i am currently working on my daughter's 6th birthday party.
she loves woody and jessie from toy story.
since i'm not into the commercial "character" stuff,
we are leaning toward a cowgirl/cowboy theme.
here are the invitations:
i wrapped bandana scrapbook paper around the invite,
but first i punched a hole for jessie to peak through.
once you slide the paper off, here is the invite!i love the different fonts and sizes.
i've been seeing a lot of this lately and think it looks so great!
coming soon... party reveal
there will lots of bandanas, cow print, & horseshoes!
the bride i created these programs for wanted
hot pink, black & a fleur de lis.
i really liked the black cardstock i used.
it was a leatherette and i think it made the finished product a little more "edgy".
the fleur de lis is also cut out of the black
using the cricut.
i like that it adds a little more texture than just printing it on.
i also did some coordinating table numbers.
the bride had frames that she put them in on each table.
the tiny polka dots on the stripe really make these cute!
since we did a baseball nursery for ben,
we decided to have that be the theme for his
1st birthday.
the invitation
decorations and details
sign sending people to the backyard
happy birthday banner
it's hard to get a good picture because it was so long!
i alternated pictures of him at each month
and the letters of happy birthday
the food
home plate cake
i set up a concession stand out of
two windows in our porch
the desserts
i made the cake pops, cake and chocolate marshmallows
the cookies are from just-iced on etsy
the ballpark concessions
the cotton candy cones were a big hit...
but the hot dog vendor made the party!
i am one banner
games
pin the ball on the bat
perfect pitch
(try to throw 4 balls through the hoop)
pinata
party favors
bats and assorted balls
his shirt says BEN
and then around the ball says "i am one" & "birthday boy"
i ordered it from my personalized tshirt on etsy
she also made the custom shirts from ben's birth announcement.
it was very rainy all day so i didn't get to decorate the yard as much as i would've liked. but it didn't rain during the party so i'm not complaining!
a couple ideas that i didn't do:
*vases with dirty baseballs and a ribbon around
*play a baseball game and have t-shirts made up
*a scoreboard made to look like the one at wrigley field
*have all the guests sign a baseball
one of my favorite guys is turning 3!
my nephew brayden is having a "choo choo" party.
i wanted to make something special for the party so i put together this banner.
all the pieces were cut on the cricut using
"mini monograms"
the engine and caboose were just bigger squares.
then i cute the engine shape from the square.
i think the coal is super cute!
i just cut out a scalloped square (a little smaller than the train car)
and then cut the square in half and glued it so that just the scallops show.
happy birthday brayden!
the girls' room has been 90% done for about 6 mths now.
there are just a couple of little projects that i needed to finish.
the first one was making something to hang over each bed.
we had wooden initials up, but they just weren't really substantial enough. i remembered seeing a project awhile back (sorry i didn't bookmark it so i'm not sure who did the original) where she put scrapbook paper in a frame and then put a letter on the outside of the glass. i really liked that idea so i went out and found a frame at hobby lobby.
i forgot to take a before picture, but it was dark brown with gold details. i knew i wanted the oval shape so i just spray painted it.
the next problem was that the frame was too big to use scrapbook paper. i thought i was pretty smart and decided i could use wrapping paper instead.
after way too many trips to different stores in search of the perfect paper i realized that i could use fabric!
(my 3 babies have sucked out all my brains. i know that this would not have taken me 2 weeks to think of before kids)
so i used the styrofoam from inside the frame and roughly cut out the same shape just a little bigger.
then i used my cricut to cut out the letters (this time i did use scrapbook paper)
i used a black stamp pad to darken the edges of the letters so that they would stand out when they were against the busy background.
i used foam squares to attach the letter to the glass so that it would be even more 3d
once it was all put back together here is what it looked like:
ben's 1st birthday is coming up, and we are doing a baseball theme since that is how we decorated his nursery.
and thought they'd be perfect! i also used the walls in his room as inspiration for the colors. (check it out:http://bethkruse.blogspot.com/2010/02/baseball-room.html )
my sister is great and is (patiently) teaching me how to use illustrator. so this is my first real attempt....well i attempted and then she redid everything! actually she walked me through it but then had to do some work to make it a bit more printable. i don't know, something about my photos being about 10,000 times too big. whatever. i used to change her diapers so she owes me.
i am so excited about all the plans for this party so check back soon to see all the details!
i'm also hoping it will motivate some of the house projects i've been meaning to finish...er...start!
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