Bus Birthday

Inspired by a friend's bus birthday for her daughter's third birthday (we'll share that one tomorrow!) - we set up a fun, bus themed party for our oldest daughter last weekend. She had fifteen friends and classmates come over for a Fun Bus party. The Fun Bus has mats, swings, and lots of gymnastics items inside and two instructors kept the kids happily entertained for a whole hour. All we had to do was put together the decorations and prep some lunch and birthday treats for the kids and sit back and wait for the bus to arrive on the party day. One of the easiest parties ever!

Favors included a yellow school bus, some sunglasses and tootsie rolls  - because that is totally how we roll and we all had a wheel good time!!

Lunch was served up snack-size style in ice cube trays. With that many kids, it was easier to give them a little bit of everything to please any and all picky palettes. We included: corn, yogurt covered raisins, goldfish, strawberries, edamame, grapes, teddy grahams, apples, peas, pirate's booty, turkey, pineapple, blueberries and pretzels.

:: ride on ::

Lenny + Eva

:: New in Store ::

Lenny & Eva, salvaged sentiments, are in store now. Leather wraps and necklaces, with sentiments and charms. Clever, interchangeable, surely sentimental and entirely personal. The combinations and options are practically endless. We love this quote above: " The greatest thing she learned is that there's no way to be a perfect mother, but a million ways to be a good one." We agree.

After Chevron Comes What?

We know our clients are not tired of it, and some days we downright love it, but the redundancy of a design or pattern can often become a bit tiresome for us. Especially when we look at paper and products and design every single day. Take chevron, for example. This classic pattern is trending everywhere right now and as with home goods and fashion, stationery is generally right on trend. 

:: blue chevron notepad ::

Flame Stitch too. A cousin of chevron that has more of an organic vibe.

:: flamestitch invitation ::

Ikat abounds and has been on the radar of designers for quite some time.

:: ikat iphone cover ::

Houndstooth has been popping up again this past season and we're wondering if we'll see more of it come fall and winter.

:: houndstooth birth announcement ::

What's next? 

If you know, let us in on the trend to come! 

We would love to play around with some fresh new patterns.

Seriously. 

Basalt {BASH} This Weekend

Join us this weekend in Downtown Basalt!

Fun for Families. 

Fun for Kids.

Fun for All.

And you may even catch a glimpse 

of this beauty while you are there.

That would be another "baby" of the Forsey/Express Yourself family!

:: ride on ::

When Life Hands You Lemons

::  via ::

Yes. You make lemonade. And then, you sit back and drink that lemonade. Soak it up. Take the bitter with the sweet. The sour with a smile.

Life has been handing us lemons lately. And that is OK. But we had to make a decision to let a few things go so that we could take care of business - in a personal way, that is. And the first thing to go was our daily entries on the blog. You may have missed us, or maybe you didn't notice. But either way, we're happy to say that we are happy to be back.

So sit back, pour yourself a tall glass of lemonade, and enjoy.

Day 117: Daily Words

Make it simple yet SIGNIFICANT!

Day 116: Daily Words

If you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen. -Conan O'Brien