Showing posts with label Birthday parties. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birthday parties. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Handmade Birthday Invitations

Well, I am home with a sick little boy today, so I thought I would take advantage of the free time (while he lays on the couch watching Tom & Jerry), to make Kenzee's invitations to her 13th birthday party. Yes, you heard me correctly...I will have a TEENAGER in a matter of days!! So {crazy} for me....

For this celebration she is inviting only her 3 closest friends so making the invitations sounded fun to me :)

Isn't it lovely??
Here are all 3 of them. Each one is a little different.
I love that it has many different patterns & textures.
Buttons & lacy bows ♥♥
For the inside I typed up the wording in a fancy font in word processor & printed it on textured cardstock. Secured with brads.
One last look :)

It feels so much more personal than a store bought invitation. I really like them & I hope Kenzee does too!!

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Twelve at Twilight Party

For my daughter's 12th birthday party we went with a Twilight theme. It was a lot of fun to decorate for. She loved it :)


The Candy Bar. Stocked with cinnamon discs, cherry sours, chocolate kisses, twizzlers, m&m's (red, white & pink) & Twilight chocolates (found at party city). I used glass jars & vases I had on hand & some I found at thrift stores. Edward photo printed off the internet & framed. I put a stem of flowers in the one vase & a black feather boa in the other. The Twilight banner I made using my cricut. Used a twin sized white sheet as the tablecloth.


For the decorations I used all of my daughter's Twilight movies & books. I found the sparkly red stuff & the red rose at Dollar Tree. I sat some little chess game pieces out. We also made some of the tissue paper flowers & poofs to add to the decor.

The Twilight pop up came from Party City & the chocolate rose from Dollar Tree. The white poof is one we made.



I added some leaves to our table and used a white table cloth I had on hand. I found the red runner at a thrift store & the sparkly silver stuff at Dollar Tree. I filled a glass jar with real apples for a centerpiece.

Plates & napkins from Party City. I added an apple to my everyday decor in the hurricane.

She had a Cullen's jersey so we hung it up & sat a tub of softballs under it.

Found all of these adorable glasses at Goodwill. One for each girl. They have an "E" etched in each one of them (for Edward). I sat one of the invitations out. We handmade them with black cardstock. We used the cricut to cut the apples & wrote on the cards with silver paint pen. I added red deco balls to my cloche & put punch in my glass pitcher.

I just ordered a couple of these giant chocolate chip cookies from walmart instead of cake. The girls also had free range of everything at The Candy Bar so they had plenty ;)

For entertainment we played a game with apples & watched the Twilight movies.
It was a great party & I think all the girls had a good time.





Sunday, June 19, 2011

My Birthday Boy & a Party

My "baby" turned 8 today. I cannot believe he is growing up so fast. We had a party for him last weekend and he got to invite a couple friends. We took them to a skate park & let them ride skate boards and play for 2 hours. We got McDonald's lunch and brought it to the park. The chocolate cake I made him just about melted it was soooo hot. No shade there at all!! Everyone had a good time though. I wanted to post some photos of a  Circus party we had for him when he turned 6. It was tons of fun & I just thought it was a cute party idea.

Here he is, he's so TINY!! My daughter made all of these balloon creations for his guests. Hats, swords, etc.

We had popcorn and cotton candy for everyone. He invited his whole class!



I did all the face painting & am by no means an expert. But it was a huge hit!

Hubby helped me hang streamers from the ceiling to create a "big top" effect.


Everyone got a bag with tickets in it. Each game took a ticket & prizes were awarded. They could then carry their prizes around in the bag.

Inside games were tossing a ball into pails, tossing rings around bowling pins and a little basketball game.
For outside we had bubble blowing, balls, and hula hoops :)

Hubby is a volunteer firefighter so we held this party at the firestation. As a little bonus, he gave the kids a tour of the fire station & trucks. They loved that!!

And here is a photo of the Birthday Boy today at 8 years old!!

Love him!!