Wintery Woodland Fox Party: Ella's 8th Birthday

Vendors/Credits

Invitation and Fox Picture- hand painted by me 

Mint striped cupcake cups & Mint dot straws from Pink Lemonade Party

The tissue paper to make the tassel garland came from Hobby Lobby

I used this tutorial to make them.

White "snowball strings" made with 3 different size pom-poms from Hobby Lobby.

White paper fans also from Hobby Lobby- I added mint green flowers to the centers found in the scrapbooking section also at Hobby Lobby

Gold Sparkle Frame on clearance from Michaels

Gold chevron goody sacks on clearance at Michaels

Twig colored pencils were 12 in a pack for $5 at TJ Maxx

Mint fabric as table runners was a sheer mint fabric I found at Hobby Lobby

The little fox figurines are from Hobby Lobby. I painted them with Elmer's glue and then sprinkled them with micro glitter from Hobby Lobby

The "8" candle was from the grocery store and I painted it with Elmer's glue and used the micro glitter on it also.

Coconut Cake from our grocery store bakery

Cupcakes came from our grocery store bakery-I made little flowers with white chocolate tinted with food coloring- melted and then swirled into a flower to harden.

Cookies were white chocolate covered Oreos with White Chocolate tinted mint green with food coloring and swirled on top.

I also served mint colored butter mints from Cracker Barrel

Cupcake stand was thrifted and spray painted white

Cake stand is Pottery Barn

Glass holding straws  was thrifted

Stand for goody sacks was thrifted, spray painted mint green and a thick gold ribbon attached with sticky tack.

I made the Fox Bean Bag game from a Box and the foxes I made with felt and filled with rice

The Pin the Tail on the Fox game I used a template from Here

I made the felt fox masks using this template found on Illi Style. I tweaked it just a tad and used a different shape for the nose and added a bow.

 

Anything else you're wondering about you can probably find what I did... or wish I would have had time to do on my  Fox Party Pinterest Board for her party. 

 

OK, and now that that's done... Here are a few more pictures.

 

The Food Table

 

Coconut Cake with glittery Fox, tree, and glittery candle

 

 

Goody Bags contained little mints and had twig colored pencils attached with Bakers Twine

(They also got to take home their fox masks as part of their goody bag.)

 

 

Fox Bean Bag Game

 

   



Pin the tail on the Fox Game

 

Friends in Fox masks I had them all ready to go except for the bows.

Each girl picked the color of bow she wanted for her mask, and I real quick hot glued them on.

Snowflakes hung from our dining room light and from the curtain rod in front of the windows.

Wish you could smell these. They were gorgeous and smelled awesome!!

 

A little random décor- I added gold glitter ribbon to my shelf for extra sparkle.

( I just added it with sticky tack.)

 

Had some extra gold glitter paper that I cut into a cute little fox silhouette

I also added gold glitter ribbon to my frame. Just cut to fit and attached with sticky tack.

We ended the party with hot chocolate with whip cream and sprinkles.

 

 

Here is a shot of the party room the night before. I missed getting a full room pic the day of. 

Last, but not least...a picture of my birthday girl. Happy Birthday Ella!!

 

Mermaid Party- Penelope's 3rd Birthday

  
My youngest turned 3 this past week. She has been watching a lot of Diego and loves the Mermaid episode. She tells me all the time that, "Mermaids are the heroes of the ocean." That girl cracks me up. But when she chose a Purple Mermaid theme for her birthday this year, I was so excited. I have been making mermaid shirts for my shop for years, but this is the first real mermaid party that I've done. Still we just did a small family party at the beach on vacation, and another even smaller just sibling party at home on her real birthday. So I kept everything super simple, but I think it still turned out super sweet. 
Kristen, at Mary Had a Little Party has been creating awesome party decorations to go with my mermaid for awhile now and I was so excited to get to see it all in person. LOVE the hat. It was so cute. Penelope was especially excited that everything sparkled. :)

Vendors/Credits

Enchanted Mermaid Cupcake toppers and Party Hat from Mary Had a Little Party

Aqua and Green striped Straws from Dime Store Buddy

The Paper Garland, Purple Balloons and Tissue Paper Fan Circles came from Target

(The center one- I added a little sparkly tulle and felt hearts to with hot glue)

Penelope's shirt is the Enchanted Mermaid shirt from my shop, Perry Jayne 

Cupcakes came from our grocery store bakery- (for the ones with sprinkles - I just poured sprinkles on a plate and smooshed the cupcakes down on them!!)

Cupcake stand was thrifted and spray painted white.

Anything else you're wondering about you can probably find what I did... or wish I would have had time to do on my Pinterest board for her party. 

 Funny story... the first set of cupcakes bought while at the beach met their demise on the floor of my husbands truck. LOL. Now they didn't leave the box, but they were not fit for pictures....and we ate them anyway. :) I kind of wanted to take pics on the beach, but she was tired and it was hot. We made do with pictures on the balcony and that was just fine. However, she smiled for a few pictures and then was grouchy so there aren't a lot of pictures.

My sweet beachy birthday girl!

We celebrated at the beach right after her nap and she was a little sleepy still.

Now all these pics below were taken on her actual birthday here at home! 

This is what I got when I asked her to smile for a birthday picture. She said, "How 'bout I make silly faces like 'dis?"

 A fun birthday treat with her brother and sister! She picked out those lemon cookies at the grocery store. HAD to have them. Licked the icing off and tossed out the cookie. That girl! :)

 Blowing out the birthday candles. Yea!

She is a sweet terrible mess and I just love her! 

Happy Easter

John 11:25-26

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.

My Redeemer Lives!! Reflecting today on the Grace and Love of my Savior. So thankful that Christ died for my sin and rose again from the dead. 

Here's a few pictures of my silly children. We had a wonderful weekend celebrating Easter.

Ella, Hudson, and Penelope

Easter 2013

Sweet hugs!

How sweet is this picture of Penelope?

Me with Hudson and Penelope at Hudson's school Easter Egg Hunt. I had a cute bunny shirt for Hudson... he wasn't having it this year. He had to wear his flag shirt. 

 

Me and the kids after our church Easter Egg Hunt

No Skeletons Allowed

My son asked me to draw a scary skeleton... (That's my drawing in the purple). So I did. And he embellished it a bit.

Then I found it taped up here. By the front door. He added a big red "X" and the words "No".

He cracks me up. Just so you know, you'll need to leave your skeleton at the door. They are not allowed inside. :)

Hudson's First Day of School

Free Printable found here at Little Bitty Design Studio

Hudson started school the end of August, but I forgot to post pics. So here they are:

My boy all ready for his first day of school!!

All smiles with his backpack on!!

In front of his school

Here with his teacher Ms. Cindy. 

You can see in his face he's a little nervous, but no tears from this boy.

The verdict:  He loved school. 

First Day of First Grade

She was pretty excited!!

Backpack and Lunch all packed and ready to go!

At her desk

With her first grade teacher, Mrs. Woods

Why I can't have nice things...

OR 

"Why I shouldn't even own permanent markers" 

OR

 "Evidence that I live with a 2 yr old."

The good news is that being inside my jean pocket has worn some of the marker off... not sure what that says about the tightness of my jeans.... or what the inside of my pocket must look like now.

Ice Boats

We made ice boats today. The kids had so much fun with them. We're gonna make some more for tomorrow. 

Other people it seemed used tape or pipe cleaners to hold up their sticks or straws, but I just went with what was in our freezer. Ice Pops. LOL. Our leaf sails did fall off pretty quick, might need bigger leaves next time. 

There are plenty of other variations on this idea here or here and a version a lot more like our "Natural Ice Boats"  here.

Pretty Dora Party

My youngest, Penelope, turned 2 the beginning of June. She loves Dora. I had done a Dora party for my oldest daughter when she turned 2 (in 2008), so I wanted to do something a little different. So instead of the bright colors, I went with the pretty pinks and blues and Penelope loved it. It was a very relaxed and laid back party. We rented an Inflatable Jump and let the kids just jump forever, fed them cake, and sent them back out to play.

Vendors/Credits

Dora Pink Party Paper Printables from Cuties Parties

Pink striped Straws and cupcake cups from Hey Yo Yo 

Tablecloth Fabric is Dena Fishbein's Silhouette in Blue

Fabric for Penelope's Dress is all Amy Butler fabric from her midwest modern collection

Penelope's Dress pattern is called the Beach Party Top & Dress Pattern found on fiddlehead

The little blue candies are from Hobby Lobby in the baby shower area, they are actually sixlets

Cupcakes came from our grocery store bakery

The Sparkling Pink Punch was super great, recipe found here

Anything else you're wondering about you can probably find what I did (or meant to do) on my Pinterest board for her party. 

 

 

The birthday girl was not wanting her picture taken at her party. She also cried when we sang happy birthday to her. I guess the terrible twos started right on time. LOL.

She's so super cute, though. I just love her to pieces even if she is now a Terrible Two. :)