Joey's 9th Red Carpet Birthday

We celebrated my oldest's birthday earlier in August. She came up with the theme for "red carpet." She always has the idea, then let's me run with it (which I adore about her, plus she is so cute). Her Auntie took her for a makeover before hand and she looked the part as she came up the red carpet! Which by the way, is just red plastic table cloth duct taped to the sidewalk. 

 

All photo credits go to the lovely Sasha. 

Her website coming soon at Seymour of Life Photography.

Mini surprise party

This past weekend we threw a mini surprise party for one of besties! We all went out to dinner first then we snuck back and decorated her hotel room in about 15 minutes before she came in! It was a perfect something extra to the b-day celebration. A few balloons and zebra print streamers went a long way! I made cupcake toppers out of all her favorite singers/bands and incorporated songs lyrics for birthday wishes! Definitely original and tons of fun!

pony party

I clearly need to work on my picture taking skills- this party was so adorable and these pictures do not do it justice at all. So disappointing! This brown and pink themed pony party was for my youngest Charlie's 3rd birthday party. The pony clip art was a download from Collective Creation store on Etsy. You can see the invites here.

 Party favors were pony hoodies! DIY coming soon.

Baby shower invites

Love how these turned out! I sketched the fix by hand then scanned it into my computer and colored it digitally. He turned out perfect!

Pony party

The big week of Charlie's 3rd birthday party is here! Here is a peek of the invites. Pony clip art is from etsy and will be all over the party decor! The back of the invites is pink Swiss dot cardstock, I just love the texture!

OLD (fashioned) BIRTHDAY PARTY

I just came across these pictures from last summer! We threw a mini party for my sister in law's 30th. I thought it would be fun to play on the OLD part as the focus and make "fashion" a bit understated. (she thought it was funny) I made  herringbone bow ties from ribbon and elastic. We had spectacles and mustaches on sticks. I used hard caramel candies on the table to add a touch of gold to the black and white theme. The adults enjoyed classic drinks like mint juleps and whisky sours. Super fun!

Super Bowl party table

Pulled it off! I only bought the tablecloth, 3 mini clipboards and the big football bowl- all from the dollar store!

CULTIVATE creativity

One of my goals is to be more creative. I have really put that part of my life away in the recent years. It makes me rather sad because it is such a happy part of my life. I do small things here and there, like handmade holidays. It was like it jump started my creativity. So as part of my one little word journey I am trying to make more time for the things that make my life more full- one of those is creating. Anything.

In the past few days I was reminded that in the fall I declared "Superbowl Party at our house!" Of course now that its this weekend I was panicking because I forgot completely. Then my lovely husband said  that I didn't have to do it, but that he thought it would be fun for me. And his so right (such a smart guy he has a way of often saying things in way that I am blown away by, our thought processes are so different. I am a worrier/analyzer, he is a yes/no man).

So, I sent out the text "5 pm Sunday" and I am challenging myself to throw a party this weekend, here is the kicker- with little to no budget.

So I did the Internet search and made a quick inspiration page. I am going to use what I have- paper/glue/tape, and make the most of it! Inspiration from Party City website here.

Tricks and treats

Over 1000 pieces of candy later we survived Halloween! We had tons of fun and both handmade costumes were a success! Charlie discovered how easy it was to get free candy and drug daddy all over the neighborhood.

My table was a bit lack luster but I was able to deal with it! The candy corn cupcakes made up for it!

Hope everyone had a happy Halloween!

Ready for Halloween

Our house is ready to go tonight! I love Halloween, especially all the cute kiddos in costume. We get tons of trick or treaters in our neighborhood and it is such a fun night!