Our "Annie"

 

Things have been busy around the Reed house. Mostly outside of the Reed house. We are just coming off a week of take-out food every night for the dotters.

I'm so sorry dotters.

You know it is bad when your kids say, can we just eat at home? Nat and I put in an 80 plus hours last week working on Utah Regional Ballet's production of Peter Pan. It was truly a miracle that we pulled off such a complicated ballet in one week...and yes we did fly Peter. Nat built some beautiful masks for the Lagoon scene. As soon as I get pictures I will share.

With all the craziness of last week, Bronwyn had a photo shoot for the Annie poster. As some of you know she was double cast as one of the Annie's in a production that I am directing. (Last week I had my choreographer work the cast to clean all the dance numbers while I was away at Peter Pan.) I thought I would share the cute poster.

My number #1 dotter is doing a terrific job and I hope those of you in Utah will come see the show. She performs on April 23, 25, 30, May 2, 7, 9, 14. Go to the SCERA web page for ticket information. The other Annie, is so darling as well and doing a great job. The cast is fun and my orphans are so good. I'm not sure I mentioned this, but I had 175 girls audition for the show and we cast 19 orphans. It was hard! This area is known for their abundance of talent especially singing and dancing.

Our little Brooklyn (Dotter #2) is an orphan and doing a fabulous job as well. She is such a great dancer and has a good strong singing voice as well. Nat has a cameo as a sound effects man at the top of Act 2 and Bella (Dotter #3) is going to be in the end of NYC. So this is definitely a family affair.

I love that my family and I can share this creative and fun experience together.

THiNk SpRiNG

So it's about that time, when winter seems to be dragging on. Today my little one asked my husband when the pool was going to open up for us to swim. He replied "in about 2 months".....I said are you kidding it snowed last night! As my husband gently reminded me Spring will soon come and Summer will quickly follow. So until that time I have tried to surround myself with happy Spring things.

I needed some Spring in the house. I took an old shabby green toolbox and filled it with white milk glass vases. I just added some pretty daffodils and now it feels like a little Spring planter right in my living room.

I've shown Bronwyn's cute room, but never Brooklyn's and Bella's. I love it because it is so fun and colorful and puts me in a Spring mood.

The girls love the blackboard stickers.

A room for Queens.

DETAILS

My Spring vignette. Layers and white and books and whimsy. It makes me happy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2nd Valentine Party and Cookie Exchange

Just got my proofs back from the lovely Sarah (thank-you) who took pictures at my Valentine Party this year. As I was looking at them tonight it made me realize how much fun it was to host and how many great friends I have. I also ENJOY the many great blog friends I have and would have loved to invited all of you.

This is going to be mostly a pictorial post SO ENJOY!

Red, White and PInk perfect for a Valentine Party....what's a party without lots of fun treats? Used some of my vintage furniture for the party including this shabby shelf and red velvet vintage sofa.

A Vintage red suitcase full of vintage hats for the Photobooth... Fabulous Photobooth pics below

A closeup of the paper collage I made for the party, coffee filters, cupcake liners and paper lanterns.

Milk glass vases with lovely red tulips...my favorite flower.

Pretty pink lemonade in canning jars.....with a sweet Valentine message.

Party Favors for all my Valentine loving girlfriends....got the idea off of Kara's Party Ideas.

 

I love my friend Jana!

Getting our yummy cookie plates ready....

Yummy cookies to take home and share with family and friends.

CRAFT TIME!!

Had a really fun Photobooth on a fabulous red bench with vintage hats and mustaches. Had a lot of fun with this one.

Perfect sofa for Valentines Day!

I (heart) NY

It is always a joy to visit one of my most favorite cities in the world. It is a city that has a pulse like no other. There are many, many, things I love and did but that might take a few posts. For now I will just showcase one of the best stores in NYC, and one that you have probably seen featured a lot before on blogs and magazines, the one and only TINSEL TRADING COMPANY. This is store that has all things beautiful and vintage and I'm talking about things I love, old flower millinery, old trims and lace, old ribbon, wonderful stuff like that. The best thing is this is all new stock. This is stuff that has been literally pulled from boxes, never used before. They had so many wonderful things and needless to say I will not tell you how much I spent. But I will feature some of the different projects I make with my loot.

I actually had a chance to run into someone I really admire. When I went in the store was quite empty and I saw two other women browsing around. One looked very familiar and it was none other than JO PACKHAM of Where Women Create Magazine. It is a Somerset publication and one of my all time favorite magazines. I chatted with her for a few minutes. She was really lovely and so delightful.

 My 3 Seniors graduating in April, I will miss them!

So from this blog post so far you probably think this was a glamorous shopping trip. That really is not the case. I actually took my 3 senior stage management students and we had a chance to meet NY professionals and see some Broadway theatre.




Yes, we did see the famed Spiderman heard about in recent news broadcasts. Many people have asked how it was:
My reply: I have no idea what it is about, I could not name one song, but the SET IS AMAZING! I never seen a set so intricate and complex. They have 8 stage managers and 10 stunt Spidermans! Yeah but don't ask me the story, I don't really remember it!


I could go on and on about NYC but I will not bore you. I think I might post about my Anthropolgie out of body experience. I do love that store, but alas that is for another day.

I wanted to post my OHOW winners:

#93 Lori Diane won the crown
#22 Kristin Dudish won the wreath
#169 Sunshine Shelle won the necklace (all the way from Australia)

Happy Creating!