Crazy birthday weekend and a great new kit from Hummie

Six? Really? My daughter is six already? Part of me feels like it was yesterday she was born and another part of me can't believe I was ever anything but a Mommy. Her birthday happened to fall on the weekend so she was able to have a party on the actual day this year. We took her and 5 of her closest friends to a local pottery place and they all got to paint a piece of pottery to keep. They are all very crafty kids so it was a big hit. This year Lynn wanted me to make her cake instead of buy it. She wanted a tall princess cake with towers. It had to be decorated pink and purple but she wanted one blue tower up on top. Oh, and the towers had to have flags of course. Too bad she has no clue what she wants, huh? *L* So here is the final result. Keep in mind it's the first big cake I decorated. I love to bake, but I usually don't go all out in the decorating department. However, it was fun making the flags since I digital scrapped them *LOL*

And here's the birthday girl with her cake ...
*sigh* It's hard to see them grow sometimes. My youngest is going to be 2 this summer and then I have no babies. And he is my last so it can be tough sometimes. But there is always something new and fun about each age (at least for now *L*).

The whole weekend was hectic, with Lynn's birthday came 2 parties, the kids pottery party and a small family gathering at my Mom's where we all got to have yummy corned beef and cabbage in honor of Saint Patrick's Day. And one of her BFF's was born on Saint Patrick's Day so there was a bowling party to attend too. I had fun but I'm glad it's over. I was so stressed the cake would come out bad, or I would forget the goodie bags, or I'd get there and realize I never brought the forks or something. I'm such a worry-wart.

As opposed to rambling on more about my crazy week I would like to show you something. Over at Hummie's World forum we had a discussion about how there was an abundance of "cartoony" St. Patrick's Day kits but nothing that was really about Irish culture and just pretty. Silly leprechaun hats and giant four leaf clovers have their place but I kept hoping for a kit to scrap pictures expressing our heritage not just about one day. I asked...and Hummie delivered. How great is that? Check out this beautiful kit she made as an add-on to her already wonderful Heritage kit. She posted a freebie Celtic cross on her blog and you can click the image to purchase the whole kit.

And here is the first layout that I have done with the kit.

I used an Andrea Gold template (#209) but took the flowers out.
Hummie's Irish Heritage Add-on Kit (link above)
The fonts are Minya Nouvelle and Lucida Handwriting