Thursday, October 29, 2009

celebrating four






thank you for all the happy birthday wishes the other day. we had a wonderful day, just the family and will be continuing the celebration over the weekend with family and friends. or maybe next weekend, as we are expecting heavy rain and thunderstorms this weekend, and we really want to have the party in the garden.

four years. amazing. everybody says it the fun age. so i am looking forward to a double-up happy hour (or year, who's counting?) in this house.

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i decorated our living room with garlands made out of their old paintings. not all, of course, but i have a bunch of paintings, very colorful. honestly, with the speed they produce paintings i must admit i don't feel a need to save them all. at all. especially since they usually seem indifferent to the finished product - it's the process that matters to them, the having fun. so, i cut them up and folded triangles, attached them to green cotton yarn, and voila! pretty and colorful garlands filled our living room. they are still there - we still have some celebration to do - but i am not sure if i will take them down just yet anyway. i really like them. and this is anyway our fun year, right?

11 comments:

  1. I love these garlands. So pretty and colourful -and a great way to reuse and still show off your boys artwork!
    Again, happy birthday to your little (or should I say 'big') ones :-)

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  2. Such a creative idea for garlands!!!
    I love the first pic:)
    Happy Celebrations ( I hope the rain is not going to last...)

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  3. I love the garlands; I'd leave them up too!

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  4. They look just perfect. What an inspiration to use their very own art for decorations, couldn't imagine a better use. Happy fun year!

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  5. happy birthday to both your boys! what a great idea to use their paintings in such a fun and festive way!

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  6. My best wishes to the birthday boys!
    The garlands look super :-)

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  7. four is fun! i have a five coming up in a few weeks. love the change from wee one to big kid. :)

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  8. Love the garland! My kind of birthday that keeps on celebrating. Happy Belated 4th Birthday my little friends. xoxo

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  9. What a great way to use their art. The production pace is overwhelming sometimes. The room looks fantastic.

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  10. a little late hieperdepiep hoera. i love handmade garlands!

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  11. that is a truly inspired use of the paintings! i'd leave them up for a long, long time!!!

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