and her pipsqueak is too cute for words.

We are doing a blog swap, so I'll be over at Polish & Pipsqueaks today. Come say HI and see what I am posting! {hint: it has to do with West Elm and lots of metallic polka dots!}

See you next week!

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Hey guys! I'm Whitney from Polish & Pipsqueaks and I am delighted to be guest posting on Put a Bird on It today! I just love all the creative and fun posts Daniela has to share here and of course her sweet little pipsqueak Ava that is just to die for! I am so excited for 2014 because I know this year will be AMAZING! Life is good isn't it?

I wanted to share a fun outfit post of Ruby and I playing in the snow and bringing in the New Year with a little gold tinsel... because who doesn't love a little sparkle? Come by and check us out!

Outfit details Whitney //Shirt: Target (in stores only) $11.98//Pants: Gap//Shoes:ON SALE! Old Navy//

Ruby //Coat: Gap//Sweater: Old Navy (similar)//Pants: OshKosh//Boots: Target//

Happy 2014!

xoxo

Whit

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Thanks, Whitney for sharing with us your festive outfit idea! Ava has those boots from Target. They are awesome! Perfect for Utah winters.

Here are a couple of my favorite posts from Polish & Pipsqueaks:

Dirty Secret

Mint Limeade

Be sure to drop by Polish & Pipsqueaks and say hello!

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Hot Cocoa Bar for Ava's First Birthday Party

Ava turned one yesterday! Her birthday party didn't have a theme, really, but I tried to use pink, gold, burlap, chalkboard and polka dots! Ha, like I said, not much of a theme, more of all my favorite things. I'll share the different projects I made throughout the week. Today, I'm sharing the Hot Cocoa Bar. This was my favorite part! Ok, favorite part besides Ava opening presents and feeding daddy cake. It was suuuuuuper cold the night of her party. It was amazing of our family to even come out in this weather! I wanted to keep everyone toasty and comfy during the party. A hot cocoa bar seemed like the perfect thing! For the hot cocoa, I used this crockpot recipe from Mrs. Happy Homemaker. She is not lying when she calls it THE BEST ever. My husband RAVED about it the entire night and sent me a text the next day saying he was craving that cocoa! Click the link to get the recipe. And be sure to PIN IT for later. No lie - you will WANT it and LOVE it.

Here are the pics and a list of the toppings I used. I want to see pics of your hot cocoa bar!

I used chalkboard placecards to label the different toppings. I just made them with chalkstock {chalkboard cardstock - my new best friend!}. The cute silver scoops I got from Zurchers, which is our local party store. I added the polka dot craft tape to the handles to help them go along with the theme!

TOPPINGS

caramel bits

chocolate chips

peanut butter chips

coconut

peppermint Andes mints chips

cinnamon

mini marshmallows

mini candy canes

chocolate hazelnut Pirouettes

whipped cream

If you wanted an Ela Classic, you would do the following:

Cocoa

Peanut Butter Chips

Cinnamon

Whipped Cream

Andes Peppermints

Candy Cane {on the side}

Pirouette

Stripey Straw

YUM!

We are going to the store to get more ingredients to make more cocoa tonight!

Merry Christmas!

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