Party Inspiration

We have a Birthday coming!!  Clifford will be the main character.  Most everything will be handmade out of an old cardboard box we found out by the trash...wait until you see pics.  It's really getting out of control.  I think I have most everything planned, but I decided to double check for last minute ideas.

This is soap!:

I'm working on a different type of personalized Clifford pillow case, but this may look more professional:

The one request for a cake was that it would be red.  I love this placemat to add a little flare to the red-only cake that "I hope we don't ruin since it seems so easy!":

And, the favors.  We're a little limited here, but I was thinking something like this:

or, this for the adults (only in Clifford theme, of course):

Happy 3rd Birthday, Mr. S!

Ode to Figs

This is part 1, in a (at least 2) multi-part series.
We are having the opportunity to eat several foods that are...well, a little foreign.  This one isn't super crazy, it's just that I've never seen fresh figs at the store to eat.  Our little veg/fruit stand couple were so excited when we asked what this new fruit was.  Of course, their answer was something we didn't understand, but they threw 2 in our bag to try for free.  We had someone show us how to eat them.  SO GOOD!!!
Apparently, these guys are more popular than I thought:

love this!

I need to remember to smell them next time we are at the stand.   This looks amazing!

We were given green ones, the purple figs are coming later this season.

This is it!  And this shop actually made jam...mmm!

AND (not pictured), my favorite, Fig Newtons!!

Next week's fruit: Boysenberry!